Olympic Links

Guess what the customer asked for on this cake? (via Cake Wrecks)

14 Olympic Stories We're Tired Of Hearing.

If you're tired of the stories in that link, try 13 Medal-Worthy Olympic Stories. These you may not have heard before.

20 Ideas For Making the Olympics Kick Way More Ass.

And more ways. (via Geek Like Me)

The Olympics Sap-O-Meter scores the syrupy sweetness of NBC's coverage by measuring the use of words like inspirational, sacrifice, adversity, and overcome. It's almost like a drinking game, if you bring your own drinks.

Mark Spitz on Michael Phelps. (Thanks, Johnny Cat!)

6 Reasons Today’s Olympic Swimmers are Breaking so many World Records.

As you watch Olympic diving, you may have wondered how the camera follows the divers every inch of the way from the platform to underwater. The answer is extremely old-fashioned: they drop the camera!  The Wall Street Journal has an explanation, and an interactive graphic that shows how the tracking works. (via Geek Like Me)