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Bad Timing For Bears Superfans Redux

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Superfans ReduxThe Bears Superfan sketch from Saturday Night Live is a favorite of mine as I have discussed in previous posts. It appears they are back minus Chris Farley in a commercial for Reebok. The commercial is funny and classic superfan humor, however I don’t particularly like this one. It would have been better to release the sketch a couple months ago. Now after a loss in the Super Bowl it does not have the same affect. The real problem I have with it is Adam Vinatieri, the kicker for the Colts is in the sketch this time. I really don’t want to be reminded about the Super Bowl loss now and he’s not even funny. The Superfans are still funny and use that classic “Daaaa Bearssss” phrase. However someone… eh-hem ‘fumbled’… the timing on this one.

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Megapixel Myth

Monday, February 12th, 2007

At one time or another many Americans have been shopping for a new digital camera. And its inevitable, whether searching for the a digital SLR or point-and-shoot variety of camera, the number one feature people look for is the number of megapixels per photo the camera sensor produces. While “the more megapixels the better” sounds practical and logical, in many cases it really does not make a noticeable difference to the eye above 5 megapixels even enlarged to poster size. To prove it, David Pogue wrote this article the other day that demonstrated in a practical way why megapixels (above 5) matter less than most think. Check it out sometime before you run out to by your next camera.

UPDATE: David Pogue has a follow up here to his column.