Bandwidth usage (current month): 416.85 MB
I bumped it up to 2 gigs from 1 gig last month and used 1.29 gigs. I guess it's good I bumped it.
Looks like the site is becoming quite popular....or something...who knows. Check the referals out for today:
TONS of referals from MSN searches about the Superbowl and the ads specifically. My guess is that Google's robots haven't had time to index my site yet from yesterday.
Donovan Watts, an incredible resource for Radio Userland knoweldge, is going on a road trip and took my advice to get the month by month T-Mobile Hotspot service..... I can't believe someone took my advice...SUCKER!!! LOL... Nah I'm just joking. I'm sure that, especially on the Starbucks infested west coast, that he will be able to find at least 1 if not 20 Starbucks, Borders, FedEx Kinkos, T-Mobile Store, or elsewhere along the way. A number of hotels are partners as well. He should look into that.
Well since this is a trackback post, maybe someone knows about where/where/how to get a theme for Radio Userland that looks like www.ScriptingNews.com or www.Curry.com? Specifically the one header icon and then the blog down the middle.
Any info on that would be greatly appreciated.
Well I'm out for now....
Google has NOTHING on her.
Same for MSN.
No Images anywhere on the search-net.
Someone please find out where this girl is from, and what she has done before...::checking IMDB.com..NOTHING.
People don't just appear out of mid-air. This is the age of the inkernet. There has to be something about her. Come on blogosphere, come on Google Images, the world wants to know.
Only thing I could think of was to check Technorati.com, but their keyword search is broken right now...sigh...
UPDATE: iFilm.com has the extended version of the GoDaddy.com advertisement. The link to their page is: here.
It's time again for that thing I do every Monday...the
Weekend Update.
Friday - I can never remember what happened on Friday when I'm doing this. It
tends to be not much of anything, but oh well. I did get my inkernet back up on
Friday, that was good. Oh yeah it's coming back to me now. I did go to the
Apple Store to try to get iWork, but they don't sell the student edition at the
store. I went over to Applebee’s with my friend Chris in
Saturday (The Tampa Day) - Woke up late...My friend Mark and his girlfriend
Elizabeth (our friend Kita was supposed to go, but she decided to work instead)
picked me up and we headed over to iMall. Went around to a bunch of stores.
We left there and went to Westshore Mall to walk around a bit. They had this
chocolate shop, of which the name escapes me, but I had a white chocolate truffle.
It was good. Nothing too great about that mall.
Then we went over to Centro Ybor to go to Jax Restaurant inside of Gameworks. I
had gotten the Entertainment card so it was going to be buy one get one free.
Mark had one as well. Since Kita didn't come with, I was just going to get a
meal there and then one to go. We sat up at the grill, which is always kind of
a cool experience.
I get my meal, a French Dip, and the roast beef is rainbowish green. I was NOT
ABOUT TO EAT THAT. The waiter was quite rude to us, and we had to flag him down
from across the restaurant to get refills on our drinks. I canceled the 2nd
item I was ordering. So I didn't eat anything, and they gave me my soda for
free...oh ahhh.. ::rolls eyes:: The worst part is that he tried to explain it
as when they "cut against the grain" it shows up that color. Not a
single manager or anyone came over to apologize. It was TERRIBLE service.
We went and played some games and all. Went to Starbucks and had the Chantico,
which is pure chocolate melted...I couldn't finish 1/20th of it.
We went by my place and then went to Cafe
Sunday (Superbowl Sunday) - I had to run all over town...I went over to my
parents house to setup their printer. Went to Wal-Mart to pick up some
rotisserie chicken. Oh geez, that took forever. I get there and there is no BBQ
chicken. The woman looks at the oven and it says 19 minutes. She tells me,
"It will be ready in about 20 minutes." I go and buy a Pepsi Wild Cherry
with a free iTunes song and come back and wait. Now there is a fair number of
people near this department. Once the oven counts down to zero, I go up the
counter. The chicken is at 380 degrees. Five minutes later they get to me. I
tell them I've been waiting 25 minutes and that the same clerk I was speaking
to told
Now begins the real waiting game. I just continue to stand at the counter. They
eventually get this supervisor to go behind the counter and start to work ,
even though she has no idea what she is doing. I ask about the chicken and she
supervisor says, "Umm I think it is still cooking." This based on the
fact that it is still spinning. The temperature drops to under 300.
I am still waiting. It gets to be about 40 minutes I have waited total now. I
eventually ask in a louder tone, "Does anyone back there know how to take
out the rotisserie chicken?" Finally the only one back there that knows
how goes over and starts taking it out and eventually gets me my chicken. 45
MINUTES LATER!!! Oh yeah...the temperature of the chicken now...225 degrees.
I get a call from Eric to come over to Barbara's house. Barbara was the
children church leader back at our waaay old church. Eric tells me that I will
be very happy when I come over. I figure out that she got the puppets. Now, if
you didn't know...Eric and I used to do puppets in children's church like 8 or
more years ago. It was a blast. We had so much fun. It was like improv. We
constantly told how funny we were, and that it was so realistic that often you
didn't realize that it was us, but that the puppets were real. I played Jimmy,
a rambunctious, obnoxious, unruly, and disobedient puppet. Nothing like me, or
at least nothing like I am in real life....It was fun because I could take it
to the max, because I wasn't the one people were laughing at or with...Barbara
asked me if I wanted to do it again at a new church...I am still up in the air
about it.
I go home after that to get my chicken finally and watch the Superbowl. If you
went to my site last night, you can see that I covered the ads as well as a
tiny bit of the game. The team I was cheering for won, and all was good.
All in all a regular weekend....I was bored, I went to
Mainly because I have to do my essay on the case study tonight. Going to be a long night.
Advertisers paid a record average $2.4 million per 30-second spot to get their ads in the game. The rankings:
10 most popular
Company
Description
Score
Anheuser-Busch
Pilot jumps out of plane for six-pack of Bud Light after skydiver refuses.
8.65
Ameriquest Mortgage
Store customer's cell phone chat misunderstood to be robbery.
8.06
Anheuser-Busch
American troops get standing ovation thank you at airport.
7.94
CareerBuilder.com
Guy in boardroom won't kiss-up to monkey boss — but one monkey does.
7.86
CareerBuilder.com
Guy sits on whoopee cushion as prankster monkey colleagues laugh.
7.81
CareerBuilder.com
Guy can't get work done because he works with a bunch of monkeys.
7.77
Anheuser-Busch
Guy at game sees cell phone photo of his girl at home with another guy.
7.71
Ameriquest Mortgage
Romantic dinner goes awry after cat knocks over spaghetti sauce.
7.67
Emerald Nuts
Nut-loving dad takes grief from unicorn, Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.
7.61
Pepsi
Cindy Crawford, other women eye handsome Diet Pepsi drinker.
7.54
The rest of the ads
Anheuser-Busch
Ostrich, giraffe, kangaroo and cute pig audition to join the Clydesdales.
7.44
Anheuser-Busch
Cedric is designated driver who gets clubgoers doing his driving dance.
7.30
Olympus
Tourists take pictures and groove with camera that also plays music.
7.27
Pepsi
P. Diddy, other stars start Hollywood trend driving Diet Pepsi trucks.
7.03
Anheuser-Busch
Parrot protects woman at bar from creep who wants to buy her a Bud.
6.99
FedEx
Burt Reynolds dances with bear in ad with Top 10 Super Bowl ad tips.
6.98
MasterCard
Famous brand icons from Jolly Green Giant to Pillsbury Doughboy get together for MasterCard.
6.97
Anheuser-Busch
Cedric's island dream turned into nightmare by nagging beauties.
6.90
Anheuser-Busch
Rich guy not smooth, smooth guy not rich, Michelob Amber Bock is both.
6.56
Sony Pictures
Promoting the comedy film Hitch with Will Smith.
6.41
Frito-Lay
After kid hits ball over the fence, M.C. Hammer gets tossed back.
6.39
Paramount Pictures
Studio promote Spielberg/Hanks film War of the Worlds.
6.36
Buena Vista
Promotion for The Pacifier with Vin Diesel.
6.31
Subway
Police find two teen boys in steamy car eating toasted sub sandwiches.
6.29
Olympus
Bridesmaids in odd dresses dance to camera that also plays music.
6.19
Verizon Wireless
Ad for new VCast Service that puts TV-like video on cell phones.
6.16
Pepsi
Pepsi bottles sing when caps are lifted in iTunes giveaway promotion.
6.01
GoDaddy.com
Buxom woman's wardrobe malfunction upsets censorship committee.
5.98
Paramount Pictures
Studio promotes film remake of The Longest Yard.
5.97
20th Century Fox
Studio promoting upcoming animated film Robots.
5.94
McIlhenny Tabasco
Bathing beauty's tan lines display the hot sauce's unique qualities.
5.92
Paramount Pictures
Studio promotes film Sahara.
5.92
Eli Lilly-Cialis
Couples in romantic settings ogle to classic song Be My Baby.
5.88
MGM Studios
Studio promoting upcoming film Be Cool.
5.75
Toyota
Ad promotes Toyota's hybrid vehicle Prius.
5.75
Staples
From school room to operating room, life is simpler with "Easy Button."
5.73
Warner Bros.
Studio promotes upcoming film Constantine.
5.65
Ford-Volvo
Rocket launches with "My Other Vehicle is a Volvo XC90" bumper sticker, Virgin Atlantic's Richard Branson pitches contest for ride in space.
5.65
Visa
Animated superheroes respond after woman loses Visa check card.
5.64
GM-Cadillac
Speedy new Cadillacs blast out of tunnel, disappear in puff of smoke.
5.55
Warner Bros.
Studio promotes upcoming film Batman Begins.
5.54
NFL
NFL icons from Vince Lombardi to John Elway hoist Super Bowl trophy.
5.51
Honda-Ridgeline
New Honda pickup drives on mountain ridge.
5.49
Unilever-Degree
Grown-up mama's boy can't let go of his mama in deodorant spot.
5.43
Pepsi
Gwen Stefani and Eve glam up iTunes giveaway promotion with their hit song Rich Girl.
5.31
MBNA
Gladys Knight tears up the field as rugby star in Affinity credit card ad.
5.29
McDonald's
Couple hold Web auction for french fry that looks like Abraham Lincoln.
5.19
Cosentino Silestone countertops
Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon, William "Refrigerator" Perry and Dennis Rodman debate who best fits with Diana Pearl countertop style.
5.18
Quiznos
Baby Bob for Quiznos subs.
5.01
Honda-Ridgeline
New Honda pickup appears to drive through clouds.
4.99
5 least popular
Taco Bell
Chicken enchilada dropped on sports card collection.
4.98
Bubblicious
LeBron James blows big bubble for Bubblicious.
4.92
Anheuser-Busch
Introduction of Budweiser Select low-carb beer with no aftertaste.
4.78
Ciba Vision
People float in bubbles for O2OPTIX silicone hydrogen contact lenses.
4.44
Napster
Feline icon at football game holds up sign comparing price of new Napster service with rival iTunes.
4.37
AdJab's picks: best Super Bowl ads: "
Filed under: Super Bowl 2005, Funny, Sexy, Television
What a night and what a great beginning for AdJab. Our team made their picks for the winners in many categories and here they are:
Funniest Ad
Both Ameriquest ads, the tazer one and the one with the guy murdering the cat.
Runner up: The FedEx ad with Burt Reynolds and the commercial with Cindy Crawford and Carson Kressley both lusting after a guy who was drinking a Diet Pepsi.
Sexiest Ad
The Tabasco bikini ad.
Runner up: Watching the Tabasco ad a second time on TiVo. Sorry, GoDaddy.
Best Animal Ad
The Camry ad with the talking dog and the $199/month 'leash'. People liked it more than the other animal ads, but there wasn't a lot of competition for this one.
Runner up: The cockatoo defending the woman at the bar by Bud Light.
Best Use of Fictional Characters
Mastercard's 'priceless' spokescharacters having dinner with Mr. Clean doing the dishes.
Worst Use of Fictional Characters
Marvel comics characters special effects are wasted in a Visa check card ad. Mastercard trumps Visa.
Biggest Waste of Money
McDonald's 'Lincoln Fry,' although the second spot was funnier. This wasn't the worst overall ad, but we expect more from McDonald's.
Runner up: CareerBuilder.com. The forgettable monkey ads weren't impressive. Anyone could have come up with them.
Most Forgettable
The one by those counter top people. We didn't know who they were before the Super Bowl and we still don't know who they are afterwards. I copied their name and it was gone before I could paste it in here. Thank you though for putting Dennis Rodman in a bathtub.
Worst Overall Ad
The Ford truck ad that shows their trucks in a parking lot are tougher than a gang of bikers that intimidated a family that was driving on a highway. What?
Runner up: This was the closest one: MBNA having Gladys Knight play rugby. It was like they signed a contract for the slot, then realized a few days ago that the Super Bowl was this weekend.
Best Celebrity in an Ad
Brad Pitt going out for a six pack of Heineken. It had an unearthly feel, like it was too cool to compete against funny Super Bowl ads. It was like watching Blade Runner. Very serious.
Runner up: Burt Reynolds in the FedEx ad. Although it seems like it could have been any celebrity, Burt did his part well.
Best First Half Ad
The FedEx/Kinkos ad where Burt Reynolds gets a groin kick from a bear. It made fun of Super Bowl ads and came off as really clever.
Runner up: The Bud Light airplane jump.
Best Second Half Ad
The Ameriquest ad where it looks like the guy is murdering his cat. Even people who hated Ameriquest's tazer ad loved this one.
Runner up: The hot Tabasco ad.
Best Overall Ad
Both Ameriquest ads, the robbery/tazer and the cat murder. Unlike the Oscars, comedies can win the top prize here.
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