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		<title>ConnectMe has Balls of Steel.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cellar Image of the Day Urban Dictionary, ever the source of mental amusement, defines Balls of Steel as Extreme Courage or Manliness. Alternatively, you could go with Extreme Stupidity, depending on the situation at hand. In this regard, we have a newcomer to the field that both FijiLive and Fiji Village hold sway over. ConnectMe [...]]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gkVKvAn5MbU/SD6Wpv5JYUI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/QuFDhvYTzQA/s1600-h/monk-kick-balls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gkVKvAn5MbU/SD6Wpv5JYUI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/QuFDhvYTzQA/s400/monk-kick-balls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205763863261831490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=5410">Cellar Image of the Day</a><br /></span></span></div>
<p><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=balls+of+steel">Urban Dictionary</a>, ever the source of mental amusement, defines Balls of Steel as <span style="font-style: italic;">Extreme Courage or Manliness. </span>Alternatively, you could go with <span style="font-style: italic;">Extreme Stupidity</span>, depending on the situation at hand.</p>
<p>In this regard, we have a newcomer to the field that both <a href="http://www.fijilive.com/">FijiLive</a> and <a href="http://www.fijivillage.com/">Fiji Village</a> hold sway over. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.connectme.com.fj">ConnectMe</a> is <a href="http://www.connect.com.fj/">Connect&#8217;s</a> new baby, and with the opening of their website, have released a set of adverts both on tv and print.</p>
<p>Their short 15 seconder (is it?) TVC&#8217;s are funny, but it&#8217;s their print adverts that gets my attention. Here is a scan of their advert that appeared recently in the media papers:</p>
<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gkVKvAn5MbU/SD6R2v5JYSI/AAAAAAAAAZo/YSu0jxIYcs0/s1600-h/ConnectMe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gkVKvAn5MbU/SD6R2v5JYSI/AAAAAAAAAZo/YSu0jxIYcs0/s400/ConnectMe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205758589041991970" border="0" /></a><br />Quite the ad isn&#8217;t it? They might have well just sent this for print instead and posted the same message:</p>
<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gkVKvAn5MbU/SD6SuP5JYTI/AAAAAAAAAZw/q5BCdT8LTug/s1600-h/ConnectMe2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gkVKvAn5MbU/SD6SuP5JYTI/AAAAAAAAAZw/q5BCdT8LTug/s400/ConnectMe2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205759542524731698" border="0" /></a><br />Either they&#8217;re so drunk with power that they don&#8217;t mind making print papers look bad, or someone has a funny bone from watching too many episodes of <span style="font-style: italic;">Seinfield</span> and thinks that everyone will find this funny. The annoying part about this ad is that they&#8217;re quite right. Newspapers are fast becoming &#8216;yesterdays&#8217; news, so to speak. The internet has brought in a whole new ball game, and it remains to be seen just how the print media will fare against hordes of overnight bloggers, the nth &#8216;connectme&#8217; website, and online only newsgroups.</p>
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