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Morally reprehensible?

Personally, we think so - irreverent, in the least. But, its got us talking and thus has achieved their objective (soul sale to the devil notwithstanding).

The whole ‘shock campaign‘ by the Belgian humour mag.

Ever poignant and prescient - the Dead Kennedys likely planted the seed for the first torrent.

Really, Google?

Soon an answer to the “Will it be faster if you get off the highway” dilemma? A storied branch of philosophy tackled my many a great mind — of course, they didn’t have Google Maps at their disposal. Article on Consumerist.

I can’t wait for the Is-there-enough-milk-in-the-downstairs-fridge-for-at-least-one-bowl-of-corn-flakes feature.

A costly call:

Hey, Microsoft marketing staff in Poland: Subtle, very subtle.

Nudies. Artfully done. (Yet, not TOO artfully - still managing to conjure up flashbacks of those under-blanket-flashlight-in-hand-prepubescent-Victoria-Secret-catalogue-perusals.)

(somewhat NSFW. and DEFINITELY NSFW if you have a flickr account, with safe-search off.)

Meet Merkley.

Just your average Japanese ice-cream mosaic crayons…

(like performance enhancing beautifiers to your kids’ refrigerator bound crayon scrawls.)

tr.im is now in the process of discontinuing service, effective immediately.

The eulogy from their page at tr.im:
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“Managing Expectations” - cliched business consultancy buzzword with some inarguable philosophical merit.

The Wall Street Journal reviews the book “The Management Myth” which amongst other criticisms, eschews the culture of freshly graduated consultants thrust into the position of formulaic hyper-analysis of large corporations with only academic experience in their tool belt.

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Sex. Still shouldering a lot of the load in the selling department.