Found two neat Flash gimmicks today that I thought I would share.

First off is “The Ultimate Showdown” at this link :
http://uploads.ungrounded.net/285000/285267_ultimateshowdown.swf (Might need to cut-n-paste the URL as HTTP Referer’s seem to be blocked). Sponsored by the folks at FlashPortal, it’s a catchy song about the the ultimate showdown between “good buys, bad guys, and explosions”, complete with a tribute to Chuck Norris.

The second neat find is PocketMod: The free Disposable personal organizer. It’s essentially a flash-tool for creating a simple organizer with scheduling, lists, and contact info, and then printing it on a plain 8.5×11 sheet of paper and folding it into a neat easy-to-use form. It’s a clever, albeit simple product, but it’s a clean and neat design that I might even try out a time or two. Let’s face it: Like they say on the website, real PDA’s are fragile and expensive when just pen-and-paper will do. Most people, myself included, just lack the discipline to effectively organize things on paper, and this helps.