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Entries from May 2005

Tennent’s beer commerical…Indo Style

May 29th, 2005 · No Comments

A story about love, peacocks and cold frothy lagers…”Jabhi Khushi Tabhi Tennents” which translates as “When there’s happiness, it’s always Tennent’s”. Was produced by Newhaven, a young advertising agency in Scotland, the ad was shot in Udaipur (Rajasthan) and completed in 4 days using more than 300 cast, 100 crew, 40 dancers, five palaces [...]

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Tags: General

Paris washing down a Bentley Arnage

May 27th, 2005 · No Comments

If you didn’t hear about the uproar over this commercial then you would have zero clue as to what they are trying to sell until the last 3 seconds. Granted I love Paris, but my god if any chick ever got on top of my car and a Bentley Arnage no less, I would kick [...]

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Tags: Media

What is a hedge fund?

May 26th, 2005 · No Comments

Over the past few months many people have been asking me that question. And it’s a bit hard to describe, it’s similiar to asking 10 people the meaning of life, you’ll end up with 12 different reponses. The current argument is whether “hedge funds” are an actual asset class or a compensation strategy for fund [...]

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Tags: Investing

Absolut…Indo Style

May 22nd, 2005 · No Comments

Absolut has created “Mulit” a tongue-in-cheek branded content piece with ’70s Bollywood flair. “Mulit” is a musical love story about a man, a woman and an unfinished haircut that transcends class structures, fashion trends and bad hair. Without such roots, phrases like the ’short-long’, ‘hockey hair’ and ‘work in front, party in back’ would [...]

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Tags: Media

Is “My Google” coming soon?

May 19th, 2005 · No Comments

Looks like google is beta testing something similar to “My Yahoo”. They take the familiar google page and add a bunch of customizable links at the bottom. Looks very un-sexy at this point, but i’m sure within weeks or months it will rival yahoo.
click to personalize your google page

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Tags: Technology