Some great ads.

An ad from Smirnoff. The music is perfect for it.



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Gorgeous Enterprises designed this commercial in Britain. Took me till the end to see how its really done.

The Gorilla

This is a brilliant video from 'Glass and a Half Full Productions'. Such emotion in it. You can just feel the mood of the gorilla. Watch it for the full effect.



www.aglassandahalffullproductions.com

Sept 18 Photoshoot

A couple days ago I got to do a photoshoot in an animal surgury for a web design company. It was for sure one of the best animal places I've seen, the people working there were great with the animals and we got a lot of really good shots. We even watched a surgery going on. Anyway, here are some of my fav photos from it.

Finished Book: How I Lost My Virginity (The Richard Branson Autobiography)

I just finished reading the Richard Branson Autobiography, in which he tells about his life until a couple years ago. It goes through his childhood, when he started his first business, signing the Rolling Stones to his record label and the big battle for his Airline. It is written very well, keeping the reader's attention the entire time. His life was a very adventurous one, so that helps as well. I'm sure some parts have been edited to sound better in the book, but just take what you want.

His main concept is that if a business idea sounds fun, if it will produce healthy competition in the market and if the consequences of it failing are not dire, then it is worth investing in. He also goes with a 'screw it, let's do it' attitude that results in business ideas and principles that are different than most big businesses, resulting (with hard work), in its success.

This is a must read for anyone with an entrepreneurial mind. He goes over his ideas for different businesses and the reader can make their own ideas from that. I found that it inspired creative ideas throughout the entire book.

Check it out on Amazon here: amazon.ca

Today's Links

Here is a page with just insane photos of people doing stupid things as jobs. Its bad, but most of them seem to be in or around Asia....
Just a couple samples:




More images here

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And now for the cutest thing you've ever seen:




PeelMyBell.com

Pinery Weekend

We spent the last weekend camping with our good friends Mike, Sarah and Shannon up at the Pinery. The weather was great so we hit the beach, bodysurfed on the huge waves and then proceeded to jump down dunes. I personally love doing this because you can literally jump down 10 or more feet and not get hurt (since you're jumping into a pile of sand). I think next year i'm going to measure how far I can jump in hopes of breaking records. We also played some games including Dutch Blitz, a game that I suck at royally, but i never want to stop playing. I think its because i keep thinking that one time i'll actually be close to winning. It could become an addiction. i'll have to watch that.
Overall it was a great weekend, a good way to end summer. I'll have to link to some photos once Sarah gets them up.

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So i had this idea over a year ago to create a site where you can log in and you get an area to paste bits of text or photos from websites that you want to remember and didn't want to just keep in your clipboard in case you eraced it. But of course I had to be outdone by a little company called Google. They now have a new Google App called Notebook, which lets you copy and paste text and autosaves it for future use. Check it out her at: www.google.com/notebook.
They also have a browser addon to make it easy to open a little copy window.

The Weekend

We just spent the long weekend (or at least Sunday and Monday) at Dani's parents house, relaxing in the hottub/pool and playing games. And of course moving something for Nathan. I find that trips there are the only time that I can mentally relax. Even if I have no plans for a saturday or sunday at home, I can't seem to stop thinking or feeling like I shouldn't sit down and do nothing. Theres always some kind of yardwork to do, or I could be working on the computer doing something productive. But this all goes away when I get to the Pede house. I leave my computer at home, have no plans and just go with what happens. Its a great feeling. I wish I could figure how to make this feeling come at least once every few weeks at home. I even feel bad taking naps on a lazy sunday, even if I'm extremely tired. My mind just don't seem to have an off switch when i want it to.
Maybe I'll have to invest in a large hammer someday. Then i can sleep when i need to!