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Every few years the Olympic games brings the world together to watch the planet's finest athletes compete for the gold medal—assuming you've got the money to travel the globe and can afford the ridiculous markups charged by restaurants and hotels in the host city. Not to mention trying to get tickets to the best events without selling your soul. So screw the official Olympics. Who wants to spend all that money just to watch someone else compete for praise and adoration when we've got everything you need to stage your own Olympic games at home? Just make sure to record everything and only show it to your friends and family on a time delay so it feels just like the real thing. What are the Olympics without all the pomp and circumstance of an over-produced elaborate opening ceremony? Before the events get under way you can impress your visiting neighbors and other local dignitaries with a faux fireworks show courtesy of this handheld projector. There are eight different firew...

Jul 30, 2012 12:20 PM   If you're not big into the summer Olympics because track and field just doesn't get you going, infamous pranksters Improv Everywhere have a nice alternative for you. Their latest MP3 experiment takes on the Olympic games in a characteristically bewildering style. Over 4,000 participants showed up at New York City's Governor's Island on July 15th to participate in this year's MP3 experiment, the 9th of its kind. Donning headphones and simultaneously taking commands from the same pre-recorded omnipotent voice, pseudo-Olympians took part in several ridiculous games which included implements like bed-sheets and time-honored skills like water-marksmanship. The Improv Everywhere Games may not have had their own torch, or medals, but they were on tape-delay. And that's how the professionals do it, right? [YouTube] View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appe...