At the 54th Annual TV Week Logie Awards on Sunday, Grant Hackett was causing quite a “ruckus”, being told off by fellow guest after he and Foxtel presenter Shura Taft were throwing grapes at Celebrity Apprentice Lauryn Eagle in an attempt to get her attention. Fast forward to 3am, an the well-refreshed Olympian was being approached by bouncers at the complex’s Club 23 and told he should “call it a night.” Read more here on The Daily Telegraph
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Former European Junior Champion Mateusz Matczak in coma after fall
23-year-old Mateusz Matcak from Poland is currently in a coma after suffering serious head injuries following a fall while drunk. He won gold in the 400 freestyle and 400 IM at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp 2007, and a silver in the 200 IM, and was due to fight for a place in the Polish Olympic team next month, until he recently withdrew without offering any explanation. Currently in a medically induced coma for a further two or three days, doctors at the hospital have played down reports that the swimmer was attacked: “From what we have seen, it’s very likely that the patient was not beaten up, but just hit by a car.” Read Thenews.pl
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The Arena Carbon Pro explained (and first impressions)
By ArenaPeople, so it is not completely unattached ;-)
Alexander Dale Oen – first impressions
Ranomi Kromowidjojo – first impressions
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London 2012 Olympic Games: Happy 100 Days to Go from Australia
101 days today, 100 days tomorrow, featuring James “The Missile” Magnussen
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CC photo #109: ÄŒavić ready for the Roma 2009 men’s 50 fly semi
Serbia’s Milorad ÄŒavić greeting the audience before the men’s 50 meter butterfly semi-final at the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships. World champ the day after :-)
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London data center staff to live in pods during 2012 Games
Interxion engineers test out their sleeping pods / future home According to Wired, the newly founded British company Podtime has sold 19 futuristic sleeping pods originally intended for overworked financial staffers, airport travelers and youth hostels, to three colocation facilities including a London data center operated by Interxion, to ensure that its high service levels are continually met throughout the Olympic Games.
With the Olympics on the horizon, Interxion realised the need to take its resilience that extra mile to ensure that its facilities – and more importantly its customer’s applications – were not hindered during the Games. So as part of a number of initiatives, sleeping pods have been installed at its London data centre campus, allowing engineering staff to stay on site 24/7 should congestion on the travel and road networks become too severe, making it difficult for critical staff to travel to and from the site in a timely fashion.
(Don’t show my boss this ‘solution’, please)
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Olympic organizers invite Keith Moon (1946-1978) to perform at the 2012 Games
According to the manager for The Who, officials of the 2012 Olympics in London recently approached him to see if Keith Moon “would be available” to play with the surviving members this summer. Problem just that Moon died from an overdose back in 1978.
“I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to the Who’s anthemic line ‘I hope I die before I get old’,” came the excellent reply.
“If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him.”
Read The Guardian via Neatorama.
Obviously going into the WTF-category, RIP Keith Moon.
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Ian Thorpe splits from longtime manager David Flaskas
According to The Daily Telegraph, Ian Thorpe has split from his former manager David Flaskas to join James Erskine at SEL, shocking many in Australian swimming considering Flaskas has been with Thorpe since the outset. “The fact Thorpe is Australia’s most decorated Olympian should have set him up for life. But he’s far from it, and that is why he has turned to Erskine.” Via OpposingViews
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CC photo #108: Beautiful trees behind the Roma 2009 spectator stands
Just a shot of the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships swimming pool spectator stands, taken mainly because of those beautiful trees in the background. Jeez, everything is special when you come from the cold and windy north, including trees :-)
