Holy Crap! The folks at the Lullabot Podcast were talking about development environments for Drupal. One tool they referenced as "indispensable" was FireBug. I haven't tried it out too much yet, but man, it looks useful.

After reviewing most of the commercials another time, I decided that these are my favorites:

#1: The fan-made Doritos commercial. Brilliant.

#2: "The Fist Bump" is so last year. Even Matt can be seen on Google Chat slapping me.

#3: Everyone was pulling for the poor factory robot.

#4: Coca-Cola redeems GTA

#5: But he has an axe!

One technology that has not yet matured is talking to your computer or the computer understanding what you have said. Well, at least it is not working very well on desktop computers yet. But apparently companies have been working on it for the bigger, higher-paying customers. BBN Technologies, apparently a leader in the speech-to-text field, has been running Podzinger for a while now. Podcasters can sign up their podcast to be automatically transcribed by their computers and made searchable.

The big event this weekend is the best night in television: the Super Bowl commercials. (The rumor is that some people watch the football game that happens during the commercials, but most smart people know that's the time to go get more burgers, brats, and chips.) This year companies are spending $2.6 million for a 30-second ad, and none of them are guaranteed a touchdown in reaching their audience. Here's some interesting information:

Here's one of those things that will bind your heart to FireFox and make you vow never to go back to that boring Internet Explorer even if it does have tabs and RSS in it: Smart Keywords.

A couple people have been checking out the brand new Windows Vista. So what do I think? It's too bad that Jon Stewart didn't get Bill Gates' password:

Ha! I think that picture's hilarious. John Reuben is my guilty pleasure, if you know what I mean. I know he's not the best rapper ever, but I identify with him a bit, he's my type of humor, and he's definitely not afraid to push the boundaries. Just to show you all the fun, here's a couple things on YouTube (after the jump):

Many companies have tried to make a universally-acceptable login system. Microsoft tried to promote their .Net Passport for years. Google owns so much it feels like a universal login for almost everything. It's the same with Yahoo! But, in each case, they were doomed because everyone was afraid for security reasons. If I give Microsoft my payment information so that I don't have to put it in on sites again, just how much does Microsoft know about me? How much information are they collecting and sharing about me? No one really knows.

Did you know that you can do many things in the Google search box? Sure, it might search the web for it, but the real answer comes up first. Here's some examples:

Everyone seems to like Skype. (Although, no one that I know ever feels free to call me.) Apparently Skype was started by the same people that started Kazaa. And apparently they're about to do it again.

Their newest project is called Joost. I'm not sure why, but apparently they're trying to recreate network TV over the Internet. I'm not sure why I'd want to choose from a number of channels because there's usually nothing on. I mean, I like podcasts on demand better.