Kevin Roberts Has A Big Red Rubber Nose “Lovemarks are the Clown Suit of the advertising industry.” I’d like to think I arrived early at the “Don’t Drink The Lovemarks Kool-Aid” party, but I’m just happy I stayed until the clowns showed-up. The big throw-down is happening at GapingVoid.com — don’t miss a minute of […]
Don The Idea Guy
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Hold The Anchovies… and Your Hard Drive. Extra-Cheesy Camouflage For Your Computer I saw this awhile back and it finally made it to the top of my blog-content-coverage-stack. Of course, today’s post could just be a subconscious way to avoid the Turkey Day leftovers. Power Pizza is a clever way to disguise the fact you […]
USBX-mas Tree Ho-Ho-Holy Cow — these are COOL! We all know you spend more time in front of your computer than in the living room enjoying your holiday lights — why not decorate your most used and viewed device in your home? The new USB-powered Christmas Tree light from ThinkGeek adds a festive flair to […]
Santa’s Brand New Bag
Stocking Stuffers for Idea Guys & Gals With the Thanksgiving holiday just a day away, I’m not certain if I’ll get many chances to post before the biggest shopping day of the year — I actually know people that plan their post-turkey-day shopping excursion like it’s some military exercise — so please consider adding these […]
Open the pod bay doors, Hal. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. Apparently Borders has found a distant cousin to HAL 9000 from “2001: A Space Odyssey“. Their new GiftMixer 3000 is almost as smarmy, and a lot less life-threatening. Set the slider dials in each category (Romantic, Adventurous, Brainy, Imaginative, and […]
Creativity Is Caffeinated
Ideas Give You Energy! A great idea just seems to fill you with energy and excitement. Sharing that idea with someone who “gets it” packs twice the punch. It’s like drinking a double-espresso — the extra shot gives you a bigger boost! Here are seven reasons why ideas are like coffee… 1. Best When Hot […]
The Voynich Manuscript A 230 page Royal Scam Here’s another from the BrainBlog slush pile. I found this in the July issue of Scientific American. With all the available titles disputing the “truth” written within The Da Vinci Code, I’m really fond of the idea of a 17th century English adventurer scamming Holy Roman Emperor […]