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Think of how much time you’ve wasted actually looking at these individually over the years. Seriously. (found on CollegeHumor.com, in a fit of boredom)

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.

This is insane:

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

See the full story over on Gizmodo.

via Techdirt

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.