2010 Olympic Winter Games - Vancouver

Well it was a crazy couple of weeks here in Vancouver. Downtown was absolutely packed full of people at all times. There was lines for anything even slightly worth seeing or doing. All in all it was one giant, two week long party and the whole world was invited!

See all my hi-res pics here on Flickr


Me with Eddie McGuire at LAX on the way to Vancouver


BC Place - My workplace for the Olympics and the home of the Opening, Closing and Victory Ceremonies


ID FAIL - they took the pic during Movember


Opening Ceremony


Opening Ceremony cauldron FAIL


A fanatical Aussie supporter at BC Place during the Opening Ceremony


Brendan with Steve Nash at BC Place after the opening Ceremony


Reaction to Canada beating Switzerland in a shootout in the early rounds of the hockey.


Funny dude in the streets celebrating Canada's hockey gold


Molson Canadian House


The Aussie athletes residence at the Olympic Village


Shaun White interviewed after receiving his gold medal


Stephen Colbert shot a couple of his Colbert Report shows live from Science World during the Olympics. This is from the one we went to...


The Colbert Report live taping - Interviewing USA gold medalist snowboarder Seth Wescott


Matt Shirvington reporting for FOXTEL in Robson Square


The Olympic Cauldron behind bars


Protesters protesting against violent protesters in the aftermath of a mini riot downtown


Vectorial Elevation

Vectorial Elevation was an interactive artwork that allowed participants to transform the sky over Vancouver, Canada. Using a three-dimensional interface, this web site let you design huge light sculptures by directing 20 robotic searchlights located around English Bay. A web page was made for each participant with photos of their design from four cameras located around the city.

The project was live from February 4 to 28, 2010 and in that time received 887,988 page views from 162 countries, with 57% of the traffic from Canada. This report contains statistics, selected comments, and public designs.


Doing a little face paining at Ontario House


One of the Nike Force Fate campaign image projections


Torah Bright receiving Australia's first Olympic Gold


The lines to get into the Bay for Olympic merchandise ran right around the block so they ended up switching to 24 hour trading for a few days.


My first Olympic pin. Glad I got a pic cause I lost it a few days later.


Closing Ceremony intro


And then it was all over...

What these games mean to Canada...
Stephen Brunt from the Globe and Mail sends in a Video Essay to CTV.