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Pondan brand Cake Mix?

khensthoth — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:21 +0000

Not to be confused with "Pondan" in Malay language. Product found in Indonesian supermaket in Melbourne.

Yea… coz’ apparently the word Pondan doesn’t mean the same thing in Indonesian language and Malay language. Heck, the word doesn’t even exist in the Indonesian language. And no, I am not making this up. Check it out, they have a whole range of Pondan product available.

Don’t get me wrong – I am not a homophobe. I really do want to see this kind of products made available in Malaysia, all Pondan products. I just hope they have a better marketing/branding team in Malaysia, lest they make the mistake in the urban myth of the Chevy Nova.

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khensthoth — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:01:31 +0000

I pride myself on having a 19″ LCD screen with a resolution of 1440 x 900, Of course, in this age of information overload and 22″ and above screen, that screen size is not adequate, which is why I value my screen real estate very much. Imagine my horror when I visit Gizmodo (Australia) and see this:

F*ucking Nokia N97 Advertisement

What the hell were they thinking? From my browser user agent, they are perfectly capable of knowing my operating system, my browser, and my screen resolution. Why the hell then would they want me to imagine viewing Gizmodo content through the small screen Nokia N97 when I am sitting in front of my computer with my huge ass screen?

To make matters worse, I decided to do some calculation:

Making matter clearer

The actual Gizmodo content has been reduced to a meagre resolution of 930 x 578. Great! In fact, taking into account the various title bar, status bar, menu bar and scroll bar, the advertisement effectively take away a cumulative 726930 pixels from me. That’s 56.1% of my screen resolution!

I have to say this is a great marketing idea though, since it creates brand and product awareness. Now I am fully aware of how much I hate Nokia N97 and aware that Nokia has sucky advertisement. Oh, and Gizmodo Australia? Shame on you. No wonder I prefer the US version.

It’s 2 a.m. …

khensthoth — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:59:16 +0000

What else? Of course it's time for anal sex.

I found the above image while wasting my time surfing in Digg. It seriously made me laugh out loud. Some of the comments are equally as funny:

That cracked me up.
Who has anal sex on schedule, really? – GamerGrllz

there are fish involved as well? - Cowboychrissy

I confess..that’s my graffiti. What can I say? It’s what I do @ 2:00 AM… - angrykeyboarder

On another issue, I still have no idea what the billboard is trying to advertise.

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