I know some of you have noticed that’s it’s been a bit difficult to find me lately. Well here I am, barely, where ever this is. See I recently switched web hosts and it threw my online world into complete chaos.

So far I’m liking the functionality I get with my new host, site5, except for one thing. My blogger account doesn’t play nice with my host. I actually chose site5 based on features I wanted for some other web stuff I’m doing, I didn’t even consider problems with Blogger. So now I’ve decided to switch to WordPress. I’ve recovered my old posts and such it appears, except for images, but now I have to figure out this new tool, so bear with me for a bit while I get this going again.

Wish me luck.

Last week we learned that there’s only a small difference between making dirty bombs and quadruple distilling whiskey. Now this.

Thanks to Fjord for turning me on to this article where I discovered:

The term “whisky” derives from the Gaelic “uisge beatha”, or “usquebaugh”, meaning “water of life”.

It sure is.

Ok, the Super Bowl can get pretty boring, so over the years many of us have resorted to watching for the commercials. So here’s a list of all the ones that mattered and what I thought of them.
I didn’t consider any commercials during the pregame show, only those aired during actual game coverage. Skipped any repeats, pre-run commercials,etc.

Alright here we go….

(First break)

Bud Light Hidden in the Office
Somewhat funny, nothing new. Concept had promise but fell short.
Ok maybe they’re just getting started.

Burger King Whopperettes
Girls dressed as condiments, ok just plain scary. Song was weak.
Got a little better when the condiments started to jump on the meat and pile on top of each other. Better than women’s mud wrestling?
I’m guessing it was the whole reason for the commercial.
(post game comment: This was one of the few that felt like a Super Bowl commercial)

(Break)

Sierra Mist
Love the actors, Kathy Griffin, Jim Gaffigan and that “Ed” dude (no, not the Love Monkey one).

Bud Light Magic Fridge
A classic super bowl commercial, very funny. Voted best of the night.

(Break)

Toyota Camry Hybrid
I’m glad Bush’s immigration policies have finally made the American Dream available to our friends across the border.
This one was lame.

FedEx Caveman
Funny. C’mon who doesn’t love a guy getting unexpectedly crushed by a dinosaur. But again, I liked King Kong.

Bud Light Bear Attack
Yeah this is ok for the summer, but the super bowl?

(Break)

(“V for Vendetta” would be sweet without Natalie Portman.)

P.Diddy and Diet Pepsi
Just a bunch of Hip hop artists getting face time, lame.
Brown and bubbly, am I supposed to want to drink that?

(Break)

Leonard Nimoy Aleve
Ok, it’s funny when icons make fun of themselves. But nobody does it better that Shatner.

Ameriquest – Doctors Kill Fly
So doctors kill a fly buzzing a patient with the heart paddles and pronounce the fly dead, right as the patient’s family walks in.
Pretty funny.

Bud Light – Cleaning the gutters
A funny concept, a good beer commercial.

(Break)

Diet Pepsi- Brown And Bubbly part 2
Jackie Chan Stunt Double, this one was good, saved the campaign in my eyes.

Miller Genuine Draft Grocery Store
Checkout girl announces mans beer purchase. Stupid

(Break)

Budweiser
Bud horses are playing football again. This time a streaker interrupts the game. Funny

Best Buy/Mobile ESPN
Well choreographed, ok that’s it.

(Break)

Careerbuilder.com
Monkey’s feeling the noise from Quiet Riot.
Funny, this has been a good campaign.

Cadillac Escapade
Runway models, boring but had good visual effect.

(Break)

(Mission Impossible 3 – Yeah!)

Dove Self-esteem fund??
Oh Dove people, you are so sensitive.
So you gonna start showing fat girls cleaning their skin in the shower?

(Break)

Ford Escape Hybrid w/Kermit
Good commercial, considering I spent saturday night watching the Muppet Show DVD.
It’s not easy being green, it’s just easy to say you are.

Michelob Ultra – Late hit
Its not funny when a girl gets tackled, unless she’s a bimbo.
I’m a sucker for big hits, loved Waterboy.

(Break)

GoDaddy.com
Oh so disappointed. Might be pretty effective though.
I can’t go checkout the website right now because my wife is watching.

(Break)

Gillette Fusion
Wow 5 blades, I still have 3. Good thing I didn’t upgrade to 4 blades, it’s already obsolete. Who makes these things, Apple?
They probably cost about $20 per blade, and last 3 shaves.
The biggest scam this side of insurance.

(Break)

Overstock.com
The big “O” stands for boy is this campaign getting OLD.

(Break)

Disney
Waste of 1 million dollars.

(Break)

HALFTIME

(Break)

Sprint Phone – Crime Deterrent
Funny, again a sucker for physical comedy

(Break)

2nd HALF

(Break)

Budweiser Baby Horse
Oh that’s a good tear-jerker.

(Break)

Hummer H3 Monsters
Godzilla meets Giant Robot – They birthed an H3? Disgusting.

Practical Solutions – Hazard Suits
First new product I’ve seen. Another skin lotion, or cleaner or something.

(Break)

Careerbuilder.com
Jackasses will replace the monkeys this year.
Good move, good commercial.

(Break)

Toyota Tacoma
Truck getting thrashed on the rocks. Apparently survives.
I thought it was a Ford Ranger.

(Break)

Sprint -Baby Come Back/Benny Hill
Well they used Benny Hill, so that’s cool.

(Break)

Degree for Men
Ok, action-hero guy overcomes many dangerous obstacles in order to get to work,
only to burn his tongue on the coffee.
Predicatable but well done.

Emerald Nuts
Even Machette-toting Eagle-eyed ??? Recognize A Little Druid Networking Under The Stairs.
Ugh I’m missing one word, someone help me out!!! Liked this one.

(Break)

Bud Stadium
Crowd holds-up different cardboard colors in order to make giant picture. In this case,
Crowd does the wave, creating the effect of pouring the beer and drinking it. Would be super sweet if I thought it wasn’t all CG.

McGuyver Mastercard
Awesome!

(Break)

Honda Ridgeline
Trucker Mud flap chick, and Yosemite Sam, back-off! That went nowhere.

Cheers to Beer
People from around the world, holding up their beer and saying “Cheers”;
ok, its not about any brand of beer, just Beer.com or something. Like beer needs industry sponsored advertising?
C’mon, we’re not talking about Cotton here.

(Break)

GoDaddy runs again
Only making the comment because this time I went to their site and after some digging finally found the hidden gems.

(Break)

Outback Steakhouse
It counts, since I guess the game is still on.

Westin Hotels
Spent so much money buying the spot, no money left to produce an actual commercial.

Goodbye to the pizza boy
I haven’t been commenting on NFL spots, but this one was good.

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So there you are, the 2006 Super Bowl commercials. Overall I was disappointed, not many championship efforts there by our friendly advertising industry.
My favorites were the Bud Light Magic Fridge and the MacGuyver Mastercard. What were yours?
Did I miss any commercials? I started drinking before the game, so things began to stop tracking during the second half.

Let me know what you thought!

If you’re into new and undiscovered music you should check out Garageband.com. I’ve been part of the community for years. Basically people do blind reviews of songs, and then charts are compiled for different genres of music. There are several mechanisms and incentives in place to make sure people are participating and doing quality reviews.

Anyway, recently I added one of my song’s, Copper, to Garageband.com. It’s been doing pretty well and today, it is the Garageband Track of the Day.

You can click on the GB Banner to get to my track or go to my GB homepage.

I’ve also got a homepage for my band Elephants Gerald at GB.

Thanks to Garageband.com for this slighty belated birthday present!

After pouring over hundreds of blog entries on CES, the consensus seems to be that this little thing is the coolest gadget of the year. I’m glad I didn’t buy that new telescope yet, I want this!

And with any happy new year comes new and gently-used resolutions. At our New Year’s party we didn’t get around to sharing our resolutions, actually we never do that, so guess I’ll share them here. Ok, thinking….

Well I actually already quit smoking(wow, over 3 years now?), but I do renew my promise to it take up again once I retire. I’m going to enjoy life to the fullest right to the end. Ok, fine, I’ll start exercising more. I usually am pretty good about running a few times a week during the summer, but in Minnesota during the winter it’s all about our treadmill in the basement. Gets kind of boring, but I’ll see what I can do. Well that was very resolute. Cut back on my drinking? Um, how about, HELL NO!
But one resolution I truly do have is to blog more regularly. Cool I just did one, alright, off to a good start.
I also want to keep Insight Galactic more updated, finish my studio and start my podcast. Are those goals or resolutions? Not sure, but now it’s out there in the world, so I’m screwed.

Well I better save something for the next post if I want to do this more often, i have a limited supply of un-interesting things to talk about.

So any resolutions you’d like to share? Leave me a comment!

-HB

Somewhere really creepy. More robot news, just for DT.

Robot Demonstrates Self Awareness

For my robot-infatuated friends at Fjord, this is a must-have.
Daniel H. Wilson has written the ultimate survival guide, “How to Survive A Robot Uprising”. From spotting a rebellious robot servant, to escaping from all-knowing smart homes, this guide will prepare you in the likely event of a man-machine showdown.
In a quick review in the Oct 2005 issue of Wired, Kathleen Craig claims the chapter on building secret bases is sure to come in handy. Cool.
Go crazy DT.

It’s encouraging to know that people are creating blogs with actual purpose and usefulness, not people blathering on about …

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