Archive for January, 2009, click title to see full post

Man robs bank wearing Groucho Glasses

January 26th, 2009 @ 10:13 am by zymetric

According to a NY Times article from this Saturday, on Jan. 16th a 71year old financial advisor robbed a bank in New York wearing a pair of groucho glasses. There is a picture of the actual glasses here.
“This wasn’t exactly an ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ kind of crime,” Lt. Eric Johansen of the Peekskill Police Department [...]

Poop Calendars almost gone

January 26th, 2009 @ 10:04 am by zymetric

Speaking of fake dog poop, we only have a few cases of 2009 poop calendars left. There is only a relatively few number of these calendars printed each year and then they are gone. So, if you want one now is the time to act. Trust us, you aren’t going to find [...]

How to make realistic fake poop: Video

January 23rd, 2009 @ 2:07 pm by brian

This is the best poop-making video demonstration I think I have seen. And I am not ashamed to say that, given my line of work I have seen more than a few. Ok you are right that has nothing to do with work.
The background music is a little annoying but that is easy [...]

From the ZymTV vault: Inflatable Judy

January 12th, 2009 @ 4:03 pm by zymetric

About a year and a half ago or so, we shot a series of weekly product chats. Like many of our videos these were shot mostly for our own entertainment. They were all unscripted and some turned out funnier than others, but be it audio problems or otherwise we never published any of [...]

When must you update your website copyright?

January 10th, 2009 @ 3:03 pm by brian

At what point should you update your copyright to 2009? Our store copyright updated automatically at Midnight, but that’s because were’ anal-retentive and used a tiny bit of code. But we didn’t think to update the copyright here until today.
Obviously most people would take a website that is showing a 2007 or worse, [...]

Blogging in 2009

January 9th, 2009 @ 2:46 pm by zymetric

While many e-commerce companies and other organizations are just now getting into the blogging thing, and countless other companies have since stopped posting completely because they realized nobody actually reads company blogs — we are just getting started.
In 2008 we published 135 posts, compared to 26 in 2007, and in 2009 our fifth year at [...]

Dribble Glass on Jeopardy!

January 8th, 2009 @ 12:38 pm by zymetric

Last night’s episode of Jeopardy (1/6/09) featured S.S. Adam’s dribble glass as a $1000 video question.
We weren’t able to get any video but did manage to snag this really bad screenshot from a cellphone. (left)
The answer read, in full:

S.S. Adams was not just a prankster, but a businessman & got a patent for this, [...]

Can you keep a fart in a jar?

January 7th, 2009 @ 12:19 pm by zymetric

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? What is the meaning of life, and why are we all here? Where do burps come from? If you fart in a jar how long will it stay fresh? These are just a few of the questions that have plagued us all at [...]

How does a backwards clock work?

January 5th, 2009 @ 11:51 am by zymetric

What people don’t realize is that backwards clocks actually keep accurate time. The numbered hours are of course backwards, but the hours & seconds hand move counter-clockwise to, well, counter that. The novelty clock makes for a great illusion & also helps kids with time.
We shot a short time-lapsed video below, which explains [...]