Fun Stuff

Thanks for Christopher Elliot and his blog about the travel industry for mentioning me and a funny anecdote that I once shared with him about a trans-atlantic flight that I was on from London to Philadelphia.
 
 

This is worth a look.  Take a look at this new computer in Israel.

Website of day

It wasn’t the Super Bowl of advertisements, but the very first time that an advertisement appeared on television was on July 1, 1941.  Prior to a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies, Bulova paid a whopping $4 for an ad placement on New York City station WNBT.
The 10 second advertisement showed a [...]

It is silly to pay for conference calls when you get them for free!
Check out our page about free conference calls.
Totally Free Conference Calls

The number of households cutting the cord on their landline phone continues to increase.  A recent study by
 the National Center for Health Statistics shows that 20.2% of American households are now cell phone only and do not have a landline phone.
 
The amount of households dropping their landline phones appears to be increasing by 3% every [...]

Advertising expenditures in the United States for 2007 are as follows.
1.  Direct Mail — $60 billion
2.  Television — $45
3.  Newspapers — $42
4.  Miscellaneous — $37
5.  Cable — $26
6.  Radio — $19
7.  Yellow Pages — $14
8.  Magazines — $14
9.  Internet — $11
10. Outdoor — $7
(source — Marketing Growth Strategies)

This boy was singing his favorite Britney Spears song in his bedroom when his Mom walks in and scares the crap out of him.

The winners of the Academy Awards have been leaked and the Get Clickz blog is there to bring the details to you.  Click here for the 2008 Academy Awards winners list.

Here’s a list from the United States government of its bailout grants. 
US Government Bailout List

Here are the top selling bobbleheads this holiday season, according to Bobbleheads.com.

1.  Barack Obama
2.  John McCain
3.  Hillary Clinton
4.  Dwight Schrute (The Office)
5.  Michael Scott (The Office)
6.  Yoda
7.  Bill Clinton
8.  Jesus
9.  Teddy Roosevelt
10. Buckwheat (Little Rascals)

I thought this was an interesting post so link back to Web Pro News and Jason Lee Miller for the information and idea.
Ask.com’s Top 10 List
1. How do I get pregnant?
2. How do I lose weight?
3. How do I write a resume?
4. How much is minimum wage?
5. How much is my car worth?
6. How do I [...]

by Anthony Wayne
First there was dating by telephone IVR services and 900 numbers, then it evolved to internet dating, and now to text message dating.
The Austin Statesman did an article about text message dating that featured an interview with our own BallparkBob.
Internet marketers can also find dates while working those late hours energized by Red [...]

Back by popular demand for those of us who work in the internet business is the John McCain video where he says that he can’t get on the internet. I wonder what the breakdown of votes will be for those who work in the internet business? That’s a statistic I’d like to see!
If the embedded [...]

Here’s the video you’ve all been waiting for — the Sara Palin swimsuit competition.  I know this has nothing to do with the internet, except for the fact that her running mate doesn’t know how to get on it without his wife’s help.
Sara Palin in a swimsuit at the Miss Alaska competition.

Please.  Is this really too racy for television?  Don’t you think GoDaddy just loves getting its advertisements rejected?
See the rejected Danica Patrick GoDaddy advertisement that Fox didn’t want to air.
It will definitely make you want to watch more auto racing.