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Archive for February, 2008

Mirror Show Management Wins Coveted Best of the Web Award

February 28th, 2008

We were ecstatic for our friends at Mirror Show Management (MSM) when they collected the Rochester Business Journal Best of the Web Award for the Business Services category. Truth be told, we actually helped them build their site so we couldn’t help but do a little fist pumping at the awards ceremony this past Tuesday. [...]

Rochester Named One of the Least Caffeinated Cities in America. Terry Tate Knows Why.

February 28th, 2008

According to a study by Men’s Health, Rochester ranks as one of the least caffeinated cities in the United States, coming in 97th, just in front of Buffalo, Lincoln, N.E., and Detroit. The most caffeinated? Yonkers, N.Y., followed by Anaheim and San Francisco. Rochester is also about ten positions behind Fargo, N.D., twenty positions behind [...]

A Hard Pill to Swallow

February 27th, 2008

The recent flap over Lipitor spokesman Dr. Robert Jarvik’s performance in Pfizer’s direct-to-consumer ad campaign has the industry buzzing. After sending the non-practicing doctor on talk shows to defend himself made the controversy worse, the drug behemoth yanked the campaign from the airwaves. That pesky New York Times, which insists on digging up embarrassing facts [...]

Web Leftovers – 2/20/2008

February 20th, 2008

It’s been a while since the last list of things we’ve come across while crawling through the web’s many tubes. Interactive Ikea CommercialIkea lets you change angles on a series of slow-motion videos of what they refer to as "The Complete Bedroom." As the clip plays, you’re also shown pricing for several items in the [...]

Looking for a New Addiction?

February 18th, 2008

Waiting for all of your favorite network TV shows to start back up? Do you ever ask yourself—why am I waiting for something that will be just as unsatisfying and unrealistic as it was five months ago? If you’re looking for the good stuff, turn to HBO on Sunday nights at nine o’clock. The Wire, [...]