This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 18, 2008). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
Sometime between 06:12 and 14:58, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!
- Sports: 25 world records broken at Beijing’s Water Cube | swimming, world, record, phelps, lzr – OCRegister.com: [During this Olympics, the] Water Cube pool has produced 25 world records, the most at any Olympics since Montreal in 1976. Six world records were broken Wednesday, equaling the record for most global marks set in a single day at the Olympics. The Beijing Games were so fast that 14 times in eight events an athlete or relay team swam under the existing world record and didn't win gold. (This article's just about swimming, but it touches on something I've been curious about: is there a World Record for most World Records set at a single Olympiad? It seems like we're seeing new records set in nearly every event we watch.)
- On your marks, get set, Lego! Welcome to the Olympics where everyone’s quick off the blocks: As the world watches the Beijing Games, enthusiasts from Hong Kong have unveiled their own Olympics — built entirely from Lego. More than 300,000 Lego bricks and 4,500 Lego people were used to create the display, by the Hong Kong Lego User Group.
- 7 Astounding Yet True Facts About Say Anything…: FACT: The boombox scene gets all the attention, but according to Ione Skye, if she hadn't been dating Anthony Kiedis and Cusack hadn't been in love with someone else, they would've gone home together after they filmed the sequence where Lloyd teaches Diane how to drive. Ah, the romance of stick shift.
- Glenn Miller Orchestra – “Do You Wanna Dance?”: Wedding the Miller big band style and DeFranco’s top-notch soloing to go-go dance rhythms, lush easy-listening atmospherics and Command’s trademark high-tech aural experience, the album is no mere nostalgia trip for aging jitterbuggers. Rock fans will delight as this august organization tackles such teenage hits as “Cinnamon,” “Sunny,” “For Once In My Life” and “Love Child.” Naturally, the ubiquitous McCartney-Lennon catalog is represented, not once but twice, with “Hey Jude” and “A Little Help From My Friends.” In fact, there’s not a MOR track anywhere to be found on this album — it’s all strictly Top Forty. Do YOU wanna dance?
- Telstar Logistics: Flight Report: Airborne in an Emirates A380 at SFO: It was the kind of offer Telstar Logistics cannot refuse: "Please join us for an exclusive opportunity to experience and fly on Emirates’ cutting-edge A380 aircraft during a two hour ‘demo flight’ and reception," they said. So we said, "Sure! Sign us up!"