Patrick

Great to see. Definitely excited for the postseason!

Congrats.

http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/weekend-getaways/best-adventure-towns-list Via Digg.

Having a good lawyer is the right idea. "Well, I'm the nice guy, so I decided I would hire a bad lawyer and that's why I lost..." doesn't fit. You should always get the best lawyer you can; and people shouldn't be vilified for hiring competent council.

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/09/top-10-eighties-computer-games-worth-playing-again/ Have you played any of these? Via Digg.

Yeah, good story. Thanks for sharing it.

Welcome. Patrick

Patrick is fine. Thanks! Patrick

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/meet-the-voice-of-super-mario-charles-martinet/story-e6frewyr-1225772856617 Cool feature. He's also the voice of Wario, Liugi, Waliugi, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi and others. Via Digg.

That's great.

Welcome back, boyo1991. Patrick

Good to see.

Thank you for the submission. Patrick

Pretty funny. Via Digg.

Thanks for jumping in, skullsplitter. It's good to hear the perspective of a martial artist AND parent of a young student.

Thanks for starting this thread, rogue2257. And great replies beagstkd, Bob, RW, Wa-No-Michi, Brian, Vierna and Toptomcat!

Welcome back, barryives. That sounds great. Great to find the love again, no matter what the activity.

Welcome aboard, mr_obvious. Thank you for coming out of lurker mode! Patrick

Yeah, the Dolphins game was encouraging, but still a loss. The Wildcat was really effective, which was great to see. But, the defense was just bowled over.

That's good. In baseball, I remember I was on a reeeeeaaallly bad team one year. But, I was young and I had fun. Patrick

Sorry to hear that, karate_kat. But, the experience just makes you better for next time.

http://revision3.com/filmriot/batman/#seek=575 Via Digg.

http://directdaily.blogspot.com/2009/09/mcdonalds-free-coffee-ambient.html With Joe and me talking about creative ads lately, here's another one. Pretty cool ad. Via Digg via Gizmodo.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4485941

Interesting thread, Joe. Yeah, I mean, these sorts of advertisements have existed offline for a very long time, in newspapers and magazines. Disclaimers and disclosures are the key. They're integrating legitimate news coverage, with marketing material placed in a news format. There is one big problem with this. If you go to http://news12today.com/, you see the same thing. Notice her name is Janice. Is it Janice or is it Julie? Did one of these sites rip-off the other and change the name? Is this a template site that is being distributed by the manufacturer to affiliates and then they are creating multiple websites using it? It could be a harmless accident, but it is strange. Being a web developer and someone who is concerned with ethical online marketing, I see things from that perspective. The other part that is questionable is the implication that News 9 Today is an actual, news channel. Obviously, the name was created to imply that. This is, perhaps, somewhat deceptive. Other than those issues, I don't really mind the ad and I am all for creativity in advertising. Patrick