euphoria meets holy crap meets badass

I think I’m the only one that’s going to find this interesting.

(Insert wiseass comment from Don here)

But upon eliz’s invite to join the blog, I was asked to login. Apparently I already had a blogger account. I’m not surprised I had an account that I didn’t remember. I do that a lot on sites where I need info fast: join up then forget all about it after. But the really interesting thing about my Blogger login was the screen name I chose: “Alfred the Bear.” Man, I hadn’t thought about him in a long time and his name must’ve just flashed in my head when I originally joined—you see, Alfred the Bear was one of my favorite stories as a kid. He was in a series of books in fact. And, surprise, surprise after a google search I found the photographer of the Alfred books has a site. So here it is folks. Sit back, regress and enjoy Alfred the Little Bear. Just click on the link above.

To get U.K. fans of the show “24” excited about upcoming episodes, Sky One used electronic billboards featuring the famous butt-kicking CTU hero. Jack says, “My name is Jack Bauer. I need you to remember a date.” Then a clock appears counting down to air date. Read the article for more details.

Thinking about posting a video online? According to Ad Age, the average viewer is 35 and will only watch a video for 5 seconds. That’s it.

Australian-born artist Ron Mueck makes life-like sculptures in really unusual sizes. I saw Mueck’s work here in D.C. in 2002 and it blew me away. I just stumbled onto a slideshow of some of his work. You have to see it.

Super simple idea.

If you want to learn more about the campaign, here’s the link: http://www.marketingsherpa.com/vas2006/1.html

hours of timewasting fun for people who — as little kids — used to come home from school, sit down with their oreos and flip on the tube.

-bp

(hat tip: alex)

Launched in November, Google Base is yet another beta program. It’s an online place for users to post online and offline content in many topics including blogs, people’s profiles, jobs, housing, recipes, tickets, and more. So what’s the difference? Google lets users post the content, including pictures and then users assign attributes to the posting to make it easier to search. So for example, if someone is looking for a new home. They would assign attributes like single-family, garage, Fairfax, brick, etc.

Check it out.

While 25% of online consumers say they’re interested in podcasts, only 1% listens to them on a regular bases. And only 2% of households have even sampled them. This is according to a new study by Forrester Research.

Sprint and Luxor Hotels in Las Vegas have made a deal. Sprint will send mobile coupons to Luxor guests.

As mobile phones continue to grow as a major marketing tool, experts caution marketers that consumers could soon view mobile ads as an intrusion.