Gadget Links: 8 Days to Choose Edition

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Apple Releases a New “Get a Mac” Ad Co-starring a Football Referee on Apple.com: Pretty good attention to detail. The referee is wearing a white hat and a uniform that is very close to that worn in many college football leagues. What I would add to this is the referee turning on his microphone and speaking over the public address system. [ Seen on TV over the weekend. ]
Andrea Jung Joins Apple Board of Directors on MacRumors.com: “Apple has announced that Andrea Jung has been elected to Apple’s board. Andrea also serves as Chairman and CEO of Avon Products, board member of General Electric, and member of the New York Presbyterian Hospital board of trustees and the Catalyst board of directors.”

Why the CEO of Avon and why now? Speculation is that her board seat at GE will make her helpful in brokering an agreement with NBC Universal to bring them back into the iTunes fold.
Break a Soda Habit with Better Water on Lifehacker: “Have a serious soda habit? Part of the lure of the stuff is the convenience and fizzy texture, not just the sugar content you can get from lots of other places. How-to blog TipNut details one writer’s cheap, simple fix—giving water more appeal.” My habit is Caffeine Free Diet Coke, so I don’t have the caffeine or the sugar but I still have the soda fix. I just drink way too much of it.
Chalet Doll House on BabyGadget.com: “…this Chalet Doll House from Plan Toys is like a breath of fresh air with its openness and lack of minuscule plastic parts. With movable staircases and skylights, this doll house comes completely furnished – sans family….” Nice looking, substantial, and modern.
Philips Blu-ray Player BDP7200 on Ubergizmo: “The BDP7200 is Philips’ first Full Profile 1 compliant BD player that features Dolby® TrueHD and DTS® HD High Resolution Audio, multi-channel audio decoding and digital audio optical outputs. The BDP7200 supports 1080p at native 24 frames per second….” On display at CES.