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7/4/2010

USA-Algeria

Filed under: — adrian @ 2:01 pm

semi-time-lapsed USA-Algeria from ipickmynose on Vimeo.

I made a sort of time-lapsed video when I went to the thrilling USA-Algeria game. I took 30 seconds of video with my Flip every 15 minutes starting 1 hour 20 minutes before the match and ending right after the game ended. Then I put all the segments together and sped it up a bit (about 6X). It was all done hand-help so it’s not perfect.

Enjoy.

world cup radio

Filed under: — adrian @ 1:42 pm

The SABC is broadcasting all 64 games in many different languages (at the very least: English, Afrikaans and four African languages, but I suspect five more). I love one of the English-language announcers. He speaks with a typically African accent but his enthusiasm is infectious.

One of my favorite moments was during the New Zealand-Slovakia game. In the 94th minute, Slovakia was up 1 – 0.

Then New Zealand scored. Imagine the following with an accent:

A cross… a CHANCE and…GOOOOOOAAALLL! WOW O WOW O WOW O WOW!!! THAT IS WHY THEY CALL IT THE BEAUTIFUL GAME!! THE GOAL THAT NEW ZEALAND ALWAYS HOPED AND DREAMED OF!

It may not be as polished as the imported-from-England announcers that most stations are using, but I love it.

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