Around the time I started working for the electric company, the company was undergoing a business transformation of unprecedented proportions. The gist of it was that we were apparently going to conquer the world by getting involved in all kinds of businesses (plumbing & heating, HVAC, telecommunications, internet, etc.)
This was the era in which we were known as “Conectiv”. It was an era of some crazy, flashy marketing. One of these marketing devices was a series of commercials that featured Jason Alexander (yes, really–George Costanza).
In retrospect, he may have been the perfect spokesperson for the company at the time.
I just found the following video of an outtake from the filming of one of these spots (and some other work done by the video marketing company).
I have been subscribed to Ashleigh Brilliant’s newsletter for about a year now and it is always interesting. (I’ve also syndicated his “Potshot of the Day“.
His latest email, though, had me smiling throughout and also taught me a thing or two. So I deemed it worthy of a blog post. (This is obviously a rarity.) Read more …
To be honest, I have no idea what I want. So here’’s the first stupid thing I could come up with. (It’’s from the folks who brought you Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K).
I had originally embedded the video of this contraption on this page, but it automatically played, which was a nuisance. So now, you can view view the video at chilloutzone.de.
(My cousin Eleanor sent the link to me. Thanks, cousin!)
I believe the original video is from the (now defunct) Banham & Tyers website.
I was working the night this occurred. (It happened just after midnight, so technically it wasn’t April Fool’s Day.) There has been much discussion at Atlantic City Electric about this incident, so I’m not going to comment here. (Suffice it to say the fellow in the bucket is fine. I spoke with him later that evening and he won’t admit it now, but he was definitely spooked.) If you’re interested in hearing my perspective , send me a message.
While researching how to use the “this” keyword in javascript (specifically, using the jQuery library–Thanks, Remy Sharp!), I stumbled across his Last.fm “Recent Albums” widget. They also offer this little widget (for beginners like me):
I could just as easily write an html or php page for every item. But the rss/xml and other features of the weblog software (WordPress) just makes it easier.
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