Trademork breaks the story that the lovable jackasses at Fark (one of my favorite sites) are trying to trademark NSFW which stands for “Not Safe For Work.” The blog world is all up in a dither, when Fark’s official response shows that this is obviously some sort of hilarious practical joke (or something Drew decided to do when he was drunk). I can’t wait to see how this one turns out.
Another Chinese Toy Recall
Next time your kids are at the playground, make sure you avoid this slide:
(If anybody knows the original source for this that I can link to, let me know — it was e-mailed to me.)
Thank Goodness Our Housekeepers Don’t Try This Crap
It’s a well-known fact that I work for a couple vacation rental companies in the area, and I can assure you, this kind of crap never happens in our homes. Thanks Cheryl for the video.
Local Group Wants To Keep Santa Fat
Apparently the group behind the Keep Santa Fat campaign were at the Bend Christmas Parade handing out candy canes, but since I didn’t want to go down there and freeze my a** off to watch the parade, I missed it. Anyway…
The Keep Santa Fat campaign is an effort dedicated to “keeping St. Nick thick.” It’s actually a pretty entertaining campaign with funny videos and news stories, and it is for a good cause — though I do find it ironic that they’re trying to keep Santa fat by running a food drive for the needy.
DVA Advertising is always one for these kinds of oddball campaigns — remember their controversial (but hilarious) where-the-hell-are-we.com Bend promotional campaign? They also did some downtown marketing for BendFilm and Cascade Festival of Music that got them in trouble, too, but, really, I think they do good work — as all publicity is good publicity in this type of business.
Stupidly Fun Blog For The Day
One man’s quest to play all 4,000 old-school arcade games in the Twin Galaxies record book. He creates a blog post for each game he plays, and the results and his commentary are hilarious.
Link via Waxy.
The Huge Storm Didn’t Just FUBAR The Northwest
It messed with New Zealand’s Internet access, too.
Thanks Rob for the link.
Help My Cousin’s Buddy Win The Home Depot Remodel Contest
Home Depot is having a video contest with the winner winning a $25,000 Home Depot gift card to use towards a remodel. My cousin has a friend who’s submitted a video, and 20% of the final score is user views. I actually got a good chuckle out of their video, and I think you will, too:
Want To Spoil That New Baby Of Yours?
Thanks Cheryl for vid.
Please Don’t Tell Me You Don’t Block Port 25 When You Actually Do
Geek-speak ahead — read on, if interested.