of whacked internet Jeopardy game over at Zeldman Presents.
Alex: “The answer – ‘Signs the world is more screwy than ever.'”
Zeldman: “What is the Middle East is a cauldron of hatred and violence, children go hungry all over the world, and Network Solutions continues to exist?”
Alex: That’s right for 1000 pts!
I ended up staying
at my friend Tracy’s party until 6am, so I’m just now getting around to putting the finishing touches on my Behind the curtain entry. After a late brunch and my Sunday soccer game, I haven’t had a spare minute all day.
Update: mikel | Behind the curtain is finally live.
Of course
. Feed unearths the secret history of the Olympic Games. There are a couple of gaps in the otherwise excellent essay though. First, “Olympiad” refers to the time period between games – the four years between each time the Summer Games are held. At the end of an Olympiad is the Olympic Games event itself. Second, he misses a huge aspect of it – the whole idea of amateurism.
Keeping the Olympic games for amateurs rather than professionals wasn’t some noble line in the sand between “pure” and “impure” sports. It was to make sure that the Olympics were only for the upper classes to compete in. It was pure classism – a way to make sure that sweaty labourers and factory workers weren’t competing with the gentry and the like. Good riddance, I say.
Official Site of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
Official Site of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games! It hardly suits a cynical bastard like me to love the Olympics, but I do. Winter, Summer, whenever. The more obscure the sport the better! Luckily in Canada the CBC has tons of live coverage, not just a bunch of overproduced vignettes. And we cover all the sports, not just ones that Canadians are in – which is a whole lot of fun to watch – cause some of the other sports are unknown here (mostly).
Screenshots
Screenshots: “A series of drawings from an isometric perspective, in the style of a computer game.” Definitely one of the most interesting projects I’ve seen in a while. Funnily enough, I made my way here by following a link from a news blurb written by Justin Hall on Mindjack. But as I was looking through them I was also loading up harrumph in another window… and of course Heather’s linked to the site as well.
