Several recent visitors found this site by searching for “uglydolls” on Google. I mentioned some time back that I’m impressed with how the creators of Uglydolls developed a following and built the brand through nonstandard methods and good image management. Other than that, this site hasn’t been much of a resource on the subject. So …
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Tupac caput!
From Yankee Pot Roast, Celebrity palindromes. A sampling: “Oprah deified Harpo.”
How to film a zeppelin docking at the Empire State Building
John Hodgman reveals to us Kerry Conran and the technological blockbuster movie he started in his bedroom: Word of ”Sky Captain” began to spread around the Internet only after Conran finished primary shooting in London last spring — extraordinarily late for the Internet, which often seems invented specifically to track movies with giant robots in …
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Saints in everyday life
Saints in everyday life.
It’s for you
How to make friends by Telephone: Visualize the person you call Speak to the person at the other end of the line — not to the telephone — then you’re more apt to be pleasant and understanding. (Link via The Morning News.)
Making fiends
So cool: Making Fiends, excellent animations. (Link via The Morning News.)
Gonna make you sweat
I attended an all girls’ boarding school — Villa Maria High School, unfortunately now closed — and I lived in the dorm for the first three years. Each year around this time all the girls would start to worry about weight we’d gained over the winter months. The cafeteria specialized in heavy carbs, and there …
Uglydolls
Talk about an emergent strategy: The creators of Uglydolls didn’t start with a plan in mind. But theirs is a case of the product selling itself. And the creators have discovered a great way to build appeal: “Each character comes with a tag explaining the character’s back story and how they all ”know” one another …
Who says all the good men are taken?
“I am wearing my blazer and a light cologne, with my hair parted at the side, a glint in my eye, and my left hand in my coat pocket in a half-intellectual, half-sexual way. I am also smoking a cigarette, but my breath smells good because I carry mints. If it is springtime, I have …
Actually, I like crap
Terrific t-shirts and more from buyolympia.com. Make sure to look for “Reading is sexy” (boy and girl-cut versions), “Save the fork, there’s pie!” and “What would Devo do?” (Link via Maud.)