Category Archives: WTF?

Tracking Swine Flu Online with Google Maps

By Chungaiz | Published: April 29, 2009
  View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map @thekingmob, a friend of mine from agencies past, pointed out a rather interesting use of Google Maps – to track the spread of Swine Flu. Read about the original research here, or check the map here After Fish (Salmonella), Cows (CJD), Birds (Bird Flu) and now [...]
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Start Each Day With Affirmitive Action

By Chungaiz | Published: April 29, 2009
      1.   Open a new file in your computer..       2.   Name it “Silvio Berlusconi” (or other bumbling figurehead)       3.   Send it to the Recycle Bin.       4.   Empty the Recycle Bin.       5.   Your PC will ask you: ‘Do you really want to get rid of “Silvio Berlusconi”? [...]
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Yo Gabba Gabba!

By Chungaiz | Published: March 12, 2009
  Just stumbled across Yo Gabba Gabba courtesy of @Bud_Cadell on Twitter. What’s struck me is that at first I thought it was a version of either Honey Shed (now closed down) or Adult Swim… The humour’s bananas, the guests are on point, the tone is just this side of hipster cool… but then on closer [...]
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Girls vs Boys – Who’s better?

By Chungaiz | Published: March 6, 2009
Relevant to the next running campaign I’m putting together, MSN have a timely article about Girls vs Boys. I’m sure that the below stats will come in handy at some point. Good for sparking a debate too! Why Are Women Better? 5. Girls perform better at school Adolescence for girls usually begins at age 12, [...]
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The Aeneid on Facebook

By Chungaiz | Published: February 24, 2009
  Is this the geekiest thing we’ve ever posted? Probably. But at least we didnt make it! Mind you, wish that we had – it’s hilarious, if you’ve got any interest in Aeneas or The Classics. Click to read more.
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Playboy and the American Body Mass Index (BMI)

By Chungaiz | Published: February 18, 2009
  Wired has looked at the stats for every centerfold from December 1953 (Marilyn Monroe) to January 2009 (Dasha Astafieva), and then calculated each woman’s body-mass index, comparing them to the corresponding avergage BMI of American Women. A clear trend emerged: While real American women have steadily eaten their way up the BMI slope — [...]
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Can You Play That One Song?

By Chungaiz | Published: February 17, 2009
  Peter‘s hipped me to a collection of the worst song requests ever. CanYou PlayThatOneSong has great potential, so make sure you email in your overheard requests. Genius. Just what the internet was made for.
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CarrotMob

By Chungaiz | Published: February 5, 2009
CarrotMob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo. CarrotMob is a curious little thing I read about recently in, of all places, the T-Mobile sponsored (?) Electronic Beats magazine (more on that later?) What CarrotMob offers is the evolution of Flash Mobs. Flash Mobs are sudden gatherings of people, often actually very well organised and preplanned, all [...]
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City of God’s Son

By Chungaiz | Published: January 20, 2009
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video City of God’s Son is an incredible synesthesic montage and re-working of a story that never really happened, but did for anyone who’s ever listened to 90s beats, watched gangster flicks and explored a city at night. Featuring “Nas“, “Jay” and “Ghost” as [...]
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SomeEcards vs Puma, Jose Cuervo and Daily Candy

By Chungaiz | Published: December 11, 2008
SomeEcards comedy ecards site has tied in with 3 brands to produce special messages: Jose Cuervo, Puma, and Daily Candy. Nice (or not if you’re familiar with the site’s tone of voice!)
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