Without a Traceroute

I think the Olympics are a really cool thing. Notwithstanding China’s miserable human rights record, athlete-choking smog, and digitally-manipulated opening ceremony, it’s nice that there’s a peaceful event the entire world can share in.

I’ve heard from multiple Dutch people about the 2-2 tie in the USA-Netherlands soccer game, which was apparently almost an embarrassing loss for the Dutch until a last minute goal. I also heard a lot about the Dutch gold in 4×100 swimming, beating out the US and Australia who were considered favorites in the event.

Last night, on Belgian TV (the Belgian stations apparently have better Olympics coverage than the Dutch ones), we watched Angola’s lopsided defeat in basketball by the USA ‘Redeem Team’. I’m not usually that into sports, but it’s great that almost every nation participates in the Olympics and people from all over the world can follow their team.