Running total hours recorded on my Tivo, starting with the Opening ceremony through midnight Saturday--235 hours so far.
- Speaking of the Tivo--another crash last night, about 10 minutes after I stopped for the night. Got it working again this morning, but I missed the last 90 minutes from prime time, plus late night and early NBCSN coverage. So, what did I miss?
- The women's 800m freestyle swimming final, with 15-tear old US swimmer Ali Ledecky taking the gold. USA Today reported that NBC cut away to commercials during the 8 minute event.
- Men's trampoline was also scheduled last night, so I'll have to go online to see it.
- Mary Carillo is doing double duty--late night host and tennis play-by-play this morning. Of course, the latter was a quick gig, based on the Willliams-Sharapova match.
- I got a chance to try out the NBC "Live Extra" app while out at a restaurant. Running a Galaxy Nexus on 4G, the video from various events was excellent, and the app response was quite snappy.
- The Chinese gymnastics team is not doing well--their women's trampoline star screwed up at the end of her routine, giving Rosannagh Maclennan of Canada the win (Canada's first gold of the games).
- A first for the games today--Oscar Pistorius of South Africa, a double amputee, competed in the 400m sprint with his "cheetah blades", getting past the first round. There's still a debate over whether his "disability" helps or hurts him--but since the QISE committee okayed it, more power to him.
- I watched what appears to be a parody event--sprint track cycling. Two cyclists ride as slowly as they can, watching the other constantly, then pedal as fast as they can at the end--the important thing is not the time, but who wins. Guatemalan Erick Barrondo won the silver--the first medal ever for Guatemala.
- John McEnroe, an analyst for NBC, was sporting a wardrobe from the "Russian Mobster" collection today...
- You could tell that NBC's Track and Field analyst Ato Boldon had the phrase "The Pryce is Right" locked and loaded months ago in anticipation of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's win in the women's 100m dash
- Michael Phelps' QISE finale--hyperbolic much?
More to come.