President Obama Drives 7-Eleven Marketing Push

6 Nov

In his Wednesday interview about Election 2010, President Obama casually mentioned the idea of having a “Slurpee Summit” with Republicans at the White House. The meeting would promote bipartisanship following the most recent election cycle.

7-Eleven jumped at the opportunity to promote their brand. Shortly after the speech, the company contacted the White House about catering the unplanned event. They offered blue and red slurpees for the occasion, and even proposed purple ones as a tribute to red and blue coming together.

A new campaign will claim that Slurpees are “bringing people together.” The company announced a fleet of trucks will drive across the country promoting unity, finally stopping outside of Capitol Hill. 7-Eleven also offered to install Slurpee machines in the White House.

Owls Dying in India Thanks to Harry Potter

6 Nov

A bit of news out of India today, as President Obama makes the round in that country. Apparently, the Harry Potter book series is wreaking havoc on the owl population in the country.

Parents have begun to gift their children pet owls in the same manner as Harry’s pet Hedwig. In order to do so, many parents contact illegal wildlife traders for owls in anticipation of birthdays.

Environmental activists have begun a campaign to stop the practice.

Rappers’ Real Names

5 Nov

The Incorrigible Octopi had another victory last night at trivia. We did well in an unlikely category thanks to my weird knowledge. Can you identify these rappers based on their given names (well, I’ll give you photos to make things easier.

1. Christopher Bridges

2. Jeffrey Atkins

3. Shawn Carter

4. Cornell Haynes Jr.

5. Curtis Jackson III

6. Marshall Mathers III

Answers

1. Ludacris 2. Ja Rule 3. Jay-Z 4. Nelly 5. 50 Cent 6. Eminem

I got all of them except for Ja Rule.

Microsoft’s New Gaming System Is Racist?

4 Nov

Microsoft hopes to transform the gaming market with it’s new product—Kinect. The new system requires no controller and uses a camera to detect movements and facial expressions of the user. Now, the day before the launch, a problem has been reported.

The system cannot recognize the movements of dark-skinned users. Ouch.

Today in Technology

4 Nov

First of all, take a look at where the Chinese workers who make your iPhone live and sleep. Wired has an extremely moving photo gallery.

Also, Apple has announced, in a fairly shocking move, that they will lengthen the sample of every song in their library to 90 seconds from the 30 second status quo.

Finally, if you want to Skype with lots of friends at one time, you’re in luck. Skype unveiled group chat in its beta version.

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