Month: August 2007

I saw this commercial a while ago and have been meaning to post it once I found a video clip. It’s for Extra Supermint chewing gum, but given this ad they might as well go ahead and call it Chewphoria:

Love it. The guy has all the right moves … until he walks through the metal detector. OK, fine, it’s adorkable. The commercial was produced by Energy BBDO, and the song and the tag were composed specifically for it by Spank Music and Sound Design.

Speaking of music and airports, see also the video for Maroon 5’s “Makes Me Wonder“:

Air travel isn’t glamorous anymore, but at least we can dream (about Adam Levine, too).

While that doesn’t look like any airport I’ve been to lately, you can approximate the feel at that tunnel at the Detroit airport. Lastly, I couldn’t leave the title of this entry without mentioning Brian Eno: Music for Airports.

OK, let’s try this LiveJournal connection again. I’m trying out a new Movable Type plug-in, CrossPoster, to mirror my MT posts onto my otherwise dormant LiveJournal account. CrossPoster’s output isn’t customizable (unlike an older, but non-MT 4.0-compatible plug-in, MTLJPost), so it’s pretty basic for now. I’ll still keep comments consolidated at rebelprince.com, but you can now log in and comment using your identity from any of the Six Apart services, including LiveJournal, if you so choose.

Beach Howl

Originally uploaded by ARKNTINA

Congratulations to RK! He won second place in this year’s Washington Post Travel Photo Contest with this photo taken at St. Simons Island, Georgia. I love the composition of the shot and of course the expression on the dog. Hoowwl!

» See also the Post article and photo gallery.

There’s been some buzz in the Bay Area over the the new SFO-based airline Virgin America, which finally began flying on Wednesday, and I have to admit I’m kind of excited about it. Thom and I are going to Rufus Wainwright’s Judy Garland concert at the Hollywood Bowl next month, and a few days ago we booked our plane tickets on Virgin America. They were having an introductory fare sale of $44 each way for SFO-LAX; some of the other airlines had matched the fare, but being an aviation junkie I think it will be neat to check out the new kid on the block.

My blog has been running on Movable Type for a few years now, and recently I upgraded to the latest release candidate of MT 4.0, which is a big leap from 3.x, with a new interface and added features. So far, so good. That’s what’s going on behind the scenes. In front of the scenes, you’ve probably noticed (if you’re not reading this in an RSS reader) the new look. Since the 4.0 templates incorporate many new elements, I decided to just scrap the old ones and start over with the defaults. I’ll be customizing them here and there, so hopefully it won’t look too cookie-cutter-ish for too long.

By the way, I’m writing this from Nani’s Coffee in San Francisco. I’ve been here a few times before and like the place; the owners are friendly, and there seem to be several regulars. Although I work mostly from home, it’s nice once in a while to get out and work from a café that has free wi-fi. This place is conveniently located near Thom’s office, so I rode into the city with him this morning, and then walked over to Nani’s and worked for a few hours. Then Thom and I met up for lunch at Hukilau, a nearby Hawaiian restaurant. Afterwards I did some window shopping at the mall across the street and then came back to Nani’s for a latte and to finish up more work. For a home-based employee like me, it’s a nice antidote to cabin fever!