Aug 12th, 2008 at 10:00AM: If you're an rabid Olympic hawk like me--and there seems to be plenty of other people with almost as much free time on their hands--then you were probably incensed NBC didn't show the historic opening ceremony live last Friday. To help you get around the 12-hour time gap, here's a quick run-down of how you can watch all your favorite events live. First are the up and up options.
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Behind the Olympics: How to hack NBC and watch the Games on your schedule
Aug 12th, 2008 at 10:00AM: If you're an rabid Olympic hawk like me--and there seems to be plenty of other people with almost as much free time on their hands--then you were probably incensed NBC didn't show the historic opening ceremony live last Friday. To help you get around the 12-hour time gap, here's a quick run-down of how you can watch all your favorite events live. First are the up and up options.
NBC has the ...Don't like the look of a neighborhood? Build a wall around it.
Behind the Olympics: Memories of the old Beijing
Aug 11th, 2008 at 1:20PM: Last summer, I found myself on a dusty lot overlooking Herzog & de Meuron's newest creation: an elegant jumble of I-beams that Beijing residents wryly refer to as the "bird's nest." The stadium housed 91,000 spectators for the opening of the Olympics, marking what many believe to be the "Century of China." I struggled to see anything beyond the gawking tourists, imposing cranes, and ...Olympic Games opening, Chinese style: The wow factor
Aug 9th, 2008 at 1:30PM: Wow! Wow! Wow! I could go on.
Even though today's news brought the missive of the out of character stabbing of an American tourist in Beijing, the opening ceremony of the Olympics was certainly in character.
It was amazing--and I only saw the last bit. That's one detail about traveling; world events swirl about in the periphery until a thought passes through, like, "Didn't the Olympics start ...A bathroom problem of "Olympic" proportions
Mar 20th, 2008 at 8:00AM: When I first saw the venue designs for this summer's Olympic games in Beijing, I was quite impressed. The Chinese have pulled out all the stops to create several cutting-edge stadiums for the games, including the Beijing National Stadium designed by award-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron and the Beijing National Aquatics Center, which looks like a huge floating cube of water. However, as ...Beijing 2008 Olympics tickets: Watch out for sketchy online offers
Mar 4th, 2008 at 8:20AM: Quick quiz: Click on this site for Beijing Olympics tickets. Now, click on this ticket site. What's the difference? The first is official, the second is not. They look pretty much the same, right? That's the point, and that is what's scary. The second link is clearly some ticketing warehouse. Note the text along the top of your browser -- Champions League? Euro 2008? But, you say, I want Olympics ...China bans ghost stories
Feb 18th, 2008 at 3:40PM: There will be no spooky slumber-party tales for Chinese children anymore, at least if the government has its way. As China prepares for the 2008 Olympics, the government is attempting to rid the country of any evidence of vulgarity. Recently, China banned "vulgar" ads for items like brassieres and sex-enhancing drugs (even provocative sounds such as "ooh" and "ahh" were banned from airwaves). Last ...
