Monthly Archives: November 2007

My parley: First and last take on Vista

Today a mate came by and asked me to help him with his new laptop. I usually try to deny such nasty requests, because they almost always end up in a parley about the benefits of Mac OS X over Windows. And those parleys usually end up nowhere, because the one who choose Windows in [...]
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That’s really unfortunate…

I just saw these interconnected advertising banners at CNET's unofficial Microsoft Vista site. They are actually two different banners, but they act like they are one. Very clever! Steals the whole focus from the site -- and makes you laugh! Click on the picture to see the video!   New term alert: “Interconnected Advertising” I mean, how could an ad [...]
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Who art thy favourite geminians?

If you look at this list of famous geminis, you notice that there are a lot of actors among them. That's great, but it don't really connects with me. Where is that list of geminis who became famous by their design and aesthetic? There is none. So i thought, let's build it. Leave your comment [...]
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Layer Tennis eve’ — Disappointing!

If you have watched tonite's game of Layer Tennis, you might know what i am speaking of. First half semmed to me like a battle between copywriters instead of layer/graphic artists and who is the most skilled copypaster of pre-prepped work. [SLIDESHOW=8]   I must add: i have nothing against using your archive (pre-prepped stuff like i called [...]
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Vector tennis goes to canada!

Well, i wrote this before the winner got announced, but whatever, it is official now. She made it, she hosed him. Sorry, but it really was touching, all that “Battle of the Sexes” references. Congrats to Vit as well for a great match -- i liked volley 8. Good fun and good friday. Congrats Marian! “Too much talk, [...]
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