Matt Earle

1 Tip for a Flat Belly Ads

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:49:18 +0000

This is hilarious. Maybe because of this article and the many other ones like it pointing out what a racket and waste of time the products behind this series of ads is, they have adapted the title on the ads to “1 Tip for a Flat Belly”.

Don’t you scammers get it?? This is wrong. You are deceiving real people who need this money for more important things in their lives. This is not a victimless crime, there are people out there who are not providing for their children as well as they could be because they are being scammed by you.

To the people clicking on these ads, I would restate there are no short cuts when it comes to personal health and weight management. When you live in a world where caloric temptation is everywhere, it really just takes a lot of hard work and discipline to not eat too much. Likewise, when you are working too hard and making poor choices like paying for weight loss scam potions, you will not have as much free time as you need for exercise. Health is what you want. Good health really will make you happy. Why sacrifice it for less important things?

Anyway, I still think it’s amazing how quickly they have adapted.

GAP Store Sprize Turned Upside Down

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:50:04 +0000

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.

1 Trick of a Tiny Belly | 1 Tip for a Flat Belly Ads | Weight Loss Acai Berry Scams

Export — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:46:25 +0000

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.

Why Consuming Drinks Will Not Make You Thin

The only way to get thinner is to burn more calories (through exercise + activity + the base amount your body burns just by living) than you consume in food and drinks (that includes anything you put in your body that has calories including stuff like juice and soft drinks - almost anything that tastes good has calories). Burn more than you eat - THAT IS THE ONLY WAY!!

Here is an example of an appropriate calorie intake vs. burn ratio that will lead to weight loss for most people:

INTAKE SIDE: It amounts to about three very moderate meals a day: bowl of cereal with glass of orange juice for breakfast, homemade tuna sandwich and an apple for lunch, chicken breast + small scoop of rice + steamed broccoli + one glass of wine for dinner, no snacks after dinner and no dessert). Which special drinks you consume will not lower the intake side of this equation and will never work to make you thinner - in fact will actually add calories. I promise you.

If you cheat and have a really high calorie meal, you have to take those calories out of the other meals you have that day. You are better off just not cheating.

CALORIE BURNING SIDE: Walking when you can in your work life (take the stairs, park far from work etc). Doing 35 minutes of fat burning (heart rate around 150 depending on age) exercise like running, cycling, stairmaster, swimming etc. 3-4 times per week.

If you do the above, you will get thin and stay thin, live longer and probably be happier. That is the only way!

But Oprah Endorses Them…
This is a complete and total lie. Celebrities may have stated casually that these products “maybe cannot hurt” or could have some benefits but they are absolutely not saying “if you drink this stuff, you will get thin even if you sit around and eat McDonald’s all day”.

External Links

CNN - Group challenges acai berry weight-loss claims

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admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:50:49 +0000

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Microsoft VX-1000 Lifecam “setup cannot continue due to an unexpected error” | Windows XP Mode 7 x64 Virtual PC

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:38:49 +0000

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

Jill’s New Womens Home Remedies Website

admin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:09:31 +0000

Check out Jill’s new old fashioned women’s home remedies website.

New Knitting Website

admin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:07:08 +0000

Check out my new knitting patterns website.