There’s good promotion. There’s epic promotion. And then there’s promotion that sways you to take initiative yourself.
The last kind is probably the best one, because when you talk about and think actively about a product, whatever it may be, you are more inclined to remember it than if you just saw an ad on TV while zapping. And “thinking about” brings me back to the topic at hand:

The Thinking Blog is holding a big giveaway to celebrate its first anniverary. The price is a sparkling new, completely waterproof Laptop from RuffPC.

I can’t imagine a better promotion for a blog. Because what do bloggers need? Computers. Better yet, Laptops so they can blog wherever they are at the moment. And if the Laptop is shock resistent and weatherproof that is just a huge bonus.

The only thing you have to do to have a shot at the price is blog about the contest. And even if you don’t win, you get a free link back to your blog from the Thinking Blog, which has according to the site, more than 1600 subscribers and I-don’t-know-how-much daily visits. So it’s a win-win situation!

What are you waiting for?


P.S. The line “a winner is you”, which was voted fifth worst video game line ever, is from Pro Wrestling on the NES.

This seriously has to be the best (and geekiest) marching band ever:

Although the video is filmed upside down, I still watched in awe at their formations. And to do all this at a football game (where I imagine there aren’t too much video game players in the crowd) makes the spectacle even better.

Video games they march to:

• Pong (at the very start, looks like some guys running around aimlessly, but it’s definately Pong)
• Tetris (with the music everybody knows so well)
• Mortal Kombat (you can even hear a feint Mortal Kombat scream when the music starts)
• Pokemon (they even have a little Pikachu-ish dude fighting, probably the team’s mascot)
• Zelda (complete with Tri-Force and the Master Sword)
• Mario Bros. (the ending especially rocks, with the castle and flag like in the game)

This commercial shows just one of the many reasons why everyone should learn english as a second language. It’s just established as the language of the world. Although the french still want to speak french even in business relations…

Anyway I’ve never seen that commercial on german television, although it is supposedly a german production. They only show the worst commercials on TV here nowadays.

So without further ado here is the brilliant ad (I’m still laughing after watching it 5 times in a row):

And for you non-german speaking folk out there, the translation what the old guy says:

“Das hier ist mein Sektor” - “This here is my sector”
“Das hier ist das wichtigste Gerät des Küstenwächters” - “This here is the most important device of the Coast Guard”
“Das Gerät und das Gerät” - “That device and that device”
“Überlebens… Radar” - “Survival… Radar”

From the people who claim 300 is a true story, comes the tale of a nations birth (well actually it comes from Adult Swim) - 1776

Cheesy? Maybe. Accurate? Hell no. But funny non the less!

And as a comparison the real 300 trailer: