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Thinking of a Master Plan: Snazzy Video Nabs 2016 Olympics for Rio
As an American, I was disappointed that Chicago didn't win the 2016 Summer Olympics, but I've got to admit that Rio looks like a pretty spectacular choice. I've never been, but watching their official candidate commercial yesterday moved it to the top of my list of dream trips. Today I happened upon the city's master plan pitch, and it really looks like Brazilian officials have thought this thing through. I'm not surprised the I.O.C. believed that South America in general, and Rio in particular, would be the perfect host for the games.
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Virtual Travel: Lonely Planet on the YouTube Train
Maybe Lonely Planet has been feeling a little isolated lately. The travel guide publisher just launched its own video site, Lonelyplanet.tv, and is looking for your videos of excursions far and near.
Of course, to be featured on the Lonely Planet YouTube channel you'll have to compete with a bikini'd man swimming in Antarctica, a "Hills"-worthy tour of Paris and (above) a belly-dancing, ghost-riding cabdriver who confidently declares, "I am not normal."
One bit of advice: Videos of you guzzling cachaça and popping pills in a Brazilian hostel while on assignment, we'd imagine, won't earn you a five-star YouTube rating from LP.
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Gimme Gimme Octopus
Here's a scene from the old Japanese kid's show Kure Kure Takora (Gimme Gimme Octopus), videos of which that weirdo radio station WFMU is hosting on its blog. Your guess is as good as ours as to why the blue and green rubber blobs are so intent on attacking the nice red octopus mother's baby. See Boing-Boing for a little analysis; it doesn't sound as if knowing Japanese makes it any plainer. WFMU has a total of seven segments to watch and analyze -- there goes Friday morning.
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· Gimme More Octopus [WFMU]
· Weird vintage Japanese octopus baby nightmare [Boing-Boing]
