Monster.com ad

[Jenny Levine]

	There's a silly new type of ad vying for your attention now.  Monster.com has
implemented an animated "monster" that walks across your screen and says "You
the monster" before disappearing into a standard banner ad in the corner.  It
makes the Web seem even more like television (sigh).  You can see it at
http://www.lycos.com/computers/, but make sure you're watching because I can
only get it to appear once without monkeying with my browser settings (a good
thing).  It's called a "shoshkele" and a little more info is availabe at
http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/daily/02/021601/animated_ads.html.
	If only they used their powers for good instead of evil (why can't it say
something useful??)....

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Jenny Levine				125 Tower Drive
Internet Development Specialist		Burr Ridge, IL 60521
Suburban Library System			+1 (630) 734 5141
http://www.sls.lib.il.us/		levinej at sls.lib.il.us
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