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Olympic pavilions deconstructed

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:43 AM by will
For those who are a bit weary of the whole idea of corporate pavilions, Media magazine has a witty review of the pavilions of all of the Olympic TOP sponsors. Each is helpfully compared to the Olympic athlete or icon that it most resembles. Two examples: Read More...
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An unfortunate glimpse into my Olympic stream of consciousness

Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 12:35 AM by will
This probably counts as an abuse of blogging, but for posterity, here is the stream of 40-odd tweets I posted during last Friday's opening ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. I've flipped them back into chronological order and removed the extraneous Read More...
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Olympic complaints: Po-faced denials hitting their limits?

Posted Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:00 PM by will
From the Sydney Morning Herald : Organisers had repeatedly claimed that internet would not be censored during the Games but at the press conference a Wall Street Journal journalist produced his laptop and showed that sites such as the BBC in China and Read More...
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Spontaneous Olympic joy by decree and other news

Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 6:28 AM by will
Cliff Coonan has a story in showbiz trade Variety that examines the broadcasting problems I posted about last week. The article is something of an omnibus piece on current Olympic issues. Among other things, it gets into the organizers' efforts to develop Read More...
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YouTube blocked, unsurprisingly

Posted Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:53 PM by will
Since last night, most likely due to the posting of video of the Tibet demonstrations, some of which is reposting of material from major news organizations (such as this, from CNN ). Via Danwei and Shanghaiist . CNN and BBC have been regularly blacked Read More...
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Athlete blogs: Something else to worry Beijing come August?

Posted Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:27 PM by will
The IOC has bowed to the inevitable and said that athletes can blog --within limits-- from the Games this summer: Athletes have long demanded they be allowed to write their blogs -- online journals of personal opinion or reflection -- during the Games. Read More...
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Three more stories to start the new year

Posted Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:58 AM by will
A few articles worth a look today: Olympic risks in China Evan Osnos of the Chincago Tribune has written an article reviewing the many risks that China faces in hosting the Olympics: Chinese leaders warn that the Games should not be politicized. But they Read More...
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A few stories to start the new year

Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:56 AM by will
I am ringing in 2008 by being officially too lazy to write anything original. But here are a few interesting stories from the past few days that are worth a read: And I thought Aussies were relaxed Controversy in Australia, which has announced the implementation Read More...
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Hijacking the Olympic agenda, big-time and small-time versions

Posted Saturday, December 29, 2007 3:43 AM by will
The Economist , for it's "The World in 2008" supplement, has got round to examining the politically charged nature of the upcoming Beijing Olympics: In the build-up to the games on August 8th [China's critics] will step up their attacks on issues ranging Read More...
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Is Google News Alerts trying to tell me something?

Posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 1:13 AM by will
Today's Google News Alert for "BOCOG": Is Google sending me a message? This same story has appeared in this alert fifteen times in the past eight days (and it's a December 1st story). By the way, I hear BOCOG has replaced their ticketing chief . Read More...
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My husband has left you ten million dollars and some Olympic tickets in Nigeria

Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:13 AM by will
Imagethief was interested to read in a CRI Online story that BOCOG's Olympic ticket notifications are being treated as spam by certain e-mail services: People who have applied to purchase Olympic tickets are reminded to pay special attention to their Read More...
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