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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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31 May 2002 - 12:57 pm
Google's programing contest is over and the winners are listed here. Does anyone know if the Dan Blandford listed under the honorable mentions is the Dan Blandford that graduated from WashU a few years ago?
I was reading today on Slate about the stadiums Japan built for the World Cup. Here's a little excerpt:
Sapporo is . . . a domed stadium with artificial turf, but a grass soccer field sits just outside the east wall. On soccer game days, the wall slides open, a bank of seats retracts, and the turf field—floating on an air cushion—is rolled indoors. Then the wall closes, the turf field is rotated 90 degrees, and—voilà—an indoor, grass soccer stadium. This insanity cost $400 million, plus $15,000 every time they move the field.Remember that Japan is in the depths of a ten year old recession. And they spent at least $4.5 billion on half the World Cup. (South Korea is co-hosting.) By comparison, France spent $1.5b when they hosted the World's Cup four years ago. The Japanese are depending on the World's Cup to revive their economy. I suspect they'll be sorely disappointed.
Posted by on 31 May 2002 at 12:49 PM
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