Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Something stuck me today while reading this article on bacterial decision-making. We all need more receptors. Now, that statement doesn’t make a whole lot of sense without the context, so here’s the context: “As bacteria’s ability to make decisions goes, E. coli is kind of dumb, which makes it easy for researchers to study sensing [...]
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Tagged bacteria, communications, decision-making, E. coli, experience, general knowledge, receptors
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Here at the AdFarm KC office this morning, some thoughtful person brought in these cool little recipe cards titled Fine Swine-ing. Each one has a great recipe for some pork-tastic dish for entertaining. I tried looking around online for who might be putting these out, but I came up empty-handed. The recipes looked so good, [...]
This week, Jon stumbled on this cringe-inducing but funny video for Red House Furniture of High Point, NC. The store’s about half an hour from where I grew up in Greensboro. Today, I come across this Boing-Boing post about Rufus Hussey, a slingshot master from North Carolina. When I was about 12, my mom came [...]
The best days are the ones where we come up with an idea that makes people scratch their heads and ask, “How the hell are we going to do this?” or, “Aren’t there any case studies that we can show?” This job is about novel communications. When we do something that doesn’t have directions already [...]
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Tagged Advertising, case study, cautionary tale, communication, direction, novelty
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When I opened my eyes this morning, I realized I was already working on a project. The weird part is I’ve already done everything (and more) I need to before Tuesday. I just can’t turn it off. Our agency is at our best when we start at the start, when we create a strategy based [...]
The average Fourth of July celebration usually includes a few key ingredients – grilling, cold beer, good friends and a helping of colorful explosions. But a truly great celebration, like a truly great dry rub, is all about those lesser known ingredients. In the case of our Fun Fourth, we’re talking slow-smoked pork shoulder, a [...]
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Tagged beer, celebration, explosion, fireworks, fourth of july, meat, police action, pork, recipe, smoking
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Artist Wilhelm Staehle creates these amazing hand-cut silhouettes juxtaposing Victorian imagery with modern themes. They’re incredibly clever, and my wife just bought me one titled “Victorian Delorian,” just because she’s awesome. You can see the entire “Silhouette Masterpiece Theater” series here. I think this new work will nicely complement the Mounted Cardboard Deer Trophies we’re [...]
