Olympic Fake?

Morning Edition, August 12, 2008 · Millions of people thought they were watching live fireworks as part of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. It turns out, some of those vivid fireworks were computer graphics created by a team of hundreds of Chinese visual-effects specialists who worked nearly a year to pull it off.

NPR Story

I was very disappointed to hear this story. I thought the ceremony was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen on TV.

The Octopus Project, Opolis

Vanessa and I went to OKC on Tuesday after work. We went to dinner at Saturn Grill with Kathy and Layni. Then we went and picked Vanessa's friend Janet up and went over to Opolis to see The Octopus Project.

New BOK Center

This is a photo I took yesterday when David, Holly and I took a tour of the new BOK convention center in downtown Tulsa. Caesar Pelli is the architect on the project. They handed over the keys to the BOK staff today so we got in on the last tour that Manhattan Construction did.

The place is totally amazing. 18,000 seats and state of the art everything. Who cares who is performing, it will be an experience just to go. Even though it doesn't open till after I leave, you can bet that I will be back in March for the College playoffs.