links for 2008-08-16

• Technology Review: A Secret Tool for the U.S. Swim Team
  Fascinating. Before technology like this existed, we tried to replicate the good habits of the latest gold medal winners. This turns going faster into a science.
  (tags: swimming)
• Apple - MobileMe - Status
  David G. has fled the scene. Apple gets a lot, but they don't seem to get social media. A periodic update would be very useful, but I guess David doesn't have the time.
  (tags: apple)
• Burger King employee takes a bath in the sink - Slashfood
  In a video from Break.com, a Burger King employee couldn't be happier to be celebrating his birthday in the Burger King sink. What's more disturbing is that the store manager doesn't even flinch when she finds out he's in there.
  (tags: crisis)
• Chocolate-stuffed bananas on the grill - Slashfood
  yum
  (tags: recipe)
• Social Media in the Inc. 500: The First Longitudinal Study - Center for Marketing Research - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  39% of the Inc. 500 are blogging. The addition of 3.6% more Fortune 500 companies to the blogosphere pales in comparison to the addition of 20% more of the Inc. 500 companies after the same time period. Even more use social networks.
  (tags: smb research)
• My Report from the Bigfoot Press Conference « The Real McCrea
  A couple yokles (sp?) from Georgia claim they found Big Foot. I think I read every book on Big Foot that existed when I was 9. This feels like a hoax. I keep wating for a Web 3.0 start-up to be launched…
  (tags: big foot)
• 8 Checkpoint-Friendly Laptop Bags
  Starting today you can waltz through airport security with one of these.
  (tags: gift)
• comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for July 2008
  General Mills experienced quite a bump in traffic (almost 40 percent). I'm not sure why. Maybe it's all the discount coupons available?
  (tags: general mills traffic)

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