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The end games for scales
The Olympics are coming to an end for me. As I depart to go back to Shanghai before I make my way to Europe for yet another technology conference, I reflect on my time here. This past week has been amazingly busy for my countrymen/women and me. Canada managed to make its...Beijing 2008 - Reflection on my first few days here at the Summer Games
The 29th Summer Games have been underway for a few days now, and so much has happened.I am excited to be here in China. Beijing is a great host city; people are going out of their way to make us feel welcome and...
created by Robert Scales | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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259 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
America stabbed to death today in Beijing
An American was killed and another injured in a stabbing attack in Beijing today, officials said, raising security fears as the Games got into full swing. A Chinese man stabbed the pair and their Chinese...
created by Robert Scales | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
751 views | 2 recommendations | 22 comments
751 views | 2 recommendations | 22 comments
My Games: Beijing diaries
My Games: Beijing diaries ROBERT SCALES, MONTREAL, CANADASince Autumn 2007, I have been living in China in preparation for the upcoming Summer Games.I can honestly say that I have been an Olympic fan, or a "fen zhi" as the Chinese say, since I was a little boy!I...
created by Robert Scales | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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164 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Citizens on the Ground
Citizens On the Ground Raincity Studios Sino-Away-Squad of Scales and KK, are on the ground in Beijing to cover and participate in the Olympic experience as citizen journalism, technology experts, social pundits...
created by Robert Scales | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
500 views | 22 recommendations | 6 comments
500 views | 22 recommendations | 6 comments
Security in and around Beijing for the Olympics
Over the past several months, western and some Chinese media have been talking about high security and how this would be a problem. I think BOCOG has done a poor job at assuring people that this would not be an...
created by Robert Scales | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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693 views | 18 recommendations | 14 comments
Peking Opera Mask Dancer
Scales at a great restaurant in Beijing watching a Peking opera mask dancer.. Look closely, this dancer changes his face mask over 10 times while dancing.. (super fast magic??)
created by Robert Scales | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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257 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Beijing security check; can tourist shoot video at the Beijing airport?
Testing shooting a video in public at the Beijing airport.. Does anyone care? Apparently not!
kk and I acting silly and talking while testing our luck and shooting a video in public at the Beijing airport...
created by Robert Scales | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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383 views | 12 recommendations | 6 comments
KK and Scales on Flight to Beijing
On our way to Beijing...
Citizen Journalism, air quality in Beijing, and a few other things are the topics du jour in this segment of the kk and scales do the summer games.
created by Robert Scales | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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483 views | 25 recommendations | 13 comments
kk and Scales at the 2008 Beijing Olympics!
Kris Krug and I will be at the Beijing Olympics from August 4th until August 17th (he's off on the 14th cos his visa expires)We will be speaking at symposium on the Olympics, our panel is on New Media at the 2008...
created by Robert Scales | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
455 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
455 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
This is as close as I could get to the Olympic Torch Ceremony
It just happen that I was working in Beijing at the same time as the official ceremony for the Olympic torch was held.Great I though! I can go shoot the start of the 120+ day long run carrying the torch around the...
created by Robert Scales | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1058 views | 37 recommendations | 12 comments
Flickr is no longer accessible from China!
Copied from Flickr's forum "Since around 12:30pm (Beijing time) on June 7th, users in China have been unable to view images on flickr.com. Our technical staff have looked into this and determined that it's not a...
created by Robert Scales | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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2084 views | 10 recommendations | 7 comments
Trailer Park Boys Book Signing Tour
The guys from Trailer Park Boys where in Vancouver this aafternoon as part of their National Chapters tour.A crowd of over 200, some who had patiently waited since 10am this morning showed up to meet the boys in...
created by Robert Scales | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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7879 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Countdown to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Today, in Vancouver, shortly after noon, the Olympic countdown clock was revealed to the public in an event attended by supporters and surrounded by the chaos of protesters chanting and protesting the coming of...
created by Robert Scales | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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1386 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan to be the First Quadriplegic to Accept Olympic F...
Over the past month, Kris Krug of Bryght, Robert Scales of Raincity Studios and various other Vancouver companies have been working together with New Media BC and Leading Edge BC to coordinate a technology symposium at the BC Canada Place next month during the Torino...
created by Robert Scales | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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1033 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
