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“Coca-Cola Blāk is not just a flavor extension. It is a blend of unique Coke refreshment with the true essence of coffee and has a rich smooth texture and has a coffee-like froth when poured. We believe we have created a new category of soft drink — an adult product in a carbonated beverage — and a whole new drinking experience. This brand is ideal for any part of the day when people are looking for renewed energy or simply to take a break,” said Marc Mathieu, vice president, Global Core Brands, The Coca-Cola Company. [more]

More braindamage:

Also today, at an analysts meeting in New York, the company revealed its new marketing slogan — “The Coke Side of Life.” [more]

Update: Wait, isn’t the a-with-a-bar-over-it pronounced like IPA /e/ (as in “cake”)? Making this product “Coca-Cola Blake“?

Dave Winer: “Here’s a feature I’d love. A grid of public radio station schedules with links to their streams.” What, you mean, like Public Radio Fan? Exactly like that?

So if you Google j2se 1.4.2 api documentation, there’s a strange match toward the bottom of the first page:

See the link to java.sun.co%5cm? [%5c is URLese for \ (backslash).] I’m pretty sure co\m isn’t a valid TLD (i.e. a spammer can’t register something there), so is this a Google bug, or what?

Jim gave me his Linksys BEFW11S4 (802.11b base station) when he left for Germany. Turns out I already had one, but mine is a bulky older version, whereas Jim’s is the v4 which is both slimmer and more powerful. Unfortunately, the v4 causes devices with Airport cards (not Extreme) to quickly enter a hard freeze.

A little Googling revealed that the best thing to do, in addition to updating to the latest firmware, is to do a hard reset: Hold the reset button down for a long time (30–60 seconds, depending on whom you ask), remove the power, restore the power, then release the reset button. The result: No more freezes.

Apparently all lightweight, useful web applications are destined to be eaten by Yahoo!. (See also: Flickr.) The Yahoo! Search Blog has another take on the acquisition of del.icio.us.

I would ordinarily just have delicioused this, but the necessary quotable block exceeds delicious’ “extended” field:

I got there at 10:45 and Doom didn’t even come on till past midnight. Doors were at 8:30! I got so bored waiting that I had to leave the show to go buy some sour gummy bears and an Utne Reader. (This was the only non-pornographic magazine the corner store had.) “Utne” rhymes with “chutney,” in case you were wondering, which you probably weren’t. I think it’s targeted at aging hippies. Note to self: next time buy porn. [more]

Zelda spoilers: Slashdot suspects that Twilight Princess may feature the end of Link, or at least, the end of a Link. The argument: We know from Wind Waker that the “Link” character gets reborn from time to time, and we know that Twilight Princess occurs between Ocarina (in which Link is alive) and Waker (in which a new Link is chosen). So is Twilight the story of how Link failed to save the day? The hint: Shiggy says Twilight will be the last Zelda game “as we know it”. Link, fill up your hearts!