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Poor Lois, See How Old She's Growing

sourbrew — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:37:18 -0800

“Poor Lois, See How Old She's Growing! Too bad she’s doesn't try to remain the girl her husband fell in love with. The change is so gradual you never see it but your friends do."

Vintage Beauty Adverts at Duke University's Rare Book and Manuscript Collection.

Rate spec spots!

jasper411 — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:10:09 -0800

Specs spots are commericals shot by people who hope that they'll be considered for shooting real commercials. Because they are vying for attention, some of them can be pretty outrageous. This site allows you to rank them ala hotornot mode.

My personal favorite pertains to that "make a wish" ritual around blowing out birthday candles.
What are your favorites? (Spots themselves are Quicktime links)

Do Be Evil

meehawl — Wed, 12 May 2004 23:31:36 -0800

Google To Start Selling Banner Adverts From the that-didn't-take-too-long-department, Google's ad sales VP Tim Armstrong says Google will now start selling graphical banner adverts. One concession to their old mores is that, for now, the banner adverts will only appear on affiliated websites running their AdSense referral program (as does MeFi), and there is an opt-out. However... "We have no plans to show images on Google.com", said Mr. Armstrong "but we are not opposed to it".

the118118experience

ginz — Wed, 06 Aug 2003 07:15:20 -0800

Channel 118. The 118118 experience. [possibly nsfw]

Dude, You're Under Arrest

mkelley — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 09:40:48 -0800

Dude, You're Under Arrest Ben "Dell Dude" Curtis, was arrested in New York last night on charges of criminal possession of marijuana. Thanks to The Smoking Gun we now have something to make us laugh on a Monday.

wibbler — Tue, 14 May 2002 23:45:29 -0800

I've been using Kazaa for about a year, but yesterday it spewed out a 30 second audio advertisement for a casino that you couldn't stop, and couldn't get rid of. Quite apart from getting me in deep piles of poo with my boss, surely this is going too far? Audio adverts you can't do anything about - maybe it is time to move on...

bison — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 06:22:59 -0800

Yahoo! Explorer ads the wave of the future? (via RRE) Taking over your browsing in the name of advertising.