GEICO being an insurance company can be freaking boring. But their TV spots seems to be the only spots that are rocking. Their latest "celebrity" campaign is really funny.
I don't know if they have the lowest premium or best value but their TV spots sure are entertaining.
The Martin Agency is responsible.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Maria Sharapova Won the 2006 US Open
update: Sorry guy, the link is dead. Apparently, USOPEN doesn't know how to do permanent link or they don't want to publish the picture anyway.
Photo by: Jonathan Fickies/usopen.org
Maria Sharapova won the US Open in two straight sets beating Belgian Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4. The 19 year old Russian won her second Grand Slam Championship.
The Departed
The Departed trailer is getting some airplay here and the HD trailers are available from Apple's Quicktime webpage.
The Departed is Martin Scorsese's remake of The Infernal Affair, the Hong Kong 2002 hit starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau. The Hong Kong original version has a very consistent gray hue sleeker than steel look. Judging from the minute long trailer, Scorsese's The Departed has a totally different look, it's more like a throw back to an older era with no hint of being modern or being sleek at all. I think what makes the The Infernal Affair such a success, is the overall color of the movie. I am no movie buff by any stretch, but I think one of the main jobs of the director is to decide what color the table cloth should be.
The Departed is Martin Scorsese's remake of The Infernal Affair, the Hong Kong 2002 hit starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau. The Hong Kong original version has a very consistent gray hue sleeker than steel look. Judging from the minute long trailer, Scorsese's The Departed has a totally different look, it's more like a throw back to an older era with no hint of being modern or being sleek at all. I think what makes the The Infernal Affair such a success, is the overall color of the movie. I am no movie buff by any stretch, but I think one of the main jobs of the director is to decide what color the table cloth should be.
Friday, September 08, 2006
US Open
A friend of mine is giving up on tennis, at least on watching the US Open. He's more attuned to Latin Dancing now. I don't blame him. As anybody who is aspired to be a gold digger or simply want to get rich quick, I think they should seriously consider Latin Dancing, go to Hong Kong, seek out HSBC's Wong. You might just get lucky, who knows?
Back to the US Open.
Agassi is gone for good. He will be fondly remembered at least once every year during the US Open, especially when there are rain delays.
The major upset so far is Nadal, the ugly capri pants lover. Number one Federer keeps advacing and his latest victim was American Blakes. A Rod with the help of Jimbo aka Jimmy Connors is playing his best tennis so far. Federer is just a tennis machine. And in the game of human against machine, I think Federer is going to walk away as the Champion.
On the women side, "half of a man" Mauresmo is my favorite. Serena got soundly beaten by her in this Open. The "I am pretty" Sharapova is a crowd's favorite, or not. Her Dad is pretty annoying, what's the deal with that banana and water thing? Her Nike $3,500 cocktail little black dress is interesting ....
UPDATES:-
Sharapova won and there was no "bananagate."
Back to the US Open.
Agassi is gone for good. He will be fondly remembered at least once every year during the US Open, especially when there are rain delays.
The major upset so far is Nadal, the ugly capri pants lover. Number one Federer keeps advacing and his latest victim was American Blakes. A Rod with the help of Jimbo aka Jimmy Connors is playing his best tennis so far. Federer is just a tennis machine. And in the game of human against machine, I think Federer is going to walk away as the Champion.
On the women side, "half of a man" Mauresmo is my favorite. Serena got soundly beaten by her in this Open. The "I am pretty" Sharapova is a crowd's favorite, or not. Her Dad is pretty annoying, what's the deal with that banana and water thing? Her Nike $3,500 cocktail little black dress is interesting ....
UPDATES:-
Sharapova won and there was no "bananagate."
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Apple Released Updated HW Again
Apple just announced some souped up iMacs with Intel Core 2 Duo chip. Guys, I don't know about you, I really have a hard time keeping up with the latest development of Intel chips and brandings. If you add AMD to the fold, I will get a splitting headache.
And the new iMacs and minis are immediately available. In these days, it's just rare that things are available when they are announced. Vista, anybody? Corporate release is scheduled to be sometime in November and then general release for sometime next year. The price of PC or Windows based notebooks and desktops are really attractive price wise and may I add performance as well. But Mac really has that X factor, that's OS X literally.
And on September 12, another special Apple event.
And the new iMacs and minis are immediately available. In these days, it's just rare that things are available when they are announced. Vista, anybody? Corporate release is scheduled to be sometime in November and then general release for sometime next year. The price of PC or Windows based notebooks and desktops are really attractive price wise and may I add performance as well. But Mac really has that X factor, that's OS X literally.
And on September 12, another special Apple event.
How to create Hyperlink in Blogger's comment
You can type the following:-
I love <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>.And your browser should render something like this:
- I love Google.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Couric debuted at CBS Evening News
Katie Couric made her debut as the 6.30 CBS Evening News sole anchor tonight. CBS made a big deal out of it, they doctored her picture to make her look, what else, slimmer and younger. CBS is so embarassed by her look they don't do the Evening News in HD. If Diane Sawyer of Good Morning America can appear in HD, I can't see why Couric cannot. It just shows CBS sucks, again, like Leno was in HD for a long time, then Letterman finally was on HD. CBS, you screw up for a reason.Also making television debut was Suri Cruise, as cover of the up coming Vanity Fair, i.e. tomorrow. Mystery of missing Suri solved.
UPDATE: can't help to shoot some JPEGs directly from the TV. Very cute baby indeed.
... Vanity Fair just put up the cover.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Untitled
I brought half of a tent to camping. Our original plan was to stay in a tent for 2 nights. But with half of a tent, there was no way we can do that without the canopy, plus the non stop rain. So we ended up moving in a cabin as well, just like the other family we went with.
The cabin we had was deeper in the camp site area so it was actually better. If we were to stay in the original site for tent, we would be really close to the motor way. Last year in Lake George, we did stay in a tent.
It took us about 3 hours to get to the camp site, Jim Thorpe Camping Resort.
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