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Showing posts with label Art advertising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art advertising. Show all posts

Friday, August 12, 2016

Grow up with Postum - February 1, 1947


Grow up with Postum - February 1, 1947

February 1, 1947

Grow up with Postum. Three easy ways to better living. Avoid tomorrow’s caffeine habit – give him Postum with milk today.

I remember Postum well. But the idea of using Postum as a child, in an attempt to stave-off a coffee addiction later in life, did not work very well for me.

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Monday, February 03, 2014

After risque years, Super Bowl commercials go warm and fuzzy (Watch them here) | Sports | ADN.com

After risque years, Super Bowl commercials go warm and fuzzy (Watch them here) | Sports | ADN.com

BY STUART ELLIOTT The New York Times February 2, 2014  http://www.adn.com/2014/02/02/3304246/after-risque-years-super-bowl.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter 

"Almost everyone seemed relieved that the first cold-weather Super Bowl played outdoors was not an ice bowl. As for the advertising extravaganza that took place during the game, it turned out to be a nice bowl." 

Most of the commercials that Fox broadcast nationally during Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday sought to invoke fuzzy feelings that would warm the cockles of consumer hearts, if not MetLife Stadium. The television and social media audiences were exhorted repeatedly to forget their troubles and put on a smiley face.

Read more: http://www.adn.com/2014/02/02/3304246/after-risque-years-super-bowl.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

City of Frederick Maryland Graffiti Ordinance Reminder

Graffiti Ordinance Reminder

Over the Fourth of July holiday, the Frederick Police Department received a number of complaints regarding "spray chalk" graffiti advertising a local beer festival. This graffiti was placed on sidewalks all over the downtown area. 
The recent heavy rains were not successful in washing the graffiti away, and DPW work crews are removing it. FPD is in contact with DPW in order to account for the costs of removal by the city and will request reimbursement from the responsible party.
FPD would like to take this opportunity to refer citizens and business owners to Frederick City Code 15-43, excerpted as follows:
"Graffiti Defined. As referred to herein, "graffiti" shall mean writings, drawings, inscriptions, figures or marks of paint, ink, chalk, dye or other similar substances on public or private buildings, structures, property or places which are not authorized or permitted under the city's codes and ordinances regulating signs. For the purposes of this section, graffiti shall include any form of drawings, writings, markings or inscriptions regardless of the content or the nature of materials used in the commission of the act, except as specifically exempted, as set forth herein.
Penalty—Perpetrator. Violation of subsection (c) of this section shall be declared to be a municipal infraction. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for a first offense, and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a second and any subsequent offenses. Where a minor is found to have violated this section, the payment of any fine and court costs imposed by this section shall be the responsibility of such minor's parents or legal guardian.
Exemption. This section shall not be construed to prohibit temporary, easily removable chalk or other water soluble markings on public or private sidewalks, streets or other paved surfaces which are used in connection with traditional children's activities, such as drawing or bases for stickball, kickball, handball, hopscotch and the like, nor temporary, easily removable chalk or water soluble markings used in connection with any lawful business or public purpose, any approved public art project, or activity not otherwise prohibited by city code or ordinance."
Some business owners in the downtown area have occasionally applied sidewalk chalk immediately in front of their businesses to promote an event or daily special. These businesses are encouraged to request permission from the city before applying chalk to the city's sidewalks to ensure compliance with the ordinance.
The Frederick Police Department can and will continue to make arrests for malicious destruction of property under Maryland criminal law. In the present instance, while it is not believed there was any criminal intent, these unauthorized and prolific advertisements were a violation of city ordinance. 
To view the ordinance in its entirety, please refer to http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=16359.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Fun Dutch department store advertising


Fun Dutch department store advertizing

Hat Tip: Grammy

October 30, 2009

HEMA is a Dutch department store

Take a look at HEMA's product page - just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens.

DON'T click on any of the items in the picture; just wait.

This company has a sense of humor and a great computer programmer, who has too much time on his hands.

Click on this link........... http://producten.hema.nl/

Enjoy!!!

20091030 sdosm Fun Dutch department store advertizing

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Windows 7 and Burger King

I found this ad for Windows 7 and Burger King on Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff here: http://twitpic.com/mlizq

I’m not sure I have the nerve to try Window 7 anytime soon. Fortunately I did not make the mistake many of my friends made by “down – err - upgrading” to Vista. I’m aware of a number of horror stories involving downtime and challenges in which Microsoft wanted writers to really be full-time Microsoft software technicians…

Then again, there is the persistent problem of Microsoft’s lack of any sort of meaningful customer service support – or at least that was my experience a number of years ago.

I laughed at this picture when I received it a number of years ago. Candidly, I would not care if customer support was located on the planet Mars, as long as it was helpful – and all too often it was not.

These days when I buy a product or engage a service, one of the determining factors in my decision to buy is how the question, “What is customer service like?” is answered.

Often when customer service is located overseas it is not really customer service but a Potemkin approach so that the company which sold the product can say that it provides customer service. All-too-often, the customer service employees located overseas are not provided with the “tools” or the training to provide real customer service.

I wonder if I am the only person in the world to have noticed that Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, made his fortune with a boorish and predacious company that sold a product that did not/does not work well – or performed poorly, was overpriced and had little, if no customer support? I’m just asking.

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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://www.westgov.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/