Survivorman Flips Fear and Excitement

Appealing to our most primal urges and instincts, Survivorman tackles the scenarios that were once commonplace for our ancestors, Surviving. Placing himself in dangerous survival situations, and being his own cameraman has made Les Stroud a well respected survivalist and television personality.

What the heck does this have to do with flipping? Well ask yourself this, what is Les and his production crew doing? Aren't they just taking something (a survival situation) and flipping it for money? While educationaly, there is a monetary reward for selling the experience of survival. It appeals to our basic fears, desires, and primal instincts.

This type of entertainment has an educational value built in, so not only are you entertained, but you are brought back to the basic survivial skills humans once knew in order to live day to day.

Without the comform of a warm home, speedy vehicle, and credit cards, could we survive in the Canadian Rockies, or a Costa Rican Forest?

Flipping Willie Horton

In politics, flipping is everything. No, not flipping as in changing sides, but flipping information or ideas, profiting not from their sale, but their acceptance. Willie Horton is again in the news, why? Well, put simply, the holiday political season has begun, and it ain't snow thats raining down. In 1988, Willie Horton was used to dessimate the Michael Dukakis campaign , you can't easily buy that sort of ammunition. What matters is not necessarily the facts, but how you flip the story and sell it to the viewers.

Globalization, good or bad?

After reading about Globalization today, I couldn't help but think about how during World War II, Coca Cola obtained rationed sugar by selling bottles of Coke to the military. After shipping the bottles to Africa, Europe, and anywhere else GI's were posted, Coke basically positioned itself to become a global brand (intentially or not). The book For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It talks about Cokes role during World War II, and provides some interesting background on the company. Now you can have a coke and a smile nearly anywhere on the planet. Is this a positive or negative cultural change? When I was visiting some family abroad, I heard a lot of negative comments regarding Cokes activities in other countries, in the olympics, etc. However I still drink Coke (when I'm not drinking water or Mountain Dew!). I just don't see them as an evil empire, just a company with stock holders and a p...

Yahoo Down?

Yahoo reportedly is having problems keeping its server infrastructure online, the IM client, Flicer, and the main home page all seem to be having issues. It's unclear how serious the issue is, or if there is an issue with Yahoo at all. Times like this make me wonder what the impact of going public could be vs. silence. Stories on the internet are a blaze with rumor and suppositioin. If Yahoo would release a statement, it would give people some real information to go off of. This is a good contrast to Miss New Jersey , and her facing her photo scandal with a press conference.

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