BrainFuel

Trying for a fresher look, I’ve updated BrainFuel’s stylings. More aerodynamic?

Comments now has non-default styles, and I’m still working on Archives. Soon enough, we will have archives!

(don’t let the guy on the left scare ya. He’ll be leaving pretty soon.)

Very cool, very powerful real estate flash app: looking to buy in the London area? Muy excellente. (thanks to the AZ Flash users group)

I’m sure you’ve seen Japanese characters used all over the place as a kind of funky design element in advertising, fashion, etc… but did you realize that in Japan, English words are used in the same way?

The funniest site I’ve come across in a long time showcases photos of these hilarious butcherings of the English language. One of my favorites is a box of “tissues of puppy” – and I like this error message as well:

So last week in the office we were brainstorming some ideas for online ecommerce success. In other words, any idea that’ll make a million bucks even if we don’t know much about it.

Now this is when it gets wierd. Because the ideas were wierd. Let’s just suffice it to say that Jeff came up with one idea and I came up with another idea and as far as I know, we don’t know squat about that particular industry besides from perhaps personal experience or stories we’ve heard (or in Jeff’s case, a movie).

I won’t disclose our million dollar ideas because hey, they might work. I was just thinking this morning about cheese and how much I like cheese and wondered if anybody was selling cheese online.

When I did a Google search, I found a few sites with some excellent cheese varieties available. First off, Cheese.com. Another one is iGourmet. Then I noticed that Cheese.com also must own CheeseSupply.com and CheeseMall.com and Cheese-Crazy.com.

My questions:
#1: Does it really help to create multiple web sites that are almost identical except for the name? Does this somehow increase sales?

#2: What’s the best cheese you’ve ever tried and would you order online?

What exactly is UPS trying to communicate with this image on their entry page? The first thing I thought of was the freeway scene from the Matrix Reloaded… then I saw the sky and was transported to the Northeast in winter. Maybe I’m supposed to think, subconsciously, “boy, I’m glad it’s those UPS guys out there braving snow, sleet, and deadly freeway traffic — and not me!”