"Virgin Mobile has launched a nationwide ad campaign featuring a hot gay kiss: "Agency of record Juniper Park created the new work to extend the 'Fearless' positioning introduced in September. New brand-focused television, print and out-of-home ads encourage consumers to 'hook up fearlessly' with secret lovers during the holidays–including one execution of two men kissing which Virgin says will run nationally.""
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
"While speaking to journalists in the UK, Facebook have revealed some truly insane usage statistics. Only yesterday they were announcing their crossing of the 350 million user threshold -- and now we know just how active those users are: 200 billion page views a month. 350 million users clock in 200 billion page views. OK, if that didn't blow your mind: 1.4 million photos are uploaded to Facebook every second. I actually find that statistic hard to believe -- it's such a mind-bogglingly vast number. That's something like 120 billion photos uploaded per day? That must be wrong. (But I can't find a source that says otherwise...) Facebook also noted, perhaps with a jubilant twinkle in its eye, that FarmVille actually has more users than its only real social media rival Twitter. FarmVille now has 69 million players, if you were wondering."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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"Elderly? Russian Spy? Double Agent? Medical Experiment? Submitted by: dunno source via Picture is Unrelated Submissions"
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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"Some animals are so funny that you cannot sometimes stop laughing. Personally I am fixated a bit on some of them with big eyes. 1. Philippine Tarsier is one of the smallest animals in the world, it will match into your hand or pocket. No, it is not as pocket PC. 2. Everybody loves bugs especially when they are 16,7 cm long and are escaping from your kitchen. 3. And finally this creature. Not sure what it is but I known that combination of my hand and its two teeth is bad idea."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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"Breaking News – Disney Merges With Marvel Comics: Takeover Begins So much evil What is happening in the picture? Tell us in the Comments Picture by: dunno source Caption by: skeeterino via Breaking News Builder"
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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"Apple is snuffing out smokers and their computers when it comes to repairs. According to the Consumerist, Apple has denied computer repair to at least two known Mac users after they took in their computers for repair. The reason? They're smokers and according to the Apple repair technicians, the problems may have been a result of second-hand smoke. Both users took their complaints to the office of Steve Jobs where they explained the reason why they were denied service. Apple said that OSHA lists nicotine on a list of hazardous substances and Apple cannot require an employee to work on a device that has been intoxicated."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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I thought the smoke had some effect on the innards of the computer - creating a thin film on the PCBs and other chips. But apparently it has something to do with occupational health instead.
- TrafficBug
Smoke does have an effect on the computer - but I thought that the 'occupational health' excuse was too funny!!!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Facebook'un Türkçeleşmesine yardım edenlerin çeviriye başlamadan önce ne içtiklerini merak ediyorum. Az önce de tüm isimlerin sonunda "buna bayıldı" yazıyordu.
"Internal school pitch for this years "Dimensons of…" appearance. "Dimensions of…" is a yearly conference at Bauhaus Dessau initiated by students from HS Anhalt Dessau Department of Design. The target audience are the design students in dessau. We decided that every student should be part of the conference, so we photographed everyones working place and printed them on IGEPA Caribic rose paper and added a black silkscreened typography. Additionaly we created a litte handbound program magazine with timetable, a card game with every student, a mailing and a website. Everything was realized in just two weeks. Because no speakers were announced until the pitchpresentation the content is mostly from last years "Dimensions of…". More informations on my site www.fabianjochenkanzler.de with Robert Krauspe and Dana Lungmuss"
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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"Somewhere between an early car and the head-in-the-bed scene in The Godfather, the Horsey Horseless, the brainfart of inventor Uriah Smith of Battle Creek, Mich., was intended to soothe the skittish nerves of our equine servants. A wooden horse head was attached to the front of the chuffing buggy in order to make it resemble a horse and carriage (Smith recommended the horse head be hollow to contain volatile fuel — another great idea). "The live horse would be thinking of another horse," said Smith, "and before he could discover his error and see that he had been fooled, the strange carriage would be passed." Stupid horse! It's not clear if the Horsey Horseless was ever actually built or if it is a chimera of auto history, but it reminds us just what a radical, hard-to-conceptualize thing a horseless carriage was."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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"The United States government does have a plan to invade Canada. It's a 94-page document called "Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan -- Red," with the word SECRET stamped on the cover. It's a bold plan, a bodacious plan, a step-by-step plan to invade, seize and annex our neighbor to the north. It goes like this: First, we send a joint Army-Navy overseas force to capture the port city of Halifax, cutting the Canadians off from their British allies. Then we seize Canadian power plants near Niagara Falls, so they freeze in the dark. Then the U.S. Army invades on three fronts -- marching from Vermont to take Montreal and Quebec, charging out of North Dakota to grab the railroad center at Winnipeg, and storming out of the Midwest to capture the strategic nickel mines of Ontario. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy seizes the Great Lakes and blockades Canada's Atlantic and Pacific ports."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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Canada has a similar plan, but it involves Hockey.
- Todd Hoff
We *did* have a war with them in the past (we started it by sacking Toronto), and it ended in the White House getting burned down. Pretty epic.
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
"Northwestern University is mainly known for its academics. While their sports program is not very strong, they are in the Big Ten and have actually fielded some decent football teams the last 10-15 years or so (culminating in their amazing upset of undefeated No. 4 ranked Iowa last week). Now, Northwestern is looking to expand their sports program. They are about to add a Quidditch team to the fold."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
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I see a lot of stories suggesting that Flickr may be popular and have lots of fancy features but isn't really a place you can rely on. Deletes pictures and entire account with no warning or recourse.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Oh I was not referring to flickr itself - I was referring to some Flickr group. I just thought that it's stupid. - but flickr itself *does* have some other problems... which I talked about in my blog post: http://blog.seeminglee.com/2009... - but this incident is unrelated. I just thought it's idiotic that someone would consider my title-ing to be commercial just because I suffix my photos... anyway!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
What is the motivation in contributing photos to a group if you cant add your own name-abbreviations? I guess the flickr group crossed their karma line.
- TrafficBug