cantbreak80
Maybe I need new clubs
Ya know how when you visit a website, that company’s advertisements show up on other websites that you visit? For example: If I look at Kleen-rite’s website, I get Kleen-rite advertising on most of the news sites that I visit. If I look at golf clubs on Taylormade’s website, I get Taylormade advertising.
In yesterday’s stop and go “Rush Hour” traffic, I glanced at a building under construction. An illuminated sign that was being installed caught my attention but I couldn’t quite read what it said. I glanced several more times as the traffic crept forward, and finally was able to see the entire sign: “OrangeTheory”. My new iPhone sounded a tone at that same moment.
“Odd name.” I thought. “I wonder what it means…and, what kind of business is that?”
Well, here’s the kicker: During this morning’s routine browsing, I bring up one of my local news website. Right away, an advert hits me in the eyes…”OrangeTheory”!!! It’s a fitness center!
So, how do they do this?? I’m thinking it’s a combination of technologies. There must be a transceiver/sensor on that new building’s sign that integrates with the new loop sensor that the DOT installed in the roadway. When I drove over the loop sensor my new Oakley Radarlock sunglasses equipped with their new Prizm Road lens activated and captured my eye movements which then transferred that info to my new iPhone6 via Bluetooth through my new Pioneer car stereo with it’s new GPS antenna on the roof of my new Ford Escape and finally to my new EMV chipped Mastercard in my pocket. Then, when I got home, my new Intel Core I5 Lenovo PC with a new Windows 10 installation and Mozilla’s new Firefox browser got synced. Voila! OrangeTheory Fitness Center’s ads pop up on my computer monitor.
I’m pretty sure that I’ve locked myself into this situation because I clicked on all those boxes that stated,
“I have read and accept all the terms of this User Agreement.” (I really didn’t read the User Agreements.)
My brother says “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean your real enemies aren’t out to get you.”
“Huh?”
In yesterday’s stop and go “Rush Hour” traffic, I glanced at a building under construction. An illuminated sign that was being installed caught my attention but I couldn’t quite read what it said. I glanced several more times as the traffic crept forward, and finally was able to see the entire sign: “OrangeTheory”. My new iPhone sounded a tone at that same moment.
“Odd name.” I thought. “I wonder what it means…and, what kind of business is that?”
Well, here’s the kicker: During this morning’s routine browsing, I bring up one of my local news website. Right away, an advert hits me in the eyes…”OrangeTheory”!!! It’s a fitness center!
So, how do they do this?? I’m thinking it’s a combination of technologies. There must be a transceiver/sensor on that new building’s sign that integrates with the new loop sensor that the DOT installed in the roadway. When I drove over the loop sensor my new Oakley Radarlock sunglasses equipped with their new Prizm Road lens activated and captured my eye movements which then transferred that info to my new iPhone6 via Bluetooth through my new Pioneer car stereo with it’s new GPS antenna on the roof of my new Ford Escape and finally to my new EMV chipped Mastercard in my pocket. Then, when I got home, my new Intel Core I5 Lenovo PC with a new Windows 10 installation and Mozilla’s new Firefox browser got synced. Voila! OrangeTheory Fitness Center’s ads pop up on my computer monitor.
I’m pretty sure that I’ve locked myself into this situation because I clicked on all those boxes that stated,
“I have read and accept all the terms of this User Agreement.” (I really didn’t read the User Agreements.)
My brother says “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean your real enemies aren’t out to get you.”
“Huh?”
