Wacky brand Web site of the day: Skittles

Does anyone remember when the Macintosh had the talking-moose screensaver? This was the early days of computerized speech, maybe 15 years ago. If you hadn’t touched the keyboard in a while, he would pop up on screen and chastise you for being lazy, and then demand a pizza—with “pepperonis” and anchovies. Skittles’s computerized voices aren’t as charming, but give them an A for effort. At Skittles.com, a groovy interface lets you create and e-mail a talking version of yourself.