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Daily Archive for July 21st, 2006

Lost Season 3

Posted in Lost, TV Shows on Jul 21st, 2006

When Lost returns this fall, it will be in two big blocks. The fist block of 6, then the rest will start in February. Meaning we’ll get a big break between the two.
The producers are apparently looking at the first block of 6 as a mini-series.
I am not overly happy about how big a gap [...]

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Great Moments in Advertising

Posted in General, Vids on Jul 21st, 2006

One of my favorite ads of all time:
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No CGI, just 250,000 super bouncy balls going down the streets of San Francisco.
(High def version available.)
After watching the ad, check out the making of the commercial:
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They are getting read to start a new campaign. It looks like they are going to blast paint at a [...]

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New Zealand Relaxes Rules for Industrial Hemp

Posted in New Zealand, Politics on Jul 21st, 2006

New Zealand, despite having some of the harshest marijuana laws out there, has become one of the growing number of countries to have relaxed their regulations for growing industrial hemp. Like Canada, it requires a special license.
Hemp, recall, is a non-smokable form of cannabis and can’t get you high. It makes better paper than wood [...]

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