he ebb and flow of my work and social meetings hit a high point last Friday, when I went to the Emeryville headquarters of Pixar. W00T.

Everything about the Pixar campus exudes the kind of whimsically-creative cool consistent with a studio that cranks out blockbuster after blockbuster. Sadly, the best displays are located on the second floor, where photography is forbidden, and thus I leave you with photos from the front lobby and whatever my zoom lens can capture from the ground level.

And tell me this isn't the cutest visitor badge ever (quote from those three-eyed vending-machine aliens from Toy Story):



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