Brief Episode

Want a Nexus One? So does the rest of the technosphere. But how much will it cost you?

First, Gizmodo got the scoop. Edgadget revealed that they have the full terms of sale.

The Nexus One Might Be the Biggest Android Phone from Google

Feel like reading it? And making sense of it? Yeah, I didn’t think so.  Don’t worry, I did, so you don’t have to. And I have also recently spoken with T-mobile at length about how their plans work.  So here’s the skinny on the total cost of ownership.

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photo credit: SimonDoggett

Reading an article about up front costs of cell phones vs. subsidies, I found this smile worthy:

Yeah, sure, the iPhone is great, but is it $1,200 better than a Sprint phone? Really? Do you want an iPhone, or an HTC Hero and a 50-inch plasma TV?

Would you spend thousands of dollars on an iPhone app just to get free media coverage for your old fashioned business?

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photo credit: SOCIALisBETTER

Should you drop off your resume in person?

Or if you’re an artist — your script, your resume, your demo tape/CD, your reel?

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Breanne Potter over at the Brazen Careerist network has a gripe about job applicants who write “see resume” on forms: Read the rest of this entry »

Today launches, for the holiday season, at least, something I didn’t know dontown LA didn’t have.  Taxis that stop when you hail them:

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My mother used to use this shampoo when I was small.

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Again, I love the one liner that closes the commercial.

Calgon Water Softener Commercial from the 1970s.

Some great trivia from AdvertNation:

The actress playing Mrs. Lee, Anne Miyamoto, was actually Japanese-American.

A classic 70s commercial.

Something so arch about her tag line.

For pure one liners, I think 70s commercials were in a different category.

Some things are too funny to be true.

I suspect this is one of them.  More after the jump.

A baby doll from Fisher Price / Mattel allegedly is saying “Islam is the Light.”

Others claim it says “Satan is king.”

How about “Freddie is a Mac?”

Duh.

Somehow, I bet the people complaining are the same people who thought their infants were saying, “Mom, I love living in a trailer!” And the parents would probably call the pooping dolls terrorist bomb threats…

Oddly, there’s no Muslim group buying up the dolls for use in mosques.  Hmmmm….

Other crazy doll stories.

Fisher Price Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo Doll accused of saying “Islam is the light” (Updated 10/23/08) « Affrodite’s Adventures in Nappy Hair