August 2012

Daily Twitter Posts - 09/08/2012

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23:59 Thank goodness ch9 has gone to a real sport now. #london2012 #bmx #
22:53 Nairobi to bid for the 2024 Olympics. Yeah... right... http://t.co/b1R5aEj4 #
22:37 OMG everything I am reading about Walter Winans is amazing. He is fast becoming my favourite sportsman-sculptor of all time! #
22:33 I am in awe of Walter Winans, who won two Olympic gold medals: one for running deer shooting, the other for sculpture - http://t.co/0LGUCd7c #
22:19 Watching the rhythmic gymnastics reminds me that art was a medal competition at the Olympics from 1912 to 1948 http://t.co/N3tt9uFE #
21:52 What we need is a Logie for best performance in a sports betting ad. Nominees: Samuel L Jackson, Jaimee Rogers, Tom Waterhouse... #
21:49 My day 12 #london2012 blog post features video of women's #beachvolleyball. Sort of. http://t.co/3FypTKee #
21:47 And in news apparently unrelated to the 10k swim: RT @guardianeco: Fewer jellyfish spotted in UK waters http://t.co/GmIZmXF1 #
21:10 and speaking of non-sports, we're at that time of the Olympiad again. #london2012 #hulahoop #
21:01 "John Steffensen, he'll probably end up in commentary one day." Yes Karl, send him to the diving pool right now urgently. #london2012 #
20:50 Thanks for coming, Steffo. #london2012 #mens4x400 #
20:47 @camo09 if Slats the face of all things moving forward then I'm surprised he didn't call the backstroke #
20:43 and of course for Ofentse Mogawane. That was a nasty fall. #london2012 #mens4x400 #
20:39 unbelievable. So sad for @Team_SA_2012 and @OscarPistorius. #london2012 #mens4x400 #
20:38 oh terrible luck for South Africa. Out of the relay before Oscar Pistorius gets to run. #london2012 #mens4x400 #
20:35 Pistorius running 3rd for South Africa in this 4x400 heat. And two Borlees for Belgium. #london2012 #mens4x400 #
20:27 Oh yes. The official #London2012 website allows you to compare the medal count of one country and against any other http://t.co/6prZ6SSD #
20:16 Yorkshire still leads Scotland 8 medals to 7 - http://t.co/qVMGwVBO #london2012 #devolution #
20:05 my Exhibit A being that footy club president calling the opening ceremony, marathon and triathlon. #london2012 #ch9fail #
20:04 seriously, if you're a media org covering the greatest sporting event in the world you assemble the best possible team. Not run a junket #
20:02 Michael Slater calling the diving is proof that channel 9 lacks depth in Olympic-standard commentators. #london2012 #ch9fail #
20:00 Australia's 12-0 lead in silver medals over Kazakhstan remains unchanged. #london2012 #
18:59 You mean to say they cut #ACA five minutes short for *this*? #london2012 #kayak #
18:57 Oh yes. #london2012 #kayak #
18:55 Oh my goodness #kayak #
18:40 Memo ABC: if Bob Hoskins is "Roger Rabbit star" then surely Robert Hughes is "Abba The Movie actor" #
18:08 It's not a good week if your name is Robert Hughes #
17:05 Oh dear. RT @mrtiedt: I can't seriously be expected to run the #City2Surf with this errant apostrophe on my wrist. http://t.co/NjUGj9eQ #

London Day Twelve: It's revaulting

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As expected, Wangi's Nath and Goobs took out Australia's fifth gold medal on the water at Weymouth on Wednesday in the men's 49er class. That gives the Australian sailing team their second gold, making it the first time since Barcelona 1992 that swimming has not been our most successful gold medal sport.

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Daily Twitter Posts - 08/08/2012

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22:53 Japan 2 gold 13 silver 14 bronze. You have to feel sorry for them when they can only win one gold in judo. #london2012 #
22:41 Yes @SuperQuat looks like Barcelona, but 2 equestrian and 2 rowing gold. Watt 1 gold 1 silver. Perkins only swimmer #
22:32 and when was the last time that #swimming was not the most successful gold medal sport for Australia at the Olympics? #london2012 #
22:31 Ok. We're there. Australia's 5th gold medal. Congratulations Nate and Goobs! #london2012 #49ers #wangiwangi #
22:21 NorthumberlandNews Article: Bring back tug of war to the Olympics http://t.co/QWbk3c5U #london2012 #
21:50 note: the correct pronunciation of #Wangi is won-jee, not wang-e. Keep it clean! #london2012 #sailing #49ers #wangiwangi #
21:35 let's face it, that was no sillier than the cycling "sprint". #london2012 #polerevault #
21:30 what's the official hashtag for this? #polevault #polerevolt #polerevault? #london2012 #
19:36 We interrupt this 16 hour gold medal analysis to bring you a pole vaulter breaking his pole. Back to the studio after these ads. #ch9 #
19:30 That silver appears to be Portugal's first medal at #london2012. #kayak #
19:16 Isn't it good that there's nothing happening at the Olympics today? #ch9 #
18:57 I'm glad that ch9 is replaying Sally Pearson's race, cause in 13 hours they haven't replayed it once #
18:45 Yes! @dannolan_ebooks is back. Twitter is saved! #
18:41 Have I picked a bad night to watch, or is #ACA this brain-dead every night? #
18:10 "490" class, #9newsat6? Really? #london2012 #sailing #
16:07 My latest #london2012 blog post starring Sally Pearson with cameos by Lolo Jones and the Not Trying Hard Enough Police http://t.co/EqV0CbaQ #
12:04 Today's #innerwest Olympians wrap from the @InnerWestNews and another event I've never heard of: http://t.co/QRbRSRdw #london2012 #sailing #
11:45 He won't be missed by too many. RT @newcastleherald: Newcastle lord mayor John Tate to retire http://t.co/1GNfhhbc #Newcastle #council #
11:44 Wangi is getting ready for a big night of gold medal celebrations tonight - http://t.co/ZBj8FJcO #london2012 #sailing #
10:21 Thanks! (Ken Stephen Medal poll) #nrl RT @rlonecommunity: @rickeyre Here is the link: https://t.co/L0cIGuWT #
09:05 I think I need to track down these people who conned me into reading a Buzz Rothfield "column" this morning. #nrl #
08:24 and, seeing as I didn't actually take my website offline, the maintenance is complete :) #
08:18 my website is offline for a few minutes for maintenance #
08:02 Amid all the Sally Pearson/Anna Meares euphoria this morning, did ch9 actually #fail to show the men's 1500m final live? #london2012 #
07:48 Bandicoot sighting in Dulwich Hill! #innerwest RT @InnerWestNews: http://t.co/Skh4tY5i #

London Day Eleven: Clearing that final hurdle

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Where Liu Xiang failed, Sally Pearson succeeded. Along with the Missile probably Australia's most pre-hyped competitor at London 2012, Pearson delivered in the final of the women's 100 metre hurdles on a wet Tuesday night.

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Daily Twitter Posts - 07/08/2012

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23:52 Olympic athletes on public transport #Olympics http://t.co/bsfoSQFj via @storify #london2012 #
22:55 wondering if a goalkeeper has ever saved a penalty in #handball #
22:52 and I love it how my tweets about channel 9 are being retweeted by people outside their viewing area, eg Mexico #
22:48 I love watching handball almost as much as I love sepak takraw and hurling. #london2012 #
22:46 #Handball on ch9. Wohoo!! #london2012 #
22:26 another #london2012 blog post, where I attempt to come to terms with the keirin http://t.co/6bVZNnW6 #
21:15 and another stroll by Blake. #london2012 #mens200mheat #
20:51 casual. #london2012 #bolt #
20:49 Bolt time again. #london2012 #mens200mheat #
20:42 Eddie Maguire is the Anti-Gordon Bray. That is all. #
20:30 "starters ready for the... start" Another long night with Eddie begins. #london2012 #triathlon #
20:22 Fascinated by the history of the Keirin. Didn't know its Japanese roots. Would have made a good Kurosawa movie. #london2012 #
19:54 "history repeats in a different way" Even Peter Donegan is capable of talking bollocks in the heat of battle. #london2012 #mens110hurdles #
16:16 "The Crocodile Dundee of art criticism"? Robert Hughes deserves a better obit than that delivered by the Guardian, which I shall not link to #
16:05 So where do I vote for the Ken Stephen Medal? Some fine nominees but I can't see a voting form on either the @NRL or @rlonecommunity sites #
14:38 RBA rate unchanged equates to a NAB increase of ~0.2%, yes? #
11:36 @JonnoDixon you're probably right, although there's always the risk of getting kicked out for "not trying"... #
11:15 My latest #london2012 blog post starring Ben Ainslie, Michael Diamond and (again) Usain Bolt - http://t.co/CAOJrGYl #
09:27 "Potentially suspicious"? Come on @newcastleherald it's either suspicious or it isn't - http://t.co/vU5yPFbm #
09:25 They need to finish their last race. RT @newcastleherald: Great news! Lake sailors wrap up Olympic gold... http://t.co/bgZ9tE6i #london2012 #
09:03 Go Boomers... RT @ABCOlympics: Team USA defeats Argentina 126-97 and will play Australia in the men's basketball quarter-finals #
08:53 Star Trek 2? There's going to be another Star Trek 2 film next year? How many times can film-makers recycle the same numbers? #
08:04 Kazakhstan picked up a bronze. #london2012 #
00:35 an Aussie gold medal edition of my #london2012 blog, with bonus Lego - http://t.co/yP3KmNjI #

London Day Eleven early edition: A keirin for Perkins?

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As a track cycling illiterate I've avoided paying close attention to the Velodrome until watching today's heats in the men's keirin. And I immediately had one question: who is the dude in black on the pace vehicle?

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London Day Ten late edition: Diamond five Games not out

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In the Olympic Games there's a temptation to measure greatness by the number of medals won. This carries a bias towards those who enter many events and do well in most or all of them. On the other hand, there are those who enter only one event because that's what they specialise in, or that's all that's available. And among those athletes, those who came back Olympiad after Olympiad and keep on winning their one gold. Think Steve Redgrave or Al Oerter.

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Daily Twitter Posts - 06/08/2012

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23:54 Is it true that Clive Palmer is bidding for Titanic class to be added to the sailing program for Rio 2016? #
23:43 That sound you hear is of all the Government funding shifting from swimming to sailing. #london2012 #
23:40 Congratulations, also, to Pavlos Kontides: second in the Men's Laser, and the first Cypriot Olympic medallist ever. #london2012 #sailing #
23:36 All right Australia! #london2012 #sailing #
23:28 I'm enjoying this coverage of the #sailing. Why haven't we seen far far more? #ch9 #london2012 #
23:12 The complete series of The Guardian's #London2012 Lego reconstructions. I can't wait for the greco-roman wrestling http://t.co/m0b3rf5g #
23:10 The Guardian's sublime Lego recreation of the #mens100m final. And I still feel Asafa Powell's pain. #london2012 http://t.co/xVKJ05Kq #
23:00 Go Australia! Go Cyprus! Go both! #london2012 #sailing #
22:59 My latest #London2012 blog post, on sponsorship, #Rule40, ambush marketing and bottle-throwing - http://t.co/gVJf2qQU #
21:36 Dear #qanda, what is the best method to microwave meat pies without making them soggy. Thanks. #auspol #sideshow #
21:29 Shar-kies! Shar-kies! Shar-kies! #london2012 #waterpolo #
20:34 So the only person standing in the way of Cyprus' first ever gold medal is an Australian :/ #london2012 #sailing #
20:21 though a post-Games performance review should be de rigeur anyhow. #london2012 #swimming #
20:18 The Olympics aren't finished and the swimmers aren't home so why is Swimming Australia issuing statements like this - http://t.co/cg6uecYh #
20:11 Umm, why the smiley? RT @rhinorevolution: Poacher Dies in Shoot-out....:) http://t.co/fwRkQyqi #
19:57 So how does a Twitter account pretending to be a Martian space probe get a "verified" tick? @MarsCuriosity #
18:24 @Bill2063 eliminated in a fair selection process. I have no inside knowledge on how NASA recruits its staff #
16:30 And in other news, some members of the South Sydney Rabbitohs are not called Burgess. #nrl #
16:22 another video rental store bites the dust. Just Movies at Stanmore has closed its doors #
16:02 and yes, I witnessed both those events on live TV :p #
15:58 1969: "Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed." 2012: "We've got thumbnails!" #
15:39 I'm still looking for the African-Americans in the room. #curiosity #diversity #
15:37 We've got thumbnails. #msl #thumbnails #
15:33 I think they did it. #msl #
15:32 Come on we need some more "whoop whoop whoop yee ha!" #msl #

London Day Ten gold medal edition: Tom's laser

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It's like the good old days of Moscow, Los Angeles and Seoul again, when Australian gold medals were rare events to be savoured, not the passe quota-fillers of Athens and Beijing. On the tenth official day of competition, Tom Slingsby has taken out the men's laser event in the sailing competition to deliver Australia's second gold medal of the London Olympic Games, nine days after winning its first.

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