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David in New York sent this, from outside the Wieden + Kennedy offices there. Metro's a new newspaper. Chris Noonan's a media planner/buyer at Wieden. I'd find this kind of specific targeting a bit spooky. It's what everyone tells us is the future, with smart posters and bluetooth and all that. But I think it'll just lead to a world where we can tune out our own name like we can tune out most marketing. Which would be inconvenient.
I'd like to direct your attention to an absolutely splendid organisation. The History of Advertising Trust. A group of wonderfully eccentric archivists and librarians busily preserving the detritus of one of the most ephemeral and disposable industries there is. Most of their archive is stored in old Nissin huts in Norfolk, but they're rapidly getting stuff online, and it's stuff you can't find anywhere else. I especially love the Wilfred M Freyer archive. Be fantastic to see illustrations like this being done today.
A friend of mine in New York sent me this. It puzzles us both.
This site (via things) reminded me of my previous life as an internet pioneer. (I especially remember presenting at an internet conference in 95/96 with a little line at the bottom of a chart saying 'How many divisions has Ivan Pope?', possibly the smallest, most obscure joke ever.)
One big moment was gathering in a boardroom at Sun's offices in London. There were all kinds of UK internet gurus gathered there, in hushed expectation, not quite sure what we were going to see. There was a little bit of blather, then they loaded a webpage and this little character appeared on the screen and STARTED WAVING. We couldn't believe it. It was astonishing. 
(I still don't know enough about Java to actually make it wave here.) Living through the mass arrival of the internet was strange. My son will look at me in complete bemusement when I talk about dialling up. And he'll probably never hear that strange logging-on, hand-shaking sound you used to get out of a modem.