{"id":1294,"date":"2003-01-21T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-21T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2003-01-21T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2003-01-21T21:31:00","slug":"marketroids-pimping-segway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2003\/01\/21\/17\/31\/marketroids-pimping-segway\/","title":{"rendered":"Marketroids Pimping Segway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actually while reading the Segway story I noticed this Slashdot posting<\/a>:<\/p>\n

i use a segway ht to go 7+ miles per day, i given up a car, saved over $10,000 and i’ve even lost 10lbs with my extra time that i have each day to do more things like (exercise) as opposed to sitting in traffic. you can read about it here on my personal journal of owning a segway ht: http:\/\/www.bookofseg.com. today i hit 100 miles, it took about 14 days of commuting to hit that, i didn’t count other trips or previous commute trips so i could keep careful logs. for the first 100 miles or so, i personally saved about $582.00+ by using a segway ht, gave up a car and lost 10lbs. some things weren’t quantifiable, results may vary for others.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

This so obviously horseshit that I did some digging…<\/p>\n

WHOIS <\/a>on the obviously bogus-named bookofseg.com:
\n Organization:
\n phillip torrone
\n 424 second ave west
\n seattle, wa 98119
\n US
\n Phone: 206-XXX-XXXX
\n Email: phillip@flashenabled.com<\/p>\n

I note from a Google search that this is a Tony neighbourhood of Seattle, with one of “Puget Sound area’s largest advertising agencies” located at 424 second ave west<\/a>. So this seems like a hotspot for marketing companies.<\/p>\n

And then he goes and leaves his regular advertising site URL unmasked in the header: www.flashenabled.com<\/a>. Where he outs himself as a bigwig with Fallon Worldwide. And spends a lot of time pimping PocketPC gadgets. Which makes sense if you’re in Seattle, that close to Microsoft I guess.<\/p>\n

Some of our other clients include; BMW of North America, Citibank, EDS, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Holiday Inn, International Truck and Engine Corp., Lee Jeans, Microsoft, Nikon, Nordstrom, Nuveen Investments, PBS, Ralston Purina, Timberland, Timex, and United Airlines.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

So the article was written in obviously dumb marketing buzzwords futzed around a bit to look “cool” and “hip” and “with it”. The same 206-XXX-XXXX phone number is re-used for the POCKETPCMAGIC.COM<\/a> website, registered to phillip torrone 627 broadway suite 504 new york, NY 10012. There are other interesting websites<\/a> operating from this nice Manhattan location<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Actually while reading the Segway story I noticed this Slashdot posting: i use a segway ht to go 7+ miles per day, i given up a car, saved over $10,000 and i’ve even lost...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t