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Olympics 2012 opening ceremony honors Tim Berners-Lee, but NBC anchors don't know who he is

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:40:18 +0000

"Tim being Englishman Tim Berners-Lee... if you haven't heard of him, [laugh], we haven't either." — Meredith Vieira, derping out with Matt Lauer during the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics.

Meredith, Matt: You guys. You could look it up on the World Wide Web.

Video here, courtesy of Ethan Klapper.

“These are little pixel screens at every seat that allows the creative team here to actually turn the crowd into a giant LED screen,” Lauer later says.

Vieira: “One more thing I don’t understand.”

(via @stevesilberman)

Hidden Steve Jobs tribute in #OlympicCeremony: Tim Berners Lee used his Next box to send the message.
— Steven Levy (@StevenLevy) July 28, 2012

@StevenLevy Screen shot of 1991 NextMail to Mitch telling him about WWW. Also includes NextMail from Sir Tim twitter.com/JPBarlow/statu…
— John Perry Barlow (@JPBarlow) July 28, 2012

"Klan, Klam, and Oyster" bar in Georgia displays racist sign calling President Obama the n-word

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:06:10 +0000

This just in: racists remain racist. Local news, HuffPo, and MSNBC's The Ed Show have reported on the shocking roadside sign below, but the bar's website (above) includes a collection of past signs, a horribly dated mouse trail effect, and the inability to correctly spell the word "original." All very troubling. (screenshot below courtesy Fox News Atlanta)

TOM THE DANCING BUG: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, featuring "Hi, Robot"!

Ruben Bolling — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:02:36 +0000

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