Squeak of the Week

Seeds of Inspiration for December 19th:

• Bilbo Lives – After publicly feuding for more than a year, “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” a planned two-film prequel to the blockbuster trilogy.
• Top 10 marketing blunders of 2007 – #10 – Apple cuts the price of the iPhone by $200, thereby pissing off early buyers and giving the press a reason to take a break from gushing over the gadget.
• Bad Gift Emporium – For more holiday shopping ideas.
• TackyChristmasYards – Somewhat of a scavenger hunt – everyone has their own holiday traditions and any tradition can be seen differently from one person to the next. This site is not a malicious attempt to end all decoration, just a fun challenge to find the most violations.
• Police Reward Good Drivers With Coffee – Police are stopping law-abiding motorists and rewarding their good driving with $5 Starbucks gift cards.
• VIDEO: The Key to Reserva – Martin Scorcese hawks Freixenet via a lost Alfred Hitchcock script.
• Indie Bands Sue Camel, Rolling Stone Over Ad – Filed by 186 artists whose names appeared in a Rolling Stone feature that was tucked conspicuously within a fold-out advertisement for Camel – the suit claims unfair business practices and unauthorized use of the bands’ names for commercial purposes.