Fluid Imagination Sells Out

(this post was written by Kyle on September 5, 2008, and it concerns & )

Okay folks, as you can see, Fluid Imagination nows has advertising. I did it for two reasons. First, I just had to renew the domain name and hosting account for the website, and it took a sizable chunk out of the ol’ bank account. And while keeping all you chowederheads informed about the whys and [...]

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Links for May 14, 2007

(this post was written by Kyle on May 14, 2007, and it concerns & & & & & & )

Impeach Bush or Get Rid of the Impeachment Clause:“What is it about impeachment that has the Democratic Party leadership so frightened? Talking with members of Congress, one hears the same refrain: “I know Bush and Cheney have committed impeachable crimes, but impeachment is a bad idea.” The rationales offered are many, but all are either [...]

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Boston Officials Livid Over Ad Stunt - New York Times

(this post was written by Kyle on February 1, 2007, and it concerns & & )

From Boston Officials Livid Over Ad Stunt: “Officials found a slew of blinking electronic signs adorning bridges and other high-profile spots across the city Wednesday, prompting the closing of a highway and part of the Charles River and the deployment of bomb squads. The 38 signs were part of a promotion for the Cartoon Network [...]

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Cashing In

(this post was written by alex on November 27, 2006, and it concerns & )

There’s an “article” in NYT about trendy advertisers cashing in on the classic Christmas movie, ‘A Christmas Story’. From the adver..er..article: “A commercial for Cingular Wireless by the Atlanta office of BBDO Worldwide, part of the Omnicom Group, recreates the central narrative of the film in 30 seconds, replacing the BB gun that Ralphie [...]

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Creative Advertisements Around The World - Hemmy.net, A source of varied interests

(this post was written by Kyle on October 15, 2006, and it concerns )

Here is a nice little list of Creative Advertisements Around The World. There are some pretty good ones in there.

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Someone Has to Pay for TV. But Who? And How?

(this post was written by Kyle on May 8, 2006, and it concerns & )

Following up on the Publishing 2.0 article, the NY Times writes, “Someone Has to Pay for TV. But Who? And How?” Apparently, there’s a patent application in the works from Royal Phillips Electronics, where “the proposed design would uphold the right to avoid commercials, but only for those who paid a fee. Those disinclined to [...]

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Best Ads on TV

(this post was written by Kyle on February 28, 2006, and it concerns & )

I was browsing bestadsontv.com, which, along with TV ads, also has a good collection of print ads, and I found this full-page print ad for The Drawing Book, which is a company of illustrators who work for advertising companies, and which has been using the tagline, “Illustrations get noticed” for several years. I gotta tell [...]

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