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Links for August 10th 2008

Interesting links for August 9th 2008 through August 10th 2008:

• Barack Roll [YouTube] - Barack Obama gets ... or possibly embodies being ... rickrolled.
• Tape Delay by NBC Faces End Run by Online Fans [NYTimes.com] - "NBC’s decision to delay broadcasting the opening ceremonies by 12 hours sent people across the country to their computers to poke holes in NBC’s technological wall — by finding newsfeeds on foreign broadcasters’ Web sites and by watching clips of the ceremonies on YouTube and other sites. In response, NBC sent frantic requests to Web sites, asking them to take down the illicit clips and restrict authorized video to host countries. As the four-hour ceremony progressed, a game of digital whack-a-mole took place. Network executives tried to regulate leaks on the Web and shut down unauthorized video, while viewers deftly traded new links on blogs and on the Twitter site, redirecting one another to coverage from, say, Germany, or a site with a grainy Spanish-language video stream. As the first Summer Games of the broadband age commenced in China, old network habits have never seemed so archaic — or so irrelevant."
• Twitter Down for Hitler [Blip TV] - DownFall Hitler parody: "Upon hearing tragic news, Hitler decides to tweet his sadness only to learn it's down. " LOL
• So what if you give most of it away?: The Bikini Concept. [The Road To Attversumption] - "I found out the age-old concept of the bikini to apply. That by giving away 90% of the concept, and keeping 10%, the attraction factor was just as strong, if not twice as strong (there are reasons for me saying ‘twice as strong). And yes, what the bikini didn’t reveal, was the part the audience most wanted (naturally), and was the part they were willing to pay for."
• Hamlet Retold Via Facebook (PNG Image, 1254x1608 pixels) - "Hamlet became a fan of daggers." Clever little retelling of Hamlet using Facebook stories.