Archive for August, 2005

Coke Zero’s Chilltop Disappoints

Slicksta was muy disappointed Coke’s remake of their 1971 Hilltop (“I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect har-mo-ny.”) commercial. Most bloggers agree with Slicksta.

AdRants
“. . . remakes of anything, especially those referred to as “classic,” are rarely a good thing. ”

amandarama
“Who even says ‘chill’ these days?”

Fastcompany
“. . .the updating of Coke’s [...]

Win a Spammer’s Hummer from AOL

AOL is giving away the 2003 H2 Hummer that it seized from a major spammer as a part of a settlement last year. Along with it, the spammer’s $20,000 in gold bars and $75,000 in cash. This is actually the 2nd time AOL has done this, last year, they gave away a seized Porsche Boxter.
I [...]

Orbitz Volley Pong

Orbitz faced a major challenge when it entered the red-hot online travel space several years ago. Established players like Travelocity and Expedia had effectively boxed the new site from landing any major portal deals: Expedia had an exclusive deal with its parent, MSN and Travelocity had inked multi-year deals with AOL and Yahoo.
So Orbitz [...]

Peerflix – Trade DVDs, Don’t Rent Them

Slicksta stumbled upon a new website that makes it easy to swap DVDs:

List DVDs you have / DVDs you want to trade
Mail DVDs to other members when requested and get credits
Receive DVDs from your list as you accumulate credits

DVDs you receive are yours to keep (or trade again). Peerflix makes money by charging $0.99 [...]