Watch Steve Jobs pitch the Cupertino city council

Yesterday, Steve Jobs pitched the Cupertino city council on building a new Apple campus. Yes, it's multimedia. And it's fun to see how he reacts when the councilman gives him advice on how to make his presentation at 4:25.

He makes even a building sound like a magical feat: "We've come up with a design that puts 12,000 people in one building. When you think about that, that's rather odd." I wonder how unusual that number is? Via.

Link roundup

1. Lifehacker's top 10 privacy tricks. I especially like, the suggestion to use temporary credit cards to avoid repeat billing.

2. Bill Belichick gave a commencement speech saying that no championship team in the last decade in the four major sports had the league M.V.P. from that year on the roster. Not remotely accurate, but it sounded good.

3. Gizmodo's updated list of must have iPhone and Android apps.

Link roundup

1. The LA Times says you shouldn't buy a car this year. You can click through and find out exactly why, but the article's existence is awfully interesting - - the car companies must have stopped buying ads, right?

2. The Nike + GPS running app is currently free at iTunes. Via.

3. I want to get a wifi router for my parents and need something simple and dependable. (It'll be mostly used for a Kindle, Dell laptop, iPhone and Droid.) Any suggestions? (I have a Cisco ValetPlus, which I've been less than thrilled with.)