Entries Categorized as 'Economics and Advertising'

insert hilarious “gas” pun here

Date June 11, 2008

I don’t mean to be glib, but why am I supposed to be concerned by the increase in gas prices? McCain wants to get rid of the federal tax on gas for the summer, to keep the price down—does he not understand how economics works? All that does is shift the cost from gas buyers [...]

My uninformed baseless prediction was pretty close!

Date June 9, 2008

Well, I wasn’t quite right, but you’ve got to admit, I was pretty close. I just thought the $299 model would be the new economy size, when it remains the flagship. And I’ve got to say, when you combine the hardware upgrades with the software upgrades—including Exchange compatibility and Mobile Me—it’s a pretty damn compelling [...]

Just so you know I haven’t forgotten about you.

Date June 3, 2008

I find this sneaky ad to be very good.

The song is kind of catchy, though.

Date May 21, 2008

Does this ad terrify anyone else? The first few times I saw it it really disturbed me. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT FIRST GUY IS GONNA SMASH HIS HEAD!

More Companion Cube, Please.

Date March 29, 2008

None of what follows (except for the stuff about my obsessive need to finish the video game baseball season) is news. It has all been said, much more eloquently than this, many times. But that’s never stopped me before. So let’s get started.

A Comcast Customer Service Story… in Bizarro World.

Date March 21, 2008

I’ve got to give credit where it’s due. After getting back from my trip last week (more on that later), I discovered that I had some extremely annoying problems with my Comcast Tivo service. The next day I called to complain and, hopefully, get it fixed. Although the tech person I talked to couldn’t fix [...]

Looking to sell your RV?

Date March 11, 2008

I’m leaving America for a week. Here’s something to remember me by:

Sex on TV? PERISH THE THOUGHT!

Date February 2, 2008

From Gregg Easterbrook’s over-the-top absurd column that essentially asserts that the Patriots’ season is indelibly tainted by “Spygate”—which is, in terms of its actual effect on competition in the leage, a complete non-event1:Will the Victoria’s commercial be TV-14? Earlier this season, TMQ noted that NBC’s Sunday night football wrap show is rated TV-14—I wondered whether [...]