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Dinosaur Gardens » Survive-All Fallout Shelter Radio Ads |
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| Topic: Home and Garden |
9:32 am EDT, Apr 11, 2008 |
The international struggles of our world may lead to… (ka-boom) NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST! Nothing lends itself better to a fear-based advertising campaign than your family’s radioactive death. So when the Mort Kridel Advertising Agency was asked to create a radio ad campaign for Survive-All Fallout Shelters, they did their PR-darnedest to scare the Wonder Bread crap out of nuclear families everywhere. Tense horn stabs and canned explosions bracket sales pitches like: Radioactive fallout, that deadly by-product of a nuclear attack, will kill literally millions of unprotected families in the event of an atomic attack. Is YOUR family protected? Do YOU have a fallout shelter? Each Civil defense approved, basement-type, Do-It-Yourself fallout shelter includes: A complete fully-stocked first aid kit! Extra strength saran and rayon bunks! A radiation meter and individual dosimeters! Civil defense approved, FHA approved, no money down, five years to pay! Economical… but Priceless! These are ripped from the original LP that would have gone to radio stations from the ad agency. There are 6 long versions and 3 shortened versions, each fairly different. Since it was promotional there was no record cover, but a scan of the record’s label is included. No year is evident, but since the zip code is two digits, it’s presumably pre-1963, and I would guess late 1950’s.
these are great Dinosaur Gardens » Survive-All Fallout Shelter Radio Ads |
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The Raw Feed: Japanese Gravestones Let the Living 'Call' the Dead |
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| Topic: Health and Wellness |
9:29 am EDT, Apr 11, 2008 |
A Japanese gravestone maker called Ishinokoe (Voice of the Stone) plans to sell GRAVESTONES WITH BARCODES embedded in them. Anyone with the right kind of cell phone can simply scan or snap a picture of the stone, and get information on the departed. The barcodes will be QR codes, otherwise known as "matrix codes" or two-dimensional bar codes. (props to CScout Japan)
The Raw Feed: Japanese Gravestones Let the Living 'Call' the Dead |
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| Topic: Society |
2:49 am EDT, Apr 11, 2008 |
Wikileaks releases over 150 censored videos and photos of the Tibet uprising
Our primary interests are in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we expect to be of assistance to peoples of all countries who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their governments and corporations. We aim for maximum political impact...(more)
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Hong Kong closes schools due to flu - Yahoo! News |
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| Topic: Health and Wellness |
1:36 pm EDT, Mar 12, 2008 |
HONG KONG - Hong Kong government orders all kindergartens and primary schools to be closed for two weeks amid flu outbreak.
uh oh Hong Kong closes schools due to flu - Yahoo! News |
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| Topic: Miscellaneous |
4:06 pm EST, Mar 6, 2008 |
Ah, Dora the Explorer. So innocent. So carefree. So NSFW.
The number one puzzling toy on our list has to be the Dora Aquapet. Did anyone run this design past a kid over the age of ten?� And do any of the Aquapet's owners wonder why it keeps ending up in Mommy's nightstand?
The rest of the puzzling toys after the jump.�
2) Mmmmm...Dora's eyeballs sure are tasty after you bake them in the oven.�
3) For the parent who wants to ensure her kid is beaten up every day at recess, there is the Dora fanny pack.�
4) Sometimes, the jokes write themselves: The Fantasy Swirl Castle with Balls.�
5) The Dora Knows Your Name Cell Phone. It gets its information from the CIA.�
6) A 3-foot tall doll with an enormous head? Sure. That's not creepy at all.
7) The Dora Bounce Buddy Talking Trampoline. When you care enough to induce a head injury.�
8) Oral or rectal? The Dora digital thermometer goes both ways. �
9) Dora's Talking Cash Register says "Gracias for all of the dough! Have some more crap with my picture on it!"
Top 9 Puzzling Dora Toys |
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Android game turns Linux phones into paintball guns |
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| Topic: Games |
3:26 pm EST, Feb 17, 2008 |
A new game for Google's Linux-based Android platform uses WiFi, GPS, and phone-camera technology, along with Google maps, to create a first-person shooter game you can play "anytime, anywhere -- against real people," according to publisher W2Pi Entertainment. Spread the word:
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Once a user downloads and activates the Java-based WiFi Army, says W2Pi, the game scans for other users within 300 feet and sets up a direct WiFi connection, swapping photos of each player for identification purposes. The user tracks the other player via continually updated GPS coordinates on a Google map interface, and when a positive identification is made, the user can shoot to kill using the phone's camera. The photo is then uploaded to the W2Pi site to see if there's a match, and if so, the user is awarded points.
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Christ lightning strike is electric intervention | Metro.co.uk |
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| Topic: Photography |
4:23 pm EST, Feb 15, 2008 |
This amazing picture taken of the Christ Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro puts a new meaning to the phrase 'touched by the hand of God.' The 130 foot tall statue which is located on the peak of the Corcovado Mountain, was stuck by lightening during a storm in the Brazilian city displaying this divinely electric image. Named one of the modern Wonders of the World in 2007, the statue which is the largest one of Christ and can be seen for miles appeared unscathed from the miraculous bolt.
Does this qualify as child abuse? Christ lightning strike is electric intervention | Metro.co.uk |
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