I have recently become hooked on coconut water. It has a very light and refreshing taste and more potassium than a banana. One serving of it has 60 calories and no fat, this is the water, not the milk… big difference. All over the tropics people drink coconut water everyday, but here in New York it is very new on the scene. I am very bullish on coconut water, you heard it here first, Zico is the next Snapple.
John McCain just casually set off a politcal bomb for himself:
These guys ride on the outside of a helicopter and then climb off onto high voltage powerlines in order to maintain them. Here is a beautiful video of this job in action, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzga6qAaBA
Now here’s another one of those ‘why didn’t I think of that’ inventions. A match dispenser that lights the match automatically, I know there is a significant market for this.
The Gender Genie is a web application that tells you if something was written by a male or female. Not sure if this serves any important purpose, but it is interesting that there is such a definable difference between men and women that you can program an algorithm to make the determination. Check it out
This one will break your heart, it’s the story of Jessica Futtert of Chicago, IL. Jessica is one of the fattest people I’ve ever seen, and she is only 7 years old. Truly this is shocking and sad, this video clip is not in English but it doesn’t matter, turn the sound down.
Here’s a fantastic collection of pictures from guerilla marketing campaigns. These were a couple I liked:
When you call a big company it can be a frustrating waste of time trying to get a human on the phone. A new site, DialAHuman.com, takes the guess work out of it. They have a long list of major companies, and give you the trick that works on their phone system to get through to a real person.
Bill Maher’s New Rules was amazing last week, if you haven’t seen it yet, now’s your chance:
