NBC Olympics Online Coverage

August 10th, 2008

I learned about NBC’s plans to offer extensive online video coverage of the Olympics at the Microsoft Server 2008 launch event earlier this year.  It’s definitely impressive.  I’ve used IE and Firefox and had no problem (I already had Silverlight installed).  I’m especially impressed with the “Live Video Control Room” that lets you follow 4 events at one time, swapping them between the big windows and the small windows.

If you’re watching video and trying to find the Control Room, click on “Enlarge video” and then the Control Room icon:

Or see on ABC News site here: abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=4826897

Mediterranean Cable Break

February 2nd, 2008

On January 30, several submarine cables were severed in the Mediterranean Sea just north of Alexandria, Egypt.

You can read more about it on the Renesys blog and the BBC, and read more about submarine cables at TeleGeography.com.

submarine cable break