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The complete TV schedule for the 2012 London Olympics
Here are the big events for Fri/Sat, with the full schedule available from the L.A. Times – 2012 London Olympics on TV Friday 2012 Summer Olympics 7:30 p.m. Friday, NBC: Opening Ceremony: London, the first city to host the Olympics three times, welcomes the world and Queen Elizabeth II officially opens the Games. (N) Saturday 2012 …
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How zero waste, local food, and sustainable transport are a part of the London 2012 Olympics
Pulled from the London 2012 Olympics Sustainability report (pdf): If everyone lived as we do in the UK we would need three planets. Our unsustainable lifestyles have meant that for the last 30 years we have been ‘eating into the Earth’s capital’ rather than ‘living off its interest’. The promotion of sustainable development has become one of the …
Bob Ross remix Happy Little Clouds – YouTube video from PBS Digital Studios
If there are two things the Internet loves, and neither of those two things are allowed to be cats, they’re Bob Ross and autotuned remix vids. And PBS just served up the goods on both counts. Bob Ross, longtime PBS host and painter of happy little trees, has joined the legendary Mr. Rogers in PBS’ …
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History of Olympic Pictograms overcoming the language barrier
Of all the instances in which graphic communication is necessary to transcend language barriers, the Olympic Games are, if not the most important, probably the most visible. We take the little icons of swimmers and sprinters as a given aspect of Olympic design, but the pictograms were a mid-20th Century invention—first employed, in fact, …
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Sign up for Google Fiber get a free Nexus tablet, or super-cheap internet for $3.57/mo
Today may very well live in infamy as the day the cable companies died. Internet giant Google announced its new, groundbreaking Google Fiber, a broadband service that will bring breakneck 1Gbps internet speed to Kansas City — service far faster and far cheaper than that offered by traditional cable companies. How fast is Google’s 1Gbps …
Final report issued on San Onofre Nuclear Plant – Edison not to blame, it was a Mitsubishi computer glitch
The final review of the radiation leak at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Stations (SONGS) has been completed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Among its findings are that Southern California Edison (SCE) responded appropriately to the issue, while Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a company based in Japan, is to blame. They found that Mitsubishi’s “faulty …
25 pictures of North Koreans losing it over Kim Jong-Il’s death
Are they laughing or crying I can’t tell?
Everybody should dictate like this – Peyton Manning calling audibles in a Buick
Peyton Manning, signal caller, loves using the Verano’s voice activation features to call out commands, just like when he’s on the field.
London Olympics may be the greenest, most sustainable ever
With the opening ceremony of the London Olympics only days away, organizers prepare to celebrate what may be the one of the greenest Olympic Games to date. For Olympic organizers, sustainability has been a major focus in planning the Games’ venues. Forbes notes that existing or temporary venues are utilized whenever possible. For permanent structures, …
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