Jan
20
This is such a cool advertising campaign for the new GAP Sprize loyalty campaign:
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/ambient/gap_sprize_loyalty_program_launch
Though it seems rather blunt and obvious, no one had done it before and it is actually very clever. Not to mention the free buzz something this clever gets because it is very bloggable, twitterable and smart. Even looks like a great execution. Wish they would do something like that here in Bermuda. Anyway, enjoy the video, only takes two minutes and is pretty cool.
Jan
13
OK, I thought it was only right to point out the fraud that is being perpetrated on people throughout the world and explain how it works.

You have probably seen some of the ads that are plastered all over hundreds of websites with the animation of a woman shrinking from being large and rather unattractive to thin and happy looking. They have text in a handwritten font claiming that it is some sort of home remedy or mother’s secret passed down over time.
The human weakness the scam preys on: people hate being overweight, it is socially stigmatized and socially unacceptable and so they are desperate to get thin because they believe that will lead to a happier and success filled life. To some extent they are probably right but that does not mean they should listen to false promises from people trying to sell them crap to make that happen.
How It Works And Why It Is A Scam:
- People browse websites and see the ads.
- They click the ads and are taken to a website with a long narrative about the secret
- After reading the nonsense pitch for a while they are channeled into “trying out” some Acai Berry/Weight Loss Elixir type products.
- They put their credit card information and click “I agree” to a “no obligation trial”.
- What they are agreeing to is an endless subscription to be shipped bottles of this stuff each month at a cost of around $80/month.
- If they do nothing the products keep coming and they keep getting billed each month for $80.
- When the consumer finally catches on and tries to cancel, the company makes it very difficult to unsubscribe from the service - messing you around on the phone and draining half an hour of your time just to speak to someone.
In Summary
You get endless shipments of useless drinks that are extremely expensive and will never help you toward your goal of losing weight. To stop the orders from coming is a very frustrating and time consuming process and in some cases may not be possible at all.
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May
17
I had a problem installing my piece of crap Microsoft VX-1000 Lifecam. I would run the 43Mb exe you get from download.microsoft.com and it would run for a little while and then get an unexpected error. Basically, the problem is that they give you the software in an EXE format rather than a ZIP of all the drivers and the setup.exe to make the GUI Lifecam manager. Thus when the poorly programmed exe fails, it is hard to manually find the *.inf driver file and install it.
Solution:
- Plug the Camera in.
- Go to Windows Update Look For Driver
- Browse to a specific location > See if C:\Program Files\Microsoft LifeCam exists, if so go to > Driver 32 > Vx-1000 (or whatever model you have) and OK should now change to not be greyed out
- Then click next and it should install fine
- If C:\Program Files\Microsoft LifeCam does not exist - here is a link to the files - http://bermudainternetmarketing.com/uploads/Microsoft-Lifecam-vx-1000-Driver32.zip