CupCaKE

A symbol of North American nourishment, indulgence. Tempting, charming, cunning, decorated, delicious, lavish, initially satisfying, supported by a foundation of connotations, ideologies and clever, seething marketing. Initially satisfying, and ultimately regrettable. When you pierce through all of that...

What is that cupcake, ultimately? What are its contributions, and how does it assist you? Is it a true friend, or a charming and poorly influential superficial party hound, ready to bring you down with a smile on her face and a tequila shot in his palm?


Illusions make the world an intricate place. Like a sheer diamond faceted with sharp claws, truth is found amongst layers of distraction. Eat the cupcake, shoot the shot, Enjoy your life and its beautiful Illusions and fabricated foundations, but don't be "Punk'd".

Evil speaks with trickery, and it wins when you're naive and dazzled, awestruck at its paradoxical beauty, and left a diseased fool. Consciousness of both sides of the coin, and nothing can touch you. Have your cake, and eat it.

Blogworthy Meat?

So I am currently doing a project that involves advertisement analysis. Looking critically at ads relying on the method of semotics to uncover methods of signification —on my search, I happened upon a little ditty by Oscar Meyer. An ad that announces their meats as “Blogworthy”

My first reaction was—half a year ago, I hardly understood what blogging consisted of. My spell check doesn’t even detect “blog” as an English word. Who is their target market? Is the mainstream media ready for web 2.0 term dropping just yet?

Personally, I don’t think they are, but I have a bit of a soft spot for this ad. Perhaps because I am that target market. Announcing blogging, as a form of expressing emotion—obviously delight at this supposedly delicious meat? Delicious, and meat are not words that often leave this vegetarians mouth.

I did a little O.Meyer Google search and discovered that they actually have a pretty interesting “Hotdogger” blog of their own. Impressive.

The blog is written by the guys and gals who drive the Wienermobile, criss-crossing the country, looking for bridges that are high enough to drive under (so they don’t get stuck). They provide a little insight into travelling experiences in the Wienermobile –Hence, the blog.

Check er’ out. http://hotdoggerblog.com/index.php

Just write me

“I want to write twelve, seven, five even three first-rate poems. I want a hundred things with varying intensity but that is what I want, first and last, passionately”


-Anne Wilkinson

Believe it.

Without a doubt, the only thing that makes mans life on earth essential and necessary is love

- Allen De Botton

UWO: In response

In this ever-changing world of tech-savvy individuals, it may appear as though we have reached the end of conventional media as we knew it. Are we losing good ol' fashioned forms of television, radio, and print, and is it welcomed? Bit Torrentz and downloading, to some, are stealing from those who produced it, but it is so much more. The consumer is changing at a rapid pace. We are provided the ability to customize our viewing options. Regular people are developing and evolving into media critics and now, more than ever, have an incredible amount of outlets to do so. Today there are entirely new sets of opportunities, new places to safely state your opinion, your view, AND BE HEARD.

With new and frequently emerging trends, many have been predicting the fall of traditional communication. We have to wonder what our increasingly wired, (or wireless), world will look like in this age of "instant information gratification?". The CBC's pop culture specialist Jian Ghomeshi explores the fate of mass media questioning whether we are nearing a world without television, radio or print in "THE END", a three-part series on CBC Newsworld.


This is not a fad--Today we leave our homes with our wallet, Ipod, and cell phone. Rarely do we leave home with our TV. Information and entertainment are avalible wirelessly. Books can be downloaded rather than carried around, information can be retrieved when and where we want it. While it is perhaps the end of what we see as conventional watching, reading, or listening. It it not the end. It is the beginning of SOMETHING ELSE, something NEW.


Personally, I cannot fathom a world where user created content displaces traditional media, now or ever. Bloggers and podcasters provide us with their take on the media. But no matter how far we progress, we still crave professionally presented media-- We still need a starting point.

Check em`out : http://www.cbc.ca/theend/

WHY TWITTER?

Do you ask yourself the same question?

This past week the tech world was abuzz with news of Twitter incorporating search functionalityTwitter is a Google killer while others argue that Twitter isn’t a search engine at all. into its site. What this means is that you can now easily obtain trending data for popular keywords, takAe a deeper look at the topics people are talking about in real time, and find answers to pressing questions that others have already written about. So is this really significant? It depends on who you ask. Some think that

Regardless of which side of the fence you stand, there’s no doubt that Twitter has a bright future with its eyes set on the search market. In fact, Twitter continues to receive millions in funding and recently turned down a $500 million offer from Facebook because of its planned business model of Q&A features and search ads. Who knew status updates could be so valuable? Meanwhile, Facebook has been adding Twitter-like features to try and keep up…

So really, what’s the big deal about Twitter? Isn’t it just a social media site used to socialize with friends? Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, goes as far as to call it the “poor man’s email system”. But the people who really get it understand the huge potential that lies within Twitter. Not only is it a way to connect and interact with others, but it also represent a huge pool of information based on everyday human life that’s ready to be mined to extract real value. Adding search functionality is just the first step in this process.

Not to mention that Twitter already has an impressive track record with various uses. For example, it helped President Barack Obama with his presidential campaign, got a student out of an Egyptian jail, documented plane crashes in real time, and made Dell a million dollars. Twitter has a huge cultish following and is promoted through a grassroots movement that we haven’t seen since…well, the beginning of Google.

Despite all of the hype, Twitter is still in its infancy and it’ll be years, maybe even a decade, before it develops the technology to accurately display search results and put a dent in Google’s market share. But regardless of all that, the point I want to make in this article is that Twitter has what it takes to get there. In other words, Twitter represents the future of search. Still not convinced? Let me explain…

6 Reasons Why Twitter is the Future of Search

1. Takes social to a whole new level
2. Combats information overload
3. Real-time content
4. Represents the masses
5. More trustworthy results
6. Better targeted for location

I don't want to overload this page with information, so go check out http://www.winningtheweb.com/twitter-future-search-google.php for an indepth description of each of the 6 reasons! Go! Do it!!

A Meal To Die For

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4632991n

Disclaimer:
I advise you refrain from eating during, or before watching this video.

Here, my friends, is your dose of disgusting for the day. A not-so-bitesizedd tidbit of American culture all stacked up in messy lard covered buns and 5 pound burgers. If you have read Fast Food Nation, or seen Supersize Me, and still follow the anti-hangover ritual McDicks meal (which I, myself do not) or the odd fast food treat, well, after watching this, you really won’t feel so badly. The concept is disgusting, yet cleverly pieced together, and quite hilarious. With a menu that includes Single, Double, Triple and Quadruple bypass burger, Flatline fries, non-filtered smokes, and Jolt Cola, the Heart Attack Diner is quite the deadly delight. But heck, at least their honest. This fat factory comes well equipped with phoney, scantily clad nurses, medical supplies, and a wheelchair to wheel you out after successfully completing a meal worth a mere 5 days of caloric intake. What a perk! The nurses are hot, the Coke is cold and the people are...on the verge of death. Without further adue, the All American Heart Attack Diner.
Bon appétit!!!!!

Satorialist Obsessed

The Crazy Horsemen

This is the so called "poetry" that is violating my ears in my Canadian Lit class at this very second. Please feel free to stop watching after the first, oh, 23 seconds. I can hardly bear to look at these "poetic" fools on my page. They call themselves The Four Horsemen, which, after listening to their video, shouldn’t surprise you. They sound like Mad Cow infested barn animals with something to prove.

Video number 2, which I will not post for the sake of your ears, and sanity depicts a man yelling: “you are city hall my people look what you’ve become my people, you are city hall my people look what you’ve done” YELLLING. At the top of his tar tarnished, pot smoking lungs. He calls it “personal therapy, an analytic movement that directly ties into perceptual systems. Poetry he calls it. I call it a death wish. He is joined by a community of vocal therapists...the pain worsens. Now I understand why my professor refused to accept our essays until the end of class. Clearly to prevent bailing. What she can't prevent, is earplugs.
Now, I love poetry, I CAN see the beauty in it. I love the mystique of it. THIS? This is mind numbing ear-shattering “organic” BS...