USC at Oregon from Kendall Hunter on Vimeo.

There’s just not much else to say about this win. Wow.

I actually generally like the Justin Long/John Hogdman “I’m and Mac/I’m a PC” ad campaign ads – they can be reasonably funny, and frankly it’s fun to see such a classic rivalry between two companies get the direct treatment.

However, I’m thinking these ads are starting to wear a bit thin. The latest, well-timed to coincide with today’s public launch of Windows 7, say basically nothing at all positive about Mac’s, and just take swipes at Microsoft that drip with bitterness.

Compare them to the iPhone and long-running iPod TV spots – fun, light, often musically magic displays about the utility and excitement of the products. OSX is a wonderful OS, my personal preference for daily use. It has so many positive things to show off that a set of ads that ignore them and instead just poke fun at the competition, competition which, btw, just got much much better, seem like wasted opportunities.

My disclaimer: I worked at Microsoft for a number of years, including on Windows, though I left in ‘07. Family and friends still work there. On the flip side family and friends have or currently do work at Apple, and I mostly use a MB Pro running OSX. So I’m basically saying I’m biased in both directions, and I’m hoping it all cancels out.

Avalanche Skier POV Helmet Cam Burial & Rescue in Haines, Alaska from Chappy on Vimeo.

See the full story over on Gizmodo.

Alright, this is just plain insane. NHL runs a twitter promotion via their @NHL account, and decides to fill the entire background with legalese.

That is compelling branding and makes me want to just dive right in. Nice work guys, go tell the attorneys to have a beer for such outstanding effort.

And this is just about the funniest thing I have seen in years.

Marty (along with Jodi, of course), for me, was about the only radio personality worth listening to outside of NPR. His 5:20 funnies, Mountain Music Lounge, genuine connection with listeners and real love and appreciation for good music and musicians made 103.7 a permanent fixture on my radio presets.

I can only hope the management at KMTT had some amazing numbers behind this decision, because from this fan’s perspective (and many, many others), this sucks.

Good luck to Marty and Jodi. Looks like my morning drive time will be filled with iPod playlists rather than KMTT from now on.

In case you aren’t familiar with this, apparently this is a how to video on throwing through own Windows 7 launch party. Original is at the bottom.

and the original, unbleeped:

Freakin’ brilliant.

Oaks Christian has a few famous dads involved, with names like Smith, Gretzky, and Montana. Since I’m not going to the game, I’m already plotting a commute around the insane traffic we’re expecting.

But seriously – who knew high school football, in our town, could be that big of a deal? Congrats to the kids at Skyline. Go Spartans!