Receipt Insanity
Number of items purchased: 2. Number of inches of sales receipt: 21. Almost two feet of paper. This receipt from Lowe’s had to be folded 8 times to fit in my wallet. These days a receipt is much more than a simple record of purchase–it’s a marketing tool. Below the purchase total is:
- Feedback instructions (www.lowes.com/feedback)
- Store code information
- Guaranteed low price messaging
- Contest to win a $2,500 gift card
- Personal shopper ID number
Don’t forget the flip-side of the receipt. Here we have the return policy. Repeated five times. Keep reading to see all 21 inches!
Austin Lycans Footy
I don’t keep up much with the skate scene these days but it’s fun to see some new rippers. Take Austin Lycans. Stumbled on to his skate footage at a site called Virb. Love the backside tail at the end of the clip.
BTW, If you think Virb is a funny name, check out this list of web 2.0’s worst web app names.
Band of Horses @ Pitchfork Music Festival
I enjoyed BOH’s Everything All the Time but the Seattle band’s debut SubPop release can get a boring at times. Looks like this is a band you want to see live. (Note: if it’s slow to load try clicking the “pause” button for a minute)
How I’m Livin’
Blowing dust off the site… Here’s what I’ve been up to:
- This summer = Project Destroy Backyard
- Gathering signatures. While others work to solve the world’s problems or volunteer in their community, I’ve been passing around a petition to remove the “No Parking” signs that now line my street. People power!
- Finally upgrading Wordpress, the tool that publishes this blog. Making the jump from 1.5 to 2.2. I never thought that importing data from one Wordpress site to another could be so bloody difficult. Continue reading…
