Click the pic to read the small print at the bottom…
Here’s another gem from Seth Godin:
Tags: Ad, Advertising, Morbid Ads, Morbid Advertising
President & Groundhog
Posted on January 31, 2006 ·
This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address fall on the same day.
It is an ironic juxtaposition:
- One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication.
- The other involves a: CLICK TO FIND OUT
(hat tip: BL Ochman)
Tags: Humor, Politics, Groundhog, Groundhog Day, State of the Union, Bush, George Bush, King George
Good or Evil? Get Measured.
Posted on January 30, 2006 ·
I’m only 64% good, according to the Gematriculator. (hat tip: Jeff Nolan)
Apparently I should stay on focus, I’m doing better when I talk only about software:
Oh, well, at least I’ve made no promises to do no evil… look at the guys that did:
But somebody else fares a lot worse:
Tags: gematria, evil, google, george bush
Janet Reno or William Hung?
Posted on January 27, 2006 ·
What has the world come to? NBC has Janet Reno singing karaoke at a fundraiser on video. (only works in IE)
I have a hard time picking the “better” singer: Janet Reno or William Hung. 
The vote is open – may the best performer win 
(I believe dpolls does not work in the feed, please click on the title to vote at my site)
Tags: fundraiser, american idol, janet
reno, william
hung, karaoke
Big Fish Eats Small Fish – Or Is It A Dog?
Posted on January 27, 2006 ·
Big fish eats small fish .. or the survival of the fittest used to be the rule of the oceans … markets … life. 
But that’s soooo 1.0, the new 2.0–style rule is: Dog eats Fish. Dog.com just acquired fish.com (the domain) for $1M as reported by several sources:
If this is not a sure bubble-sign, then I don’t know what it is. Off to lunch now… I think I’ll have some salmon.com .
Update (1/27): on a more serious note: More bubble 2.0 (or lack thereof) dissertations by Jeff Clavier.
Update 2 (1/27): OMG, the supply of good content must realy be thin today if this post made it to the Memeorandum… 
Tags: Bubble, Web 2.0, Bubble 2.0, Humor, Business
A Kalashnikov for Everyone
Posted on January 25, 2006 ·
Seth Godin reports: The 83 year old inventor of the Kalashnikov rifle (which has probably killed more people than the atomic bomb) traded his name for 30% of a company that makes umbrellas.
The new Kalashnikov-branded umbrella is believed to be un upgraded (2.0) version of the well-tested reliable model:
SecretIntel.com has the details: As for spy gadgets, these have been many and varied over the years, with perhaps the most famous being the KGB’s so-called “umbrella gun”. This relatively low-tech but highly effective device utilized a compressed gas cylinder to fire a tiny metal pellet containing ricin, a highly toxic poison. The umbrella gun first came to Western attention in September 1978, when KGB agents used it to liquidate Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov. Markov, who was “accidentally” jabbed in the leg by a stranger on London’s Waterloo Bridge, had been broadcasting the abuses of Bulgarian Communist leader Todor Zhikov over BBC Radio.
This may not be the weapon of choice in California… or Arizona 
Naked (?) Party at TechCrunch
Posted on January 22, 2006 ·
It only took 40 minutes for the 5th TechCrunch Party to “sell out” after Mike announced it on his blog. 200+ people registered on the wiki, and those left out left out are asking for unused slots or even offering Mike $$$ to get in … Wow, talk about popularity! (see my notes on a previous party).
On a hunch I checked eBay – nothing yet
Departing from the original formula, the 4th one became a launch party for Riya – this time it’s a celebration of the launch of Naked Conversations, the new book by Shel Israel and Robert Scoble.
Having just seen Chris Pirillo’s Naked Review, and knowing there will be a heated tent in the backyard makes me wonder .. hm.. will there be a format change? Just how naked will this party be? 
Tags: TechCrunch, Naked Conversations, blogs, blogging, book, Scoble, Naked, Humor
Say Goodbye To Good Ol’ U.S.A.
Posted on January 19, 2006 ·
Say hello to Greater Georgelandia. It’s power to the peephole. Yay! Mark Fiore. (Flash). SFGateOpinion
(Hey, I warned ya’all)
Update (1/19) : Patriot Search has been released…
- Google And The Feds? Use Patriot Search Instead
- Why, yes, this IS why we have a Patriot Act
- Don’t Look Now, But It’s Happening
- Feds want Google search records
Tags: Politics, Humor, Political Humor, Bush, Bushland, Georgelandia, Mark Fiore, Patriot Search
Little Green Men from Mars – No, from Taiwan
Posted on January 13, 2006 ·
I just have one question: if we eat them, do we start to glow green?
Taiwan breeds green-glowing pigs (BBC)
Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that “glow in the dark”.
They claim that while other researchers have bred partly fluorescent pigs, theirs are the only pigs in the world which are green through and through.
The pigs are transgenic, created by adding genetic material from jellyfish into a normal pig embryo.
Continue reading here. (that is if you still want to…)
Tags: Humor, Science, Stem Cell, Stem Cell Research, Cloning
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