Mag My Pic

I came across this site today while I was trying to figure out how my buddy got on the cover of National Geographic.

Magmypic.com allows you to upload any picture onto a magazine cover then post it to myspace, facebook, friendster and others. I opted to not add an app to my facebook and I just saved the picture.

Happy Holiday's!

For those of you who have checked the blog a few times in December, you'll have noticed that the posts have been a bit down. No excuses, however it's been a crazy Holiday season for us so we've been neglectful of our favorite past time.

That being said, Adjoke is making a few New Year's resolutions. First off, we're going to revamp the blog (new HTML, design, navigation) to make surfing easier and better. Second, we're going to do our best to post as much cool (and horrible) stuff as possible.

For now, we hope that you all enjoy the holiday and look forward to writing many more posts in 2008.

From the staff writers at Adjoke -

Merry Christmas!

Or happy holidays if you don't celebrate this day. Keep visiting in 2008 and look for great things in 2008 from AdJoke.

My New Years resolution is a re-design of adjoke, and much much more.

Cheers and Happy New Year!

PJC

PSA - Fireworks are dangerous

The dutch government says "Fireworks are dangerous". Story told with the help of the Liberation Army against Freedom. 500,000 views in one week.




Ty - I bet you 10 bucks we have a visit from the a US govenrment entities domain within 10 hours.

Happy Birthday!

Today marks the 10th Anniversary of the blogosphere.

Who is this guy? The man credited with inventing the term "web log" - Jorn Barnger.

Barnger's blog, entitled Robot Wisdom, started a wave of blogs nearly a decade later - over 90 million at last Technorati count.

Virgin Goes Viral...Well Not Really

Check out this new video from Virgin - created by Zig in Toronto.

Viral video's are probably number 1 on a clients list this season. Why? Because if they take off they can amass millions of views for a relatively low cost. The key part of that sentence is if.

Although it doesn't look like Virgin spent much on this video (the dancers, cheap filming and music - maybe $100K?), it seems like they're trying to be random for the sake of being random.

Branded music videos always remind me of the Smirnoff Tea Party, but this one seems to be random with no real purpose.

Will it take off? Maybe. But they key question for anything to go viral seems to be, would you send this to your friends?

I won't - but I did blog it so who knows...

What to do with imported Oranges?

Orange Diaries is a website featuring hilarious crafts and ridiculous uses of imported oranges such as Orange muffs, pencil holder, knee pads and more.

Set-up by Florida's Natural the site tells you what to do with imported oranges because the obviously aren't edible. Heck, unless they are Florida Oranges they aren't even considered to be in the Orange family.

Thank you to Kristen who found Adjoke on Facebook for sending through this campaign.

If you have any campaigns or posts to share; join the Adjoke facebook group on post on the wall or send us a message.




See More Videos on OrangeDiaries.com!

He sees you when you are in sleep mode - Mac vs. PC

Whopper Freak Out!

The whopper has been discontinued.

The testimonial has been flipped on its head.

The whopper is proven to be the king of Burger King.

Check out this fantastic work from CP+B.

I love it when the replace the whopper with Wendy's & McDonalds burgers.

Genius.

Paris owns this pose -Click picture to play

I find this to be quite entertaining. People always say "What is Paris famous for"...maybe this pose is her brand.

Click Picture To Play!

Santa in all of us

Coke spot from Ogilvy, Buenos Aires.

This is an excellent continuation of the "Coke Side of Life" campaign.

Build it for the media

Don't capitalize on the media.

What we care about

Found here.

Loyalty Beyond Reason

Apple is a powerful brand. Everybody knows that.

From the coolest phones to the latest laptops, they continue to make uncreative people feel creative through their sleek products and designs.

The popularity of Apple has spawned a number of companies that build customized products for Apple users - think carrying cases for your iPod or a giant speaker system.

Apple doesn't build these add-ons but they certainly like them. They give their users options and help reinforce how cool their products are.

That brings us to the iBlade. A high quality razor with a titanium body, 24hr rechargable battery and a 2 GB memory card.

Does this actually exist? Who knows. But it's fun to imagine what other Apple add ons people might have in store.

Yes - Nerds Still Exist

Great screen grab from Digg a few days ago.

Think it's hard to get one of your stories on the front page?

Just title it "12 clips of topless greased up women playing Wii" and you're guaranteed at least three thousand Diggs.

Leveraging an Insight

Advergirl's Four Rules for Career Success

Advergirl is a great little blog about advertising. The writer, a true account person, has a ton of fun posts ranging from working with various parts of the industry to neat campaigns.

One of her latest posts outlines four simple rules for success in the industry. To quote:

• Never be silent in a meeting. You're there for a reason. Participate. Add value. Take notes.
• Always build trust. Demonstrate that you understand the business - the entire business, not just your department - and your boss's painpoints. Take actions that show you're a responsive steward of the business, the brand and your boss's sanity.
• Keep generating ideas. New ideas. Fresh perspectives. Not just words/pictures/projects/research or whatever the details of your job description mandate.
• Learn to read a room. Nothing will get you farther in business than empathy. Stop talking when eyes glaze. Offer solutions when brows crease. Pay attention to all the nonverbal feedback coming your way and act on it.

Don't just get through your day-to-day. Be a part of it.

Make The Most Of Now

Really enjoy this new spot from Vodafone. You don't see many 90 second spots these days, but this one does a good job keeping the viewers interest.

The ending has a nice payoff and attempts to answer the "why do I need internet on my mobile?" question in a meaningful way.

Use those bits of time wisely.

European Windows Error

It seems like these Window's error messages are spreading...this one's from London....
Thanks to Jen for the pics!

Stumble Upon It - The Return of Surfing

When was the last time you surfed the web, looking for something new?

These days, it seems that when you go on the web you already know (in general) what you're looking for.

Just go to Google, type it in and in less then a few seconds, you've got about a billion responses.

But what do you do if you want to find new pages on the web at random? What if you want to really surf the web?

Join Stumble Upon.

Stumble Upon is a site that asks you to tell it what you like. From humor to technology, art to science, set the parameters and then start surfing.

The site gives you pages, based on your interests, and asks you whether you like the page or not. If you like it, the algorithm adjusts itself to show you more pages within that category and if you don't, pages that are similar are removed.

After about a week, I've stumbled upon some great sites. It's easy to register and great to get going.

Discover something new on the web - even when you're not searching for it.

Share Everything

With the holiday's just around the corner, we wanted to share the perfect gift with you;

The TwoDaLoo toilet.

Nothing says love like a washroom with two toilets right beside each other.

You can even get a LCD TV screen and an iPod dock installed in your unit.

For only $1400US, it's the perfect gift.

Link from Gizmodo

Largest Window's Error Ever?

Live from Times Square!

"We're sorry, but something is wrong with your Window's system."

The costs associated with this space are probably, well, astronomical. Thanks for the error message!

Mr.T

Don't you just love old school ads?

Look at how awkward Mr.T actually looks? Same with the lady (whose name is Nancy...)

I wonder what she really wants...

Thanks to Steve for the Pic!

A Good Laugh

Even though this video isn't in English, it always makes me laugh.

The story is this:

A man is on a talk show being interviewed with his mother. Due to an accident (I don't know the details), the man had to have both of his testicles removed. The interviewer has trouble - well - keeping himself together.

Contextual Ads Strike Again

Another example of a contextual ad gone wrong.

Nice work, Verizon. Good to be a part of this article.

Link from Copyranter.