I just saw a cool advertisement on a popular blog (engadget). It's one of those I'm a PC I'm a Mac ads that you have seen a million times, but this one was a little different. This ad uses the banner ad medium of the web to its advantage. This ad uses both a horizontal top banner and a side large rectangular banner to get the message across. In the first scene of the ad you are presented with the PC/MAC guys doing their usual, "whats this?" routine, pointing and looking up. I didn't even see the banner ad at the top of the page, and didn't realize that was what they were pointing at. I figured something was going to drop into PC guy or something like that. Then this scene started. Immediately I noticed the flash up on the top banner, looked, and laughed. Kudos to whoever came up with that campaign. Brilliant use of the banner structures of pages. I would assume it was a special deal with the host site just because it is currently RunOfSite, and is pretty specific to their layout. You can go see it at engadget.

Dammit!!! I can't seem to press the more button ever when posting an article. I pretty much always want the article to break after the first paragraph on the home page but always forget. Anyone know of a plugin that will just automatically "more" the article after the first paragraph?

SanDisk has been toying with the idea of Write-Once memory cards for cameras. The idea being that the memory card takes a lifetime to degrade, in theory, whereas DVDs and CDs break down in sunlight and heat. Also, if they are cheap enough, why not. The apparent target price is $5.99 per 1GB memory card, which is not great if you ask me. I just bought a spindle of 100 DVDs for 30 bucks. I could store 4 full memory cards on one DVD plus a few extra photos if i wanted, for a mere 30 cents. Burn an extra DVD for dark archive storage and your only up to 60 cents (less if you shop around better than just running to target...) Of course you have to account for the original memory card cost, but that quickly becomes irrelevant after a few uses. Don't have a DVD burner? Use flickr or picassa, free or almost free. Don't have internet? um... er... a cheap DVD burner will be the better financial choice probably, though you really need to get onto the tubes. Also, if you have a Write-Once card, what happens when you take a photo you regret taking? Hopefully there is at least a "destroy photo" ability without having to stick the whole card in the microwave. Additionally, single use cards would start to make people a little more conservative with the photos they take, since currently you can just go totally willy nilly with your shooting, and pick out the good ones later. But with a write-once card, you would be back to the original problem with plain old photographic film, which is that mistakes cost money. 7mp photos will cost about 2 cents per mistake. A re-writable card costs zero when you make a mistake. I would like to hear the advantages, since I am not seeing it. Lots of people think this is a great idea, I just don't understand why. Engadget

If you have a couch in a area of the room where you cannot put an end table next to it, like against a wall for example, you will see the beauty of this gadget. It is a small tray, that clips onto the armrest of the couch. As a bonus it has a light that is 5 white LEDs so you can make sure that you are putting a cookie in your mouth and not a scorpion (i live in scorpion country). It is battery powered, which i suppose is good so you don't have yet more wires, but a plug would be nice as an option. Question is, how stable is it, and how dependent on the width of the armrest is it? Our couch, which has one side against the wall, has a quite slim, angled armrest (actually not really an armrest, since its a chaise like lounge part of the couch). I am pretty sure this thing wont work. W actually were thinking of putting a free hanging slim picture shelf over there, so you could put a glass on it. This thing would at least be a little less permanent. But the real reason to want this, is to not have to lean forward to the coffee table to get a drink. From the chaise, thats actually a pretty big pain in the ass. Get this caloric burn reducer for $19.95. via Coolest Gadgets