November 3, 2008 by Floyd Diebel The Ultimate Vulgarity Rosser Reeves made a series of TV spots for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1952 election campaign. They were some of the first political television advertisements ever…
October 16, 2008 by Floyd Diebel Ad Clichés Are for the Birds I wonder how much big-picture thought honestly goes into much of the advertising we’re all exposed to. Although I don’t think it works like this…
October 14, 2008 by Floyd Diebel Scamtrak Stephen and I have a meeting scheduled in San Francisco this Thursday, so we thought of taking the train in to Richmond, and then hopping…
September 25, 2008 by Floyd Diebel Touch the Egg If you hang out around Down/Midtown you must have noticed those parking things, the thingies that replaced parking meters locally. Not long before the solarpoweredparkeonofthefuturethings…
September 23, 2008 by Floyd Diebel A Little Off the Mark Last night i was walking home and I saw this transit ad. My first thought was “wow, small children don’t have much nutritional value.” This…
July 21, 2008 by Floyd Diebel I Hate You, Spam. Hate is not a strong enough word. Stay tuned, new site on the way.
November 6, 2007 by Floyd Diebel Hello Pain I wonder which is worse. An innocent cat dressed up as Hello Kitty or Hello Kitty dressed up like Paris Hilton. Tough call :o
September 6, 2004 by Floyd Diebel Post-Whatever Post-everything culture needs to just stop. Suburban houses that look like fake industrial spaces are not cool! “Decreased traffic, personal yards and attached garages provided…