During last years visit to Taiwan I could not resist bringing back one of the ugliest soft drinks that I have seen, the drink has a marble stuck inside in the cap for its targeted market (not me). I did not drink it because it was over the due by date (assumption) and smelt like vinegar with a hint of bleach (toxic).
What do you think?
It was about time that Red Eye International Pty. Ltd. did something about the old website. It was old, tired and outdated. It looks like a new website is on the way, not sure what is coming but I am hoping, it is simplistic, with minimal flash and engaging to the legions of fans that worship this trendy energy drink.
Will it be any good by web 2.0 standards and social networking friendly?
Lets go on the journey way back and see how red eye's website has evolved.
Firstly on the Jan 25, 1999 they had a listing on citysearch.com.au, but after that no more detailed snapshots were gathered from The Wayback Machine.
"Diversification is the main reason," said Ms Chowns. "In Australia there is more and more horrible demand for cheap and nasty synthetic food.
"Boston Bakehouse doesn't do that. We still crack eggs, we use butter and sugar, we don't use colours and flavour powders," she said.
"We want to export because many countries will buy quality. They're not interested in chemicals and synthetic products. That's why we are targeting Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong where there is a disposable income. They see Australia as safe, and they like our product size."
As well as a demand for more synthetic food, local buyers have asked that the portions be made larger, which Ms Chowns thinks is silly and inefficient.
"Some products are massive, but our slices (measure) 7cm x 5cm, which is sufficient for a human being to consume with coffee."
The Boston Bakehouse is bypassing the supermarket chains because "they want everything for almost nothing" she said.
Boston Bakehouse
Reality check what you get for your $ dollar, now double the powdered coffee!
Smartcup is an Australian born product featuring a world first for stupidy in a cup and Australia's first 'gay' superhero. The inspiration for this cup and super hero is the fact current and future Australians are not as smart as the CSIRO once thought they were, and they need a little help in the pick-me-up-brain department.
Our current Australian citizens lead a fast paced lifestyle (drink binging sessions, shopping at coles & woolworths, share market trades, property investment and watching the VFL), hence a real need for assistance from our new 'gay' hero, the smartcup man to deliver the pick-me-up.
So few Australians remember that you can buy other forms of vitamin tablets like Berroca etc. (foreign like coca cola) and drop it inside a bottle of Australia's leading marketing success story, Mount Frankenstein Spring Water*.
Seriously can the Antacid Smartcup wash away your current Australian identity and cause future potential Australians to fail the citizenship exam ?
Under the citizenship testing regime devised by the CSIRO and introduced by the Howard Government, people applying for citizenship must correctly answer 12 out of 20 multiple-choice questions about Australia's history, government, geography and traditions*.
Footnotes:
What the #!$^& are Australian traditions? Coca-Cola!
*Mount Frankenstein Spring Water is made by Coca-Cola Amatil company which is 35 per cent-owned by Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Company.
Our new chinese* speaking Prime Minister in waiting is using the joomla* open source content management system platform for the kevin07 online election campaign.
So if you are impressed with the website and think it costs the equivalent of the Australian foreign debt ($450 billion and rising), then you will be surprised to learn the true value as it costs the equivalent of John Howards and Peter Costellos friendship, $0.00 or the federal government debt $0.00.
It is FREE, like a politicians broken promise or bitch about someone in parliament where you are FREE from civil defamation.
I was so excited but not convinced that the labour party was consious of using the open source revolution solution that I fired off an email to Mr Rudd and Stephen Conroy asking them to outline the labour party policy on using open source software, read the email to get the jist at what I am getting at, I doubt I will get a response because us Australians are slow retards, like i said before we have broadband as fast as a donkey, an economy with a glass jaw and a "she will be alright mentality" that will land us in hot water one day.
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Please support the Free Open Source Community in Australia, I see that the labour party organisation is using the joomla content management open source software for the Kevin07 website, so what policies does the labour party have to tap into this resource and movement that is revolutionisng the world?
Technological change is creating a social divide between the information rich and the information poor.
A national open source network will provide equality of opportunity for all Australians.
Does Stephen Conroy have a real passion for the open source communications and technology?
He claims he has always been committed to providing equality of opportunity and sees technological change as both a challenge to society and a means to overcome informational poverty.
The public policy implications of technological change include ensuring that every Australian has the education they need to be able to use the new information technologies (open source anyone????)
We must ensure that all Australians have access to open source software and development, regardless of where they live.
This will revolutionise the way we learn, work and play.
More practically we need to look at what we can do to make sure that Australians have the open source skills, know how and support they need to be open source leaders in developing and restructuring our economy because Australian jobs and Australia's future depend on it.
Can anyone assure me that the Labour party has a policy for the open source revolution that is sweeping the world?
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*Learn chinese like Kevin Rudd for free.
What do you get with sex and h20?
A shop front similar to the ones found in the red light district in Amsterdam!
Born Stupid or born in a society of stupids?
For the uber-rich, who have a blingy lifestyle can now go even more overboard with Bling H20, yes…the bling bottle of water costing, £30. Bling H2O comes in 750ml frosted bottles studded with sparkling Swarovski crystals. The bling water was earlier meant just for Hollywood celebs and hi-fi socialite circle, but now you can gulp it down all for £30. Now, if you think, the whole idea of this couture water to be real hideous, then folks, you need a chill pill, for even more hideous is Paris Hilton pouring a drink of this couture water to guess whom…yeah, her pampered poochie…now, this is ridiculous!!
