That's Noice!

Okay, two election posts in a row is a bit much I know, but I think this is worth it. In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Australian Federal Election is being held on 21 August 2010. When picking your favourite party in the Senate (or perhaps, the the ‘least worst’ party) you probably don’t think too much about their preferences. If you usually vote above the line, think about this:

ALP and Democrat voters helped elect Steven Fielding of the Family First Party to the Senate in 2004. They may not have intended to but that’s what happened when they voted above the line in the Senate.

Regardless of whether you like Steven Fielding, having your vote end up with him when you were in fact voting for the ALP or the Democrats is a bit disconcerting. And before you tell me that voting below the line is a total pain in the ass, this election there are a few handy tools on the internet to help you out.

The main one is the Vote Below The Line! website. Select your state, your preferred party and check out where your preferences are going to go.

Happy with where they’re going? Great! Vote above the line!

Not happy? Well, by doing some simple clicking and dragging you can arrange how your want the preferences to be and then download a PDF file which shows you how you can vote below the line based on your own preferences.

And if you’ve made it this far in the post, you deserve an amusing cat image to make it all better.

That’s Noice! is politically unbiased entity, but with the Australian Federal Election coming up I simply wanted to state that this is how political advertising should be done.

No mud slinging. No fear tactics. Just a simple message saying ‘if you think these things matter, vote for us’. Best of all that @GreensMPs have said ‘We like. A lot.’ Brilliant!

The full version plus more insights into the way advertising works in our political system can be viewed on the Gruen Nation, 9pm Wednesdays on ABC1. Or catch up on iView.

The Hell Pizza chain in New Zealand are known for their ‘different’ marketing tactics. From deliveries arriving in hearses to the little coffin (“for your remains”) built into the pizza box. Their latest round of marketing shows a rather innovative way of using youtube… or at least, I haven’t seen it done this well before. I present “Deliver me to hell – real zombies attack”

[Warning: There is lots of fake blood and gore. It is a zombie adventure, after all].

If you played the adventure, let us know what you think in the comments.

There are a few places around that will convert you handwriting into a font for a fee. But pilot has a cool new site (Pilot handwriting) that will turn you handwriting into a font for free.

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Loving these illustrations…Stuff no on told me (but I learned anyways) by artist Alex Noriega. A must add to your RSS.

Real life, telling it like it is…..

A watch for the social media junkies out there!

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