People who sign up for Twitter, post once, then never return. - By John Swansburg and Jeremy Singer-Vine. After examining some 300,000 Twitter accounts, a Harvard Business School professor reported last week that 10 percent of the service's users account for more than 90 percent of tweets. The study dovetails with recent analysis by the media research firm Nielsen asserting that 60 percent of Twitter users do not return from one month to the next.
Both findings suggest that, thus far, Twitter has been considerably better at signing up users than keeping them. Which got us to thinking—there must be a legion of Twitterers out there who sign up, tweet once, and never return. In the spirit of the great blog One Post Wonder, "a collection of blogs that have one post," we set out to find these orphaned tweets. Different people obviously have different tweet metabolisms, but we decided that any account that's been dormant for at least six months is fair game. We found several thousand of them. Naturally, many orphan tweets betray skepticism about microblogging. Sk8ie I'm here! 80 NEW Creative, Smart & Clever Advertisements. Posted on 04'08 Nov Posted on November 4, 2008 along with 63 JUST™ Creative Comments I know you see many creative advertising posts, but I went out and tried to find some of the lesser known creative ads of which you can see below.
This is a follow up to the post 192 creative advertisements. You may also like these posts: Other Amusement Rides That Should Be Turned Into Movies. Top 50 Loathsome People in America 2007. The BEAST: America's Best Fiend .................................................................... The BEAST 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2007 click here for printer-friendly version 50. Nicole Richie Charges: Not a brick house. Exhibit A: "I've just gone through so much in my life that pulling my top up just doesn't seem like that big a deal.
" Sentence: Sealed neck-high in the outhouse foundation of a popular Mexican Spring Break destination. 49. Charges: Old school Dixiecrat segregationist who switched parties along with Strom Thurmond back when Democrats decided to be nicer to black people. Exhibit A: Was in the "Singing Senators," a closeted a cappella group, with John Ashcroft, Jim Jeffords and Larry Craig -- not that there's anything wrong with that. Sentence: Accidentally lynched by blind neo-Nazis. 48. Exhibit A: We didn't know his show employed writers. Sentence: Forced to appear nightly on The Carson Daly Show. 47. 46. 45. 44. Sentence: Viagra ban. Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle. Wal-Mart Intercom Pranks. Wide World of Pranks: Rant Wal-Mart Intercom Pranks Wal-Mart stores can be so big and the workers seem so bored and the customers seem so harried and annoying. It seems like the perfect fertile ground to have a little fun at Walt's expense. Sometimes I just want to jump on the intercom and say something.
But how does one get access? Planet Wally found the answer. You can use the intercom from any one of the many telephones Wal-Mart provides around the sales floor. . • Pick up the phone • Dial #96 You're now on the store intercom! The proper way to use the store intercom, I mean, apart from the fact it is only supposed to be used by Wal-Mart employees, is to declare the code and the location. Intercom Codes: INTERCOM HOLD: Sometimes silence is golden. CODE 1: This code is used for SHOPLIFTING! CODE 10: Dry Spill. CODE 20: Wet Spill. CODE 90: Management Needed.
CODE 300: Security Needed. CODE ADAM: Code Adam is used to report a lost child. CODE BLACK: This code is used for severe weather. The Really Truly Hillary Gallery. The Really Truly Hillary Gallery The Ultimate Online Archive of Unflattering Hillary Clinton Photos The election season is upon us. And that means only one thing: Hillary Clinton will be a hot topic across the nation. Bloggers, pundits, journalists, satirists and Photoshoppers are going to need a steady stream of Hillary images to illustrate their postings and stories.
And if you're not exactly a Hillary fan, you're going to want unflattering pictures of her. But where to find them? Until now. As a public service, zombietime has compiled this gallery of unflattering Hillary photos. The purpose of this gallery is not as entertainment itself, but rather to serve as a resource for bloggers, journalists, satirists and so on to find and re-use the Hillary photos of their choice. Is this "fair"? Another common strategy of Hillary supporters is to claim an increased admiration for and attraction to Hillary based on these photos. So -- start downloading! The Reject Pile. Violent Acres. LOL WUT. The Official God FAQ. 15 Unfortunately Placed Ads. Font Conference. Crazy Local TV Commercials. People always lament the decline of those quaint mom-and-pop stores as big chains like Target and Wal-Mart dominate the holidays with impossible-to-beat price margins and robust online sites that spare you the ordeal of interpersonal communication.
But here's something no one considers: What if mom-and-pop are total lunatics? What if the mere act of stepping foot in their store endangers you? What if that little, locally owned store is where the Christmas Spirit goes to die? At least in Costco you're safe. Judging by these local TV ads, such small businesses (ones that the Grinch himself may call "a bit over the top") do exist. Hobbymasters Some notable facts: 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) Memorable quote: "Not if I spot you first! " Crazy Gideon's Clearly someone forgot to tell Gideon that the "crazy" portion of the name is supposed to refer to the store's irrationally low prices, not actual psychotic rage. Memorable quote: "Hurry before I change my mind! " Norton Furniture 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.)
The Nine Most Badass Bible Verses. If the Bible had been written by King Leonidas and the rest of the Spartans from 300, it would probably read pretty much the same as it does now. It turns out, the Bible is already chock full of ass kicking. Here are the verses that make us want to take to the streets and put some unbelievers to the sword. Sure, Moses was a great leader, an emancipator of his people and a prophet. Most people don't know that he also was the Biblical equivalent of Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher--a well-honed killing machine, able to slay from the shadows without pity or remorse. Martin Luther King may have had a dream, but Moses had a body count. You can almost picture the scene: An Egyptian soldier is wailing on a hapless Hebrew when Moses, clothed in head-to- toe black, drops down from the ceiling. Moses, seen here, is about to murder the hell out of an unsuspecting Egyptian. We've all been there.
Christians are constantly asking for prayer in schools to help get today's kids in line, but we beg to differ. Don West. QDB: Quote Database Home. Uncyclopedia. Star Wars Crawl. Guidelines for Cats. Upside Down Dogs. Steve's Profile - Leitchfield, KY. Collection of totally offensive jokes, not for the faint hearted _ fun (...) CUTE THINGS FALLING ASLEEP. I Like My Women Like I Like My Coffee. I like my women like I like my coffee... Apologies to David Buist, Tatsuya Ishida, Tim Buckley, Paul Taylor, Howard Tayler, Enigma, M. Zole, R. Stevens, Dorothy Gambrell, Stephen Notley, Mark Stanley, Howard Tayler again, Drew, and Ryan North.
Hotel Soap. The following letters are taken from an actual incident between a London hotel and one of its guests. The Hotel ended up submitting the letters to the London Sunday Times! Dear Maid, Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have brought my own bath-sized Dial. Please remove the six unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and another three in the shower soap dish. Thank you, S. Dear Room 635, I am not your regular maid. Kathy, Relief Maid Dear Maid - I hope you are my regular maid. Apparently Kathy did not tell you about my note to her concerning the little bars of soap. S. Dear Mr. My day off was last Wed. so the relief maid left 3 hotel soaps which we are instructed by the management. Your regular maid, Dotty The assistant manager, Mr. Elaine Carmen Housekeeper Dear Miss Carmen, It is impossible to contact you by phone since I leave the hotel for business at 7:45 AM and don't get back before 5:30 or 6PM.
Elaine Carmen, Housekeeper. Name of the Year. I eat bees. Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reilly, International. Funny or Die. All I Need To Know I Learned From "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" Ferris Bueller's Day Off was released by Paramount Pictures on June 11, 1986 to warm but not rabid reviews and went on to earn US$70,136,369 and just over a million bucks in Australia.
No one could have predicted it was to become the guiding light of cool for an entire generation of young hustlers, but then again, I couldn't predict if I was going to survive the weekend in 1986. Be positive The first words in the movie are "it is a beautiful day in Chicago. " Writer and director John Hughes could have gone with snow, wind, rain, or a heatwave but he chose the perfect day. I like it. Bonus trivia: The opening shot of the Bueller home is actually shot in Long Beach, California.
This apparently distressed Hughes somewhat since he wanted the movie to be completely filmed in Chicago, his native town. I've often pondered why Ferris Bueller's Day Off is such a good film and I reckon it starts with Hughes, a true sponge for popular culture. Works very well in bars about 9pm on a Friday night.