links for 2006-08-16

• PRoject » My Magnum Opus
  Reuven Proença interviews the UK comms director for Opus Dei (as in the 'institution' from the Da Vinci Code) for his PR dissertation on the topic of Opus Dei's PR master plan. Hope we get to see the finished article.
• The original blogger, before blogs were invented - MADDOX
  The hilarious interview from B3ta: Q. Have you ever really dressed as a pirate? A. That's like asking a police officer "have you ever really dressed as a police officer?" Warning, may offend.
• TIME.com: 50 Coolest Websites
  Many of this year's choices are shining examples of Web 2.0: next-generation sites offering dynamic new ways to inform and entertain, sites with cutting-edge tools to create, consume, share or discuss all manners of media, from blog posts to video clips.
• AOL buys social-networking developer
  AOL has purchased a developer of Web-based chat and other communications technologies as the company seeks to expand the reach of its popular AIM instant-messaging service and its ad-supported offerings like video clips.