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== Electronics and Software ==

** It probably didn't help matters much that in real life, John Hodgman is actually a very friendly, charismatic man.

** The Apple adverts in Britain featured David Mitchell and Robert Webb as the PC and the Mac respectively. They have been quite unpopular, and have raised questions about the duo's credibility. Not least because, like the US adverts, while Webb is the ostentatiously cool character, Mitchell generally comes across as the more down-to-earth and likeable (this is despite him often playing the role of an unapologetic quasi-intellectual). While hosting ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', Webb explained to Ian that he had played the smug unbearable one whose product you were meant to buy, while Mitchell had all the fun lines and he was meant to be despised. He described it as a 'confused campaign'.

** OpenBSD - Puffy the pufferfish.

** Representing the web browser Firefox, Mozilla has the icon of a fox (name unknown) with the flaming tail curled around a globe, and [http://www.foxkeh.jp/ Foxkeh] is the mascot of Firefox Promotions. The [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] doesn't come much cuter. There are also a few unofficial ones.

 

== Food and Drink ==