The Great Donut Debate? (and Embedded Polls)

Morning folks -- in a strange coincidence (or is it conspiracy?), two of my cow-orkers independently brought donuts this morning -- Krispy Kremes and Dunkin' Donuts:

Which do my AOL cow-orkers prefer? Let's see:

However, this picture here doesn't tell the whole story -- in fact, it tells a completely wrong story, since cow-orker Chris brought three boxes of Krispy Kremes (I guess that makes him "Krispy Kreme cow-orker Chris"), and that's the second box you see there (which is mostly gone at this point, from what I hear).

I like both kinds of donuts, having grown up with Dunkin Donuts (good coffee, too), and being introduced to Krispy Kreme in college, so of course, I had one of each. Though I might have another Krispy Kreme to see what a few seconds in the microwave will do (Chris says they were hot, right off the line, when he bought them).

[Update: 11:53am: I forgot to mention that AOL Money & Finance blogger Hilary Kramer blogged about Krispy Kreme's stock back in May -- Krispy Kreme had gone public with a hot stock offering back in 2000, but they've hit a few bumps since then, so she marked it as one of her "Stocks to Sell."

Also, I have a stomachache right now. -- Joe]

Anyway, here's your chance to weigh in on yet another round of the Great Donut Debate; cast your vote in the poll and leave a comment with your rationale:

The ability to embed user-created polls in AOL Journals entries is a feature that's still in beta. You can play with it right now, though there isn't a clean, easy-to-use interface around it, so you are warned:

1. Go to your Journal in beta (add "beta." to the front of your Journal's address -- for example, http://beta.journals.aol.com/journalseditor/magicsmoke )
   
   
2. Create or edit a Journal Entry. You'll see a link that says "Add a Poll." A poll creation window will pop up -- give your poll a title, ask a question, and provide poll choices. When you're done, click create, and it will generate a poll URL (like http://my.polls.aol.com:80/ui/showPoll.do?pollID=2_898&style=blue)
   
   Copy that poll URL -- this is the URL that you will be including in your Journal entry, using an IFRAME (which is like a window you cut into a Web page that shows content from another Web page.
   
   
3. In your Journal entry, switch to HTML editing view (that is, make sure the pulldown menu on the left side of the formatting toolbar that says "View as" reads "HTML", not "Text")
   
   
4. Add an IFRAME, using the IFRAME HTML tags -- for example, here's what I used, which is kind of the bare minimum:
   <iframe src="http://my.polls.aol.com:80/ui/showPoll.do?pollID=2_898&amp;style=blue" height="280"></iframe>
   
   

As I said, we don't have an easy-to-use interface for this yet, which
is why it's a beta, so you will need to play around with the IFRAME
tags to make your poll (and poll results) display properly. Here are
the AOL
Search results for "iframe tag" that pull up resources
& tutorials on how to use IFRAMES.

Thanks -- Joe

Tags: cow-orker, dunkin donuts, krispy kreme, aol journals, Embedded Polls, Journals Beta