The above black cube is a piece of conceptual art called “A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter” by artist Caleb Larsen. This is no ordinary black cube, However; it is perpetually selling itself on eBay. The box has a little computer inside, and as long as it’s hooked up to an internet connection, it checks eBay to see if it’s up for sale, and if it isn’t, automatically starts a new auction. The website will automatically forward to it’s latest auction. It’s a pretty interesting experiment, but whenever I look at it, I get a sinking feeling that we are seeing the first baby steps leading to a full on, future Cylon rebellion.
I like to read my spam comments before deleting them. Some of the spam comments that make their way to my blog are pretty darn funny. Whether it be because of the spelling errors littered throughout the comment, the complete departure from subject matter, or the fact that they are trying to sell me, a female, male enhancement products, I can usually get one good chuckle before performing my daily spam purge.
This morning I received a spam comment that was so ridiculous, I am compelled to publish it. Not in the comments section, of course, but here. Right up front in an actual post. Please forgive me if I do not give proper credit and linking to the spammer.
Nice read. However I read also some rude comments about this blog post. People are making weird comments about you as the author and its really insane.
Come to think of it, maybe this is not a spam comment. Maybe people ARE making weird comments about me. Probably it is BryanDean, the guy who does our Around The Web Wednesday posts.
We have a second Around the Web Wednesday Post this week, folks! We just don’t know when to stop! But how could we not point out this fun twist on a classic?
First Person Tetris takes the classic video game, Tetris and gives it a new spin. Instead of having the blocks fall to the bottom of the screen, the blocks stay in a stationary position, and the screen rotates and moves around it. It’s quite disorienting at first, but it does add a very interesting dynamic to the game play. I’ve gotten surprisingly good at it, and by that I mean I’ve scored a point or two.
Here’s a video of 10 super nerdy party tricks, just in time for post Christmas and New Year’s celebrations (we know, our timing is impeccable). They’ll either highly impress all you show them to, or ostracize you all evening as that creepy, trick-doing weirdo, all depending on what kind of crowd you run with. Either way, it’ll make for a memorable holiday party.
Thinking about creating a commercial for a kids toy? Maybe it would be a good idea to not give your target market and their doting parents the heebee-jeebeez. But then again, this could work, too, right?
Here’s a video of a cat from Croatia that just isn’t afraid of dogs. I’m in awe of the way it just stands there where other, lesser cats would have long since run and hid. The poor dog even seem to have wore itself out from barking so much. That kitty is a zen master!
Not long ago I received an email from a potential client asking for a quote for a new website. After summing up her needs and wants, I gave a very reasonable quote. Her response was that this quote was beyond her price range and that she would have to give up on her dreams of having a website. Because she was so quick to give up, I assume she had already shopped around and received similar or higher quotes. Alarmed, I immediately emailed back that just because our website quote was beyond her price range does not mean that she should give up on being online altogether. I pointed her in the direction of some great blogging platforms and offered to help her customize a blog to attract her target audience. I even sent her samples of some high end, very professional blogs. Here was her response:
In terms of a blog, no thank you. ….I am in my late 50s & blogs are not my way of offering my services professionally to lawyers, institutions, PR firms, ad agencies, etc. but thank you kindly for your sample. Have a great day!
I was very disappointed in her response. Does she not see that lawyers, institutions, ad agencies, etc. have blogs of their own? What a great avenue she would have to reach out to clients if she had her own blog. I am not saying that a blog can replace a website entirely (although in some cases, I think this might be true) but to choose not to have zero online presence simply because a professionally created website is a little out of one’s price range seems very shortsighted to me.
In case you are wondering what her profession is, she is a copywriter/editor…for both print and online. When I learned this, I gave up trying to convince her.
Entertaining Spam Comment
January 26, 2010 by admin
I like to read my spam comments before deleting them. Some of the spam comments that make their way to my blog are pretty darn funny. Whether it be because of the spelling errors littered throughout the comment, the complete departure from subject matter, or the fact that they are trying to sell me, a female, male enhancement products, I can usually get one good chuckle before performing my daily spam purge.
This morning I received a spam comment that was so ridiculous, I am compelled to publish it. Not in the comments section, of course, but here. Right up front in an actual post. Please forgive me if I do not give proper credit and linking to the spammer.
Come to think of it, maybe this is not a spam comment. Maybe people ARE making weird comments about me. Probably it is BryanDean, the guy who does our Around The Web Wednesday posts.
photo courtesy of sameer iyengar blog. Who knows where he got it from.
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