So I wasn’t planning to blog about the 2008 Olympics, mostly because I’m not much of a sports fans, but over the past few days, I’ve accumulated a few things regarding the 2008 Olympics I wanted to share.<\/p>\n
First, Artemyst blogged<\/a> about the 2008 Beijing Olympics song\/music video: \u5317\u4eac\u6b61\u8fce\u4f60<\/strong><\/a> (Beijing Welcomes You). Update<\/strong><\/ins>: It appears YouTube has taken down the video. Here’s a mirror<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n At first I found the accent a bit off, but after awhile, I realized many of the cast were Hong Kong actors singing in Mandarin. The lyrics were borrowed from Artemyst’s blog, but the English translations were rather bad in the YouTube video description. 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I notice most places label this song as Welcome to Beijing, which I guess is technically correct or Englishfied, but to me there’s a difference between Welcome to Beijing<\/em> and Beijing welcomes you<\/em>. May be I’m being nitpicking.<\/p>\n Later I saw these awesome photos: 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony<\/strong><\/a>. These images are just magnificent and as someone mentioned in the Digg comments, many of these images reminded me of Magic Eye. Did I mention how beautiful these photos are?<\/p>\n Finally, Windows Media Center, TVTonic<\/a>, and NBC teamed together to bring you easy access to the Olympics: NBC Olympics On The Go<\/strong><\/a>. The whole company got an email late this past week stating about the project. When VonLobster was over here earlier today, he brought that up and we decided to check it out.<\/p>\n The process was much more complicated than I had expected. After clicking “Launch” from the MCE menu, it prompted that it’ll be opening a browser and I’ll have to run the setup after it finishes downloading. I don’t see why it couldn’t have streamlined the process. It even specifically stated I wouldn’t be able to use the remote to continue with the setup.<\/p>\n After installing and launching TVTonic within MCE, I would have to say the navigation was rather poorly designed. It took us quite awhile to figure out what to do. We were just trying to figure out how to watch a video, and that took a good 5-10 minutes.<\/p>\n After we figured out how to subscribe to channels, things went pretty smoothly from there. Videos would automatically start downloading and if we wanted to watch a particular one, priority would be given to that one and it would pretty much start streaming immediately. We checked out a few swimming ones and the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n The Lenovo ads did get a bit annoying after awhile. Between every clip, it would play. I understand it’s sponsored by Lenovo, but maybe if there were just more than 2 Lenovo ads, that’ll be okay, but I’ve seen the laser vaporizing and the fruit basket one at least 8x today. It also didn’t help that the audio volume was much lower in the actual clips than the ad, so immediately after the clip, the Lenovo ad would be SUPER LOUD.<\/p>\n I was hoping to share some of these videos with my parents, but unfortunately they’re drmed and requires a TVTonic license to view. I know it’s free, but I doubt I can teach my parents how to install TVTonic.<\/p>\n It also took me awhile to figure out where they were caching these. On Windows Vista, it’s located in: Update #2<\/strong><\/ins>: Ohfuee had asked me for the names of the artists, but unfortunately I only had the list of them in their Chinese names. I then found this video\/description which lists all of them: Various Artists – Beijing Welcomes You w \/ Translation<\/a>. They even have a download link to the mp3<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So I wasn’t planning to blog about the 2008 Olympics, mostly because I’m not much of a sports fans, but over the past few days, I’ve accumulated a few things regarding the 2008 Olympics I wanted to share. First, Artemyst blogged about the 2008 Beijing Olympics song\/music video: \u5317\u4eac\u6b61\u8fce\u4f60 (Beijing Welcomes You). Update: It appears … <\/p>\n
\nBeijing Welcomes You\/Various Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nComposer: Xiao Ke<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLyrics: Leo Ku<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nArtist: Celebrities<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n[Chen Tian Jia] We welcome the next morning, bringing in fresh air<\/p>\n
\n[Liu Huan] Weather may change but friendship will not, the tea’s fragrance is filled with friendship<\/p>\n
\n[Na Ying] Our door is always open, waiting for you with open arms<\/p>\n
\n[Stefanie Sun] After hugging and developing a bond, you will fall in love with here<\/p>\n
\n[Sun Yue] Everyone is a guest no matter how far away, please feel at home<\/p>\n
\n[Wang Lee Hom] Agreed to get together, we welcome you<\/p>\n
\n[Han Hong] We’ve planted evergreens, displaying every spectacle<\/p>\n
\n[Wakin Chau] Sowing seeds into the soil, leaving you with good memories<\/p>\n
\n[Gigi Leung] Strangers and friends are all guests, no need to be formal<\/p>\n
\n[Yu Quan] No matter how many times you come, there are much to talk about<\/p>\n
\n[Jackie Chan] Beijing welcomes you, opening your eyes to a new world<\/p>\n
\n[Richie Ren] The flowing charm is full of life<\/p>\n
\n[Jolin Tsai] Beijing welcomes you, sharing the joy of breathing under the sun<\/p>\n
\n[Sun Nan] Making new records on our yellow soil<\/p>\n
\n[Bibi Zhou] Our door is always open, welcoming the world with open arms<\/p>\n
\n[Wei Wei] The old ages is smiling like youth, welcoming this day<\/p>\n
\n[Huang Xiao Ming] Everyone is friends, please feel at home<\/p>\n
\n[Han Geng] The arts bring smiles, only waiting for you<\/p>\n
\n[Wang Feng] Beijing welcomes you, like how the music moves you<\/p>\n
\n[Karen Mok] Let’s work hard together to go beyond ourselves<\/p>\n
\n[Tan Jing] Beijing welcomes you, with dreams everyone can be great<\/p>\n
\n[Eason Chan] Having courage will bring miracles<\/p>\n
\n[Yan Weiwen] Beijing welcomes you, opening your eyes to a new world<\/p>\n
\n[Dai Yu Qiang] The flowing charm is full of life<\/p>\n
\n[Wang Xia, Li Shuang Song] Beijing welcomes you, sharing the joy of breathing under the sun<\/p>\n
\n[Liao Chang Yong] Making new records on our yellow soil<\/p>\n
\n[Lin Yi Lun] Beijing welcomes you, may the music move you<\/p>\n
\n[Jang Nara] Let’s work hard together to go beyond ourselves<\/p>\n
\n[JJ Lin] Beijing welcomes you, with dreams everyone can be great<\/p>\n
\n[A-Do] Having courage will bring miracles<\/p>\n
\n[Beijing Opera] Beijing weclomes you<\/p>\n
\n[Joey Yung] Our door is always open, welcoming the world with open arms<\/p>\n
\n[Chris Li] After hugging and developing a bond, you will fall in love with here<\/p>\n
\n[David Wong] Everyone is a guest no matter how far away, please feel at home<\/p>\n
\n[Chen Kun] Agreed to get together, we welcome you<\/p>\n
\n[Nicholas Tse] Beijing welcomes you, opening your eyes to a new world<\/p>\n
\n[Han Lei] The flowing charm is full of life<\/p>\n
\n[Vivian Hsu] Beijing welcomes you, sharing the joy of breathing under the sun<\/p>\n
\n[Kris Phillips] Making new records on our yellow soil<\/p>\n
\n[Tang Can] Our door is always open, welcoming the world with open arms<\/p>\n
\n[Lin Chi-ling, Zhang Zilin] The old ages is smiling like youth, welcoming this day<\/p>\n
\n[Jane Zhang] Everyone is friends, please feel at home<\/p>\n
\n[Valen Hsu, Sky Wu] The arts bring smiles, only waiting for you<\/p>\n
\n[Yang Kun, Christine Fan] Beijing welcomes you, like how the music moves you<\/p>\n
\n[Yu Hungming, Zhou Xiao’ou] Let’s work hard together to go beyond ourselves<\/p>\n
\n[Sha Baoliang, Man Wenjun] Beijing welcomes you, with dreams everyone can be great<\/p>\n
\n[Jin Haixin, Peter Ho] Having courage will bring miracles<\/p>\n
\n[F.I.R., Pang Long] Beijing welcomes you, opening your eyes to a new world<\/p>\n
\n[Kenji Wu, Qi Feng] The flowing charm is full of life<\/p>\n
\n[5566, Anson Hu] Beijing welcomes you, sharing the joy of breathing under the sun<\/p>\n
\n[Yumiko Cheng, Dao Lang] Making new records on our yellow soil<\/p>\n
\n[Ji Minjia, Tu Honggang, Denis Ng] Beijing welcomes you, like how the music moves you<\/p>\n
\n[Guo Rong, Will Liu, Tengger] Let’s work hard together to go beyond ourselves<\/p>\n
\n[Kym Jin Sha, Allen Su, Wei Jia] Beijing welcomes you, with dreams everyone can be great<\/p>\n
\n[Fu Lishan, Shawn Huang, Jaycee Chan] Having courage will bring miracles<\/p>\n
\n[All] Beijing welcomes you, with dreams everyone can be great<\/p>\n
\n[All] Having courage will bring miracles<\/p>\n
\n[All] Beijing welcomes you, with dreams everyone can be great<\/p>\n
\n[All] Having courage will bring miracles<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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