Friday Links: How Michael Jackson’s death broke the Internet & Why all your favorite movies are really the same

Dramatic Ad Uses Eye-Tracking to Change Content – PSFK.com: A new ad installation has gone up in Hamburg, Germany that uses eye-tracking technology to change the content. The ad for Amesty International exposes the problem of domestic violence with the tagline “It Happens When Nobody is Watching”
Hold On, I've Seen This Before: How Star Wars, Star Trek, The Matrix, and Harry Potter are Actually the Same Movie | Spiteful Critic
Internet groans under weight of Michael Jackson traffic – Ars Technica: The news of pop icon Michael Jackson's collapse and subsequent death sent ripples across the Web on Thursday afternoon, affecting numerous services and sparking yet another spam campaign. Twitter, Google, Facebook, various news sites, and even iTunes were practically crushed under the weight of the sudden spike in Internet traffic. The phenomenon may not be new on an individual level, but combined across services, it was truly one of the most significant in recent memory.
Need Something? Talk To My Right Ear: We humans prefer to be addressed in our right ear and are more likely to perform a task when we receive the request in our right ear rather than our left.
Transformers Rule iPhone Paid Book Apps – mediabistro.com: GalleyCat: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" steamrolls the box office this weekend, iPhone readers are lining up to buy .99-cent digital comics in the Apple iPhone store. Transformer tie-ins now occupy the #2, #4, #6, #7, and #11-14 slots on the "Top Paid Apps" in the books category of the App Store.
Understanding Credit Card Debt & Credit Card Late Fees | Mint.com Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice | Mint.com Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice: I’m linking to this more for the rad infographic than for the actual information, though that's good too!
Productivity vs Activity in the Digital Workplace: Productivity is seriously different than activity. I would argue that on any given day there's a good chance that I'm simply being active. Really, really, really active. I know those really active days from the really productive days because I have little to show in terms of results from active days. When I reflect on those active days, I realize that while I was busy, I wasn't purposeful.
Funkadelic Advertising: Top 10 Augmented Reality Adveritising Campaigns… so far
Art Direction for David Foster Wallace’s Books » Lone Gunman
50+ New and Beautiful Free Wordpress Themes | CrazyLeaf Design Blog
Old Coupons – a set on Flickr