Shiny Happy People...

WOW. Day 13 has been extraordinary! TeamUSA ran away with it - GOLD medals, OVERALL medals - Medals, Medals Everywhere!

Source: www.london2012.com

I stumbled across a fascinating interactive page on the NY Times Olympic blog site which displays a globe-inspired graphic presentation of detailed medal results from 1896 to present day; this really is a must-see! Click here to visit the site and make sure to click on different years in the timeline; notice how the specific events included in each Olympics change as well as the medal dispersion across the 'globe'.



Photo by LOCOG via Getty Images

Something else unique to each Olympics are of course the medals themselves, but also the ribbons used to display them. The medals being awarded in the London 2012 Games were designed by British artist David Watkins. You may satisfy all of your medal design, specification and selection curiosities here. Slate chose to look past the medals and focus instead on just the ribbons; this is an interesting lyrical write-up that you should definitely take a peek at on their Five-Ring Circus Olympic blog here.

Whew... there was so much activity today I actually had two laptops live-streaming events (w/PIP) as well as a regular television set to watch everything on my list! I'm headed to bed with REM stuck in my head... =)

Click here to listen: Shiny Happy People