Interesting Logo Redsigns by Comcast, RubyTuesday & Applebees

Underconsideration.com has a really sweet section of their site called “Brand New” where they look at brand changes and logo updates from large companies and websites.

Here’s a few that are pretty interesting:

COMCAST 

[Here is a fun one for the beginning of the holiday season. Sent in by a brand tipster — have I told you all already how much I love the tips? If not, well, let me be thankful for that this Thanksgiving — this is an almost impercebtible before/after of the Comcast logo. It is not uncommon to have logos redrawn for performance and legibility issues, but I am not convinced Comcast needed this treatment. Sure, the old "t" was ghastly, but still understandable, and I think I may like the old "s" better, although it looks like a transplant from Helvetica into Avenir, approximately typeguessing, as all the characters (old and new) feel customized.]  Read The Post

APPLEBEE’S

[There are a million restaurants out there, and of those millions thousands are national franchises. Of these, unfortunately, there aren't too many that really stand out — they all seem to blend together for some reason. Chili's, T.G.I. Friday's, Ruby Tuesdays (yes, they have a new logo too, to be reviewed here soon), and, the cause of this post, Appleebee's, are only a few of them. They all have roughly the same vast menu, same average price, and same lackluster service. Most of these places are so cookie-cutter from the decor to the menu, it's hard to differentiate between them. Close your eyes at any of them and take a sample of the food and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. But this is the exact thing Applebee's hopes to fix. Applebee's goal is to make a "special place for people to come together."]  Read The Post

RUBYTUESDAY

[Ruby Tuesday, the international restaurant chain known for its casual dining menu and impressive salad bar, has been implementing a new, “fresh” (a word emphasized over and over) identity over the past several months to coincide with an update of the brand’s interior. Gone are black- and white- checkered tablecloths and the hodge-podge of sports memorabilia that adorned the walls and were reminiscent of Applebee’s or TGI Friday’s In their place is a more upscale and elegant look and feel.] Read The Post

 It’s always interesting to see how companies rebrand themselves, have you seen any logo changes being made at companies that you shop at or eat at?

Who Owns the Holiday .com Domains?

Today I was reading Sahar Sarid’s post about Thanksgiving.com and I started to wonder who owns the the Holiday domain names. Granted, these are 1 day domains, or in the true sense, “seasonal” but during the right time of the year, they probably generate more PPC revenue than most domainer’s portfolios do over an entire year.

Christmas.com
GLobalAccess, a nice company that resides in the Isle of Man. They’ve got this one parked and have owned it since 1994-08-05.

Thanksgiving.com
Scott Day owns this one, registered on 1997-12-29, I’m sure that this domain had a great year this year!

Easter.com
Hallmark owns this great domain, perfect for a company that sells a lot of easter cards! Registered on 1998-03-14, this one was probably drop-caught at one point.

Halloween.com
This is a very interesting domain, looks like it has been owned since 1994-08-30 and it’s partially developed, the owner also owns halloween.biz, santaclaus.com, santaclaus.info, hurricane.com, PhoneBook.com, scholarships.net, thanksgiving.info, easter.biz, find.biz, court.com, diving.com, jacksonville.biz. Quite the Holiday Collection!

AprilFools.com
InfoSpace owns this one, it was registered on 1996-05-28. It seems to be a pseudo-parked page put together by InfoSpace.

NewYears.com
Domain Capital shows up as the owner in whois, but it looks like this domain is being used by CLUBPLANET, an end user. Originally registered on 1997-12-12.

MemorialDay.com
Jeff Reynolds, aka precision marketing owns this domain, registered on 1996-10-11, the site promotes AmericanFlags.com, which Jeff also owns AmericanFlags.com.

IndepenceDay.com
It was registered in 2004. I noticed that the .net/org/info/us arent taken yet.

LaborDay.com
Versimedia owns this domain, registered on 1997-08-10, it forwards to Greetingcards.com.

ColumbusDay.com
Versimedia also owns this domain, picked up on 1999-03-13.

VeteransDay.com
Versimedia scores again, registering this name on 1997-08-10, the same day as LaborDay.com.

MartinLutherKingJr.com
Its a name and a holiday, Frank Schilling owns this one, registered on 2002-05-23.

Hanukkah.com
Registered on 1997-10-23, this name is owned by Versimedia, which also owns GreetingCards.com and several ofther big domains.

And Finally…

Holidays.com
Owned by P. Gordon, owner of Getaway.com and UnitedStates.com.

Holiday.com
Registered on 1998-11-06 by Holiday.com, Inc. which is a Japanese Company, this domain is sort-of a parked/directory site.

Burj Dubai: Now the World’s Tallest Building

1,680 feet and 141 floors is what it took for the Burj Dubai tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) to become the world’s newest tallest tower.

13 feet is the margin between the Burj Dubai and the last record holder, the Taipai 101, which was 1,667 feet from ground level.

The Burj Dubai is under construction, but it isn’t public knowledge of how high it will go, thats being kept a secret.

Betta Fish: Live Betta Fish Care for Male & Female – Fish Tanks & Bowls

Betta fish Information & betta fish care for live betta fish.  This guide will tell you about female betta fish and male betta fish and how you can start breeding betta fish.  It will take careful set up for a betta fish bowl or betta fish tank to successfully raise healthy betta fish.  Betta fish are much different than other types of tropical fish such as the japanese koi fish.

All the Betta species are small fishes, but they vary considerably in size, ranging from under 2.5 cm (1 inch) total length in B. chanoides to 14 cm (5.5 inches) in the Akar betta (B. akarensis).  It’s really easy to care for a beta if you have the proper beta fish bowl of beta fish tank set up.  Breeding betta fish can be difficult since the female betta fish and male betta fish are hard to distinguish.  If you have a live betta fish you may want to have an expert take a look at your fish so that they can tell you how you can start breeding your betta fish.
Bettas are anabantoids, which means they can breathe atmospheric air thanks to a unique organ called the labyrinth. This accounts for their ability to thrive in low-oxygen water conditions that would kill most other fish, such as rice paddies, slow-moving streams, drainage ditches, and large puddles.

Beta Fish Varieties

The various bettas can be divided into two groups, based on their spawning behaviour: some build bubble nests, like B. splendens, while others are mouthbrooders, like B. picta. The mouthbrooding species are sometimes called “pseudo bettas”, and are sometimes speculated to have evolved from the nest-builders in an adaptation to their fast-moving stream habitats.

Beta Fish Classifications

The currently described Betta species can be grouped into “complexes” for conservation purposes. (This grouping of species makes no claim at representing a taxonomic reality.)

The complexes of the associated beta fish species are:

* Akarensis complex:
o Betta akarensis Regan, 1910 – Akar betta
o Betta antoni Tan & Ng, 2006
o Betta aurigans Tan & Ng, 2004
o Betta balunga Herre, 1940
o Betta chini Ng, 1993
o Betta ibanorum Tan and Ng, 2004
o Betta obscura Tan & Ng, 2005
o Betta pinguis Tan and Kottelat, 1998

* Albimarginata complex:
o Betta albimarginata Kottelat and Ng, 1994
o Betta channoides Kottelat and Ng, 1994

* Anabatoides complex:
o Betta anabatoides Bleeker, 1851 – giant betta

* Bellica complex:
o Betta bellica Sauvage, 1884 – slim betta
o Betta simorum Tan and Ng, 1996

* Coccina complex:
o Betta brownorum Witte and Schmidt, 1992
o Betta burdigala Kottelat and Ng, 1994
o Betta coccina Vierke, 1979
o Betta livida Ng and Kottelat, 1992
o Betta miniopinna Tan and Tan, 1994
o Betta persephone Schaller, 1986
o Betta rutilans Witte and Kottelat in Kottelat, 1991
o Betta tussyae Schaller, 1985
o Betta uberis Tan & Ng, 2006

* Dimidiata complex:
o Betta dimidiata Roberts, 1989
o Betta krataios Tan & Ng, 2006

* Edithae complex:
o Betta edithae Vierke, 1984

* Foerschi complex:
o Betta foerschi Vierke, 1979
o Betta mandor Tan & Ng, 2006
o Betta rubra Perugia, 1893 – Toba betta
o Betta strohi Schaller and Kottelat, 1989

* Picta complex:
o Betta falx Tan and Kottelat, 1998
o Betta picta (Valenciennes, 1846) – spotted betta
o Betta simplex Kottelat, 1994
o Betta taeniata Regan, 1910 – Borneo betta

* Pugnax complex:
o Betta breviobesus Tan and Kottelat, 1998
o Betta cracens Tan & Ng, 2005
o Betta enisae Kottelat, 1995
o Betta fusca Regan, 1910 – dusky betta
o Betta lehi Tan & Ng, 2005
o Betta pallida Schindler & Schmidt, 2004
o Betta prima Kottelat, 1994
o Betta pugnax (Cantor, 1849) – Penang betta
o Betta pulchra Tan and Tan, 1996
o Betta raja Tan & Ng, 2005
o Betta schalleri Kottelat and Ng, 1994
o Betta stigmosa Tan & Ng, 2005

* Splendens complex:
o Betta imbellis Ladiges, 1975 – crescent betta
o Betta mahachai Panitvong, Nonn, 2002 –
o Betta smaragdina Ladiges, 1972 – emerald green betta
o Betta splendens Regan, 1910 – Siamese fighting fish
o Betta stiktos Tan & Ng, 2005

* Unimaculata complex:
o Betta compuncta Tan & Ng, 2006
o Betta gladiator Tan & Ng, 2005
o Betta ideii Tan & Ng, 2006
o Betta macrostoma Regan, 1910 – spotfin betta
o Betta ocellata de Beaufort, 1933
o Betta pallifina Tan & Ng, 2005
o Betta patoti Weber and de Beaufort, 1922
o Betta unimaculata (Popta, 1905) – Howong betta

* Waseri complex:
o Betta chloropharynx Kottelat and Ng, 1994
o Betta hipposideros Ng and Kottelat, 1994
o Betta pi Tan, 1998
o Betta renata Tan, 1998
o Betta spilotogena Ng and Kottelat, 1994
o Betta tomi Ng and Kottelat, 1994
o Betta waseri Krummenacher, 1986

* unassigned:
o Betta apollon Schindler & Schmidt, 2006
o Betta bangka
o Betta bungbihn
o Betta ferox Schindler & Schmidt, 2006
o Betta sukadan

Japanese Koi Fish Pictures & Live Koi Fish

Koi fish have many different colors. Some of the major colors are white, black, red, yellow, blue, and cream. Japanese koi fish also come in many varieties.

Online you can find live koi fish, koi fish pictures, koi fish drawings, koi fish, koi fish 3d desktop, and koi fish for sale.  If you’re thinking of buying some koi fish, you will need a very large saltwater aquarium.  I would recommend at least a 55 gallon fish tank to keep your koi in.  Typically, the larger the fish tank, the larger your koi will get.

While possible variations are limitless, breeders have identified and named a number of specific categories. The most popular category is Gosanke. The Gosanke category is made up of the Kohaku, Taisho Sanshoku, and Showa Sanshoku varieties. The Japanese breeders have many generations of knowledge and experience when it comes to breeding and raising Nishikigoi. They know which ones will be worth hundreds of dollars and which ones will be worth thousands of dollars.

The major named varieties of koi fish include:

• Kohaku – a white-skinned Koi, with a red pattern
• Taisho Sanshoku (Sanke) – a white-skinned Koi with a red and black pattern
• Showa Sanshoku (Showa) – a black-skinned Koi with a red and white pattern
• Tancho – Any koi with the only red being in a circle on its forehead. The fish can be a Tancho Showa, Tancho Sanke, or even Tancho Goshiki
• Asagi – a Koi with light blue scales on its top and red scales on its bottom
• Shusui – the partially scaled version of an Asagi
• Bekko – a white, red, or yellow-skinned Koi with a black pattern
• Utsurimono – a black Koi with a red, white, or yellow pattern
• Goshiki – a mostly black Koi with red, white, brown, and blue accents
• Ogon – a Koi that is one solid color, can be regular or metallic; known colors – red, orange, platinum, yellow and cream
• Kin Gin Rin – a Koi with shiny scales. The name translates into English as “Gold Silver Scales” There are also Gin Rin versions of almost any other type of koi.
• Kawarimono (kawarigoi) – Miscellaneous types of Koi
• Doitsu-goi – German Carp
• Koromo – Koi with areas of blue-edged scales aligned neatly
• Hikari-Moyomono – Koi with coloured patterns over a metallic base, and koi in two metallic colours
• Ghost koi – “Hybrid” of Ogon and wild carp. Not Nishikigoi.
• Butterfly koi – Long-finned version of all others. Not Nishikigoi.

The common carp is widely believed to have originated from the Caspian Sea with natural habitat surrounding the North, Baltic, Mediterranean, Black, Azov, Caspian and Aral Sea basins. The common carp, as a food fish with the ability to survive and adapt to many different climates and waterways, was bartered and spread to many different areas, including North America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Wild populations of the common carp now exist in those four continents and South America.

Natural color mutations of these carp would have occurred across all populations. However, earliest records of carp with distinct colors have been found in Japan. Depictions of carp or ‘koi’ with different color variations have been found on 18th century Japanese drawings and paintings. The ornamental cultivation of carp originated in the Niigata region of Japan during the Japanese Edo Period.

Tropical Fish: Tanks, Aquariums and Pictures

Tropical fish include live tropical fish found in tropical environments around the world, including both freshwater tropical fish and salt water tropical fish species. Fishkeepers often use the term tropical fish to refer only those type of fish requiring fresh water, with saltwater tropical fish referred to as marine fish.

A picture of a koi fish

A Picture of Tropical Fish.

Tropical fish are popular aquarium fish , due to their often bright coloration. In freshwater fish, this coloration typically derives from iridescence, while salt water fish are generally pigmented.

Tropical fish kept for home aquaria include the following:
* Wild-caught specimens of tropical fish.
* Single-species tropical fish individuals born in captivity. The latter category includes lines selectively bred for special physical features, such as long fins, or particular colorations, such as albino.
* Hybrids of more than one species of tropical fish.

Recreational SCUBA divers are often enthusiasts of tropical fish as well. Some keep lists of fish species they have observed while diving, especially in tropical marine environments.

If you’re looking for tropical fish pictures, tropical fish for sale,freshwater tropical fish, tropical fish tanks, tropical fish aquarium there are many sources online where you can find these items.

Fish Tanks & Aquarium Fish Tanks

An aquarium or fish tank is typically a large glass enclosure consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Fishkeepers use aquariums to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, and aquatic plants. The term combines the Latin root aqua, meaning water, with the suffix -arium, meaning “a place for relating to”.

Fish tanks come in many sizes and shapes. Most commonly, you will find 25 Gallon Fish Tanks, 55 Gallon Fish Tanks, 75 Gallon Fish Tanks, 100 Gallon Fish Tanks, and 125 Gallon Fish Tanks. An aquarium can range from a small glass bowl containing less than a litre (34 fl.oz.) of water to immense public aquaria which can house entire ecosystems such as kelp forests. Larger aquaria are typically recommended to hobbyists due to their resistance to rapid fluctuations of temperature and pH, allowing for greater system stability.

Featured here is a 125 Gallon Fish Tank built into a Kitchen:

Reef aquaria under 100 litres (20 gal) have a special place in the aquarium hobby; these aquaria, termed nano reefs (when used in reefkeeping), have a small water volume.

Practical limitations of Aquarium Fish Tanks, most notably the weight (one litre of fresh water has a mass of 1 kilogram (8.3 lb gal-1), and salt water is even denser) and internal water pressure (requiring thick, strong glass siding) of a large aquarium, keep most home aquaria to a maximum of around 1 cubic metre in volume (1,000 kg or 2,200 lb). Some aquarists, however, have constructed aquaria of up to many thousands of litres.

Aquarium Fish Tanks within public Fish Tanks designed for exhibition of large species or environments can be dramatically larger than any home aquarium. The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, for example, features an individual aquarium of 7.7 million litres (2 million gallons). Sometimes you will find saltwater fish tanks being held up by a Fish Tank Stand. Essential components of a fish tank include fish tank filters.