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It's the Weekly What? for Friday, April 20th.
April Showers bring......Acute bouts of cabin fever. Seriously, we're developing webs between our toes. And fingers. All this rain! Rain, rain, rain. Rain, rain, rain! Annnnd rain rainy rain-rain. Next week we're boxing up all the monkeys (and their Smith-Coronas) and relocating to Palm Springs or someplace warm, dry, and sunny. Or maybe we'll just buy a new MacBook and sit around and smell it. Hey, don't mind us, we're just going stir crazy. While we do, take a perfunctory look-see at this fine newsletter and then head on over to our Facebook page and leave an answer to the Weekly What? question: "What's your 'Special Ability'?" (Invisibility? Super-strength? You make a killer souffle? You can make sushi rolls with the rice on the outside??) Also: Don't forget that we've got lots and lots of extra stuff to help you postpone working on that report you've got going in Microsoft Word. You're welcome. 
Coffee and a donut?Sorry, but your battery-acid coffee and stale donuts just don't make it. Don't you wish you had a "Cereal Bar" at your office just like the lucky ducks at Pixar Animation do? Just imagine: A row of cereal dispensers stretching as far as the eye can see (almost). Got the munchies? Hit the Cereal Bar! Need a late-afternoon carb boost? Cereal Bar!! Yeah... you go ahead and enjoy that mummified donut. Cheers! We think it's time for some Monkey Chow and soy milk!! >> All we can say is RIP "The King."Sorry, not "The King" but the Burger King "The King." You know, that somewhat creepy mascot with the oversized grinning plastic head. Burger King has apparently made something of a big mess of its brand and everybody in the advertising world is just standing around watching as the fast food company flounders around in the tar pit of brand doom. A rope, someone? Anyone? Take off, Subservient Chicken. >> Need a new letterhead design?It's inevitable. A letterhead can stand for only so long before it looks old and stale and out of touch. For your inspiration, we present this wonderful gallery of incredible letterhead designs. Seek out the DNA of your new design from among these classics. Remember: Inspiration, not plagiarism! >> Three art shows in one! What a deal!You don't often find value like this in gallery shows! Wow! Pay once, see all the funky, crazy-color art on the walls (just everywhere, man!), flip a switch, change the light and pow! Everything changes! Seriously though, the images are overlaid in one of three primary colors (red, green, or blue). Under normal light the layers of images all blend together into a colorful jumble, but under correspondingly colored lights (technical term, that), each layer is clearly revealed. The effect is fantastic. Go see! >> Tonsorial time out!Can you recognize these iconic hair styles? Unfortunately the wearer's name is in the lower right corner — don't look! — so you'll be on your honor. How many can you recognize without "cheating"? (Squint a little, maybe.) Who are they? >> Old Computer Junk Craft Time!If you're anything like us, you've got a trove of ancient compact Macs: The original, the 512, the Plus, SE, etc. It gets to a point you've made as many "Macquariums" as you can practically use, right? Then what? Well, here's something we haven't seen: converting a compact Mac into a backpack! To hold things! It's the "Macpack!" You could use it to carry around your Newton collection! >> Psst, we've got a secret to tell...Didja know that Microsoft Word really sucks? What? You did?? Oh. Um. Well, did you hear the one about the only Microsoft product that doesn't suck? The MS vacuum cleaner? Oh ha ha! Hey, don't blame us — there's only so much we can do with a nerd-rage article. It's an interesting read if for nothing other than the notion that we're not reading as much stuff on paper as we used to and thus don't really need a word-processor created to put words on paper. Software drama. Jeesh. >> Interface to face...Facebook, LinkedIn, Skype, IM, blah blah blah. Hey, all that stuff is great for working in your jammies, but it's still pretty important that you not quit bathing altogether. First, it's way easier to have a three martini lunch when you're with associates, clients, customers, vendors, etc. Second, you can actually communicate tons more in person than you can via email, chat or even Skype. No one can see your awesome shoes on Skype. >> Finally, Eau De MacintoshRemember opening up the box of a brand-spanking-new Mac? Ah, we love the smell of long-chain monomers in the morning... as we remove the latest iGadget from it's cocoon of styrofoam. A group of Australian artists have recreated that particular scent for an exhibition, but unfortunately have no plans to produce and sell the "fragrance." "Stink Different," indeed! >> Share the fun with a friend! It's easy, just click the "Forward email" link below. They'll be glad you did! |
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