Jingle Bills! Jingle Bills!
0 Comments Published by Mr. Zwiggy on Monday, November 13, 2006 at 8:40 PM.
Hey--has anyone noticed the awesome holiday theming on Amazon.com? Well, I have! It's not
on every page, but on most of their pages, 
they've got a penguin in the upper left-hand corner and some snowfall throughout the blue navigation bar. It's a nice touch for what is usually referred to as Motivation Decorations, which are decorations aimed to promote a feeling and thus prompt a buyer to purchase. For example, after looking at the animation, a buyer might remember or feel motivated to purchase a new knife set for his cousin or a picture frame for the Christmas Photo. Getting buyers in the spirit of holidays is a very important task, and one that is carried out to extremes. Koh
l's started playing holiday music on November 4 of this year--quite a jump-start to get their shoppers in the spirit or what may prove to be the busiest holiday season yet. Industry analysts quote Plasma and LCD TVs as this year's holiday to-beat. The competition of stores to outsell each other is expected to lower the cost of these popular televisions to their lowest prices ever.
on every page, but on most of their pages, 
they've got a penguin in the upper left-hand corner and some snowfall throughout the blue navigation bar. It's a nice touch for what is usually referred to as Motivation Decorations, which are decorations aimed to promote a feeling and thus prompt a buyer to purchase. For example, after looking at the animation, a buyer might remember or feel motivated to purchase a new knife set for his cousin or a picture frame for the Christmas Photo. Getting buyers in the spirit of holidays is a very important task, and one that is carried out to extremes. Koh
l's started playing holiday music on November 4 of this year--quite a jump-start to get their shoppers in the spirit or what may prove to be the busiest holiday season yet. Industry analysts quote Plasma and LCD TVs as this year's holiday to-beat. The competition of stores to outsell each other is expected to lower the cost of these popular televisions to their lowest prices ever.Lots of stores also spend a ton of money on developing intricate window decorations. Perhaps most famous for this tra
dition is New York City, home of well--everything! In my opinion, New York City boasts the most holiday spirit of any location. Macy's and Bloomingdales take windows with no grain of salt: their window
s have become enough of tradition to prompt "Window Decoration Tours" which walk buyers through a guided tour of the Macy's holiday displays. While 45 minutes of seeing Santa stroking Rudolph in a back-and-forth motion may be quite repetitive, this year's decorations are sure to be as innovative and fun as possible.
dition is New York City, home of well--everything! In my opinion, New York City boasts the most holiday spirit of any location. Macy's and Bloomingdales take windows with no grain of salt: their windows have become enough of tradition to prompt "Window Decoration Tours" which walk buyers through a guided tour of the Macy's holiday displays. While 45 minutes of seeing Santa stroking Rudolph in a back-and-forth motion may be quite repetitive, this year's decorations are sure to be as innovative and fun as possible.So, are holiday decorations and displays aimed to add those "holiday spending emotions" into your brain?
Absolutely.
Ben wants you to know that he likes talking about this because he wrote a 12-page paper on the emotions and marketing of shopping and reasons why people spend. This is why he's right in every way.
I guess this post is a little overdue.
Clay Furniture installed all of the custom pieces on Friday (the 3rd), and it brings a smile to my face every time I see it. In every way, the furniture is perfect. Let's talk specifics:
Go do that.
Clay Furniture installed all of the custom pieces on Friday (the 3rd), and it brings a smile to my face every time I see it. In every way, the furniture is perfect. Let's talk specifics:
- Workstation: The corner desk/storage unit was designed to allign with the existing soffit, and that is exactly how it turned out. This idea was to essentially give the soffit a "reason to be there." I've set up my Mac and PC, but as I predicted, it needs some tweaks. For example, my keyboard does not reach the pullout, so I may have to get a bluetooth keyboard (and a bluetooth adapter). It's a hassle, but I think it's work it. The keyboard pullouts themselves are crap, though. They require a great deal of effort to move and don't properly serve their purpose. Also, they have misread the plans by not building a door to the PC's CPU compartment. Although I could leave it, the idea was to conceal as many electronics as possible. I am working on some creative wiring to literally show 2 things on the surface: monitors.
- Fridge: Perhaps my most challenging obstacle was fixing the slew of problems that come associated with the fridge. The sized cabinet which contains the fridge was made lower than the other cabinets, and so it had it's own "fake floor." Don't ask me what that means, because I really have no idea. Whatever it is signficant of, the fridge required some problem solving to figure out that the magnetic sealing of the door contains a small pellet which, when placed at an angle, becomes stuck in the frame. The angle was due to the--suprise--fake floor! Well, who cares?
- TV: The television that I've ordered is expected to arrive on Monday, Nov 6 (my birthday), but currently the system wasn't built with the idea that a TV would sit on the cabinet. Actually--I'll be honest: it wasn't supposed to be a problem. The TV was going to be mounted on the wall, but given the difficulty of that task, the 'rents would like me to try out a non-mounted solution. As a result, they need to drill a hole so I can access the coaxial outlet on wall behing the fridge.
- DVD Storage: When I first received the proposal for the furniture, I wasn't really sure what the "DVD Storage" actually was. I figured that it would serve it's purpose: to hold a TV for bed viewing. Well, it does, but not completely. If it "stores" a DVD, don't you think they need to drill a hole to access the cords? These guys are so funny!
- Bedboard/Nightstands: I was also confused about this unit when I first read the proposal, but it has become clear. Actually, upon closer examination, the bedboard seems to just be a giant because of black-laminate wood. The nightstands are really great, though, because they appear to be attached to the board, forming one large and metro-looking bed. It came out very nice.
Go do that.
One LCD with Fries, Please!
0 Comments Published by Mr. Zwiggy on Thursday, November 02, 2006 at 9:36 PM.
Ready for some breaking news? Last night, I ordered my LCD television! Instead of blogging about it here, I've made a page dedicated to it on my abandoned Google Pages site. Yes--I could have just made a page myself, but sometimes a guy likes to use Google for, well--everything!
What are you waiting for?
Go to the LCD JOURNEY SITE
