These modified bicycles allow the riding enthusiast a new way to satisfy their wanderlust and see parts of the world that had been otherwise inaccessible on two wheels. Check out these products and books or www.railbike.com if you are interested. (via Visual News)
The Bad Teacher poster in the second photo (below) with Ted (Josh Radnor) and Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) was added to a lamp post that was already in the scene.
Why does this 2006 episode of How I Met Your Mother include an ad for the 2011 movie Bad Teacher? Because it can. Technology is advancing in the advertising world. A company called SeamBI (Seamless Brand Integration) can inject new ad units into the content of old syndicated shows. They do this by digitally altering scenes of old TV show episodes with new products and brands. If there is an appropriate space for an ad naturally in the shot (i.e. billboard or TV in the background), they use that space. If no natural space exists, then one is created. The plasma hanging in the background in this photo was digitally rendered and added into the shot. The original airing never had a TV on the wall.
In the coffee shop scene with Marshall (Jason Segel) above, the plasma TV screen was inserted
Not sure where I stand on this. I think it would be distracting to be watching a rerun of My Name is Earl and see an iPad ad on the screen behind Crabman. Advertisers know that people are fast-forwarding through the ads though, so product placement is becoming more important. (via ADWEEK)
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Miss Shapely Silhouette Beauty Competition photo from 1950. No faces allowed.
Miss Shapely Silhouette Beauty Competition photo from 1950. No faces allowed. (via Black and WTF)
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Plum is a service that offers boutique baby clothes in the sizes you need as a monthly subscription-like service. All you do is send the clothes back when they get too small, and they’ll resend you some new clothes in the sizes you need. Think of them as the Netflix of baby clothes. Plans start at $16 per month. Visit www.plumgear.com to learn more. If you are using this already and want to share your thoughts, please share with us below.
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Steven Soderbergh has directed what appears to be another gem. I tend to roll my eyes when I see another for-the-love-of-all-things-holy-we’re-gonna-to-die-from-an-excruciatingly-painful-unknown-airborne-virus movie, but Contagion actually looks pretty solid. First off, it has star power. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne, Bryan Cranston and Gwyenth Paltrow are all in it. Second, the trailer is pretty sweet and the premise seems more plausible than the other “virus” movies we’ve seen. It’s being released September 9th. What do ya think? Will you see it?
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If you aren’t familiar, Parkour is freerunning in mainly urban landscapes, while climbing and jumping. Runners move along a route, attempting to navigate obstacles in the most efficient way possible, using only their bodies. Skills such as vaulting, rolling, swinging and wall scaling are employed. Here is a collection of video clips that show Parkour wipe-outs. It’s painful.
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George C Scott (aka Patton) is not a fan of Adam Sandler comedies. Watch him writhe in pain while watching another dreadful Adam Sandler movie trailer.
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In case you needed another reason to limit funding of the Arts, click here to view some very disturbing pictures of a self-portrait painted from “painter” Layne Arlina that uses her own menstrual blood. Oh yeah, and she smears it all over her face too. You know…in the name of “Art.”
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