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Xfinity? Huh? It's no surprise that the blogosphere had a field day with the name. Gizmodo called it the "worst, pseudo-pornographic, retrofuturistic marketing dollars can buy." Another well-trafficked blog, the Consumerist, also said Xfinity sounded like a porn company. "Sorry, it just does," the site wrote. In an unscientific poll, I asked a few people for their first thoughts when I mentioned the name. The responses: "Porn." "Porn." "Stupid." "An energy drink or a porn site." "Stupid name." "Not positive." "Extreme sports." "A satellite something." "A car." "Drugs and porn...
...improv festival—which, after a Friday night viewing, has officially earned the FlyBy stamp of approval—will feature not only Harvard’s IGP but also improv groups from schools nearby. Friday night’s shows included Dartmouth’s Dog Day Players and Wesleyan’s New Teen Force. Saturday night will spotlight Columbia’s Fruit Paunch and Brown’s Starla and Sons...
...tent as I was preparing to make my way down to Haiti to visit my family and report on the earthquake's destruction. Now tents can sell on the street for a hundred dollars each, if you can find one. One woman says she'd been walking all day looking for one. She was dressed in a tight spandex lime green shirt, her hair neatly coiffed. She said she offered a man 1,500 Gourdes or $40 for one and he just laughed. "We are just making our homes out of sheets but what will happen when it rains...
...Algerian President Abellaziz Bouteflika asked the United Nations to adopt an international ban on paying ransoms, which he called "the biggest source of terror financing today." Still, with the clock ticking for the hostages now in AQIM's hands, the decision for Western leaders grows more difficult by the day...
...day after its posting, YouTube recorded more than 120,000 views of the spot. By contrast, Davis points out, the campaign had released a straight two-minute bio video about Fiorina on Feb. 1. Three days later, it had garnered 611 views on YouTube. "What would the normal chattering class say you should do? Run a serious ad," Davis continues. "No you don't. Nobody is interested in that...