The 404 Podcast 514: Where Justin lost $1,000 in the big game

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Wilson might be the only host on The 404 who watched the entire big game Sunday, so we don't spend too much time talking about the actual game and instead stick to the commercials. Ads this year included . Also, HomeAwayfrom National Lampoon's "Vacation", andselling something...we just don't remember what it is.

We also have a story about . Starting next week, its cable television, telephone, and Internet services will feature the rebranded name in 11 markets. In what seems like an effort to give a sharper edge to the brand name, the change is taking heavy fire from sites like The Consumerist, which claim that the new Xfinity name has an X-rated/pornographic/stupid/energy drink connotation.

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Finally, we run down a list of the . Follow along as we chat about some of the most revealing games in console history with titles like Dead or Alive, The Sims, and Bayonetta leading the scandal. Oh my. Speaking of which, we hate to be the ones to report it, but Microsoft islike Halo 2 and Counterstrike. Bummer!


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Ketchup design coup: Heinz Dip & Squeeze pack

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For years, we who partake in fast food have been stuck with a dilemma when it comes to dunking our fries in ketchup: We'd have to empty the packet onto the paper on the tray. Or put it on a napkin that may have already been touched by lord knows who. Tasty, tasty way to catch H1N1 perhaps!?

Thankfully, the good people at Heinz have--after 30 years--heard our plea. They have , and there shall be much rejoicing in the streets.

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The new packet can be opened in not one, but two ways. The end can be torn away so the ketchup can be a topping on, say, a burger (or Cap'n Crunch, if that's your thing). But the really cool part is that the other end rips away to create a dunking container for fries, one of the most popular applications for ketchup.

Seattle ketchup enthusiast Jonathan Fuchs told me he loves the new design. "This is progress," he said. "I think the world is becoming a better place."

Maybe it's not the most radical of designs--McDonald's has had dunking containers for its McNuggets for years--but it is noteworthy that a corporation like Heinz looked at the design of one of its best-known products and determined it was time for a redesign.

It's good to know that my children will never know a world where you have to smear ketchup on a napkin to enjoy your fries.

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