Tag: olympics

  • I went to the Olympics

    I was fortunate enough to have tickets to see the athletics at the Olympic Stadium on Friday 10 August. I saw the USA women win the 4×100 relay and break the world record, and the British men narrowly miss out on a medal in the 4×400 relay as well as the 4 x 100 heats,…

  • Bending the corporate control of the games.

    I get regular emails from the London 2012 Olympic organisers about travel and ticket information but mostly trying to convince me to buy some official merchandise. It’s a collectors dream, everything you can think of can be sold with a London 2012 logo on for twice the normal price. There are very tight restrictions on…

  • £206 taken by the Olympics

    I bid for four tickets and it looks like got all four – Session AT014 at the Olympic stadium on 10 August. ***** UPDATE ***** I’m getting a lot of traffic to this page with people searching for session code AT014 – Here’s a more helpful link to the Olympic site for people after useful info:…

  • Olympic Stadium compared to Leyton Orient

    Just out of interest I thought I’d take a look at the Olympic website and compare the size of the Olympic Stadium to Brisbane Road, the home of Leyton Orient. Using their maps (www.london2012.com/map.php), I zoomed in at the same level and took screenshots. I’ve photoshoped Brisbane Road ontop of the most recent aerial photo…

  • Olympic Legacy

    What the future holds, through the eyes of Diamond Geezer: 2013: West Ham kick off their tenantship of the Olympic Stadium with a Division 1 home match against Accrington Stanley. Fans bring binoculars. Read the full 11 year forecast of Spurs and West Ham’s future…

  • 3 sites which inspire you

    For a team away day we’re all given the following task: bring a screen shot of 3 sites that inspire you for a warm up discussion: 1 information giving site, 1 income generation site, 1 other Which is something I thought would be worth sharing here. So here are my three: Information giving For infomration…

  • Mapping out the Olympic site and beyond

    The Mapperz  blog has highlighted a great interactive map of the activity around the country in preparation for the 2012 Olympics. Street level details shows the latest ariel photos of the site as well as altering the map to show activities over a particular time period. An excellent example of how mapping and other media can be…