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The Seattle PI has an interesting news story in which a street racer was busted and slapped in the face with a $1,300 fine after publishing a video on YouTube.

Police took up pursuit in cyberspace after a young Norwegian posted on the Internet video of his wild car driving. Following an electronic trail that he left online, police caught him and slapped him with real-life fine $1,300.

The Norwegian, identified only as a man in his early 20s, posted the video called “Driving in Norway” on Google Inc.’s popular video-sharing site YouTube. The recording showed the car’s speedometer hitting up to 150 miles - 240 kilometers - per hour on a public highway near Oslo.�

“We’re touching 240,” a voice could be heard saying. “We know it will do it. This is a little nice.” The video was removed from the Web site after it made national news in Norway last week

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Apparently Wal-Mart’s public affairs guy gets around. Only recently after I posted an article on the Nazi t-shrits that were showing up in Wal-Mart’s stores did I just receive this email from their PR guy.

Good morning. My name is Marshall Manson. I work for Edelman doing online public affairs for Wal-Mart. I noticed your post about the t-shirts that Wal-Mart is selling. I wanted to make sure you saw the company’s statement about this and knew that Wal-Mart is now removing the t-shirts from its stores. Obviously, with a company as big as Wal-Mart, that may take a day or two. The statement is just below. If you would like to discuss anything, feel free to respond to this message.

Statement from Wal-Mart:

We were not aware of the origins of the image until this morning when we learned about it through the blog Bent Corner.

We are deeply sorry that this happened, and we are in the process of pulling all of these t-shirts from our stores.

Respect for the individual is a core value of our company and we would never have placed this t-shirt on our shelves had we known the origin and significance of this emblem.

We are reviewing our product review process in an effort to ensure this never happens again.

Two new exciting websites were brought to my attention today. I’ve always been a sucker for a good candy wrapper package from the 80’s and even earlier. A new website called the “Candy Wrapper Museum” was launched to showcase the collection of wrappers dating back to 1977 when the collecting began. You’ll find interesting classics, critters, faces, celebs, foreign, and holidaze wrappers.

Another great website to tide yourself over the weekend is “The Ad Feed“. This website is a series of RSS feed headlines from the following websites all rolled into one page: Ad Age, AdWeek, AdRants, AdFreak, NYTimes, Agenda Inc., and several others. There are even podcasts, tv spots, and daily print ads from around the web all showcased.

You’ll notice Caffeine Markeitng now has “Business Etiquette, Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing (Google Adsense, Etc.) and Commercials” on the top navigational menu.

These sections are actually sub-domains of Caffeine Marketing and will feature articles written by me for all of you. I am hoping this will make the very “hectic” world of our caffeinated website and put a leash on it. In other words, you will be able to easily find what you are looking for by clicking on one of the cute Web 2.0 icons on the top of our website that will navigate you throughout the sections.

NEW SITE STRUCTURE

Caffeine Marketing - Used for marketing news. Your morning roast.

Affiliate - Used for Google Adsense & Adwords, Yahoo, MSN Adcenter, and other informational articles.

Commercials - Daily commercials ranging from the weird, the political, the racy, and the freshest.

Internet - Internet marketing and search engine optimization for the experienced webmaster.

Etiquette - The boring but very resourceful section. Everyone in the world of marketing needs a refresher course on business etiquette here and there so read up and read often.

Each has it’s own RSS feed. I am working on getting each one burned by FeedBurner tomorrow morning. So sign up for the category you want or sign up for them all tomorrow.

Bike Portland points out that a former Starbucks manager, Fabian Mills, was told by his district manager that is was unprofessional and against company policy to ride his bike to work and meetings. Mr. Mills was then transferred to another store 16 miles away. Maybe they relocated Mr. Mills to encourage him to go and buy a car. With the salary Starbucks pays, I’m not suprised Mr. Mills could not afford a car or insurance. Mr. Mills has thus quit his job with Starbucks.

Here’s the headlines courtesy of my alternative site that’s always a good laugh or an interesting read for a Friday.

How To Have A Lucid Dream
How To Beat A Speeding Ticket
Cunt Coloring Book (1950’s Tragedy)
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (Video)
New Orleans Girlfriend Becomes Stew
12 Year Old Blind From Egging
Piscassos Le Reve Destroyed
The Crocodile Stingray Strikes Again
The Worst Halloween Costumes
Kings Of MySpace Rap Video (Video)
Redneck Truck Surfing (Video)
Brothers Die In Wasp Attack

Ivan, the developer behind the infamous “Ads of The World” website, has created a new site called Advert Lover. The concept design behind the new site hovers around the popular idea of social networking. Like YouTube, Advert Lover users are able to upload their favorite advertisements and vote for their favorites.

As some of you might know, Caffeine Marketing found a new home for more of the “silly-happenings” in the world today. Below you’ll find a few links to today’s articles from MadWeird.com

Dennis Green of Arizona Cardinals Flips Out At Press Conference
Use Google Search Without Ads
Map Of The Simpsons Springfield
Coast Guard Mounts Machine Guns In Great Lakes
Google Creates Largest Solar Powered Campus
Bill Murray Does Dishes At College Party
Nintendo Streaky Panties
Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman’s Lawyer Jailed
One Button Air Monkey Game
Roy Williams Hit Hard On Kevin Walters� �

Design entusiast and Thunderdog founder Tristan Eaton decorated advertising agency BBH’s new headqueaters in Tribecca. The nice touch to spice up what looks like an otherwise ordinary white walled office.

MadWeird.com will be coming soon. It’s going to a side project of this web site and feature the following daily weird stuff news: Album Covers, Aliens, Animals, Art, Beer, Camera Tricks, College, Comics, Fashion, Food, Furniture, Miscellaneous, Newspaper, Signs, Sports, and Sports Cards.

I felt CaffeineMarketing.com was departing from the informationally rich articles I used to write over the summer and that depature was getting addictive. MadWeird.com will be a home for all those “What If Men Had Breasts” type things I can’t help but share on this site. Look for it soon.

Well isn’t this a site for sore eyes. We all know that with Google Maps you can scour the world looking at your own house or your neighbors from outerspace. But no one would’ve predicted seeing a giant bug on our planet!

Discovered at Google Sightseeing, this real bug was caught in a map of Germany when zoomed in on the German landscape.

Now I really wish I worked at the Red Bull Corporate Office. Their corporate office is insanely decorative and just screams “techno-advanced.” Click the picture below for additional pics. The new Red Bull Headquarters was recently opened in London. The designers of the project, Jump Studios, said “The stunning interior generates adrenalin and a sense of dynamic excitement, emotions associated with the Red Bull brand and its various activities.”

Circuit City’s customer call center hotline will be moving to cut costs. The new location will not having running water on their busiest day,Â� Sunday. In addition, the privacy of their 3 foot desks will be removed with the removal of cubicle dividers.

Everybody loses when these changes go up. The heartless bastards calling Circuit City’s toll free hot-line only to complain about a surcharge on their credit card will care little about the person on the other side of the phone. If this sort of thing becomes common, as it once was when I worked as a telemarketer, everyone truly loses. The person on the other line will eventually evolve “Rashanhasanmobili” the immigrant from who-knows-where with a thick accent who cannot properly answer your questions and consistently read only from his preapred frequently asked questions response sheet. All this while a slave lord drums heavily over their shoulder. Do you think this abused employee will be willing to cut you some slack on your problems? The Consumerist