I’m OK with this.

11:07 am  •  20 April 2012
#tumblr #meta #advertising #web 2.0 #ish #tech #the verge
  

…if the only stipulation were that one element at a time would be lit the number of possible sequences is simply: 90! = (90•89•88•87…3•2•1) ≈ 1.486 x 10¹³⁸, or 1.486 quintoquadrogintillion. (The exact value is 1 485 715 964 481 761 497 309 522 733 620 825 737 885 569 961 284 688 766 942 216 863 704 985 393 094 065 876 545 992 131 370 884 059 645 617 234 469 978 112 000 000 000 000 000 000 000.)

Such a number may be incomprehensibly huge. If the Big Bang is reckoned to have occurred 13.7 billion years ago there have been “only” about 4.5 x 10¹⁷ seconds since the birth of the universe. It is estimated that the Earth is made up of roughly 5.5 x 10⁵⁰ atoms; the number of atoms in the Milky Way Galaxy is approximately 5 x 10⁶⁸, and the number of atoms in the universe is estimated to be 3.5 x 10⁷⁹.

4:06 pm  •  16 November 2011   •  2 notes
#wikipedia #advertising #math #big numbers #really big numbers
  

“You’re using the same part of your brain — porn, food,” Mr. Schrom says during a break. “It’s going in the same section; it’s that visual cortex that connects to your most basic senses. What we’re trying to do is be the modern-day Pavlovs and ring your bell with these images.”

— In Food Commercials, Flying Doughnuts and Big Budgets - NYTimes.com (via scalzi)

4:11 pm  •  8 October 2011   •  2 notes
#food #porn #food porn #advertising #television
  

dinoskank:

Stacked, for convenience.

8:24 pm  •  18 November 2010   •  2 notes  •  Reblogged from dinoskank
#boobs #advertising #70s
  

Ghost Billboard Erected on U.S.-Canada Border | Underwire | Wired.com

Mental closure is an interesting thing.

12:24 pm  •  25 October 2010   •  1 note
#art #advertising
  

Footnotes of Mad Men: Calling All Trumpeter Swans - The Awl

8:19 pm  •  11 October 2010
#advertising
  

Man, ads for prescriptions on the internet are weird.

11:32 pm  •  23 September 2010   •  1 note
#advertising #web design #medicine
  

Better title might be “My Butt is Photoshopped and That’s OK!” They couldn’t find a woman with an actual butt to take a picture of?

My Butt Is Big And That’s Okay! [PIC]

9:35 pm  •  30 July 2010   •  1 note
#butts #advertising
  

Planetary Folklore: BILLBORED

11:05 pm  •  27 April 2010   •  172 notes
#advertising #culture jamming
  

5:23 pm  •  14 January 2010
#grim meathook future #advertising #google #corporations