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tweet brawl Free SMS Text Messaging and Business Bulk SMS Solutions from CardBoardFish The Making Of Heineken's Amazing Soccer Swindle If you're a soccer fan, you'll understand. If you're not, well, suffice it to say that Europeans (Italians, especially) are (in general) crazy about soccer. So when Heineken staged a fake classical music concert at the same time as a crucial Real Madrid vs. AC Milan game on October 21, there was no chance that any real soccer fan would be there...except if their girlfriends, professors and bosses convinced them (by any means necessary) to attend. What happens next is sheer hilarity, and a nice example of a high-budget guerrilla marketing campaign from Heineken. Suffice to say that more than 1,100 soccer fans got swindled, 1.5 million people saw their reactions on live TV, and Heineken received five million visitors to the site devoted to the event — and a great deal of news coverage for their troubles. As far as what happens in the video itself, we won't spoil it for you; see it below and enjoy.

How To Use Google Buzz. The Unofficial (and Frequently Updated) Guide. If you’re a GMail user you’ve no doubt come across a brand new section of your email called Buzz. Buzz is Google’s new social network and it’s already created a stir. There have been concerns over privacy but all in all, the reaction has been very largely positive. This article is a simple guide explaining how to use the service. What is Buzz? Buzz is Google’s answer to Twitter and Facebook, remarkably similar to another service (that Facebook acquired and still exists) called Friendfeed. Buzz is a way for you to share status updates, video, audio and images with friends. A little like Facebook you might say, but Google does dramatically improve on the stream based UI that Facebook has become synonymous with. Before You Get Started Your Profile Page That said, you will need to get your Google Profile set up, yep, just like your Facebook one. You can however choose not to show your full name and also have the option of hiding the people you’re following and who are following you. 1. 2. 3. 4.

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Random Viral Whatsit of the Day: My Little Pony Musical Often, whilst trolling through the feeds, we come across viral sensations that don't really fit anywhere — aside from lodged in the pleasure center of our fevered brains. Today, that odd puzzle piece something is this video, depicting live-action My Little Ponies singing show tunes.When I happened upon this video yesterday, it had hit maybe 8,000 views on YouTube. Now it has been seen more than 60,000 times and has found its way onto many a video blog. Why? Personally, I have yet to make it all the way through this video — my hatred of show tunes mingled with my encroaching ADD are both viable reasons — but why don't y'all take a look and let us know what you think of this viral delight in the comments.

My First Tweet: Find Your First Words 8 Toxic personalities to avoid - Manage Your Life on Shine Although we like to think that the people in our lives are well-adjusted, happy, healthy minded individuals, we sometimes realize that it just isn't so. Personally, I've had moments where I'll be skipping through my day, happy as can be, thinking life is grand and BAM, I'll be blindsided by someone who manages to knock the happy wind out of my sails. Sometimes it is easy to write it off and other times, not so much. Maybe you are a positive person, but when you are around a certain individual, you feel negative. Or, maybe you have an idealistic view of the world and when you are with certain people, you are made to feel silly, unrealistic or delusional. Or, maybe you pride yourself in being completely independent and in control of your life, but when you are around a certain family member, you regress into a state of childhood. Some of these situations, and yes, these people, can have a tremendously negative impact on our lives. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Related Topics:

AcidCow.com - videos, pictures, celebs, flash games 9 things I learned about the world from anonymous stock photo models. I was searching for shitty telecom companies the other day and Qwest came up as the first result (the 2nd through 6th results linked to Verizon). So I clicked the top link and saw this: "Finally," I thought to myself, "a site that sells chubby black women." 1. There aren't many things I don't want to experience in life, but the sensual caress of a parent going through mid-life crisis is one of them. 2. Possibly the first and only cliche in history I've wanted to bang, curly-haired black women are the preferred marketing tool to sell obscure telecom products and telephone services so long as their skin tone isn't too dark. Microsoft also tried to employ use of the hot black woman for marketing Vista recently, but as usual, they got it wrong: "Fuck it." 3. Meet Ron: I don't know Ron, but I guarantee you that Ron has never said "allow us to provide you with excellent customer service." Here's another gem. 4. 5. The Kashi cereal "Satisfaction Squad:" 6. 7. Casual, yet all business. 8. 9.

Top 10 Geek Pick-Up Lines on Twitter Explained Jun 11th 2009 By Jeremy Taylor All day yesterday, Twitter was flooded with folks tweeting each other " geek pick-up lines ." The microblogging service's 140-character limit actually makes it a good format to exchange such information, as any pick-up line over 140 characters would qualify as more of an awkward monologue. Using a rough formula of quality and times tweeted and re-tweeted, we've compiled a list of the top 10 geek pick-up lines from the discussion. Since not everybody speaks geek, we've also deciphered some of the more technical lingo. Check it all out after the jump , and remember, while some of these lines are quite funny, you should never ever use them in a non-cyber situation. 10. 9. 7. 6. 4.

Twitter nerds unite to share pick-up lines before Valentine's Day | Technology | Los Angeles Times Warming up their underused love circuitry for Valentine's Day, members of the online nerdocracy have begun feverishly passing around their best pick-up lines via Twitter. "If I were an enzyme, I'd be DNA helicase so I could unzip your genes. [bphuff] I own an island...in Second Life [bitfaker] One has to wonder, however, if in their excitement, the nerds aren't doing themselves a romantic disservice. "Roses are #ff0000, violets are #0000ff. all my base are belong to you," [aleivag] [tshirt] ... he's sure to hear the object of his desire, the one to whom his bases belong, answer back: "Eww, nerd! You see, my nerdy friends, a line is only as good as it is fresh, and by cycling and recycling all the good ones online, you're just stepping on each others' penny loafers. "I like Battlestar Galactica. Help us -- I mean help these nerds out a little by offering a few original lines in the comments ... -- David Sarno

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