Posts Tagged ‘olympic’
Waste of resources
Here’s a common scene—but still impressive—at the Beijing Olympics: dozens of photographers firing the most expensive digital photography gear available on the planet at full speed. The sound of all those shutters re-clacky-clicketing alone must give goosebumps to any photo aficionado, but the total price of all this machinery would actually make anyone faint. How much does this all cost?
Bradesco Olympics
Beautiful variation of the athletes of various disciplines, intended for the Brazilian bank Bradesco at the time of theOlympic ones from Beijing. A strong baseline: “You must have much competences” in 3 versions.
Olympic Girls
Update your bookmarks, guys 
Beijing Olympic Scandals - 9 Year Old Singer Was A Phony
This trend of faking things in the Beijing Olympic 2008 games really bothers me. After finding out that the opening ceremony’s fireworks display was faked, it turns out that Lin Miaoke, the 9 year-old little girl who sang “Ode to the Motherland” was actually miming and lip syncing.
What makes things worse is the ‘excuse’. It’s not because the girl was doing flips or dancing a la western pop starlets who often lip sync in concerts. The reason is because the real singer, 7 year-old Yang Peiyi, was not considered cute or ‘flawless’ enough to appear.
According to the show’s musical director, the ‘cute’ Lin was used because, “The main consideration was the national interest. The child on the screen should be flawless in image, in her internal feelings, and in her expression.”
May I remind you that we are talking about little girls? To deprive a talented girl from her moment to shine in front of the whole world because she’s not considered cute enough is just wrong.
The essence of the Olympic games is the true excellence of the human achievement. By trying to force things to deceivingly look ‘perfect’, China has ruined the spirit of the Olympics.
If we follow this twisted logic, we should allow athletes to take performance enhancing drugs. After all, it would make their performance more ‘flawless’ and ‘perfect’…
see this video
A Collection of Olympic Torches
The modern Olympic Games have become as much a global contest among designers and architects as among athletes. Each Olympics is expected to produce a logo, a signature building — and a characteristic torch that symbolizes local tradition and national character. This is a design history of the Olympic torch from 1936 to the present day.
A Collection of Olympic Torches - Interactive Graphic by NYTimes. With Audio!
2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony
Beijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird’s Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance.
A dancer performs during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
Countdown: Beijing Olympics 2008!
Happy 2008.08.08, Today begin the Beijing Olympic! The photo is the advertising campaign “adidas (Gold is not a Given)”. Watch the adidas: Countdown!
Soul Olympic Special Edition
Wow, that’s hot! **stiff** Samsung Electronic has launched the ‘Soul Olympic Special Edition (model: CH-W590IL, SPH-W5900IL, SPH-W5950IL)’ to celebrate the 2008 Beijing Olympic. It comes with 5.0-megapixel camera, navigation indicators on the keypad, 7.2Mbps HSDPA and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. The Soul Olympic Special Edition is available for KRW 699,600.
As an official partner of the Olympic Games in wireless telecommunications equipment, Samsung brings out only 2008 Soul Olympic Special Edition handsets, which are equipped with the metal battery cover featuring Olympic logo.
