AJAX: ajaxwrite on the web

AjaxWrite promises MS Word-like functionality in a web app. Very neat.

creating ideas

Wow. So the Winnie-The-Pooh business continues. Amazingly. We thought the point had been made, but we guess not. Another WTP pic appeared on the company fridge last week. When it was uncermoniously replaced with the building’s new parking lot rules, it took up residence on the lower door. Which we all know is the spot of disgrace for refrigerator art. Alas. But then a brand-new fresh-from-the-printer one appeared on the door to the hallway that leads to the restroom. And that was nice, too. Yes, Winnie the Pooh does oversee everything. And don’t we all feel better for knowing that?

Today we have been loving a movie made by the good people at belief, a studio in Santa Monica, CA. They made a movie about the desk’s relationship to creativity. It is called The Common Desk, and it’s a playful, insightful look at creating a workspace that will help fuel creative ideas.

Perhaps the WTP pranksters should redo their desks.

Ya know what would be a good prank? Free tacos for everyone. With salsa, and guac, but no cheese. That’s what we are all about.

some people

Some people get their kicks working in mystery and spreading fear. Back where we come from, if you had something to say, you said it.

Edit: We are famous. Turns out some yucksters at the office had nothing better to do than check out a 5-year-old pictures of us from the Mirror Project. Wow. Gee, we had no idea we were so interesting to you.

In fact, the joke was so obscure (Internet years are like dog years, you know), that we had no idea they were quoting us. Until they realized they would have to explain it by writing our alias. And then we had to look up the line. If you have to explain the joke…. Nevertheless, we are touched. This is like an after-school special.

Good guys

penn jillette: the rock

Through one of those weird internetty trails of story to story to page to page, we found out that Penn Jillette has a podcast. We dig it.

The podcast is a snippet of his 1-hour daily radio show (very annoying setup to actually listen, but that’s corporate America for you; have to know the demographic) — 1-2pm Central — from a station in NYC (though he lives in and broadcasts from Las Vegas. It’s maaaaagic!). We don’t mind so much. Another of our favorite podcasts, Studio360, does the snippet thing, too. And, after tuning in to the actual broadcast, man oh man are we glad we just get the 10-19 minute snippet! That radio station is noi-sy!

Anyway, we are enjoying his podcast. During a recent show, we found that he did a series of Ford commercials with little tricks in them, most famously is the balls in cups trick, except done with clear glass cups. We never saw the commercials live, of course. So, again, in one of those oddball internetty ways of the world, we had to find them online. And thus, theoretically, pay to see what we are getting for free. Whoever can figure out that economic system will win a Nobel Prize.

YouTube has all the commercials. Including the balls in cups one that got Penn and Teller kicked out of the Magic Castle in LA.