Archive for January, 2007
Zimbabwean broadband: So fast you’ll think you’re flying
Posted on 17. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Jeff sent us this classic from his holiday in Zimbabwe.
Zol broadband – (BTW for our international readers – a zol is a marijuana cigarette / a joint / dagga / dope / ganja / weed / spliff) – really have done a fine branding job here.
Hopefully Zol might even make their debut this side of the Limpopo sometime soon. Its surely better than the service presently being offered by the crack heads over here.
Axe guerrilla
Posted on 17. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Ruuuunnnnnnn. Love this Axe guerrilla campaign from Lowe, Belgium.
We have to agree that the second example (after the jump) is not as good, but perhaps easier to notice.
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Find your perfect pet
Posted on 17. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Outdoor for the RSPCA in Melbourne, Australia.
Not exactly a standard meet and greet…
[via thecoolhunter.net]
Does excessive violence help sell video games
Posted on 16. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
There’s a huge hoohaa at the moment regarding a video game based on the 1999 Columbine High School shooting.
The simple RPG game puts you in the shoes of one of the killers responsible for the infamous massacre.
The thing was a finalist in a game design contest until organisers decided that it was too controversial and yanked it from view.
Truth be told – only a handful of people would have known about the game had it not been for ‘outraged parents’ ranting on and on about how ‘bad and disturbing it is’.
Granted – the game’s not Winnie the Pooh hunting for honey in the land of Oz, but all the ‘negative’ publicity has done nothing more than shoot the title to the top of the ‘I wanna play this’ global list.
Seems that shock and awe have replaced Animals, Babies and Children.
See: Columbine Game
Read: I, Columbine killer – Wired
Meth coffee: When normal caffeine just isn’t good enough
Posted on 16. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
What is it with drugs and cool?
First there was that Cocaine Energy Drink and now….get yourself a hearty cuppa Meth Coffee.
A mysterious San Francisco company has launched an
equally mysterious product aimed at coffee drinkers seeking an extra
boost. The company and the product share the same name — Meth Coffee.
The company claims that there isn’t really any banned substance in their product – instead just rich arabica coffee beans and something a little different called yerba mate (something from South America nobody’s really heard about, but gives your a little kick just like their other main export).
"If you’re just trying it for the first time, don’t
throw back five cups like regular coffee. Ease into it. Have a little.
Feel the rush, the euphoria, the smooth-edged high. Then go for more,
if you want," the company said on its Web site.
Forget the Koffiehuis and the lightbulb kids – this is the brand you’re going to want to jack yourselves up with in the morning.
Website: Meth Coffee
Read: S.F company launches Meth Coffee – SFGate
Meth coffee launches – Yahoo News
Previously: Cocaine energy drink – Cherryflava
The world’s biggest art project
Posted on 16. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
What do you get when you put a million people together with a bunch of crayons, poster paints, water colours or computers powered by Photoshop?
Probably one giant mess, but hold your breath because we’ll soon find out what a piece art done by one million people looks like.
The One Million Masterpiece is turning the internet into a giant canvas
where you are invited to become artists and create your own individual
piece of art. Your image will be placed alongside others from around
the world, and together they will form one huge unique picture.
There is a small fee charged to get involved with history (the collective proceeds of which go to charity). All for a good chance to be one of a million people to hold a world record and another example of how online – strangers really can work together.
See: Million masterpiece
Stationery design: The divorce lawyer
Posted on 16. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Although we’re certain that any ad / design agency would erupt with joyous glee and a round of high-fives at just the thought of a divorce lawyer as a potential client, this clever stationery design is a deserving award winner.
Letterhead design for a marriage counsellor could be slightly more challenging.
[via adverbox]
News now: How to do marketing on the cheap.
Posted on 15. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Whoa – last week, on the day that Apple announced to the world that it would change it forever with its iPhone, Engadget (the world’s biggest blog) received over 10 million page views….in just 1 day. That’s how you get people to read your blog.
10 million page views on iPhone day – TechCrunch
- How do you launch a fashion range with zero budget? Float your stick insect models down a canal that’s how.
Underwater fashion show – PSFK
- How did Apple keep the iPhone a secret from nosy geeks for nearly 30 months? You hire shady members of a dark underground movement and ‘take care’ of anyone who knows too much.
How Apple kept its iPhone secret – CNNMoney
- How do you get people to visit your online store? Give everything away for free…
See: Banksy.co.uk
The iPod anti-theft decoy tin
Posted on 15. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
Winos have their little trick of disguising a bottle of Jack in a brown paper bag, pedophiles pretend to be 12 year old girls with pigtails on MySpace and now you can hide your iPod from would-be thieves in a peppermint tin.
A company called iDisguise are marketing a cunning new anti-theft decoy, which looks like a sweet tin, but is in fact a storage case for your Apple branded MP3 player.
South Africa + more iPods = massive business opportunity to produce similar fake condiment packaging.
Then again – after taking a hit of tik some kid just might need a refreshing mint, smash-’n-grab your peppermint tin only to be richly rewarded with a brand new iPod Nano silver packed with your entire carefully ripped ABBA collection.
See: iDisguise.com
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Quick draw: Dell South Africa’s laptop feeding frenzy
Posted on 12. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry.
In what must be the viral promotion of the year (so far) Dell South Africa are giving away free laptops.
No joke – the Inspiron 9400 is selling right now, on the Dell online store, for zero rands.
In total however, with Dell’s massive shipping costs and a VAT smack, your plastic will be charged a total of R570.
There’s clearly massive confusion and about a thousand geeks feeding at the trough as we post this information, but it is a bargain all the same.
We’re actually allergic to the plastic that they use to make PCs, but we’ve ordered one to throw at a stray cat that keep on coming around here and peeing on the furniture.
If you’d like swing your handbag at others while trying to grab this bargain – go here now.
[thanks to Henk for the tip]
UPDATE: The fun seems to be over – now to see whether Dell honours the orders already through or scrambles for the PR handbook
