Archive for the ‘Websites’ Category

A life for sale

17th March

2008

A man called Ian is selling his life -literally all of it- on ebay, after having split from his wife.
For your bid you get a lovely house near Perth, Australia, a car, a motorbike, skydiving kit, jet-ski, job all of his friends and much more!

Auntie smells of Web 2.0

27th February

2008

The new BBC homepage, launched today, allows users to customise their experience by selecting content and creating garish colour schemes. It’s hardly a new idea, but it’s well implemented, and if nothing else, it’s worth the admission fee for the kitsch analogue clock displayed in the header.

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Please note - I despise the term Web 2.0, but as there’s no recognised alternative term that I can think of, I will continue to use it under duress.

Yes Bar Berlin

26th February

2008

This dude… he’s such… well… a dude!

The proprietor of the Yes Bar in Berlin has taken narcissism to a new level with this panoramic website, showing his bar filled with identikit punters, all of whom look suspiciously like him. Genius! Give that man a cigar and a vigorous handshake, he rocks my world more than Rocky’s I to VI.

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Thanks for the Memory, Crucial

21st February

2008

Ordering RAM is a tedious task, on a par with washing the dishes or peeling a banana for a man with no hands. So, when making an order with Crucial yesterday, upon seeing the obligatory box “Enter any special shipping and handling instructions here”, I asked them for a hand-written poem. As you do…

This morning, I received the following via email:

Good morning Milan,

Sorry can not oblige with a hand written poem so

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Sugar is sweet
and so are you.

Have a nice day

Kindest regards

Linda

Nice one! Clearly, they’re even more crucial than Delbert Wilkins. High fives and back slaps to Linda (surname withheld because the Internet is a scary place at the best of times).

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Virtual Water

20th February

2008

For the more environmentally conscious of you, the German firm traumkriger (link for the Deutsch speaking among you) has started an interesting project informing us all about water. The project comes with an informative website and a great poster (for only €25 plus shipping).
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Lovely!

Bedroom Diaries

12th February

2008

Five viral microsites promoting the new MTV series Bedroom Diaries have been launched. Production by us here at Include.

www.ipartypartypartyandmisbehave.com
www.itfreaksmeoutthatiquitefancyherbutiquitefancyhimtoo.com
www.inmyreligiongirlsaretotallyofflimits.com
www.isleptwithsomeoneandthecontraceptiondidntworkandbroke.com
www.isitsohardtofindaguythatisntatotalxxxxx.com

You can find out more about the series at Bebo.

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Domino’s takes UGC to a new level

6th February

2008

Domino’s “Big Fantastic Deal” is a cracking idea! Users can build their own custom pizza, and, when happy with it, proceed to name their creation and submit it to the BFD gallery for other users to purchase.

I’m sure they’ll have a robust swear filter in place, but there must be countless opportunities for ordering dubiously named pizzas. Anyone for a slice of “Grandpa’s Creamy Laminate?”

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Jonathan Ansell website launched

21st January

2008

We’ve just launched the official Jonathan Ansell website to coincide with the release of his debut album.

You can find out all about Jonathan’s life, career and music at jonathanansell.com.

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You can’t touch this

8th January

2008

If you have a penchant for baggy trousers and elaborate dance moves, you’re pretty much guaranteed to enjoy DanceJam, MC Hammer’s new website, which is due to leave beta later this month. The site aims to become the definitive resource for watching and sharing dance videos; clearly, there is such a gaping, abyss-like gap in the market that they are sure to reap fortunes beyond their wildest hip-hop dreams.

“There is no high-tech lingo or business strategy that you can talk that is above my head,” boasted Hammer, during a recent interview. Now there’s a challenge…

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