This is the problem with open source media, when you let everyone play there’s also going to be someone that wants to break the rules. Unfortunately, I don’t think making people register is going to help, especially when they don’t even require email verification. As the Wikipedia continues to gain popularity this problem is only going to get worse.
Update: News.com tells why they think Wikipedia Will Survive the Strom.
I’m sure everyone is getting sick of me plugging FireFox but guess what? I don’t care.
They’re just starting to figure this out?
“We believe the Web site will ultimately replace the 30-second commercial as the central expression of the brand … The TV commercial over time will become more of a way to simply send people to your Web site,” said Brian McAndrews, chief executive of Internet marketing company aQuantive Inc..
Read the whole story at Yahoo! news.
Here’s something for all the Canadians in the family to enjoy…
You know a brand’s gone bad when they go from selling trucker hats for $150 to selling energy drinks at 7-11.
Tonight on my way home I stoppped off to pick up a few groceries, while I was there I bought Mr & Mrs Smith. It’s been awhile since I’ve bought a new DVD and those brilliant product placements from Albertsons (you’ve all seen the featured DVD’s they have at the register) were so tempting I couldn’t say no.
That really is a good marketing technique, I always end up buying something when I see something that I really want and otherwise wouldn’t purchase. Now, when they ask me to buy a coupon book that’s whole other story.
Back to the movie. Right from the start I knew this was going to be a good movie, but it didn’t turn out to be as good as I thought. It was still good though. One of my favorite cars(M5) was in it, that always makes me happy to see. I also dig all the gadgets that were in the movie.
It Starts out a little slow but ends up having a fair amount of action. The one thing that didn’t make this an excellent movie in my view was Angelina Jolie kickin ass. I know this is half the story line but I just can’t bring myself to fall in love with a movie that has a female playing Rambo. She just needs to stand there and be sexy you know.
All in all it’s worth the purchase, I’m sure down the road I’ll watch it again. At the very least it’s something to add on your Netflix que.
Rating: 3.5 Glasses of Milk out of 5.
Yahoo! is giving me some really quirky results today with FireFox. It’s almost like they’re only showing me a fraction of the normal results. When I switch over to Internet Explorer everything is normal. Wonder if it’s a bug or something. Everything was fine last night. Hmmm….
Register.com search
Search for Cameron Olthuis
Just about any keyword I type in gets these weird results, even some big company names are nowhere to be found.
Update: I’m getting the same thing at home. This is strange, I need to do a little investigatory work and find out what’s going on.
Update: Things are semi back to normal, the quantity is there but the results have changed, must be a major update.
