Well I also saw another unique form of advertising at the festival that left an impression on me. Not that I’ll ever use the product, but I will know about it forever now. It’s called cool sculpting and you can find it at letsgetnaked.com

How did I find out about this? Well for one thing there is a six second projection on constant replay on the side of a building in downtown austin as well as 30 to 50 people running around in skin toned body suits yelling “let’s get naked!” to any and everybody while throwing pamphlets and cards at you.

Yup, we got pictures of them too.

This spring break I went to the South By SouthWest music, film, interactive festival. I only got sleep a couple of hours every night, but it’s an experience I certainly won’t forget. I saw some pretty cool advertising during the festival, and some that was questionable as well. 

While I was walking down one of the streets the person I was with exclaimed, BLUE TOAST! I had no idea what she was talking about until I saw them. I proceeded to take several pictures. On the back of the toast it said breadpro.com which I remembered without even having to think about it!

luchovalenzuela:

ooooh!…. 

foodserviceproblems:

#18. Rude customers

ugh

(via da-airanimechiic)

That’s disturbing. it’s sad when the law enforcement oversteps it’s boundaries. 

I just hope the AP “obtained” the report in a legal manner. Two wrongs don’t make a right and I want the media industry to be respected, so please journalists, even though the stories are hard to get, get them legally. because the last thing I want to enter when I graduate college, is a tarnished industry.

journalofajournalist:

Files obtained by the Associated Press prove that the NYPD — New York City’s Police Department — was conducting surveillance on the Muslim communities (not just individual members! mosques! fried chicken shops! shishah parlors! incense stands! the whole 9 yards!) of Newark, NJ and Nassau County on Long Island… without the knowledge of local authorities in those cities. This is big.

 Americans living and working in New Jersey’s largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department’s effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray. The operation in Newark was so secretive even the city’s mayor says he was kept in the dark.

For months in mid-2007, plainclothes officers from the NYPD’s Demographics Units fanned out across Newark, taking pictures and eavesdropping on conversations inside businesses owned or frequented by Muslims.

The result was a 60-page report, obtained by The Associated Press, containing brief summaries of businesses and their clientele. Police also photographed and mapped 16 mosques, listing them as “Islamic Religious Institutions.”

The report cited no evidence of terrorism or criminal behavior. It was a guide to Newark’s Muslims.

According to the report, the operation was carried out in collaboration with the Newark Police Department, which at the time was run by a former high-ranking NYPD official. But Newark’s mayor, Cory Booker, said he never authorized the spying and was never told about it.

“Wow,” he said as the AP laid out the details of the report. “This raises a number of concerns. It’s just very, very sobering.”

Police conducted similar operations outside their jurisdiction in New York’s Suffolk and Nassau counties on suburban Long Island, according to police records.

Such surveillance has become commonplace in New York City in the decade since the 2001 terrorist attacks. Police have built databases showing where Muslims live, where they buy groceries, even what Internet cafes they use and where they watch sports. Dozens of mosques and student groups have been infiltrated and police have built detailed profiles of ethnic communities, from Moroccans to Egyptians to Albanians.

The documents obtained by the AP show, for the first time in any detail, how those efforts stretched outside the NYPD’s jurisdiction. New Jersey and Long Island residents had no reason to suspect the NYPD was watching them. And since the NYPD isn’t accountable to their votes or tax dollars, those non-New Yorkers had little recourse to stop it.

makes me laugh every time!

bitchybrrista:

Ha! I love it! Take that condescending barista! Seriously, I hate when people do that. See my previous post.

http://bitchybrrista.tumblr.com/post/13241995931/a-pet-peeve-of-mine 

delicious

tensor:

This is my life every morning, noon, & night.

Espresso

A standard Lavazza espresso is 7 grams of freshly ground coffee, extracted to 25-30ml within 25-30 seconds. A perfect espresso always has a 5mm hazel ‘crema’ and is the heart of every espresso-based drink. A ‘ristretto’ is a short…

if only I didn’t find so much joy in crafting my own drinks

sebastianschipper:

A stylish way of making coffee! #iPhone compatible!

I love my hometown

thatfrenchman:

thrueyesofarunner:

brookebutler:

map of austin.

Highly accurate. Even down to the detail of where the sexy people jog—I saw Aimee Teegarden running there once.

Brings back memories of my first year here, living in the South Dallas portion of Austin. Never again.

Also, LOLPERFECT depiction of the entirety of 6th street. I sometimes get too close to that “hipster/crack-head” border. 

(via neighborhoodr-austin)

pretty cool

redeyednblue:

Gotta start ‘em early!

(Thanks for the tip AKM!)