This is Broken: This is Awesome
Just added a hilarious new site to the blogroll: This Is Broken. It reminds me of my favorite part of Consumer Reports: the "Selling It" part in the back, where they point out the ridiculous, stupid and flat-out nonsensical claims that companies make in advertising and packaging.
This is Broken has a slightly broader scope (witness the sign to the left) and manages to find some truly bizarre stuff.
What are they totaling?
Yum.
The danger of placeholders.
Enjoy.
Aram
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11.20.06
Gift ideas from the city of shops
Gift ideas from the city of shops
You don’t have to be a New Yorker to read New York Magazine. But the city that never sleeps is also the city that shops. So, who better to ask for some gift ideas, than shopstaff at some of the coolest shops in the Big Apple, starting off with some nice (and naughty) book ideas...
Mimi
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11.20.06
Save me, Mickey
Save me, Mickey
[Ed.: Mercedes checks in from law school, where she does not yet seem to have become evil.]
Getting into the home stretch of my first semester of law school was tiring, but now I'm looking forward to winter break next month. After finals I knew I needed to get my mind off of school and give my loved ones a much needed break from hearing me babble boring legal talk. I researched cheap get away deals since tuition has left me destitute, and I found Get Away Today to book my trip to Disneyland. For under $475 I ...
11.17.06
Breathing is Free
Breathing is Free
Shopping for my weekly fresh fruits and veggies (and Häagen-Dazs), I saw this sign at the checkout of my local Mollie Stone's Market. Intrepid reporter that I am, I whipped out my camera and told them I was writing for Pocket Change and wanted to blog about their policy.
It used to be you’d always find cigarettes at the checkout of a market. Today, that’s changing. Many grocers now see themselves as purveyors of a healthy lifestyle and not just a provider of provisions. We all know about Whole Foods Markets and many of us are lucky to have Trader Joe's. ...
11.15.06
Carnival of Shopping #4
I’d like to begin this week’s carnival with a bit of sobering news: KFC’s logo is now visible from space. Along with the Great Wall of China and the pyramids, aliens will now be able to see the symbol of the other great marvel of our civilization: fried things.
So.
Wenchypoo has a great post on the [...]
Carnival of Shopping #4
I'd like to begin this week's carnival with a bit of sobering news: KFC's logo is now visible from space. Along with the Great Wall of China and the pyramids, aliens will now be able to see the symbol of the other great marvel of our civilization: fried things.
So.
Wenchypoo has a great post on the advantages of energy-efficient appliances. As a cash-poor (but rich in love) renter, I buy a lot of things off of craigslist, but appliances aren't one of them, unless they're quite new. They're literally getting more and more efficient every year. A ten-year-old dryer may look ...
11.15.06
Why the Zune won’t be any good
Microsoft yesterday launched the Zune, their answer to the iPod; an iPod killer if you may. I haven’t used it, and I’ve only skimmed the reviews, which are so-so. News reports are noting slow first-day sales figures, but that’s just horse-race stuff. The real reason the Zune will suck eggs is contained in an interview [...]
Why the Zune won’t be any good
Microsoft yesterday launched the Zune, their answer to the iPod; an iPod killer if you may. I haven't used it, and I've only skimmed the reviews, which are so-so. News reports are noting slow first-day sales figures, but that's just horse-race stuff. The real reason the Zune will suck eggs is contained in an interview that Robbie Bach, the president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices division, gave in the San Jose Mercury News yesterday. When asked why they built the Zune, Bach replied,
"When we looked at it, we said, 'Hey...that's a significant marketplace. It's a high priority given the momentum ...
11.14.06
With a side of irony and a large Diet Coke
With a side of irony and a large Diet Coke
Thanks to TiVo, I hardly watch commercials anymore, but a strange ad caught my eye the other day. (I've looked all over, and for the life of me I can't find it online--if anyone can locate it, please drop a line in the comments.) It was for McDonald's, and it was this hip young guy in his cramped apartment who realized that since he ate at McDonald's all the time (so cheap!) he didn't really need to cook. So he starts filling up his kitchen cabinets with clothes, etc., everyone has a good laugh, jingle, back to CSI: Dayton.
Wait ...
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