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September 2008
The Suffering Bastard -- The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess -- Small Screen Network
by sbrothier
The original name for this drink was apparently the Suffering Bar Steward, but as one might expect in a noisy bar after a few drinks, the name gets a little mangled. There are several recipes for this floating about. For mine I turned to one of my favorite sources, Beachbum Berrry's Grog Log, by Jeff Berry.
メディア・パブ: WSJ.comの全面刷新，有料コンテンツと無料コンテンツを棲み分け
by kuroyagi
"WSJでないと得られない，仕事に直結したビジネス/マーケット/技術分野のコンテンツを有料の壁で守り抜く。それ以外の分野のコンテンツは無料にし，特に広告の見込める分野のコンテンツは拡充する。わかりやすい戦略だ。"
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August 2008
Digital Face Beautification
by oqdbpo
& 3 others
This sketch presents a novel method for digital face beautification: given a frontal photograph of a face (a portrait), our method automatically increases the predicted attractiveness rating of the face. The main challenge is to achieve this goal while introducing only minute, subtle modifications to the original image, such that the resulting “beautified” face maintains a strong, unmistakable similarity to the original, as demonstrated by the pair of faces shown in Figure 1. The effectiveness of the proposed method was experimentally
validated by a group of test subjects who consistently rated the modified faces as more attractive than the original ones. Professional photographers have been retouching and deblemishing their subjects ever since the invention of photography. It may be safely assumed that any model that we encounter on a magazine cover today has been digitally manipulated by a skilled, talented retouching artist. Since the human face is arguably the most frequently photographed object on earth, a tool such as ours would be
a useful and welcome addition to the ever-growing arsenal of image enhancement and retouching tools available in today’s digital image editing packages. The potential of such a tool for motion picture special effects and advertising is also quite obvious.
Marketing Tip of the Day... Daily!
by zacheos
Get a free tip every day on marketing strategies and principles. Develop your understanding of marketing and expose yourself to new ideas, theories, and research. Development of your marketing skills are just a daily tip away.
July 2008
June 2008
TechCrunch en français » Yahoo se jette dans les bras de Google, perd trois têtes et voit son action chuter
by sbrothier
Yahoo et Google ont confirmé un partenariat autour de la publicité dans les recherches, comme nous le pressentions hier soir. Lire le billet du blog de Google ici.
May 2008
@nifty：デイリーポータルZ：50年前の新聞広告
by kuroyagi
"前回の記事（「52年ぶりに巨人がやって来る」）で52年前の新聞を見ていて気付いた。新聞に掲載されている広告が、どれも味わい深いのだ。イラスト、写真、宣伝文句、どれを取ってもグッとくる。広告も50年経つと作品になるのかもしれない。今回、そんな昔の新聞広告を集めてみる事にした。"
