The Daisy Ad

This advertisement from 1964 is one of the reasons that Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater in the presidential campaign with the largest majority in over 140 years.



According to Wikipedia:

Though only aired once (by the campaign), it is considered an important factor in Johnson's landslide victory over Barry Goldwater and an important turning point in political and advertising history.

The Tagline was:

These are the stakes. To make a world in which all of God's children can live, or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die.

I wonder whether an ad like that would have the same impact in today's world.

Just for the record, the ad was remade in 2010 (but I don't feel that it has the same impact)



There is also a 2 second reference to it in the Simpson's episode "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" (and 17:01) but I can't find a clip of those few seconds to place here. You'll have to believe me that it shows Lisa pulling the petals off a daisy, then a close up of the pupil of her eye. Then a nuclear explosion.

Oh Nuts time again

Last year I ran this advertisement for 'Oh Nuts' and they've asked me to run it again. Order now in time for Chanukah.

Enjoy! Just click on the links below.

And have a great Chanukah!

This Chanukah, treat your guests with Hanukkah
candy thank your host with a Hanukkah gift Basekts and delight your kids with Chanukah Gelt. all from Oh! Nuts. As the leading source for kosher candy, chocolates, nuts and gifts, Oh! Nuts is fully stocked with all your Chanukah party and Chanukah
gift needs.

Spy vs Spy

This blog entry has been sponsored by the kind people at Webroot Spy Sweeper (in conjunction with Pay Per Post).

I'm not such a good person to speak about internet security, because I'm always too nonchalant about the whole thing. I mean, anyone who wants to find out all my secrets just has to read this blog without having to snoop around my hard drive.

As a result (because the spy people do care a lot more than I do) I am always having to clean out my computer and get rid of all the spyware and other junk that crawls in there while I'm looking the other way.

Which is why anti-spyware is good news. Especially if it is the most award winning anti spyware stuff around. But what is really fun (if you want to be a super spy) is this little gadget to encipher or decipher code.

Copy this sequence:

SHX OGUONPR ZI RWP MAEJ ZUSBO-VCJSFPX OPKJCBLUSBP SGDURMPR

Then go to this website and paste it in.

http://www.secretcodebreaker.com/autokey.html

What does it say? Pretty cool huh!!

Webroot Spy Sweeper as the most viable option to kill Spyware, and should probably be on your computer. It is an excellent solution for all your spyware needs (and if you are anything like me, those needs are very great).


It even has neat packaging. Look at this:





Thanks for listening (well, reading actually)

Shabbat Shalom

Making money with blogs

I have to be honest - one of the reasons that I started writing a blog was to try and make some money. I had read all these stories of bloggers earning 6 figure incomes, and I figured - why not me?

It is true that I enjoy blogging, and it is nice to think that there are also some people who read what I have to say. The feedback through comments and e-mails is great. I also hope that somehow through this blog and my other blogs (www.parshatshavua.blogspot.com and www.rabbisedley.com there is more Torah in the world (of cyberspace).

But it is nice to make money from it.

You will have noticed a button at the end of my posts with 'get paid to review this blog' - well you can. The nice people at Pay Per Post want to give you money to write stuff in your blog. Like this entry, for example. They will also pay you to review my blog on your blog.

It is really simple. You just click here ads on blogs and hopefully you will start earning money.

Since this is my first post for them, I will have to report back later on how good they are at customer service. But it is worth a try - right?