I know this doesn’t have anything to do with advertising, but I just saw that they’ve released the trailer for the new James Bond film which will be released in the US on November 7th. For those of you that don’t know me personally, let me explain by saying that I am a hardcore 007 fan. I even used to have the laser disk release of Diamonds are Forever because it featured the alternate audio/music track (which can now be found on recent releases of the box-set and/or on fan releases).

This should be a good one, I think Daniel Craig was a good choice to play a young James Bond, meanwhile I thought Pierce Brosnan was a horrible choice to play the role at any age.

You can visit their site to view some behind the scenes clips from the upcoming release or enter their sweepstakes.

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Wow, I honestly was kidding about having people pay you to post - I really didn’t think someone was dumb enough to actually go ahead and do it!

Anyhow, shortly after my previous article on the demise of copyranter’s blog, I learned that the site was not going to be shut-down as originally planned….It’s kind of like when people claim they’re going to delete their twitter account…. or stop drinking…. it never really lasts long… and although it’s late news to most, the guy has managed to finagle his way into a deal that will keep him online.

He claims that he’ll keep posting on his regular blog, however from now on he’s on payroll over at the Animal New York website…. so go check-out his work there. If we are really lucky, his posts there will be as equally, if not more (now that he’s being paid) stimulating than ever before.
Sadly, no mention of brentter.com on his “I’m back and promise it wasn’t a joke but really needed the money” post, although agencyspy did get a shout-out…. hmmm… payola perhaps? Or have you just been a fan of their recent rips on JWT? (I guess I should consider it a compliment that I wasn’t grouped in with the likes of adage.com)

On a serious note though, congrats on the victory.

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Here’s a quick round-up of some articles that I’ve found interesting over the weekend -

also on the same topic:

And while still in a “mashup” mood there’s this:

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Here’s a little interactive map I found recently that’s pretty cool from the interactive section of Portfolio Magazine. It’s a fast-loading flash piece that features roll-over prison locations that house some of the recently incarcerated CEOs of notoriety. It’s almost like the white-collar dirty C.E.O. version of VH1’s Where Are They Now? series.

For instance, here’s what you get when you roll-over the icon for the Federal Correctional Institute in Texarkana - low and behold, Michael Kopper, our old buddy who used to be a high-level exec at Enron in the Global Finance Division. Poor guy, his sentence is for 3 years and 1 month, and that’s after he was the FIRST to rat out his co-workers! Good luck with the soap Mike!

In related content, if you yourself happen to be on the failing end of a large lawsuit and think you might be facing some time in ‘the slammer,’ I’ve dug up some articles (and selected a few items from each) that may be of help to you in preparing your Armani-suit-wearing-self for that eventual exchange to wearing nothing but the brightest of orange jumpsuits. So read-up, and don’t forget - they always say to beat-up/shiv someone random on the first day to prove you’re tough, otherwise you may just find yourself developing a newly found fear of taking a shower!

The C.E.O. Survival Guide: Pre-Prison Prep:

Don’t Get Sick
• Prison medical staffs may not be up to the standard you have come to expect, so seek as much preventive care as possible before you head in. See your doctor for a thorough physical, including tests for TB, hepatitis B and C, and H.I.V. And get your heart checked.
• Have as much dental work done as you can: Get new crowns and fillings; have your dentures reworked. In prison, the wait to see a dentist can be two to five months, and prison dentists tend to extract at every opportunity.
• No contact lenses are allowed, so buy a heavy, tough pair of frames. Make sure you have plastic lenses, as fellow inmates may want to steal glass ones to craft weapons.

From SnarkySpot - A Word Of Advice:

Avoid anyone offering to “take you under their wing” or help you out. Generally, they are booty bandits, or Jailhouse pimps running a well thought out and practiced game against you.

The Ultimate Prison Survival Guide - No really, this is a legit guide… everything has been half-serious until I came across this one. If you are dumb enough to be going to prison, i’d memorize this before your first day. It gives you useful tips like:

Never stare at another prisoner for more than a second or two. He may be a walking powder keg, set off by an intrusive stare. He may either assault you on the spot or wait until darkness. Even if he doesn’t kill you outright, your face will never look the same again.

and another gem:

NEVER involve yourslef with punks. Do not have sex with punks, do not associate with those who have sex with punks, etc. Many an inmate has been killed by a jealous boyfriend. This may not seem like the shiny happy egalitarian thing to do, but believe me, neither is dying.

Mike - I hope they have some sort of computer class in Texarkana and you can get online to read these guides…. i know it’s a little late by now, but who knows, that last tip might come in handy, especially after they ran all those articles on your sexual orientation…. perhaps that might explain why you were so eager to give up names? Best of luck to ya.

To everyone else, go take a look at the interactive map, it’s pretty neat how they presented the information and I’m sure that you’ll recognize most of the people featured on there.

This is a lesson to all the recent start-ups who are finding themselves with ridiculous amounts of newly found investment capital - You can only cook the books for so long before you end up with a fire……..that and hire an honest accountant.

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