tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post1032901452087887638..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: SalvationGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-18701579483740898272008-08-26T10:08:00.000+01:002008-08-26T10:08:00.000+01:00Hi George, a Feedjit is a map of the world you can...Hi George, <BR/>a Feedjit is a map of the world you can download - free from Google. It puts small red dots where your visitors are. <BR/>I have internet visitors to my blog from Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong etc. but China remains dotless - an empty white internet space - rather like the Antarctic.<BR/>best, GwilymGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-68940311257565095412008-08-25T12:29:00.000+01:002008-08-25T12:29:00.000+01:00What's a feedjit, Gwilym?The real China sounds lik...What's a feedjit, Gwilym?<BR/><BR/>The real China sounds like a big project. My wife was born there. Her father spent eighteen years there. Near the Tibetan border.<BR/><BR/>Olympics? Yes, nauseating hype, chiefly because of scale. Otherwise there is little hype of the non-nauseating sort anywhere. One could perhaps do an entirely virtual Olympics. And wasn't there a 1960s TV play by Nigel Kneale titled 'The Year of the Sex Olympics'? One can but try. Might just make the heats.<BR/><BR/>I made my own suggestions for London's response in an earlier blog - here:<BR/><BR/>http://georgeszirtes.blogspot.com/2008/08/london-initiative.html<BR/><BR/>As ever, I do my best for international relations.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-53190488396949600342008-08-25T11:22:00.000+01:002008-08-25T11:22:00.000+01:00Haven't watched any 2008 Olympics apart from the o...Haven't watched any 2008 Olympics apart from the opening ceremony, and the lighting of the flame by the sun in Greece. <BR/>The hype was oh, so nauseating! The dubious flame (orig: 1936) <BR/>The fireworks unreal! <BR/>The singer not the singer! <BR/>Maybe the song was not the song? <BR/>Why not fix a Feedjit to the blog and get a visual feel for the real China.<BR/>Gwilym WilliamsGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-4153682721358953512008-08-24T23:46:00.000+01:002008-08-24T23:46:00.000+01:00Thank you, Shawn.All Hungary rejoices. Though the ...Thank you, Shawn.<BR/><BR/>All Hungary rejoices. Though the truth is they expected more medals, more golds.<BR/><BR/>But then they always do. The past is very demanding. The commentator quoted one older water polo player as saying it was time to stop learning from the young how to turn victory into defeat and to start to learn from the old how to turn defeat into victory.<BR/><BR/>The past is a very hard master indeed. This time of course, in fact for the third olympics in a row, they did win the gold.<BR>George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-49487469016564085672008-08-24T23:36:00.000+01:002008-08-24T23:36:00.000+01:00A lovely piece.I haven't watched this edition of t...A lovely piece.<BR/><BR/>I haven't watched this edition of the Games (for many reasons); however, I did follow Michael Phelps' pursuit of glory via many blogs. It's interesting to contrast the general malaise over his world-beating performances with the reaction you've observed from the Hungarian faithful as regards their own.<BR/><BR/>Hoping this finds you well today ...<BR/><BR/>ShawnShawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00617713016933175728noreply@blogger.com