Friday, August 02, 2024

Worth a Look

Here are five posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Paris 2024's Olympic Flame: A High-Tech Marvel Or Just A Glowing Illusion? Is The Tradition Of Real Flame At Risk?

greekcitytimes.com: Paris unveiled a groundbreaking feature of the Summer Games with a remarkable twist on the traditional Olympic flame. During the opening ceremony, the cauldron, designed to rise into the sky attached to a balloon, was lit by former French Olympians Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner. The city’s reputation as the “City of Lights” was perfectly showcased through this innovative display.

 

Will female stories ever have a place in Canadian theatre?

Intermission Magazine: I was 26 when the friend of a guy I was seeing came home from watching a production of Top Girls by Caryl Churchill and declared, without an ounce of embarrassment, that he did not like to hear stories about women and that, in his opinion, there were no good female writers.

 

2024 Paris Olympics: Hidden Details in Women's Gymnastics Leotards

Business Insider: It took around three months and 33 different departments to produce the glittering leotards worn by the US women's gymnastics team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

 

Why Did WBD Mention AI 8 Times in One Call?

theankler.com: If you listen to entertainment CEOs talk about AI to investors, you quickly learn that they’re mostly focused on one thing. Last May, WBD CEO David Zaslav mentioned AI eight times, touting its value in content discovery, ad-targeting, content recommendation, inserting ad breaks at the right time while generally promising to “utilize AI to increase productivity in all facets of business operations.”

 

33 Shakespeare Quotes About the Weather

Folger Shakespeare Library: How’s the weather? Hot enough for ‘ya? How about this weather? There’s no topic of conversation more universal than the weather. Here in Washington, DC, we’ve had a scorching summer—our hottest on record according to the Washington Post. July 14 – 17, the city experienced four days in a row with temperatures over 100° F. With so many miserably hot days, we quickly ran out of ways to say, “It’s too darn hot.” So, we turned to Shakespeare. Thankfully, the Bard’s plays offer lots of literary and sophisticated ways to take your weather-related small talk to the next level. Here are some great lines from the Bard about the weather.

 

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