The Sound of the Stick

Catching up: some vintage ads

Posted on February 13, 2012 by William Ashton

I have clear memories of from my childhood of the Mountain Dew and Burger King logos and the shape of the Kraft cheese jars.

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Interview with a hoaxster: How I fooled the Daily Mail with fake pic

Posted on February 13, 2012 by William Ashton

The snow photo started as a joke between friends, because we were fed up with people getting excited over a little flutter of snow, so we were posting old photos of deep snow and saying it was this week in nearby locations!

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Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2011 by William Ashton

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Catvertising

Posted on December 17, 2011 by William Ashton

http://www.johnst.com/

I’ve often wondered what percent of the internet is cats.

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Specific demographic segment

Posted on December 11, 2011 by William Ashton

and

Boldly Go
Originally uploaded by zetetics.

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A viral marketing scheme unfolding? You have 30 days to pay me $5,000,000..

Posted on December 10, 2011 by William Ashton

I saw this uneventful video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM68NZ2vFHA

of someone building a remote controlled car with a video camera on it, who travels to a pyramid and sends the car down into the structure. The video ends with, “You have 30 days to pay me $5,000,000 or I will upload the rest of the video,” and directions to this webpage

Real drama or viral marketing? We’ll know in 7 days…