Monthly Archives: February 2008

TheOnion.com discovers new Tennessee weather phenomenon: Basement tornadoes

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 by Rex Hammock

From those funny folks at The Onion: “Tennessee Helpless Against New Basement Tornadoes“: “Officials from the National Weather Service issued a severe weather alert for all basements in Tennessee Tuesday after a deadly new weather phenomenon ravaged scores of residential … Continue reading →

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Free Advice: Read this article by Chris Anderson to be ahead of the buzz curve

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2008 by Rex Hammock

If you want to be out in front of the next Chris Anderson book every marketing consultant — and worse, your boss — will be quoting in a few months, go ahead and read this Wired magazine article from the … Continue reading →

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Why all Conde Nast magazine articles should be free online

Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 by Rex Hammock

I could have just added this link to my link blog, however, it needs just a little bit more of a shout-out. So, here’s a quote from a post titled Why All Consumer Magazines Should be Free Online by Felix … Continue reading →

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Rexblog – The love connection

Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008 by Rex Hammock

Posted on February 23, 2008 Over the years, I’ve heard lots of stories about couples meeting online. And I know that an online industry has grown up around helping people connect with others who are of the same mind — … Continue reading →

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A sampling of really annoying supporter-created campaign songs

Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008 by Rex Hammock

Recently, I wrote about the lost art of campaign jingles. (Actually, the “jingle” is a lost art.) On this morning’s Weekend Edition, Scott Simon interviewed Jim Nayder of “The Annoying Music Show” about some really, really bad presidential campaign songs. … Continue reading →

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