Category: Personal

For anyone who’s ever played Katamari Damacy, I give you this.

Update: For other online game fun, check out this game based on recent events.

I am a huge fan of laws like California’s requiring the disclosure of unauthorized access to personal information. Disclosure laws like this, rather than mandates and voluntary codes of conduct, would work wonderfully to improve data security. What company wants to send letters to their customers informing them they lost control of personal information like address, credit cards, and other key items?

Replies like this one to my post on Budak Pantai remind me that I really do need to check out the comments for posts that drop off the main page. After all, in this hyperconnected world it appears people really DO read this web site.

No, not THAT kind.

The Coca Cola company announced they were ending sales of several lines of Coke products, sending dozens of adults eager for the onset of type II diabetes in to insulin shock.

Not to worry, though, as they will soon have new products to fill the gap.

Vanilla Coke, Vanilla Diet Coke and Diet Coke With Lemon are to be replaced by Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke and Black Cherry Vanilla Coke in the US.

Updated due to spelling error.

By the way, the roads still suck around central NJ, with some nice snow, ice, and slushy patches throughout the area. Tomorrow morning’s ride to work will be a blast if this isn’t cleaned up in time.

I don’t care what anyone says, I still love the Olympics.

RU knocks off UConn in Connecticutt to take over first place in the Big East in women’s basketball. Woo-hoo!

So, admittedly, I missed some sections of the Superbowl last night, especially a large 45 minute section around halftime. But from what I saw (much of the same in commercial terms as B-Dawg, there isn’t much to say.

The commercials this year were weak, especially when gauged against the all important chatter quotient. Around the “water cooler” the participants in the annual Monday morning quarterback routine were all scrounging to remember any half decent commercials. To that end, I’ll give my list.

Most Bizarre: The Burger King Whopperettes
Most Annoying: The Cadillac Escalade
Most Forgettable-but-still-Halfway Decent: Degree Stunt City
The beer commercial that made me laugh out loud: Magic refrigerator tied with the beer hidden around the office for motivational purposes
Favorite “Celebrity” Usage in a non-movie commercial: Jackie Chan for Diet Pepsi
Commercial that reminded me most of my love for monkeys: Careerbuilder.com in the commercial with the sales graph.
Best commercial not featuring spoken english: Fedex
The commercial that reminded us why we are in this purgatory of poor commercials: GoDaddy.com.

Some fascinating insight in to how personal guarantees are enforced in Japan.

Because, honestly, why not?