I do miss Advanced Dungeons and Dragons though.

Impressive that it was done in one take.

but nobody calls her disabled.”

From TED:
Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs — she’s got a dozen amazing pairs — and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height … Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be.

McDonald’s has been selling their “Grand Angus” burger here, it’s made from Angus Beef.

Not to be outdone, the Hungry Jack’s chain (it’s the Australian Burger King) retaliated with the Angry Angus:

The consensus at work is that the Grand Angus is the better burger.

Using sex to sell IT services really turns me off.  It makes me think to myself:

“Is their service so poor, that they need to get my attention some other way.”

I’m sure Domain Names you will get people who do think it’s appropriate for you to advertise this way, as you keep doing it.  Just like America’s GoDaddy:

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Camilla Borde-Davis.  Also known as Milli Davis and Camilla Jackson.  You can see her IMDB profile here.

I’m sure this will be a question in a pub trivia night competition sometime soon.

Camiila is known as the iSelect girl, and she pushes the iSelect insurance company product.

She can also be seen in the Jim Bean “The Stalker” ad.

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I needed an IT problem fixed at a remote site, so I asked the responsible IT guy*, “Are you the man?”.

‘What do you mean?’

“You’re the IT guy for Tennant Creek, so can you fix the problem?”

‘Oh, yeah!’.

“So you are the man then, go fix it.”

If he only saw this IBM advertisement first

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Ever noticed, when flying, that people ignore the Flight Safety presentation.

So when someone sent me this Youtube video, I thought it was worth a second look as well.

You can tell the Air New Zealand staff really had a great time filming the various videos, particularly if you look at the blooper reel.

And I can’t get the background tune out of my head:

At work, I been busier than a one armed Sydney cab driver with the crabs.

I see from the news, he’s picked up a Tony Award.

You can see a younger version of Geoff here, at the 2:57 mark.