My brother, a languaphile, just brought to my attention something very interesting. He was curious how up-to-date the newest (print) edition of the OED was, and so he looked up the word “blog,” It of course redirected him to “weblog” but the definition was the following:
“…. run by 20-something Americans with at least an unhealthy interest in computers”
WOW. And of course I tried to go to the online version to see if that’s been changed… but you can’t search the online OED without a subscription. Someday they’ll learn I guess.
We use Google for almost everything here at Other Side. So I was pleased when Joel from PAN sent us a post about Google’s new line of defense against emailing when you’re less than mindful.
It forces you to think, literally, before an email goes out. You can set it to activate on any day, so if you’re inclined to drink on a Monday or Tuesday, so be it.
One thing I might suggest, for those of us who are math inclined, or whose math skills increase directly with an increase in alcohol consumption, there should be a variety of tests. For instance, I think etymology would be good for me. Or South American history. Or US history for that matter.
I was going to post a piece on… well, I’ll wait on that until Monday, since it’s too late on Friday afternoon for anyone to actually read it. In the meantime, graphic designer Deb Gordon, who did our company website, passed on a great little piece to me that’s sure to put a quick smile on your face as you get through the last few hours of the work week.
This is from Matt Harding, who travelled to 42 countries in 14 months and put this together. If you’re interested as well, the music is by Garry Schyman and is based on Tagore lyrics.
This is fantastic. If there were no such thing as the stop sign, and it needed to be invented, and someone decided to hire a marketing/advertising agency to get the job done.
For those who don’t know, one of my foci at Fletcher is Southwest Asia and Islamic Civilization. Here is my Islam and Politics professor, Vali Nasr, on the Colbert Report. He’s a lot funnier in class…. which is weird.
Firstly, my apologies for the hiatus. I was travelling, at a wedding, driving to Atlanta and starting school this week, all of which required a large amount of my brain power.
This commercial, literally, rocks. Before you even see anything, you hear the unmistakable entrance of Phil Collins In the Air Tonight in the background, a puff of hair, and then the face of a gorilla. You’re not sure what the connection between the gorilla and the song is, but it sure looks a lot like Phil’s music video itself…. eyes closed, pondering life and breathing in the air. Then the drum set appears, and you anxiously ponder yourself, “Is he going to start playing? Please tell me he’s going to start playing.” Sure enough, he rocks out on the drums.
What does this have to do with candy? Cadbury’s tagline, “A glass and a half full of joy” may have been purposely left vague for exactly this reason. They were able to create an ad here that’s seemingly unconnected to chocolate, and tie it in wonderfully with the joy of life. Not only does that gorilla demonstrate his own joy during the song, but the audience definitely gets some joy out of it. Is there anyone that actually doesn’t like that song?
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