I was watching the Lakers game and wondering if Pau Gasol and Kobe were harkening back to maybe some of their early days as soccer players. I could have sworn that Gasol said, ‘Nice ball’ to Kobe rather than, ‘Nice Pass’. The way that Kobe plays is so much like a soccer player, cutting and darting into open spaces. There was one moment where Kobe was up in the air to shoot, and two players rushed to block his shot, rather than shoot he bounced passed the ball to Gasol who was cutting to the basket. They play basketball like soccer and it’s beautiful to watch.
And there are more NBA players who played soccer growing up, Steve Nash and Jason Kidd to name a few. In soccer you use your feet like your hands and that just translates to all sorts of sports. If you got good feet then you’ve got good balance and the ability to move laterally with ease.
Here’s Gasol, Nadal and Ronaldinho in a Nike ad – Flamenco styled showmanship:
Microsoft must just hate seeing those Apple ads on TV or strewn across the NY Times. Has Microsoft given in though, I don’t see any or haven’t heard any response from them surrounding those ads? They’re sort of like the cave men in those Geico commercials, angry and upset, but can’t really do anything about it. Now people are saying that Microsoft might come out with their new operating system early, just to overcome all of the Vista backlash. There are people clamoring for XP to be resurrected and not discontinued, that’s some good news for them. But speaking of ads, I think the best Geico commercial has to be the one with Mrs. Butterworth acting as the spokeswomen.
Talk about a smart purchase or early bird gets the worm–those who bought a few key one word domain names in the early 90s are being rewarded these days with big sums. Now there are very few if any one or two word domain names left of any value. What happens when a movie comes out and someone owns the title of the movie? Do these people get paid off too? More likely is the use of creative type of names or ad campaigns that incorporate a concept and promote the brand that way, but with solid one word domain names like Vodka or Pizza, the money is rolling in for some fortunate domain owners:
A US man has sold the domain name pizza.com for $2.6m (£1.3m) – after maintaining the site for just $20 a year since 1994.
Chris Clark, 43, accepted the offer from an anonymous bidder after a week-long online auction.
“It’s crazy, it’s just crazy,” Mr Clark, who lives in North Potomac, Maryland, was quoted as saying by the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
“It will make a significant difference in my life, for sure,” he added.
In January, Mr Clark decided to sell it after hearing that another domain – Vodka.com – was sold for $3m in 2006.