30th Oct2006

CloneMe.com.au

by Jon Beattie

What a brilliant website and campaign, how could you not click on a Google AdWords ad like this:

Unique Birthday Gift – www.cloneme.com.au – Clone somebody for their birthday! Made and delivered in 4 weeks.

Send in a digital photo of your loved one and they’ll send you back a clay clone in handy keyring size.

cloneme.com.au

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21st Oct2006

Sussex Drinker

by Jon Beattie

Only in the UK do you find a regional magazine dedicated to people who like drinking beer. It’s good to have hobbies and interests.

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17th Oct2006

Useful Site for Travellers

by Jon Beattie

I overheard a loud American discussing this website www.seatguru.com in an airport lounge. It is cool, you can get seating plans for most aircrafts for most airlines in the world, so you can figure out where you want to sit. This information should really be on the airline websites, but I’ve only ever seen this much detail on Emirates. I just wish I had seen this before I flew London-Sydney as I could have chosen a better seat.

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17th Oct2006

The New Bangkok Airport

by Jon Beattie

I flew threw this airport the day it opened. I thought a few teething issues were understandable. 2 weeks later on my way back, this is still a nightmare. The problem is over 50% of the staff have never worked in an airport before. I would highly recommend avoiding this as a transit option in favour of Singapore or Hong Kong for the time being.

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03rd Oct2006

iPod – The New Xerox?

by Jon Beattie

This is interesting. Apple’s iPod brand has become so popular and used to spawn more and more “Pod” and “Podcast” related terms and names that it is in danger of becoming entirely generic. In the US you don’t talk about photocopying something, you “Xerox” it. Apple is clearly concerned and are considering legal action to try to restrict the use of their trademarks.

I think this may be a case of bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted to be honest, however, I can understand their position as it is clearly diluting the strength of the brand. I always think of Apple as the friendly cool brand of the tech sector, but as they become more powerful will they start to become more ruthless and litigious? Source: Wired.

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