Conan Bit
A colleague shared this video with me earlier today. Hilarious! Any comedy routine should always include Former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich...oh yeah and Conan too.
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LikeBaldwin’s Mom
Alec Baldwin was on Letterman this week. In this segment he talks about his mom. At 2:40 in to the video, he explains why she still lives in Central New York.
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Surround
Hey look another blast from the past thanks to YouTube™:
I remember frequently playing this game, titled Surround, with my brother Pete. Surprisingly it sometimes ended in some sort of fight. I know, tough to imagine. Seems like a simple game. Two players, control the two moving pixels, you need to avoid the sides and the trail left by the other player.
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You Will!
The future, as AT&T saw it in 1993:
I remember this ad campaign as was fascinated by it. The thought of getting directions on a screen while driving, or paying a toll without having to stop and use cash, how is that possible? How could you possibly send a fax or conduct a meeting at a beach with a laptop and not have tons of cables? But here we are! Okay, so they missed the boat on a few things too. But, who knew that little thing called the cell phone would take off and you wouldn't need to go to a phone booth. So is the future of 1993?
Ironically, while we are in the future (?) or close to what this commercial imagined, which is about 20 years later (gasp!) AT&T no longer exists to be in this future time period. AT&T aka the American Telephone & Telegraph was bought up 5 years ago by what we know as at&t today. Weird huh? Wikipedia probably could do a better job explaining how that came to be.
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They’re coming to take me away…
Random music I recall hearing growing up when my dad was listening to Dr. Demento:
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Hockey Night in Oswego
Another hockey season, another white out. SPOILER ALERT: Oswego won. It was very exciting. Here are a few photo's from Saturday's game:
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- To get in, the wait started here…
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- The line continues…
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- …and going..
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- …going…
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- …and going…
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- …and going…
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- …and going…
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- The end of the line!
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- Michele and Whitney…ready for the game!
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- Pete and Fred
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- Pete and Meghan
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- Fred and Michele
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- Students backs to the Plattsburgh players being introduced
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- Oswego showing offense…Plattsburgh showing defense
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- Penalty Shot
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- Time out Plattsburgh…looking for last minute heroics.
I start with photos of the line to get in. This is to illustrate the intense interest in the game. The game was sold out last Monday, but it was important for standing room only, and student ticket holders to get there early to get a good spot. It's not like this for most games. There was 3,000 people in attendance. Games normally average between 1,800, and 2,200.
It was a good contest between the two arch-rivals. Oswego came out and got their first point 40 seconds into the game! Despite the initial adrenaline rush, it was a close game throughout, and a great time. Plattsburgh had a difficult time trying to tie the game in the moments of the game because they were assessed a "Too Many Men on the Ice" penalty. Ouch! Here's the last few moments of the game:
With that, there are only a handful of games left in the regular season. Plattsburgh is likely a team Oswego will see again in the post season.
Fred!
iPod Touch Advertisement
I talked about this new iPod television advertisement in one of my last classes:
It's a fun, fast paced commercial, with upbeat (and catchy) music. This advertisement is similar to most Apple commercials with a white background and a fairly simple and clutter-free design.
I compared this advertisement in class with most other iPhone commercials, which are a little more downbeat and straightforward. It's interesting since both of these products are fairly similar...the iPod Touch is missing the phone component, otherwise it's much the same thing.
Yet, with the design of these advertisements, it appears as though Apple targets the iPod to younger folks who want music and games (hence the upbeat music and fast paced design), while the iPhone is marketed to professionals with a calm commercial.
One example of an iPhone commercial...
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