Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Are You a Winner?




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Oh, and when an aspiring author first met her agent, Christopher Little, over a lunch in London in 1995, he felt it only right to sound a cautionary note: "Now, you do realize, you will never make a fortune out of writing children's books?". That caution sounded right since it was only after a lot of struggle that they managed to convince a small publisher Bloomsbury's editor Barry Cunningham to publish her debut for an advance of £1500. Today, with the Harry Potter franchise, J.K.Rowling is richer than the Queen.

Monday, July 10, 2006

VIDEO: Russell Peters Show Me the Funny

46 mts 04 secs

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Full 45 minutes video of Show Me the Funny.

Friday, July 07, 2006

What happened there? Was the match fixed?













Sunday, July 02, 2006

VIDEO: Colombia is Passion

3 mts 26 secs

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I love this video. It comes like a whiff of fresh air in the middle of a stinky ocean of identical promotional videos for various countries. It takes a very different approach to narration and presentation, and talks about the right things. Bravo!

Friday, June 30, 2006

The Meatrix II: Revolting



The Meatrix guys have come up with the sequel. Funny AND disturbing.

In case you haven't seen the original, click here.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

VIDEO: How to park Japanese style

0 mts 06 secs

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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Ads I love: Print commercials that get the point through


"Save trees. Trees save." Simple message, impactful execution. Visual of one poor guy taking refuge on a tree in a flooded region.


Cancer Society of Finland. Anti-smoking ad. The execution is amazing...look closely...the picture is composed entirely of cigarettes!


Scuola di karate. What could be a better ad for a karate school than a classroom with tables broken down the middle?


Milk power. See the depression made on the glass tumbler made by whoever held the it and drank the milk it contained?


N24. Oh, what to say....absolutely fantabulous. A picture does say a thousand words. And the impact is quadrupled if you add a couple of words to the picture. "We get to the point" is such a businesslike slogan, and the visual of a soldier with N24 focus-area showing a gas-pump nozzle (an obvious reference to the Iraq war being about oil) signifies that these guys don't mince any words, pull any punches, or talk about surface-level stuff...they really do get to the point AND they dig deep.


Daygum. Just brilliant - the message being "hands-free brushing", this ad shows a sadhu buried neck-down (it is not very uncommon for sadhus to perform a week-long or fortnight-long neck-down burial). Obviously he can't brush, but his teeth are sparkling.


Pioneer sound system. The power of the system...enough to tumble the adjacent cars.


Probably the best ad for a window-cleaner that I have ever seen. The bandaged bird (woodpecker?) obviously had crashed into a window pane.


Big Bazaar women's sale. The 3-part campaign shows various female deities - Lakshmi, Saraswati and Durga respectively - conspicuously absent from the pictures, conveying the message that all women are at the store and even the Goddesses can't resist it.


Comfort Fabric Softener. The bent coin from a denim jeans's pocket shows that it even softened the coin.


Henk Glue. I love that...this glue sticks so fast that you could play darts with it...sticks on impact...


Chupa Chups lollypops. The ants are bypassing the lollypop as it is sugar-free. Excellent idea.


Samsonite luggage. The luggage is so tough that the 4x4 is using it as a front bumper/fender.


Docteur Nature breast enlargement solution. Isn't his visual something? No nudity involved, and still gets the point across. Perhaps even more forcefully. The lady in question has had to resort to using safety pins to keep her bra together.


Ephyorol foot deodorant. Many ads (especially TV ads) make the problem/need very funny/ interesting and then give out the solution in a not so interesting manner. This ad makes the solution very interesting. The spy is able to reach the sentry unnoticed as he used the foot deo; the foot-odor would have been a dead giveaway.


World Wildlife Fund. Shows MGM logo without the lion, with the tagline "Wildlife is disappearing"


Nugget shoepolish. The shoes will be so shiny that you will be able to see mirror image of that sheet of paper in them, and cheat in the exam!


Cancer Cures Smoking, instead of Smoking Causes Cancer. Simple, elegant, powerful. By Cancer Patients Aid Association.


The Hindu festival of Diwali has ALI in it, while the Muslim holy month of Ramzan has Ram built right in. Who are we to draw the lines? Think beyond religious lines...send in help for the victims.

Monday, June 19, 2006

Incredible chalk drawings

Amazing chalk drawings by English artist Julian Beever. Beever shades his pictures to give them an amazing 3-D depth. Viewed from the correct angle, these drawing appear so lifelike...check out for yourself...

















Sunday, June 18, 2006

Eccentricities of life

Life is...


...not always what it seems.

Monday, June 12, 2006

The Male Salvo in the Battle of the Sexes









Saturday, June 10, 2006

DOC: What is Happening to the Planet?

Selected Satellite Images of the Changing Environment by United Nations Environment Programme. See what's happening to YOUR neighborhood!

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Friday, June 02, 2006

VIDEO: Bush Can't Always Open Doors

1 mts 40 secs

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