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Microsoft replacement of black man causes uproar over a common advertising practice

chris — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:41:57 +0000

Microsoft recently used a different version of a photo within an ad for two different markets. Apparently this has caused an uproar, Microsoft has apologized, and replaced the changed photo.

huffingtonpost.com

All they did was photoshop out a black man and replaced him with a white man. Advertisers and marketers have been doing this since the beginning of advertising and marketing.

I was part of a similar plan in 2003. I was a model for a Microsoft ad where they hired 3 men and 1 woman. The other two men were of Japanese and Chinese decent. Their intent was to use a different version of the ad for different markets, US, Europe and Japanese.

Click on each photo icon above to see the full size ad.

Why is this just now being brought to light and frowned upon? Because the man was photoshopped and it wasn’t reshot with a different actor?

Twitter Indie Song A Day just started

chris — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:41:11 +0000

http://twitter.com/IndieSongADay

“Request and feedback welcome”

WOXY Vintage streaming radio, “bam!”

chris — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:56:07 +0000

Listen to WOXY Vintage streaming radio with iTunes. Other streams available for other apps too.

What is it?

Welcome to WOXY Vintage, a 24/7 streaming channel from WOXY.com dedicated to the history of Modern Rock, Alternative and Punk music. You’ll hear nearly 30 years of adventurous, innovative and influential music from The Velvet Underground, The Clash, Talking Heads, The Smiths, Depeche Mode and much more. Consider it your Modern Rock primer.

Hotels, Sleepover Disaster, Skycamp, James Lanman (san francisco local show)

chris — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:37:25 +0000

Here is your chance to catch a pretty good local show for cheap that is filled with quality music!

http://sonicliving.com/event/1240860

Hotels:
http://www.alternapop.com/2009/02/17/hotels-new-wave-post-punk/

Sleepover Disaster:
http://www.myspace.com/thesleepoverdisaster

Skycamp:
http://www.myspace.com/skycamp

James Lanman:
http://www.myspace.com/jameslanman

Octo Mom car window stickers

chris — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:48:44 +0000

click on the photo for a larger photo

8tracks.com

chris — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:10:31 +0000

~~mixwit.com~~
~~muxtape.com~~

http://8tracks.com/

How to tie a tie the correct length every time

chris — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:00:23 +0000

Here is the secret that I discovered myself several years ago. This should be common knowledge and it makes total sense when it’s pointed out to you. Why isn’t this known by all men and passed down to their sons?

I’m not going to go into the specifics about the mechanics of actually tying the tie but just how to set it up so you learn how to do it the same way every time.

What is important to remember is that different ties are different lengths but it doesn’t really matter how long or short the short/skinny end of the tie is after you tie your tie. What is more important is how long the long/wide end of the tie is. This is what people see and what causes retying if you tie it incorrectly.

1. Let both of your arms hang down at your side. Hang your tie around your neck and hold the tip of the wide end of the tie in your downward stretched arm’s hand, downward at your side. For me personally, I hold the tip of the tie in the tip of my index finger and thumb.

2. Take mental note where the end of the wide end of the tie falls with regards to the length of your arm. (eg: middle of your fingers, tip of your fingers, a couple inches past your fingers) This serves as your personal gauge.

3. Tie your tie.

4. If the length is how you like it, you now know your personal gauge. Hold any tie in your downward stretched hand in the exact same spot from now on. If it’s too short/long for your preference, untie your tie and start over adjusting where the tip of your tie falls in your downward stretched hand adjusting for how short or long the tie was with the first tie attempt. Just slide the tie a little more over on your neck to adjust for this length difference. Just use this same gauge every time you tie your tie and the length will be about the same every time, right? The short/skinny end is the end that will vary with different ties.

NCAA 2004 Sugar Bowl story

chris — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:37:21 +0000

I watched the National Championship game last night at a local bar. At the table next to me was a guy and a girl.

This was a very sloppy game game. Fumbles, turnovers, interceptions. Not all were forced by great play but rather poor decisions.

Part way through the game the girl next to me calls up a friend, “This a a great game. Both teams are playing SO well!”

Later OU blocked an LSU punt. She says, “I’ve never seen that before. Is that legal? What do you call that? What do you call that play? An intercepted punt? Why don’t they run that more often?”.

Why hasn’t anyone thought of this?

chris — Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:39:44 +0000

I thought that there has to be a way to tie a tie so that I can get it right every time. It sucks to be running late and to have to retie a tie because it’s too short or long the first or second time. Fortunately, I don’t have to wear a tie often so I’m not wasting weeks of my life retying ties.

While getting dressed for Jan’s wedding, I decided to experiment with tying my tie. I put the tie around my neck, as usual, yet this time I intentionally outstretched my right arm straight down and grabbed the tip of the tie between my thumb and index finger. This is going to serve as my gauge.

I tied the tie and to my surprise I got it right the first time. Now I know that any time I tie a tie in the future all I need to do is start with the tip of the big end of it between my down stretched hand.

The big thing is that some ties are longer than others. Some people are built differently the others. Some people prefer to wear their ties long, some short. As long as you find your initial gauge, for you specifically, you’ll get it right every time there after.

No one has ever suggested this to me and the dozen guys I’ve asked since have never heard of it either. Are we all out of the loop? Is this common knowledge within certain circles? If so, why hasn’t anyone told me? Until then, I’m calling this the Thacker Method.