Archive for October, 2009

LoJack people tracker has a great order page

Notice how it says ‘Apply Here’ not ‘Order Here’. They are creating the illusion of a membership instead of a product. Very smart.

New ‘Black Card’ from Visa. Not AMEX Black, and not exclusive.

Amex has a ‘Black’ card that all the rappers get giddy over. So Visa, in its attempt to move itself from Toyota Corolla status up to a BMW status, has come up with a ‘Black Card’. They call it being exclusive. How exclusive is it? Not very.
Here is the ad:
So where does the 1% come [...]

Citibank gives a shout out to Indians, 20% of the world’s population

I like it that Citibank is accepting that not all of us are blond and blue eyed with perky smiles:

Student Loan recipient is a dummy

So, here we have someone who ostensibly was able to get student loans to STUDY. And they can’t even figure out how to find out, with a few Google searches, what to do?
I also find it completely unbelievable that any collection agency would make an actual threat like that. Most of them just don’t care…they [...]

Wunderkind Twitter has a bug

So I tried to upload a pic to my twitter account…and it says that my tiny little favicon is too big. I expected more from a company that could have squeezed half a billion out of Facebook.

Another reason why Microsoft Messenger stinks

Microsoft Messenger has always been my least favorite IM app. I hate them all actually, with their two hundred buttons, endless ads, etc. But MSN Messenger is the worst because it has no antispam protections. Everytime I log in I get one or two of these popups.