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01/25/2015 12:01 #59791
Paul's birthday take 3Category: birthday
01/25/2015 00:55 #59788
Mike-a-paloozaCategory: birthday
Last night, (e:terry)'s mom got in to visit for a week. First thing we did, after a the parking squabble (e:joe,59782) was go to Seabar to celebrate (e:paul)'s birthday again with his favorite fish. The dinner was really good. I got the goat cheese salad and vegetarian roll.
Paul was full and fell asleep
Afterwards I headed over to Mike's place for "Mike-a-polooza. Like (e:paul)'s birthday it also evolved into a week long event.
It was a very classy affair.
Emily was making drinks with this stuff - it smelled like root beer barrel candy
Mike started to auction off a self portrait he had made.
Poloroids are standard here.
Paul was full and fell asleep
Afterwards I headed over to Mike's place for "Mike-a-polooza. Like (e:paul)'s birthday it also evolved into a week long event.
It was a very classy affair.
Emily was making drinks with this stuff - it smelled like root beer barrel candy
Mike started to auction off a self portrait he had made.
Poloroids are standard here.
01/24/2015 16:23 #59786
Buffalo Rising shills for Domino'sCategory: buffalo rising
I almost couldn't believe it today when I checked Buffalo Rising and saw they had published this story 
about a Domino's Pizza opening on Delaware Avenue.
It's basically a press release for Domino's and their crappy chain pizza. For a site that aspires to be about all things local and urban, I can't imagine them ever writing something like this. The entire article reads like an advertisement. They even quote Domino's marketing scheisse at the end. I can't wait for Newell Nussbaumer's review of the next Dollar General or TIm Horton's to open.
I always wondered if they took any compensation for their posts and this definitely doesn't help.
This would never happen at (e:strip). ;)
Here is a screen shot showing how a chunk of BR text is near verbatim from Domino's press releases - see prnewsire.
about a Domino's Pizza opening on Delaware Avenue. It's basically a press release for Domino's and their crappy chain pizza. For a site that aspires to be about all things local and urban, I can't imagine them ever writing something like this. The entire article reads like an advertisement. They even quote Domino's marketing scheisse at the end. I can't wait for Newell Nussbaumer's review of the next Dollar General or TIm Horton's to open.
I always wondered if they took any compensation for their posts and this definitely doesn't help.
This would never happen at (e:strip). ;)
Here is a screen shot showing how a chunk of BR text is near verbatim from Domino's press releases - see prnewsire.
YesThatCasey - 01/25/15 14:00
Yeah, this is nothing new. They've long been a marketing firm for all of the big developers in the area for years now. This isn't even the first chain; remember the whole Panera articles?
Yeah, this is nothing new. They've long been a marketing firm for all of the big developers in the area for years now. This isn't even the first chain; remember the whole Panera articles?
steve - 01/25/15 00:25
C’mon, give Newell some credit. He was pretty much giving Rocco a very public handjob of a press release for “Dog é Style” during their “logo contest” and continued to do so even during the entirely-justified backlash that followed. Would you expect anything less?
C’mon, give Newell some credit. He was pretty much giving Rocco a very public handjob of a press release for “Dog é Style” during their “logo contest” and continued to do so even during the entirely-justified backlash that followed. Would you expect anything less?
tinypliny - 01/24/15 19:57
Yes, everyone knows who paid mike to write about the poltergeist chronicles.
Yes, everyone knows who paid mike to write about the poltergeist chronicles.
mike - 01/24/15 17:45
it would totally happen on estrip if someone was willing to pay me to write about them haha
it would totally happen on estrip if someone was willing to pay me to write about them haha
01/23/2015 23:02 #59784
Microsoft HololensCategory: nerd
I almost never would have thoguht Microsoft could make anything remotely cool but the other day they announced VR goggles called HoloLens and they look amazing. Unlike the Gear VR and Oculus which just leave you and a screen, they use a pass through, augmented reality that allows you to mix a digital world with the real one.
The interaction part is so cool. You can manipulate and affect objects as if they were really there - and you're not in your own isolated world like the Oculus gear.
Imagine if you could just build the 3D environment like legos instead of drawing it out on a 2D screen. The minecraft type deal they came up with is super neat and a good demo of this.
The only downside I've read so far is the engadget review that said hardware is bulky and compact and light like the Gear. But with the rate phone hardware is advancing, it can't be that far off before this is much better than Google Glass ever was. I would totally wear these on the street, to work, anywhere - just a little bit closer to being a computer.
The interaction part is so cool. You can manipulate and affect objects as if they were really there - and you're not in your own isolated world like the Oculus gear.
Imagine if you could just build the 3D environment like legos instead of drawing it out on a 2D screen. The minecraft type deal they came up with is super neat and a good demo of this.
The only downside I've read so far is the engadget review that said hardware is bulky and compact and light like the Gear. But with the rate phone hardware is advancing, it can't be that far off before this is much better than Google Glass ever was. I would totally wear these on the street, to work, anywhere - just a little bit closer to being a computer.
01/23/2015 21:20 #59782
American Repetory Theater sucksCategory: american repertory theater
Don't tell him I said that.
That doesn't look like Mike at all.