Post Olympic downer.

There are rumors that the famous birds nest stadium has started to rust, stain and peel. (Source)


With makes me think about the after plan. What is east London going to be be like after the Olympics is over? After my tour of the olympic site, it was explained to me that a large portion of the facilities that are going to be erected are designed to be either taken down after (!!!) or taken down and rebuilt in other parts of the country, to spread out the facilities (!!!) Thats some clever thinking, but is it going to work?

Lessons learned for the London Olympics.

Fascinating post: HERE

Chinese pride for there athletes.

One thing that stood out about the Chinese Olympics is the amount of national pride and support for there athletes. The stadium felt more electric when a Chinese athlete was competing. I wonder how the Brits are going to react in 2012, with our button down culture i hope were going to relax and get into the spirit of things.

'Then I caught sight of my lumbering, puce-faced reflection'

Reports are Beijing is polluted as sin, just another thing athletes and fans have to worry about.
Two separate stories within hours of each other (here, and here)

What a load of cock.

Britons held over Beijing protest.

A brit has been held for a stunt involving a lampost, an illegal act and the police.
It wasnt his stag do, he was protesting on behalf of the Tibetans.
His opinion is the Beijing Olympics are a tool for China distract the world from there treatment of the Tibetans.

More here.

Free Beiging olympic typeface anyone?

Here you go!

The Capital Spiritual Civilisation Construction Commission

The 15,000,000 Beijing residents have been given there orders from the man.
There are some interesting 'requests', some of the more obscure are:

Dont's
— Wear white socks with black shoes
— Wear high collar if they have a short neck
— Women should not wear leather skirts, transparent garments, clashing colours or more than three colour groups at once
— Fight over who settles the bill
— Press others to drink at a banquet

Do's
— Plant their feet slightly apart, in the shape of a V
— Women should wear light make-up
— Darker stockings should be used to cover thicker ankles
— Match the length of skirt to age. Young girls can wear skirts three centimetres to six centimetres above the knee
— All residents should go easy on garlic and clean their mouths

Im not joking, see!