Grand Theft Auto 4 Videos Leaked
In Gaming, Video on Apr-26-2008 with no comments
[Found via Mahalo]
Amazing Retro Soviet Propaganda Posters
In Culture, Design on Apr-25-2008 with no comments
[Link via Crestock]
Excelsior 1968 Yearbook Sketch
In Art on Apr-23-2008 with no comments
This is one of the more creative things I’ve seen in a long time. John Martz decided to sketch an entire 1968 yearbook. I found myself looking at the final product for longer than I care to admit. You can see all of them on his Flickr photo stream or on his personal blog.
Links for Apr-21-08
In Links on Apr-21-2008 with no comments
- For non-gamers Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is most likely known for all the political turmoil it created. But it didn’t sell millions and millions of copies because of this, it sold cause of the amazing game play. 1UP devotes some bytes to the legacy of GTA.
[Gaming, Culture] - Newsweek takes an exhaustive look at the media empire Rupert Murdoch has built.
[Media, Advertising, Politics] - I am not really sure I follow the logic of this Popular Mechanics article that believes the growing popularity of social networks are going to mean the end of search as we know it. As the first commentator notes, most people that work for a living (not in a related tech field) just don’t have time for them. I sure don’t.
[Google, Facebook, Social Networking, Web 2.0]
How Big Is Google?
In Business, Technology on Apr-21-2008 with no comments
The New York Times Bits blog has some interesting analysis based on Google’s financial numbers released last week.
As best as I can tell, Google sells more advertising than any company in the world. This year Morgan Stanley estimates Google’s total advertising revenue will be $21.9 billion. Excluding the payments it makes to companies that display its ads, Google’s total ad revenue will be $15.7 billion. Time Warner, the largest media company in the world, earned $8.8 billion in advertising revenue last year. Viacom had $4.7 billion in ad revenue last year. I’m still working through the numbers at the other big conglomerates, but it seems clear that none of them sold more than $16 billion in advertising.
Mother Nature Doesn’t Like Illinois
In Stuff on Apr-21-2008 with 1 Comment
First it rained and rained. Then it rained some more. My basement flooded twice. I am now a sump pump and Rub Doctor expert. So early in the AM the other morning I am taking a shower and the house starts to shake.
I’m wondering if I am having a Grateful Dead related flash back or something. I hit the news and see we just had a 5.4 earthquake. This is a little troublesome, since I actually live on a fault line that makes the one in Southern California look like child’s play. In fact the last time (1811-1812) there was a major quake (actually four within a three month period) they were so powerful they reversed the flow of the Mississippi river. I expect locusts and frogs are in my near future. Oh and aftershocks that last for 20-30 seconds are a little unnerving to say the least.
Tommy Young is a marketing consultant, tech geek, designer, writer, and sometime thinker based in St. Louis. More »
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