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We can understand why the footprint fireworks were digitally faked into the live broadcast of the Olympic opening ceremony—because it would have been too dangerous to actually fly a helicopter through those projectiles—but allowing a cuter little girl to karaoke while the originally chosen little girl stood behind the scenes and sang? That’s gotta make [...]

That Nintendo Wii, what will it think up next? It’s made us smarter and fitter and stronger and just so much better. Oh, and have you heard? Now it’s creating OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS. Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima just took the gold in the 100-meter breaststroke, and instead of thanking God or his trainers in typical [...]

The 2008 Olympics have begun, and now that we’ve had a few days to digest the coverage, we’ve found the best (and worst) things about watching the games online and on your TV. Those of us stuck here in America and not lucky enough to own Vista must deal with NBC’s often delayed event broadcasts. [...]

From Janny Hu.

Four days into the Olympics, I’ve interviewed Chinese athletes, hung out with their fans, chatted up locals, bargained with shop owners, and been able to direct taxi drivers EXACTLY where I need to go.
But the biggest advantage to speaking Mandarin here?
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