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How Microsoft and NBC have helped me boycott the Olympics...

Submitted by brad on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 23:10

I won't get into the political reasons, but I've been trying to take a very small personal stand and boycott the Olympics (*cough* *Free Tibet* *cough*). However, for a sports junkie like me this is extremely difficult. My main strategy has been to go MLB.com instead of ESPN.com for my daily fix. However, technology has conspired against me... but it has also saved me.

First, how technology conspired to make me watch the olympics...

Awful photoshop usage at ESPN.com

Submitted by brad on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 12:15

Aaah, a non-DrupalCon post at last.

I'm typically pretty hard on ESPN.com, for their editorial policies, membership levels, and other philosophical issues, but here's something a little more pragmatic: ESPN sucks at photoshop.

Exhibit A: "But it looks so real!"

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