Gary Coleman will augment anyone's reality

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I'm not easily surprised, but an "augmented-reality" campaign, starring Gary Coleman, celebrating the 25th anniversary of Canadian french-fry chain New York Fries … I must admit, I didn't see that coming. Now that I have seen it, I wish I hadn't. We get a Facebook app that plops a tiny 3-D Gary (even tinier than the real Gary, obviously) onto your desktop, where he predicts your future freshness. Uh huh. The full-size version of the ad shown here has the headline, "After 25 years some things are still fresh."

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