links for 2006-08-01

“Kircus discusses how social media has recalibrated the perception of Intel’s brand.”

“Meet the professional girl gamers, the Frag Dolls and others, as Eddie Codel wanders the floor of the Intel Core 2 Duo launch party at Intel’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California.”

“Check out the video to see examples of why Intel employees should stick to designing chips instead of acting. Swerving around in your seat when playing UT and placing your face in your hands like your dog just died when your laptop runs out of battery do

“If your PC is used for anything besides a dust bunny factory, you’ll see a very real difference in the new processors.”

Oops. Intel massaged a PC World cover image during the Core 2 Duo launch, and editor Harry McCracken calls them on it.

I was at this same beach the day after this was taken. Barely missed seeing it with my own eyes!

Ooh. Fast!

Lots of photos from Flickr user Carnivorous Eggplant.

“The world never needed Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony until he created it. Now we could not live without it.” — Louis I. Kahn

“Podcasting and blogging are two of the most effective tools for generating sales leads in the technology industry”