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I love it when companies go the extra 5,280 feet! When a fan made this YouTube video about a glitch in the Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 video game, EA took notice, spun the story to work in their advantaged, and acknowledged the fan's efforts in this new commercial:Brilliant marketing! Great job, EA!(via Micro Persuasion) ...

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Why I’m Single Again

Aug 20. 2008

As a fairly traditional woman, I always knew I would change my name after marriage. I took a trip down to the local Social Security office this morning to get the ball rollin' on the name change process. Guess what happened. Due to a name mix-up, it turns out that our marriage certificate is NOT valid. We are not legally married. Awesome. Now I have to go through the long and costly process of having my name legally changed, then the marriage cert corrected. There has been so many hurdles in the engagement and wedding process that I'm starting to think someone out there doesn't want us together. At least we're trying to see the humor in this. J suggested that we change our relationship status...

Thursday Geek-isms

Aug 15. 2008

When I was in college, I used to download new Korean songs every day. Now, I barely have time to check the Korean charts, let alone look for the mp3s and organize them. Nonetheless, I still have a very healthy Korean music collection that I play quite often, so I guess it's been rubbing off on my Chinese husband. J now knows more about popular Korean songs, downloads them, and listens to Korean music more than I! He even sings along to some of the songs. Of course, he has no idea what he's singing about (it's more like mimicking the sounds), but it's still pretty startling. He has a plugin installed on his computer that sets his IM status to whatever...

Art/Design, Geek

Oh SIGGRAPH, Why Do You Taunt Me So?

Aug 13. 2008

Sigh. I really, really wanted to be in LA this week for SIGGRAPH 2008, but I had to design a few crappy fliers, organize some gifts, and send those over instead. News from SIGGRAPH has been all over my Google Reader these past couple of days, and it's only day 2! You can check out teasers of all the mind-blowing technology on the SIGGRAPH website, but this in particular caught my eye. Via Gizmodo: Microsoft's "Unwrap Mosaics" Add Moustaches (and More) to Video Imagine being able to put a handlebar mustache on Grandma in a home video as easily as you could with Photoshop and a digital image. Microsoft showed off new technology called "Unwrap Mosaics" at the SIGGRAPH trade show in Los...