Olympics: For Peace, or for Safety?

Rob | August 11, 2008

Since I live really close to Yong He Gong (the Lama temple in Beijing), I went to go watch the men’s cycling road race on Saturday, and it was kinda frustrating to be cheering by the side of the road.
There was a fence along the entire part of the route that was publicly accessible, and [...]

Beijing Olympic air quality – hoping for the best!

Rob | August 8, 2008

Well, this morning was not exactly the poster child for beautiful weather in Beijing.  Hot, humid, and according to the Ministry of Environment – kinda polluted.  Enviro-blogger Vance has been running a blog on Beijing air quality running up to the Olympics, and he noted that today barely made the “Blue Sky” standard that Beijing [...]

Torch relay got the Olympic feelings going!

Rob | August 8, 2008

Well, i was on my way to work yesterday morning, when I came up to a big mob of people and police on the road.  My way was blocked, so I didn’t have much to do other than find out what was going on.  And there it was, these teeming tens of thousands of people [...]