Pictures Of Walls / Art Of The State

While there are numerous websites dedicated to graffiti as an art form (Art Of The State is a favorite), there are precious few dedicated to the low-grade scribbling you'll find in your average bathroom stall. Actually, as far as I know, there's only one: Pictures Of Walls. Here are a few favorites from the first album.

Perhaps more importantly, I'm afraid I must bid you all à bientot. Not goodbye, you understand; it's just that the next few weeks will be intermittent, followed by a year's worth of weekly (rather than daily) posts. Ta-ta.

Mashups

Sifting through the unsorted area of my iTunes library, I found a song entitled "Marshall's Been Snookered", something I thought deserved discussion here. I then saw that I had already mentioned it. However, the song led me down some alleys of musichood that I found rather interesting, into the grand world of mashups. The above song is Eminem's "Without Me" separated from its musical tracks and superimposed onto a ragtime song, a blend that surprisingly works. Songs like it are rare, as this popular "A vs B" musical style usually uses two well-known songs instead of a generic genre. For example, the arguably best-known mashup is "Boulevard Of Broken Songs", a track encapsulating Green Day's "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams", Oasis' "Wonderwall", Travis' "Writing To Reach You", and Aerosmith's "Dream On" (The first version used Eminem's "Sing For The Moment", which was actually sampled from "Dream On"). The song was made by the inimitable Party Ben, but to be honest, that is far from his best work. Here's his page. I would also recommend Daft Punk vs Nirvana's "Smells Stronger". From DJ Mei-Lwun comes probably one of the most ambitious projects I've heard in the day I've been doing this: "Sweet Home Country Grammar". It's the greatest Lynyrd Skynyrd vs Nelly song I've ever heard, so there's no reason not to listen to it. It also happens to be my favorite. To finish up, we have this playlist. Over 2000 songs, so grab them up before someone else does (that's how the internet works, right?).

Japanese Game Shows

American readers may have seen these new game shows, where they attempt to emulate the internet's confusing obsession with Japanese game shows. I give them both about one season tops, for two reasons. First, people wouldn't like Japanese game shows if they had to sit down and watch them on television. They like being able to mail around YouTube clips that are about two minutes long. Things people can laugh at on their lunch breaks before going back to the soul-numbing grind that is their daily lives. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, American TV utterly destroys everything it gets its hands on. With the possible exception of The Office, I can't think of a single successful American television adaptation. Now, The Office works because the actors carry the dialogue all the way through. It's a balance of superb acting and superb writing. But for the most part, game shows require neither of these two things; all you need are entertaining challenges. And yet somehow, I can't bear to watch American game shows at all (It's probably their propensity to choose such unlikeable characters as Joe Rogan and Ryan Seacrest as hosts). Personally, I think American TV is dead. Sure, there's the occasional spark of intelligence, but I think those are the equivalents of the hair and nails growing after you've shuffled off your mortal coil (By the way, look at this. It's all the TV shows adapted from British TV, including Sanford and Son. Really).

Oh well. We still have YouTube, right?

Cryptic Crosswords

A while back, a friend introduced me to Harper's magazine, a wholly average monthly digest in every respect, with the exception of the very last page, where you would find the jumbles and word-searches in a normal magazine. In this particular publication, however, a new kind of puzzle was to be found, and it ABSOLUTELY BLEW MY MIND. It was a crossword puzzle, but the clues didn't make any sense. I mean, look at this: "Pe(9)rish ground; a wild type of music"? How did that yield "dixieland"? Even after knowing the answer, it took me almost two hours to find the reasoning behind it. The puzzles were called "cryptic crosswords," and having a good vocabulary wasn't near enough to finish one. Every clue in the larger puzzle hides another, tinier puzzle.

For example, "Returned beer fit for a king (5)". Anyone? No? The answer is "Regal". The answer to the puzzle is right there at the end, "fit for a king". But how to know what word it is? There are a couple of five-letter words for that; royal, noble, grand; just off the top of my head. The trick is, the word "Returned" in this context means that the word is spelled backwards (also used are the words "backwards", "reversed", and once I caught "mirrored"). So the final piece of the puzzle is "beer". Another word for the word "beer" is "lager", which, when reversed, gives us "regal". Of course, just when you get the hang of it, I regret to inform you that that is far from the extent of the confusion. In addition to reversed words, there are anagrams, word searching, and a whole mess of other stuff.

For another example, try "Chaperone shredded corset (6)". The trick to this one is to know that "shredded" indicates that one of the words is an anagram. Which one? "Corset" (You can tell because the answer is only six letters). So what's a six-letter word for "chaperone" using the letters C, E, O, R, S and T? It's "escort". Case closed.

Another good one to look out for is anything involving initials. Often times, you'll see the words "Initially", "For starters" and "At first". These are all indicators. Try "Initially amiable person eats monkey (3)". The clue for this one is the word "monkey". The first letters of the remaining words "Amiable Person Eats" are A, P and E, for the answer "ape".

The fourth most commonly used technique is hiding words inside other words, a clue often called a container. "Make a change and put me in last (5)". The clue is probably "make a change", so when the clue states "put 'me' in 'last'", it means to place the word "me" somewhere into the word "last". As far as I can tell, there is no word spelled like that, so find a synonym for "last" and try to work it that way. The word "end" as a replacement for "last" yields the answer "emend". Every single clue is at least that tricky.

So I guess that's it. there are some other tricky clue types, but you can read about them here. You should be able to solve some of the easier ones simply with the four techniques above. If you want to try some of your own, pick up a copy of Harper's (tell 'em I sent you) or you can just go here. They're pretty tough, so you can also try the so-called beginner's puzzle here.

P.S.: If you can figure out the reasoning behind "Pe(9)rish ground; a wild type of music", post it in the comments.

EDIT: I just found this site, where it explains how to solve a cryptic clue. It also offer dozens of examples for practice, giving you two hints before telling you the answer. A+, good sir.

National Geographic POD

Were you aware that NatGeo had a Picture Of The Day? I was! Like the space photos, National Geographic photos are often one of the hundreds of photos that didn't make it to the final cut, but were still too good to pass up; like today's.

Those are wells from Zakouma National Park in Chad. For some reason, they orient themselves in a flower-formation, which looks pretty awesome. You also might want to check out the Wallpapers display. As an example, I present some chinstrap penguins on some of the coolest looking glaciers I've ever seen, and a buch of white lion cubs. Awwwww.

Real-life Superheroes

I was shocked and astounded to discover that Wikipedia has an entry for so-called "real-life superheroes". That was nothing compared to the shock I received when I read it. There are apparently actual people who feel, I don't know, a civic duty or something to dress up in spandex and run around the local scene preventing crimes and getting press coverage. Quite frankly, that doesn't seem very superheroesque, getting interviewed. But when you have no powers aside from the ability to "organize labor rallies and protests, and file petitions", you got nothing else to go on but the fleeting fame television offers. That particular civil servant is Superbarrio, seen here getting into what he presumably calls his "Superbarriomobile."

Not too inspiring. Superbarrio looks like he let himself go a bit. Perhaps the most compelling read is this article from the Washington Post. Aside from that, the closest thing to a superhero I would cheer on is the guy who destroys wheel clamps.

Easter Eggs

No doubt most of you are familiar with the concept of the "easter egg", a chunk of code in software that does something it's not designed to do. Most frequently, it's something small; you hit a particular set of keys when you have Excel open and a picture of the lead programmer's girlfriend pops up. Sometimes, people go a little overboard and program an entire flight simulator into copies of Microsoft Office '97 (instructions here; but if you need it, you have some upgrading to do). Somewhat more rare is when easter eggs are put into hardware, and even more rare when that hardware isn't a computer. It would be possible, I suppose, to vary the speed of the stepper motor in, say, a scanner to create tones. From there, it wouldn't take long to time it correctly to produce a fairly recognizable tune. Then all you would need to do is wait until someone starts up the machine while pressing the scan button. But no-one would ever do that, right?

These Are Jokes

I like to think I have something of a sophisticated sense of humor, I don't like the Farrelly brothers or anything with Ben Stiller. Don't get me wrong, a well-placed fart joke can work wonders. But you have to frame it correctly. Mike Meyers seems to think you can just expel fluid of some kind and automatically win at comedy; it doesn't work like that. Which is why I was skeptical when a close friend recommended a video on YouTube. I'd never heard of Demetri Martin, but the several previously recommended videos had all been clips from MadTV, and while viewing them I felt like digging up George Carlin's corpse to revive it; hopefully bringing back the concept of "funny" along with him (I spent all my grant money from the "Tesla Fund for Mad Scientists" on island fortresses and Igor was vacationing in Seychelles, so that wasn't really a viable option). What I got instead was over ten solid minutes of material that made me laugh. After watching Carlos Mencia or even the opening credits for abominations like the insufferable Bernie Mac Show, I become incensed. There is much snarling and rending of garments and gnashing of teeth. It gets pretty ugly. But this Demetri Martin not only made me chortle, but made me laugh. That's serious. The clip in question was a simple vocal track overlaid with a horrible slideshow filled with the dumb pictures and horrendous spelling you'd expect from your average YouTuber. So after some searching, I found the album that the track was from. And so, after that unnecessarily long and boring piece of expository writing, I come to the crux of the matter: These Are Jokes. Yes they are, Demetri. Yes they are. Oh, and the track was The Jokes With Guitar. Listen to it. It's genuinely funny.

Weta

Based on the Eye of Sauron in the background and the King Kong links and the New Zealand domain name, I'm betting that Peter Jackson is a fan of using the Weta Workshop. Their other credits include The Muppet Show, At least one (new) Zorro movie, Prince Caspian and the (new) Doctor Who TV show. Besides making some of the most convincing creature effects in movies today, they sell collectibles. Like those little statues for people who... I don't know who actually buys those. And helmets for fauns.

I think that the two large holes practically inviting an archer to shoot an arrow straight into Mr. Tumnus' frontal lobe is a pretty obvious design flaw, but what do I know? In addition to these items that pale in comparison, they offer something pretty cool. LASER GUNS! Who among us hasn't wanted one of these?

Pictured above, you see the Victorious Mongoose 1902a - Concealable Ray Pistol. Also pictured is the fine leather case it comes in, complete with brass snaps and an envelope of some kind. I have no clue what that is. Not pictured is the look of shock on your face when you see that this chunk of admittedly well-crafted metal and wood costs over five hundred American dollars. A look of shock that then turns to relief when you realize that in comparison to these other full-sized ray guns, that's nothin'. I admit, I would be more inclined to purchase the derringer-sized one, the other ones are huge. She could break a wrist.

EDIT: According to Wikipedia (so it must be true) Weta makes what they call "bigatures", miniatures that can get up to nine meters in height. The chain-mail work on a twenty-foot orc was apparently so intricate that a few people actually wore off the fingerprints on their thumbs and forefingers. WOW.

Food For Thought

So, I was just sitting there, grooving on life and all, and I remembered a passage I read once in Gödel, Escher, Bach (written by the extremely competent and previously mentioned Douglas R. Hofstadter) regarding the nature of onomatopoeia. Specifically, if certain words are written like they sound, is there a precedent to create a word that means the opposite of "onomatopoeia"? Words that sound like the exact opposite of what they mean? He brings up the words "awkwardnessful" and "pentasyllabic" to illustrate his point. While not strictly onomatopoeia (I believe it has to be a "sound" word), these words describe themselves. In that case, would there be a words to describe the opposite category? "Non-self-descriptive"? If so, is "non-self-descriptive" a non-self-descriptive word or a self-descriptive word? The entire subject of antonyms raises some profound philosophical and linguistic questions. Is there an opposite for every word? Certainly not; to assume there's a word to describe the opposite of "milk" is nothing short of ludicrous. How about an antonym for every adjective? That makes sense, given that (almost) every antonym pairing are adjectives in the first place: "wet" vs. "dry"; "up" vs. "down" and so on. I say "almost" because there some nouns that have what many consider to be opposites, like "day" and "night". However, these are two arbitrary terms based on the rotation of the Earth. Are they truly "opposites"? We consider them to be so, because humans don't deal in the concrete when it serves us to deal in the abstract. "One time of the day is light, the other's dark, so they must be opposites." Who makes the final verdict on whether a word gets an antonym or not? The adjectives "hot" and "cold" are opposites, so who's to say whether the nouns based solely on their respective adjectives ("heat" and "cold") are not?

But you didn't come here for that. You came for EXPLODING SAND CASTLES... IN REVERSE!

PHEEEEEWWWWW! BOOOOOM! AWESOME! Also, I realized that using the word "competent" to describe a writer is faintly offensive.

Magic Pen

Remember this? Well, someone went and decided to make it a reality. I can't get past level four, but then again, I have a horrible attention span. Also, check out the new Digg system. If you dig it; Digg it.

EDIT: Screw Digg! Keeps messin' up my formatting, dammit!

Star Wars + ASCII = ???

Browsing the Wired website is much more fulfilling experience than reading the magazine, for some reason. All the little contests are pretty great, like this ASCII art contest; the winner of which has apparently never tried the medium before. I call shenanigans.

There's no way that was his first piece. And among the numerous (twelve) masterpieces, you can find two professional artists, both of whom submitted their posters for Radiohead and Battles.

But that's all besides the point. Someone did Star Wars: A New Hope in ASCII art format! Line for line! It's impressive! Up until about halfway through, when you realize you just sat through a monochrome shaggy dog story that ends with a joke that should have died quite a while ago.

Take On Me

How... Awesome... WAS THAT?! Whoa. I'd heard of this legendary a-ha video, but after watching it, I find the animation top-notch for 1984. It also raises some frankly disturbing questions about comic book/real life romances that I don't want to get into right now. Good night!

The Newspeak Dictionary

I'm in the middle of reading George Orwell's classic 1984 for the first time, and I'm seriously intrigued by the idea of language that's designed primarily to rid the English language of original thought. Everything that can possibly be said can be said using a number of suffixes, prefixes and modifiers in the fictional Newspeak language. For instance, if something is good, it's simply "good". There are no alternatives. If something is great, it's "plusgood", indicating a slightly elevated level of enthusiasm. If something is excellent or spectacular, it's "doubleplusgood". It's not specifically mentioned, but I think it's safe to say that "doubleplusgood" is about as twice as great as "plusgood". The worst possible descriptor is, of course, "doubleplusungood". Also, any word can be turned into an adverb simply adding the suffix "-wise" while any word can be turned into a adjective by adding "-ful". This presumably leads to such confusing sentences as "I'm fullwise doubleplusthirstful" meaning "I'm really thirsty". It can get a little hard to read sometimes. One of the more interesting concepts is that of the "unperson", a phrase used when someone is not only killed by the state, but effectively erased from history. What's creepy about it is that it actually happened in the Soviet regime. Here's a picture of Uncle Joe "I Killed More People Than Hitler" Stalin standing next to Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov, a senior figure in the Soviet Police (1984 parallel: Thinkpol), and then a picture that could be found later after Yezhov fell from grace.

Old-school Photoshoppin'. So anyway, here's The Newspeak Dictionary, which not only lists and describes Newspeak from the book and movie but also what the proprietor of the site considers to be real-life Newspeak used by politicians and the media. It can get a little critical of those of you who may be politically correct, so it's best just to read the 1984 stuff. Also, if you haven't read the book, you can here.

The Ford SportKa

Continuing in the tradition of giving their cars bad names (The Probe? Really?) Ford released the Ka in 1996 to, let's say... moderate reception. Why not. It was followed by the SportKa in 2003, a reimagining of the car to appear sportier and tough as a response to the Ka's widely perceived "cute" design. Looking to come up with a fitting ad campaign, some bright spark at Ford came up with "The Ka's Evil Twin." Fun, right? Yeah, take a look at the two viral TV ads that ran that year, Pigeon and Cat.

Not too surprisingly, a general uproar was instated and the ads came off the air. It becomes more interesting when you find out that the creative ad execs at Ford apparently didn't give those ads the go-ahead, meaning that someone at Ogilvy Mather (the ad agency) had decided to just put them on air anyway. Of course, taking them off the air, or in fact even airing them in the first place was a surefire way to drum up more business by having every single man woman and child online talk about the outrageous ads (just like I'm doing right now). Because of all this, the true origin of the ads may well be never known. More info can be found here.

The Cathedral

This won at Best Animated Short at SIGGRAPH! That's pretty big, non-nerds.

Also, this is goodbye for the rest of the weekend. So don't bother coming back 'till Monday, you won't find jack. Laters!

Etsy

As a savvy consumer, I often just elect not to buy anything at all if it's not ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. This has some minimalist leanings, but it's mostly because a dorm room is TINY. Regarding the more political reasons one might have for trying to consume as little as possible, a real, actual capitalism is what many crave. Unfortunately, there are precious few sites online that cater to both the financially-challenged and the bohemian shopper. Among the few, Etsy probably has some of the best selection I've seen (I should seriously be getting paid for this). This is because everything for sale is handmade. In many cases, if you don't snatch up whatever you see immediately, you might never find anything quite like it ever again. The products for sale tend to lean heavily in the "awesome" direction, but that's just me. If you're also into straightedge vegan everything and anything (a ponytail holder? Seriously?) you'll like it. But that's not all.

Yeah, there's plenty of stuff like that on there as well. Somewhat interestingly, I discovered the site beacuse of its high concentration of... STEAMPUNK STUFF! YAY!

At first I couldn't decide which picture to put up, but then I'm all like, "I OWN this space! I can put both up!" And so it was done.

eBay Feedback

A while back I commented on some of the more bizarre Amazon.com products, making special note of the user comments. Another frequently overlooked source of merriment and mirth are the eBay buyer feedback articles. Though you can find some good ones here (My favorite: "NEGATIVE: Though you did nothing wrong, I am giving you this negative feedback to teach you that the universe is arbitrary and unfair."), the undisputed king of goofy feedback is tryork5ifp, the unpronouncably-named wunderkind who, as far as I can tell, has never given negative feedback. Check out his customer profile here. some favorites:

Ventriloquist dummy WON'T SHUT UP and has KILLED all my other ventriloquist dummies
Simply the GREATEST OBJECT I've ever received. Will burn all my other possessions
Whew! biopsy came back negative. Who even knew you could do this on eBay?
BEST SELLER ON EBAY! In fact, this experience made me want to put down my gun.A+
$$ recieved via PAYPAL this A.M.—Told Johnny the hit IS ON—Will provide photos.

Animaniacs

Yeah, another Steven Spielberg cartoon. And it's just as funny. Here's the thing; Spielberg used to know how to treat children like adults while simultaneously making adults feel like children. Now I'm not so sure. But back then! Oh, back then anything the man touched was pure gold. Including musical sequences.

I must have missed the Ringo accent back when I was too young to know who Ringo was. Also, there are a hell of a lot of states, man. Regarding the clip, I'm mightily impressed that I'm still impressed by this. Turn on any children's channel right now. If you can find a show with half the depth or educational content as that you're watching a show that's designed to be educational; in which case it isn't half as culturally relevant or musically catchy.

EDIT: HA! I just remembered that later on, Yakko did the same style of thing except with countries of the world instead of states. If anything, it's even better.

Upon closer inspection, he forgot a few, not to mention the last few countries that have been officially recognized as sovereign nations. Also, they misspell Israel as "Isreal" (I think). Also, they recognize Tibet, Kosovo and Montenegro as independent states, so heads up, border patrol! Alternately, you can all stop being babies about it.

Ig Nobel Prize

Those of you who peruse "News of the Weird" sites may remember a few years back when a Welsh gentleman discovered a particular frequency that is audible (for the most part) only to teenagers. Apparently the science behind it is totally legit (who am I to judge) with most people over the age of 25 completely unable to hear the high-pitched shrieking that drives teens away. What could this technology possibly be used for? How about the Mosquito Teen Deterrent Sound System? For reals*. Many businesses actually get this stuff installed to shoo away loitering teens from their storefronts. More science can be found here on their FAQ page. As many times as this story was covered by various teen-hating newspapers, most neglected to mention quite possibly the greatest thing to come from this. Howard Stapleton, the Welsh man in question, won the 2006 Ig Nobel Peace Prize for his work in "a teen repellent".

Yes, as interesting as all that was, today's article is not a scathing exposé of ageists in the security business. It is about the most interesting ideas in science today. To blatantly steal from a Jerry Seinfeld routine, some scientists choose to focus on AIDS research and intelli-crops, while others go, "No, I want to focus on how much power it takes to drag a sheep across the floor." Those people win an Ig Nobel Prize. Those two guys specifically won the 2003 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics (yes, they were from Australia). If you want to look at some of the more flamboyant wastes of grant money from around the world, you can check out the Ig Nobel Prize homepage, hosted by Improbable Research; Research That Makes People Laugh And Then Think.

*Unverified gossip leads me to believe that some girl somewhere used the same sound as a ringtone so her teacher wouldn't know she was receiving text messages.

Best of Boston

While on vacation recently, I happened upon an infomercial boasting a 10-CD set of power ballads from the 1980s. As I listened to the featured thirty seconds of each song, I became paralyzed with some truly righteous tunes, foremost of which were the Boston song "More Than A Feeling" and the REO Speedwagon song "Can't Fight This Feeling". While searching for the two, I found a good deal more Boston than I had bargained for (Also a good deal more of the word "feeling"). That's good times for everyone. Enjoy their greatest hits. Also, watch this video, which I'll go ahead and assume sums up the 1980s in its entirety.

NetHack

Back in 1980, when all anyone could get computer-wise was a little system called Unix, computer games still played a fairly prominent role (Factoid: Unix, arguably the first OS, was originally developed for the sole purpose of playing a video game. Suck on that, Jack Thompson. Tastes like... history). They were understandably simple of course, often being simply text adventures. ASCII characters were not, however, only used for writing text. The greatest example of this was probably Rogue, an adventure game where you were a little "@" symbol running around, killing "Z" zombies and other baddies (one of my favorites is the "grid bug", represented by an "x" and notable for being killable in about one hit. To be killed by a grid bug is the lowest disgrace imaginable. I have been killed by grid bugs numerous times). So to answer your question, yes. Yes you can totally still play Rogue today, but why would you want to? There's an entire genre of games called rogue-likes, and the fan base they have developed is nothing short of astounding (the über-popular Diablo series are all rogue-likes). While Rogue was a somewhat boring and simple adventure game, one of its descendants, NetHack, is almost universally recognized as one of the greatest games ever made. Really. No sound, no cutscenes, you don't even need a color screen, but it's still that good.

NetHack was first created in 1987 and while it was a spin-off of Rogue at first, it quickly took the gaming world by storm and became a revolution all its own. First off, there are the numerous versions of the game to be had. You can get it with graphics that make a game look like some cheap Zelda knock-off, while purists will insist upon playing it in Terminal with the original ASCII characters and admittedly horrible controls (Left=H; Right=L; Up=K; Down=J. Yeah, go ahead and look at your keyboard. You get used to it, but just barely). The other drawing point is the gameplay. Game designers wish they had this much content in a game. Among the more interesting things of note, there are gods to be prayed to (and to be angered. They can mess your world up but good), curses, magic, djinn (genies who allow you to essentially commit genocide and choose one species to kill in its entirety), shopkeepers you can buy or steal from (don't bother, most are wicked accurate with a wand of lightning), and an animal sidekick to follow you around. I like the kitten even though it's freaking worthless.

You can find the homepage here, and I would totally advise putting in the effort to install the original ASCII version. Everything pertinent to the game (full item lists you'll need in the unlikely event that you ever make it off the first level, whether or not you can cook and eat the corpse of a goblin king [you can't]) can be found on its unofficial wiki, WikiHack.

P.S.: The game has been ported to some unassuming devices, including the Nintendo DS, the iPhone and numerous cell-phones. If I had that, I would totally use my phone for more than keeping technophobic ghosts at bay (It's getting to be kind of a problem).

Bear And Kitten

It's been a while since I've shilled for a webcomic, so today... I'm gonna tell you about a webcomic. Bear and Kitten doesn't have many pages (it's only been running for a little over a year) but the stuff that's there is what we in the biz know as "high comedy", filled with vomit and dick jokes. Really. Case in point (Click to enlarge).

If that's not side-splittingly comical, I don't know what is. Also, check out this real life bear and kitten combo. A formidable duo.

Concept Bikes

After the monocycle post I wrote, I got an anonymous email regarding the recent (and wicked sweet) trend of reinventing the wheel to great effect, much in the same way the creative minds at Nissan brought you the Pivo.

Yeesh. While none of these bikes look quite as revolting, some tend to boggle the mind.

That's totally real. None of them will ever be as awesome as this, however.

If you can't afford a shiny new chopper, just mod your bicycle to look like one.

P.S.: When looking for the Pivo (*shudder*) I found a XBox360 promotional Suzuki. If seems to me that if you're driving, you probably shouldn't be gaming as well.

Thanks, anonymous! Also, thanks Anonymous. You do so much crazy stuff for the internet. You guys are a touchy bunch, so... we're cool, right?

Breeze Excel

The Lowe Bangkok Agency recently ran this admittedly clever advertising campaign called "The Torture Test". Click to enlarge.