I must write about John McCain a lot.

I just got done putting up a badge for Barack Obama in the sidebar because that’s who I’ll be voting for come this fall. When I checked to see if it was showing up properly I noticed that the Google ad further down was a flash ad for John McCain. It’s been showing up a . . . → Read More: I must write about John McCain a lot.

You know you’ve arrived as a blogger…

…when you start getting press releases for stuff you know you never signed up to get press releases about. This has actually been happening to me for quite awhile, but it’s infrequent enough that I keep forgetting to write about it. It’s both a bit weird and an ego boost to think that there’s someone . . . → Read More: You know you’ve arrived as a blogger…

There’s some debate on the legality of web ad blocking software.

It seems the kerfuffle caused by fringe religious fundy Danny Carlton by his Why Firefox is Blocked site which I wrote about a couple of weeks back is still drawing some attention here and there. The New York Times wrote about it as did a couple of other news sites and now the folks at . . . → Read More: There’s some debate on the legality of web ad blocking software.

Kids prefer any food that comes in a McDonald’s wrapper.

We’ve known for years that advertising plays a big role in consumer choices, a fact that makes Madison Avenue ad people a lot of money, but is it tantamount to brainwashing? I’ve never really thought so, but some recent studies seem to suggest otherwise.

Take for example the study cited in this New York . . . → Read More: Kids prefer any food that comes in a McDonald’s wrapper.