Video game women featured in October Playboy pictorial
— what’s next, the Ladies of Marvel Comics? #Screencap comparisons of Lucas alternations to new Star Wars trilogy
— the cleanups look great, but what about the new Jedi ending? via adampsyche #Doom 3 Classic
— full conversion of original Doom for the Doom 3 engine, screenshots via doom3.filefront.com #Librarian misunderstands Wikipedia
— just because it’s open doesn’t make it unreliable via Delicious #JibJab wins "This Land" lawsuit
— and the purported copyright owners lost the song to the public domain! #Dozens charged in spam crackdown
— only 200 spammers send 90% of spam, so this a good start via Slashdot #List of great "material moments" in film
— from an academic journal on materials science and engineering via raygirvan.co.uk #Trevor visits the Berkeley "I Love Bees" GPS site
— the viral game pointed to pay phones today, which could activate “axons” on the website #John Kerry chose the Daily Show over the news networks
— he’s interviewed on the show tonight via marchdesign.com #Olympics 2004 on Usenet
As predicted, many of the Athens 2004 Olympics events are being digitized and uploaded to the Internet. The quality is good, often ripped from HDTV and international sources. (Many of the clips are from Brazilian television, with commentary in Portuguese. Those darn Brazilians again!)
To judge the video quality, here’s a sample clip of yesterday’s controversial judging of Russia’s Alexei Nemov, in which the audience’s vocal protests shut down the Men’s Gymnastics High Bar Finals for a full ten minutes.
Video: Alexei Nemov – Male Gymnastics High Bar Finals (Sample) (.MPG, 25MB)
Like Yahoo’s Most Popular, there’s an emphasis on women’s beach volleyball and women’s gymnastics. But many other events are represented, as well. Below is a list of every event posted to the alt.binaries.olympics Usenet newsgroup since the Olympics started on August 13.
