January 27, 2008
Graphic Artists. . .
. . .critique the bumper stickers of the candidates.
We need to have Virgil weigh in on this.
January 24, 2008
Re: Hydrox Hijinks
David, according to a History Channel program I watched a few weeks ago (I think it was "Modern Marvels"), the name Hydrox represents purity. Apparently, the "Hydr" was for Hydrogen and the "ox" was for oxygen... the components of water.
Get it? Hydrogen/Oxygen = Water? Water = Purity? Hydrox = Purity?
Those wacky turn-of-the-20th-century-kids doing that advertising algebra!
Hey, maybe we should make January "Cookie Trivia Month!" Everyone could send us their thoughts about the controversial and competitive cookie industry and how it's affecting your ministry.
Oh well, at least this entry completely rolls the New Year's greeting off of the screen.
January 20, 2008
Goodbye to the Hydrox
The Hydrox is dead. Kellogs is killing it. So says this piece in the Wall Street Journal.
The poor Hydrox never did come close to rivaling the popularity of its doppleganger, the Oreo. But contrarians and non-conformists liked it.
Perhaps it was the name that doomed it.
"Hydrox" always struck me as a chemist's slang for Hydrogen Peroxide. Or maybe a mythical beast with seven cow heads. "Hercules defeated the dreaded Hydrox."
(By the way, I'm only posting this to get the New Year greeting off the top of the page.)
January 01, 2008
To a New Year
2007 has been a wonderful year for us. We have been blessed to serve so many marvelous organizations whose honest desire is to serve the Creator and take His message of redemption to all the world.
We know that God rewards those that diligently seek Him. So let's take that encouraging word to the world and run with it!
Happy New Year and may God's blessings overtake you this year.
No Ripping?
Have you "ripped" to your computer a music CD you purchased? Up til now, that hasn't been considered a problem by the recording industry. It was file sharing from that computer for which they were coming after people with heavy fines.
That seems to be changing. The RIAA is now attempting to say you can't rip a CD you've purchased—at all.
"In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on his personal computer, the industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.
The industry's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed earlier this month that the MP3 files Howell made on his computer from legally bought CDs are "unauthorized copies" of copyrighted recordings."
Read more here.