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Last week, a couple of us hit the streets to find out what people thought about blogging. Check out the video to see what we found out… 

Blogging In New York City from Bill Scott on Vimeo.

The NY-based creative team Hart+Larsson, who produced PhilTube, has conceived a new online series entitled El Lobo Rojo. Through short episodes every Tuesday and Thursday at 3PM ET all summer, it follows the story of Phil St. Millay as played by Phil McIntyre. His character is the overly ambitious head of a large gaming company, preparing to release a revolutionary new video game. Although the new game is expected to make Phil rich, his journey toward success becomes complicated. Stay tuned…

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What happens when a group of Brooklyn bloggers finally meet up and discuss their cyber conversations? In the case of the members of BayRidgeTalk.com, it means that they are teaming up to convince narcotics officers to search the neighborhood. 93rd Street is the main topic of discussion on the community blog, with other topics ranging from sports to recipe suggestions to terrible jokes. However, it is the gossip surrounding the loud and obnoxious residents at numbers 346 and 348 93rd Street that led to the discovery of a neighborhood crackhouse.Pet shop owners, coffee shop owners, and long-time residents of the Bay Ridge area started getting annoyed with the Terrone family back when the boys were 4 years old and wreaking havoc by throwing mud onto nearby clothes lines. Finally, due to the publicity of frustrated bloggers, the middle-aged men and their “co-workers” are being charged with conspiracy, drugs and weapon usage, and selling controlled substances. Satisfied, and still blogging about the outcome of their hard work, BayRidgeTalk.com users have proved that cyber networking is critical in a chaotic modern world where neighborhood crimes are sometimes overlooked…

Sunday night, Anheuser-Busch agreed to sell itself to the Belgian brewer InBev for around 52 Billion. You should not be surprised at this because this deal has been long overdue. InBev has been pressing the Anheuser-Busch clan for a couple months and they finally were able to finish the deal. The deal creates the world’s largest brewer at $70 a share. This is exciting news because it teams up beers like Budweiser and Stella Artois but it also makes Anheuser-Busch lose that great feeling when you crack open a frosty cold one and smell America. But then again, beer is beer.

How much Cooler is The Bald Eagle.

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….For all of you comic book lovers, the new Batman movie “The Dark Knight” comes out on July 18th. Now for about the past 8 months, there have been viral marketing campaigns all over the internet and even in big cities like Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. I am a huge fan of the Batman franchise and just recently stumbled across this interesting website where there is a countdown that ends tomorrow night around 9pm or 10pm with New York City coordinates that are around Thomas Paine Park. I will be meeting Batman nerds alike there just to find out what is going on. All I Know is that this is one of the crazy viral marketing schemes ever. Check both citizensforbatman.org and whysoserious.com to see what i am talking about. This may be a little much for the average Batman fan but I would suggest checking it out, I think it is very interesting how they are doing these viral campaigns.

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Remeber when the rapper Nelly came out with his own energy drink, Pimp Juice, well a new energy drink called “Tropic Thunder Booty Sweat” is being released. It is based on the same drink that is featured in the upcoming Ben Stiller flick, “Tropic Thunder.” The energy drink will be released in August along with the film. Paramount Pictures should be looking to cash in if the film succeeds with the public.

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Now, for $13 you can avoid TSA harassment and strict liquid laws at the airport: Spoon Sisters has created a shampoo in paper form. It comes in sheets like Listerine strips and dissolves in water to be used like ordinary shampoo, and you can have more than 3 fluid ounces worth of papers. And just in case you were worried, they also make dissolvable paper laundry soap, bath soap, and shaving cream.

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Everyone’s favorite Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane, who recently spoke at PromaxBDA, just completed a deal with Google to produce and distribute a cartoon show strictly for Google. It will run in two-minute episodes and will be working with AdSense in terms of advertising. It should be pretty funny seeing as “Family Guy” is some of the funniest stuff on television. Advertising with this web series which will be called, “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy,” which will come in multiple forms like a commercial before the two minute clip or a banner at the bottom of the video. This will definitely change the market and the way people consume entertainment. Read more about this here.  

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Sadly, George Carlin died on Sunday of heart failure. It was a sad day for comedy because from what I recall, this guy made swearing funny. Although he was known for having the dirtiest mouth in stand-up, he made critics happy by being the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine. All I can say is thanks for making my vocabulary a little bit dirtier. Here is some classic George Carlin talking about answering machines.

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In light of blogging, we thought it would be funny to put up this video from Twix. It’s quite funny.

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….In light of watching Tiger do it again, I decided to post one of his older commercials. Very memorable. I remember when this commercial was all the hype.

….There is a new type of soda out there and apparently on the can, they do not tell you what flavor your going to have. This is exciting. I am always in for a cold coca-cola classic, out of the fountain, but this is something i could give a shot. Here is a shot of what their soda machines will look like. Pretty hilarious.

…so my man Henry sent me a link to this awesomely sweet video. This is a group of people known as Improv Everywhere that got together in Grand Central Station and just froze all at the same time. Thats the jist of it. Just watch….Very entertaining.

….I just found out that the geeks over at MySpace.com are renewing their whole design for their website. They are not completely making it different but they are reworking the navigation tools and creating an easier experience for everyone. Here’s a picture of what it could look like.

New york’s West Village, one of the most unique looking places to see in the city is being threatened by developers. Places similiar to the West Village in other cities like London and San Fran have been threatened by developers as well. This Bohemian area home to many artists and interesting people must fight to stay unique and one-of-a-kind. There is a story in next month’s Vanity Fair. You can read it here.

HBO just bought a part of the website funnyordie.com. This website, run by Will Ferrell and guys like Judd Apatow has been putting up small, hilarious videos for the past two years and has acquired much attention. This deal is going to set up some time on HBO where these videos and new material will be put on the HBO network. not much detail is out yet but you can read more here.

A New System to help traffic people through airports has been placed in most American Airports. This system is used to help flyers move through the airport whether they are non-frequent flyers going on vacation with their families or someone who flies on a weekly basis. The cool thing about this is that the system looks a lot like you’re about to hit the ski slopes. Here is the story at the NY Times.

The New iPhone details were finally released for a July product release. Finally all of the Apple fans can go out and grab the iPhone 3G and the best part is that it is half the price. Check out the details.

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I was reading on Huffington Post this morning and saw something horrible. If MTV really thinks they involve themselves with the music world then they are horribly mistaken. This morning I read that Brody Jenner, a reality star on the fake show “The Hills,” is getting his own reality television show where Hollywood seeking losers try to become his best friend. The show is respectively called “Bromance.” Lets hope MTV can market towards music lovers like they used to. But until then we will have to settle for scripted reality. Thanks MTV.

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