We learned today from the carnival of law blogs hosted this week on Securing Innovation, the business blog of IP.com, that some people are marking the invention of the ballpoint pen on the birthday of its inventor, Laszlo Biro. Apparently, folks in England, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand call a ballpoint pen a biro. Who [...]
Posts tagged: blogs
Happy Biroday!
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments
→ No Comments | Categories: language · pop culture · product names
Social bookmarking overkill
July 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Ok, just how many social bookmarking / link services can the Web accommodate? And will somebody please stop the madness and Just Say No to social bookmarking icon overkill on their blogs? Click the image to engorge this example, where below the icons that appeared on an actual blog we’ve listed the service associated with [...]
→ 2 Comments | Categories: WTF · identity · pop culture
Snark Hunting wins AdLand’s Battle of the Ad Blogs
February 15th, 2006 · No Comments
AdLand conducted an online popularity contest for the past several weeks, judging a handful of blogs in each of sixteen categories. Snark Hunting captured the flag in the coveted “Best Topical Blogs (trademark, branding, media, adbusting)” category, the final category nestled prominently at the bottom of the page. A hearty thanks to all our competitors [...]
→ No Comments | Categories: Igor · industry insider
