Some years back, Panasonic had an ISP business in Japan called hi-ho. They had a series of bizarre, addictive, animated commercials that Eric and I enjoyed watching. I remember Eric wasn’t even a teenager yet, so it had to have been a while ago. This one has a winter theme.
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Eric liked this one…
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…and this was my favorite.
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Tech note: these are the first videos I have made using CamStudio.
A tip o’ the ol’ Dog Rat virtual toupee to my friend Morris for tipping me off to a guest appearance by Stan Lee tonight on the CBS sitcom ‘The Big Bang Theory.’
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Charles M. Schulz lived to see ‘Peanuts’ reach its 50th anniversary year, but not the actual anniversary date of October 2. Bil Keane’s ‘The Family Circus’ comic strip first appeared on February 29, 1960. Unlike Schulz, Keane has had help for many years producing his strip, but it’s still an anniversary worthy of recognition.
Denro is heading to New York for a comic book show at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Seventy years ago, the Cafe Rouge at the hotel was a hotspot for hipsters to hear the biggest of the big bands, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra…
As I’ve noted before, Prue Bury’s home in France is for sale, and so is a former home of Charles M. Schulz.
Hmm… TV needs updating. A 65″ plasma or ceiling-mounted LCoS projector would do nicely.
Is this the Peppermint Patio?
Well, it seems that Abbey Road Studios aren’t up for sale, after all.
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/2010/FEB/TheWorldAbbeyRoad.mp3]Even if it were, Andrew Lloyd Webber promised over $50 million to buy the place.
Meanwhile, Paul McCartney will be playing Phoenix and Los Angeles next month.
Here’s a bit of Paul at the brand-new Citi Field in New York last summer, before we saw him at ancient Fenway Park in Boston.
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