Dia De Los Muertos – Die, Die, Die!

Posted By pariahmike . October 30, 2009

How cool are the Mexicans? First off, theirs is a land where life is both precious and cheap at the same effing time. Their street food kicks ass. Kids can stay out promenading their respective zocalos until the wee hours of the night. They paint mules as zebras to make (more)

The Best Horror Culture Magazine On The Planet

Posted By pariahmike . October 30, 2009

 

Yes, they’ve been around for a good 12 years now but, believe it or not, there are still horror fans who don’t know about Rue Morgue; the most awesome magazine on the planet dedicated to “horror in culture and entertainment”. And, yeah!, they’re based (more)

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Athletes who tweet, blog,or appear on a reality show is old news. Athletes with their own channel? Leave it to Chad Ocho Cinco to offer a $4.99 iPhone app that allows you to access videos, tweets, and even ask him for advice.

What we love about this? Just about everything!

  • Firstly, Chad is hilarious. He legally changed his last name last year from “Johnson” to “Ocho Cinco” so that he could wear that name on his jersey. Why? He plays in number 85. Of course even a basic study of Spanish tells you that “8-5” is different than “85” but who cares. BTW, he changed it during “Spanish Heritage Month” in 2008.

 

  • He still dances, does stunts and gets fined by the league when he plays. He’s worn fake Hall of Fame jackets, danced with the mascot, proposed to a cheerleader, and once filled in for their starting kicker. He leaps into the stands when he scores…at the other team’s stadium.

 

  • The app was partially written by Cincinnati Bengals back-up quarterback Jordan Palmer.

 

  • When the Bengals were featured on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” this summer, sports blogs spent a lot of time talking about his personality: he’s an ass, but a really likeable one. He’s hilarious and hugely popular and a perfect example of a human brand: he represents an attitude and a style that the young people connect with. He’s “New School.”

 

For a sample of his antics, check out this YouTube tribute video.

Ocho Cinco: there’s an app for that!

Posted By Mike D'Abramo . October 21, 2009

Athletes who tweet, blog,or appear on a reality show is old news. Athletes with their own channel? Leave it to Chad Ocho Cinco to offer a $4.99 iPhone app that allows you to access videos, tweets, and even ask him for advice.

What we love about this? Just about (more)

The CD That Plays Like a Synth

Posted By pariahmike . October 15, 2009

Even the most uninvolved cultural observer would agree that CDs are currently lost in a purgatory that lies between being a one time technology go-to and being a bonafide has-been.

Still, you have to give San Francisco-based music producer and live mixing DJ Moldover (more)

Blogger “Payola” On the Radar

Posted By pariahmike . October 7, 2009

Assessing the credibility of bloggers, particularly when it comes to endorsements of any kind, has been a brewing issue amongst bloggeratti and consumers alike for quite a bit now. Now, with America’s FTC announcing new rules that require bloggers in the US to disclose (more)

Youth and Privacy

Posted By Mike D'Abramo . October 7, 2009

We received a number of calls yesterday about the report of Canada’s Privacy commissioner which featured youth privacy in the report. You’ll find the article (more)

Joy T-shirt…

Posted By Jacquelyn Salnek . October 7, 2009

Okay so this company is not brand new or anything, but still something that I think is a really great idea and deserves some recognition.  It’s been covered on different blogs awhile ago, but thought it’d be cool to put it here as well.

The idea is simple, this (more)

iPhone available on more carriers

Posted By Jacquelyn Salnek . October 6, 2009

Rogers Wireless’ exclusive distribution of the iPhone is soon coming to an end. . It was announced today that Bell and (more)

The shift from TV to online advertising…is real

Posted By Jacquelyn Salnek . October 2, 2009

Mashable is reporting that for the first time ever in a major market, advertising spend directed online has surpassed that of television. The UK, albeit void of advertisements on its publicly funded BBC network (more)