Archive | February, 2008

Rolling Stone: The 25 Best Super Bowl Commercials Ever

29. February 2008

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Rolling Stone: The 25 Best Super Bowl Commercials Ever

Rolling Stone roasted us but gave the Computer.com commercial credit and ranked it #24 of the Top 25 Super Bowl Commercials of all time. This is quite an honor seeing as thought the commercial aired only once and the company is no longer in business. Who made the commercial? I studied long and hard to [...]

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The Dot-com Super Bowl Revisited

29. February 2008

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Charlie Schroeder of Weekend America/American Public Media interviewed Mike Zapolin (my partner at Computer.com) and I to talk about our launching the company with a Super Bowl ad. You can listen in to the interview via their website or podcast.

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Hugs & Kisses

8. February 2008

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Yesterday was my birthday…a big one. Assuming I live to be 80, (I doubt it) I have less than half my life left to live. I have to say the pressure of time is motivating and the new watch my wife gave me helps. Thanks, honey. Being older and wiser, I should know more. My [...]

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Cheap Christmas Trees

8. February 2008

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During the holidays a guy selling Christmas trees camped out in front of the indoor soccer place where our family spends a LOT of time. He hung his shingle on pallet that he lodged upright into the snowbank. The sign was professionally printed with an arrow directing people who couldn’t see the big, green trees [...]

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Valleywag- 10 Most Memorable Tech Super Bowl ads

3. February 2008

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Valleywag, Silicon Valley’s version of the National Enquirer, ranked Computer.com #8 on their list of Tech Super Bowl advertisers.

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