best ad ever?

My friend Eric reminded me of this commercial, which aired during the 2002 Winter Olympics.

A beautiful score (by Jonathan Elias) and talented editing seamlessly link the various activities together as sport. The overall effect of the piece is that it really captures the variety and accessibility of sports, and I think this is one of the most moving ads I’ve ever seen.

the web, without the ads

I just learned of a Firefox Plugin that cleans up the look, feel, and experience of the web. Adblock plus blocks those annoying advertisements that show up on just about every .com website.

Check out the difference between loading the NYTimes before and after installing the ad blocker.

before and after shots below

con_ads.jpg

sin_ads.jpg

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