KitKat - Chocolate Overload  #
Wednesday, 13 Jun 2007 04:53PM
KitKat's new "Chocolate Overload" is a normal KitKat but with chocolate biscuit and chocolate squishy stuff.

It's very similar to a KitKat, only more chocolaty. The biggest difference I notice is the biscuit taste which is more like a chocolate cookie than the previous waffer.

I also found the whole thing a little more gluggy and found I had to drink more than usual to clear my throat.

If for some reason you wished KitKats were a bit more chocolaty, this might be for you, but I doubt it.

It isn't terrible, but next to a stock standard KitKat, it sucks.


130 year old whale killed  #
Wednesday, 13 Jun 2007 03:56PM
19th-century weapon found in whale [Yahoo News via BoingBoing]:

A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt — more than a century ago.

Embedded deep under its blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has given researchers insight into the whale's age, estimated between 115 and 130 years old.

I had no idea whales lived that long... nor that whales were hunted by Americans...

Whaling has always been a prominent source of food for Alaskans, and is monitored by the International Whaling Commission. A hunting quota for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission was recently renewed, allowing 255 whales to be harvested by 10 Alaskan villages over five years.

McSweeney's needs $$$  #
Wednesday, 13 Jun 2007 11:14AM
McSweeney's distributor went bust and left them in a bit of trouble. To celebrate they're flogging off some exclusive stuff on eBay and having a sale in their online store. [via kwc.org]

Chris Ware is horrifically popular. His items are at US$450+.


Seven  #
Wednesday, 13 Jun 2007 08:39AM
This blog turns seven today.

Have a cupcake to celebrate.

I find it amusing that seven years on I'm still talking about Transformer movie soundtracks!