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August 11, 2008
Summer Olympics
I am not a sports fan. I'll repeat, I am not a sports fan. But, I am a technology fan and I am continually impressed with the new uses of technology. Take for example, the Olympics... There is the official website for the Olympics. Then, there's the NBC Olympics site. Want even more information? Go to Beijing's Olympic site. You can see LIVE video, plus email and text message alerts, athlete profiles, in addition to the expected schedules, scores and results!
Does all of this Olympics talk make you yearn to know about the Ancient Olympics? You know what the prize used to be for winning an event? An olive leaf crown! But, ancient Olympians also received the same kind of attention and fame that our current athletes do. Except that now, it's broadcasted all over the world and they're famous instantaneously!
One of the coolest things that I've seen is from the East Meadow Library. They have a blog written by Michael Bernard Schanzer, who is actually in Beijing!
Aside from the technology, I admit to being captivated by the athletes themselves. I was drawn to Michael Phelp's enthusiastic whoops and hollers and saddened by Alicia Sacramone's falls. It's an awful lot of pressure on those athletes, and they show amazing poise through it all. The largest pressure on my children right now is finishing their summer reading books -- and that, it turns out, is a tremendous struggle!
Posted by Michele at August 11, 2008 8:59 AM
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