Assortments Today » super bowl http://www.assortmentstoday.com Welcome home Sat, 01 May 2010 20:54:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Super Bowl was fun… and avast! http://www.assortmentstoday.com/2010/02/07/super-bowl-was-fun-and-avast http://www.assortmentstoday.com/2010/02/07/super-bowl-was-fun-and-avast#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:24:10 +0000 Assorter http://www.assortmentstoday.com/?p=932 Haven’t updated the blog in a while, and the Super Bowl is as good a topic as any!  So, this was definitely one of the most exciting and action-packed Super Bowls for me in recent history, right up there with and likely exceeding the 2008 Giants-Patriots game.  I was actually rooting for the Colts going into the game, but when the Saints stumbled to a ten-point deficit in the first quarter, I found myself starting to root for the underdog.  There were just so many reasons to root for the Saints; first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history; the spirit of New Orleans, Drew Brees actually being a likable quarterback; and of course, the spectacle of Bourbon Street partying like its 1999 with a Saints’ victory.  I am a big Peyton Manning  fan, and I have a lot of respect for him and the Colts, so I wouldn’t have minded seeing them win.  But by the fourth quarter, it seemed like the come-from-behind victory for the Saints was in the stars, and it was just so much more fun to root for that.  The first half felt like a bit of a snoozer, but things really picked up in the second half.  I was impressed with Sean Peyton’s gutsy display of  trickery and strategery; the onside kick to open the second half was a real stunner.  What a way to write yourself into Super Bowl history!  And the fourth-quarter Manning interception had us all screaming.  All in all, I’d say this was a very satisfying Super Bowl.  I think the only part that didn’t live up to the hype was the commercials, which I’ve frankly already forgotten about.  I guess even the Super Bowl isn’t immune to the effects of a down economy.

Hmm, anything else?  In a bit of geeky news, I ditched Microsoft Security Essentials and moved to avast! antivirus.  Security Essentials was okay, but it lacked some pretty basic things (like a frickin’ pause button) and it doesn’t have as many realtime scanners as avast!.  So, avast! it is.  I think it’s a superior solution and so far I like it, but staying virus free is ultimately dependent on the actions of the user, don’t you think?

Oh, and one last thing.  I’m going to be in Vancouver in two weeks for the 2010 Winter Olympics. :)   Huzzah!

]]> http://www.assortmentstoday.com/2010/02/07/super-bowl-was-fun-and-avast/feed 0 Super Bowl Ads http://www.assortmentstoday.com/2009/02/01/super-bowl-ads http://www.assortmentstoday.com/2009/02/01/super-bowl-ads#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:01:45 +0000 Assorter http://www.assortmentstoday.com/?p=737 All of the ads from Super Bowl XLIII are available for your viewing pleasure on Hulu. So, if you missed Conan O’Brien hilariously pretending to be Swedish, or if you’ve forgotten the mighty powers of a Dorito chip, they’re all there, neatly assembled for you.

Of course, an advertisement plays before each video. So, basically, in order to watch one advertisement, you have to watch another advertisement first…

Maybe you should just watch them on Youtube instead.

EDIT: Okay, it seems like you’re no longer required to watch an ad before the video plays. This means that the folks at Hulu either (1) saw my blog post and the irony finally dawned on them; or (2) realized that you could see the videos without ads on about a million other sites and relented. My bets are on the former.

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