| Overheard in Beijing | |
| (Korean baseball fans, impromptu, to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb): "Dongjoo, Dongjoo, Kim Dongjoo Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah! Dongjoo, Dongjoo Kim Dongjoo! [Something in Korean] Kim Dongjoo!" (upon which Kim Dongjoo knocks in the winning RBI to beat Japan in the semi-finals). American twentysomethings, on trying to understand the nature of the Ippon in Judo: "Oh, faceslam!... Faceslam is a thousand points!!!" New Zealand field hockey fan, during a 5-minute video review: "The Chinese built the Great Wall faster than this!" New Zealand field hockey fan, on seeing an injured Spaniard on the field: "Get up, this isn't soccer!" Baseball announcer, having to introduce the Olympic mascots, which have no traits describable in the English language: "It's Fuwa time!...Fuwa for you!" P.S. We saw Jackie Chan! 20 feet away! Beat that for Chineseness, Chronomorph! | |
| Posted by chrisdye on August 25, 2008. Tagged with Beijing Olympics 2008 Write a Comment | Read 2 Replies...
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| For Bryan | |
| 5 alternate medal tables | |
| Posted by vinny9 on August 22, 2008. Tagged with bryan olympics medal tables Write a Comment
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| Vertiginous | |
| Olympic Water Cube from the 10m platform With audio. | |
| Posted by vinny9 on August 22, 2008. Tagged with olympics china diving pool Write a Comment
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| 50 Cent (diluted earnings per share) | |
| Hip-hop Portfolios The new king of hip-hop wealth [50 Cent] banked $100 million after taxes on one deal alone when his stake in VitaminWater's parent, Glacéau, was bought by Coca-Cola as part of a $4.1 billion deal. 50's portfolio also includes the popular G-Unit clothing line and record label, plus films, videogames and a slew of platinum albums, including last year's Curtis. Also in the works: a mining partnership with South African billionaire Partrice Motsepe. | |
| Posted by vinny9 on August 21, 2008. Tagged with hiphop rap money 50cent Write a Comment
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| Alexandre Despatie dives better than Jaromir Jagr | |
| Did anyone see us on TV during the Olympic 3m mens diving? We saw ourselves on CCTV, trying to keep a stony silence while a bunch of Russians cheered their diver as loudly as they could. Some other highlights of our recent travels: - a guy chucking his bronze medal onto the floor and storm off the podium in disgust (that's right, 3rd place is 2nd loser!) - seeing the Lakeside Pavillion of Washing the Tassle of My Official Hat in the Master of the Nets Garden! - seeing 24 pandas: 2% of the world's population! - 100 dumplings in 48 hours!!! - this awesome song! (P.S. If you don't think it's awesome, play it 49 more times in the next 8 hours.) | |
| Posted by chrisdye on August 21, 2008. Tagged with Olympics China Write a Comment | Read 2 Replies...
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| Smells Like Melted Plastic | |
| MagSafe Adapter replacements No kidding. I just had to buy a replacement due to their crappy design. I reinforced my replacement with some electrical tape. I'll be going to get my refund. | |
| Posted by vinny9 on August 20, 2008. Tagged with apple macbook magsafe power Write a Comment
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| Movie Poster Quiz | |
| Guess the titles from a single letter (not necessarily the first letter of the title, which fooled me for a bit) I only got 16. Surely you can top that. | |
| Posted by vinny9 on August 19, 2008. Tagged with movie poster typeface font quiz Write a Comment | Read 2 Replies...
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| Compensation | |
| Crazy pics of the Burj Dubai, world's tallest building | |
| Posted by vinny9 on August 19, 2008. Tagged with dubai picture building burj tall Write a Comment
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| Teleport - Lux Map of the Week | |
 Okay, here's how it works. Each "platform" is made up seven chunks and is worth ten bonus armies for controlling it. At the center of each platform is a "teleporter". A "teleporter" can attack any other "teleporter" and may also attack (one-way only) the outer-ring of any "platform" except for t... [read more...] Teleport was created by Patrick Cummings. It's the Lux Map of the Week. | |
| Posted by dustin on August 18, 2008. Tagged with Lux Map Write a Comment
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| 'An Affectionate Gesture' | |
 Spanish basketball team takes publicity shot while making "Chinese eyes" | |
| Posted by vinny9 on August 13, 2008. Tagged with spain basketball olympics dirtyknees Write a Comment | Read 4 Replies...
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| Hand Island - Lux Map of the Week | |
 It is the 16th century and the kingdom of England starts to miss some crucial natural resource to meet its needs. Hand Island was created by Eric Labadie. It's the Lux Map of the Week. | |
| Posted by dustin on August 12, 2008. Tagged with Lux Map Write a Comment
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| Obama will never give you up | |
| Posted by registeredname on August 9, 2008. Tagged with obama 80\'s music video Write a Comment
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| Il etait un fuwa | |
 The Fuwa (ridiculously translated as "Friendlies") are the Beijing Games mascots. They each represent an Olympic ring colour and a traditional Chinese element, as well as being animated Olympic/Chinese characters: Beibei the fish, Jingjing the panda, Huanhuan the Olympic flame, Yingying the Tibetan antelope, and Nini the Beijing swallow. We thought the Vanouver Olympics could also have five mascots, representing the regions of Canada: - Toketoke the Vancouver joint - Graingrain the motionless blade of Saskatchewan wheat - Slagslag the lump of Sudbury coal - Rockrock the Inukshuk - Clubclub the baby seal Also on our list as possibilities are curdcurd the poutine, puckpuck the hockey puck, and meme the Torontonian. Other suggestions are welcome. | |
| Posted by chrisdye on August 7, 2008. Tagged with Beijing welcomes you fuwa Olympics Write a Comment | Read 2 Replies...
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| You Take A Block From the Bottom | |
| Animation of the International Space Station being assembled | |
| Posted by vinny9 on August 6, 2008. Tagged with space nasa iss Write a Comment
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| Old Skool Punks | |
| Posted by dustin on August 6, 2008. Tagged with music video Write a Comment | Read 2 Replies...
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