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Olympics

question of the day: Why did Summer 2012 flop at the North American office?

Wed, Sep 05, 2012
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Did the Olympics keep audiences away? Should we blame the Colorado multiplex shooting? Or were the movies themselves simply too crappy?

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question of the day: Do you turn on the TV out of habit, hoping to find something to watch, or only when you know there’s something you don’t want to miss?

Fri, Aug 24, 2012
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Or maybe it’s something in the middle? When I want company, for instance, I’ll leave an all-news channel on… at least till it starts annoying the hell outta me.

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London photo of the day: patriotic underpants

Mon, Aug 20, 2012
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The Crooked Billet pub in Wimbledon puts a nationalistic post-Olympic spin on festive bunting.

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what if every Olympic sport was photographed like beach volleyball? (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Aug 15, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the day: Has the Olympics been a break from the excesses of reality TV, or just another example of the same?

Mon, Aug 13, 2012
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Maybe the absurd kerfuffle over gymnast Gabby Douglas’s hair suggests that today’s audiences will gin up a reality-TV-esque catfight no matter what…

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London photo of the day: Olympics medals don’t grow on trees, you know…

Sat, Aug 11, 2012
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…or do they?

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Darth Vader meets Batman, on the subway (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Aug 11, 2012
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London photo of the day: sod the Olympics

Fri, Aug 10, 2012
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Apparently the least patriotic cinema in London.

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nice analysis of why Princess Leia is so damn cool (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Aug 10, 2012
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London photo of the day: Olympic guides in Trafalgar Square

Fri, Aug 10, 2012
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Just barely coping with the mobs of tourists needing assistance.

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