tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16854610736169075822024-03-04T21:47:52.979-08:00AKDizzle's mindless banterAsad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685461073616907582.post-63045672368417858242011-02-11T01:03:00.000-08:002011-02-11T01:07:23.691-08:00I am not a media whore<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPe39E4wjjCA4PChLbohbZd7Llkxwjq7hKIe3k0cr7Kof0-pV3i4p1QGHX7BaoluvPlpZIABezC8OeASZJgkEYJWhe1zkSOvrbg8zdEFQv0sCqIhTn8xIqqlX7kApMj6mtNjb-BDlPaC3s/s1600/mediawhore.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 81px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPe39E4wjjCA4PChLbohbZd7Llkxwjq7hKIe3k0cr7Kof0-pV3i4p1QGHX7BaoluvPlpZIABezC8OeASZJgkEYJWhe1zkSOvrbg8zdEFQv0sCqIhTn8xIqqlX7kApMj6mtNjb-BDlPaC3s/s200/mediawhore.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572355755257198114" /></a><br /><br /><br />Poor guys at Sky been trying to get me on a lunch for agesAsad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685461073616907582.post-30365344967470764162010-10-26T11:41:00.001-07:002010-10-26T11:42:35.732-07:00Google Ad Fail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwD2hyphenhyphene-AR4MwboO_T1mzP8o7xedzcEGt0BWK8er99gcNWYdF4IRKZEMshyXSkuKiHHCG9rELDkGZHCO3Vo5Z_gq002VoHtCEDHega1JgPwWttt766aI5YXWCx5GJ7Wj7bICkjTBJjfZx/s1600/adwordsfail.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 32px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwD2hyphenhyphene-AR4MwboO_T1mzP8o7xedzcEGt0BWK8er99gcNWYdF4IRKZEMshyXSkuKiHHCG9rELDkGZHCO3Vo5Z_gq002VoHtCEDHega1JgPwWttt766aI5YXWCx5GJ7Wj7bICkjTBJjfZx/s200/adwordsfail.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532426889741877970" /></a><br /><br /><br />Clever bit of targeting from Microsoft.Asad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685461073616907582.post-27311101353494987222010-10-23T05:54:00.001-07:002010-10-23T05:56:06.295-07:00Facebook Ad Fail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6E908kKiAQL3laps-PkKcAhK1Clj60GS8dxEiww4hcDWJLPwWZo2Al2PsySiHFV4Y8DF5cB8YRDE7mCHzTGzXI3T-yZWq9Vwe9si-5nafuL4UaEBxbP9NcG-7opBGiDiYFs53dG8HV7j8/s1600/FBfail.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6E908kKiAQL3laps-PkKcAhK1Clj60GS8dxEiww4hcDWJLPwWZo2Al2PsySiHFV4Y8DF5cB8YRDE7mCHzTGzXI3T-yZWq9Vwe9si-5nafuL4UaEBxbP9NcG-7opBGiDiYFs53dG8HV7j8/s200/FBfail.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531224201940578818" /></a><br /><br />Why are you showing me Ads to things I already like Facebook?<br />It's a waste of advertising spend and does not add to my user experience. Facebook's arrogance in the market probably means this wont be sorted anytime soon I imagineAsad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685461073616907582.post-31812000337050029142010-07-03T11:15:00.000-07:002010-07-03T14:11:00.419-07:00A search campaign with a difference<object width="400" height="270"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8254341&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8254341&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="270"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8254341">Converse Domaination</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1841038">Ross Martin</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />The best campaigns are always the ones that make you wonder why people werent doing this from beforeAsad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685461073616907582.post-36906877621816173692010-05-03T12:49:00.001-07:002010-05-03T12:53:57.932-07:00Another rant: This time against YoutubeIs anybody else frustrated by Youtube's system of storing favourites. You keep on seeing them constantly changing the UI, higher Def videos etc (which i'm not complaining about at all, improving these things is an absolute must) but I do not understand why the favourite system has been left alone.<br /><br />Wouldnt it be awesome if people could save their Youtube favourites into specific folders? <br /><br />I currently have over 200 favourites on youtube, with no easy method of going picking something out, outside of keyword searching or going having to going through the linear process of checking page by page.<br /><br />Just the basics of being able to store them in separate folders would definitely improve my youtube experience. <br /><br />Surely I cant be the only one who feels this needs to be addressed?Asad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685461073616907582.post-65571429901076481222010-02-08T01:27:00.001-08:002010-02-08T01:27:53.075-08:00Superbowl Ads 2010<object width="725" height="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/widget/embed/videopanel"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="0x000000" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="flashVars" value="partner=CSWidget&layout=Horizontal4Thumbs&searchEnabled=true&sortEnabled=true&sortDefault=recentlyadded&watchOnHulu=true&show=super-bowl-xlii-ads,super-bowl-xliii-ads,ad-zone-2010"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/widget/embed/videopanel" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="partner=CSWidget&layout=Horizontal4Thumbs&searchEnabled=true&sortEnabled=true&sortDefault=recentlyadded&watchOnHulu=true&show=super-bowl-xlii-ads,super-bowl-xliii-ads,ad-zone-2010" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="0x000000" width="725" height="210"></embed></object>Asad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685461073616907582.post-87557598540640557162010-01-30T14:20:00.000-08:002010-01-30T15:42:01.010-08:00My Rant Against FoxRight I uploaded a dvd quality video of the below scene on Youtube. It's a scene where Liam Neeson owns the baddie over the phone. It's not a long scene nor does it give away the plot.<br /><br />What the scene does do, and does very well is entice excitement for the film and make you wanna watch the movie if you havent seen it before :)<br /><br />Anyways after the clip onto youtube i was shocked to see that thethe retards at Fox Interactive had decided to take it down, citing copyright infringement? They're so afraid of content being distributed outside of their control that they're pulling down stuff which would actually raise purchase intent for their movies.<br /><br />bunch of clueless twats at Fox, seriously.<br /><br />(i got 8,000 views on that video, if they hadnt pulled it down i would have got shed loads more :( )<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5Y_Wu36wIEM&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5Y_Wu36wIEM&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Asad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685461073616907582.post-24313242604172023592009-10-09T01:28:00.001-07:002009-10-09T01:28:11.023-07:00The Economist Widget<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI1NTA3NjUzMDIwOSZwdD*xMjU1MDc2ODg4NzA5JnA9MzAxNDgxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTImbz*wYTQ2NzVjNTgxNDY*MTgxOTYzZmZiNmEyNGE5YmRjNiZvZj*w.gif" /><OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="250" id="The Economist Widget"> <PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://files.gigya.s3.amazonaws.com/media/dclk/loader.swf"/> <PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high"/> <PARAM NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="#ffffff"/> <PARAM NAME="flashvars" VALUE="placement=blogger"/> <PARAM NAME="AllowScriptAccess" VALUE="always"/> <EMBED src="http://files.gigya.s3.amazonaws.com/media/dclk/loader.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="250" NAME="The Economist Widget" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="placement=blogger" AllowScriptAccess="always"/> </OBJECT>Asad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685461073616907582.post-77065373834607447722009-09-27T13:09:00.000-07:002009-09-28T09:56:16.686-07:00Found an Amazing Anime - Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5DVsDhuMVPwcwqIvy9WXmOth28ilXkuY6z7o_PDXYVWrUij8MV8wZYu3FxP1mNztlIzrjA0XyAFO-Vv5EdEAjvtao9Nl_zQRemYG18fukResdc-Gaiwv_DdxEoAaI5610FdT32Y5tI66/s1600-h/122.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5DVsDhuMVPwcwqIvy9WXmOth28ilXkuY6z7o_PDXYVWrUij8MV8wZYu3FxP1mNztlIzrjA0XyAFO-Vv5EdEAjvtao9Nl_zQRemYG18fukResdc-Gaiwv_DdxEoAaI5610FdT32Y5tI66/s200/122.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386243057923798354" /></a><br />A friend introdiced me to an anime called Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn. They've already shown 153 odd episodes and I must say I am massively dissapointed in myself for not finding it anime earlier.<br /><br />If you're an anime fan then its definitely one i'd recommend, funny, tons of fighting and you're always left wanting more.Asad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685461073616907582.post-13432608278120357492009-09-13T10:39:00.000-07:002009-09-27T13:16:28.083-07:00Arsenal Football Club. A Social Media StoryThose of you who know me, know that I'm a massive Arsenal fan. Having grown up in Highbury there's only one football team for me.<br /><br />So as you can imagine i've always been very unhappy with a certain slanderous chant (which I wont dignify by repeating on here) aimed at Arsene Wenger which is sung by small pockets of Manchester United fans. There is always a media uproar when racist chants are levelled at black players but for years nothing (either from the FA or the Media) was being said condemning the chant against Mr Wenger.<br /><br />The chant was given free reign. To the point where Amazon and Play.com sold it as downloadable MP3s and as part of albums.<br /><br />However prior to the United away game this season a few arsenal related blogs such as <a href="http://www.arseblog.com">Arseblog</a> and <a href="http://gunnerblog.com">Gunner Blog</a> started making a bit of noise about it. Twitter, forums etc were also being used as a mechanism for Arsenal fans and Bloggers to get their voice heard about the subject. With all this noise being made the media finally picked up on it with <a href="http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-cross/Old-Trafford-abuse-of-Wenger-was-vile-and-totally-unacceptable-article141921.html">The Mirror</a> and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/sep/03/arsene-wenger-chant-arsenal">Guardian</a>. <br />Now I must reiterate that this was a subject that had been ignored for years and years but with the power of Social Media finally we were getting some sort of reaction. Frankly its quite unbelievable it happened for this long a time.<br /><br />Amazon and Play.com weren't to be left alone. Play.com stopped selling the album almost as soon as it was receiving so much negative press on Twitter. <br />Amazon kept it up there citing that it was up the individual user to purchase the album, so long as people wanted to buy it, they'd stock it.<br />However Amazon is an interesting case as the product was being filled up of pages and pages of negative reviews. Arsenal supporters flocking to the site in mass numbers venting the feelings and frustrations on Amazon selling such a product.<br /><br />Eventually Amazon took it down, however this was due to Arsenal taking a legal approach claiming the product was defamtory. You cant help but wonder how Amazon might have been pleased with Arsenal doing this. They couldnt make exceptions to the policy and Arsenal asking them to take it down ensured they wouldnt feel anymore rage from supporters of the club.<br /><br />Overall a victory for supporters of Arsene Wenger. People needed to be told that what goes on at Old Trafford is horrible and it must be stopped.Asad "AKDizzle" Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356839135964643971noreply@blogger.com0