• Olympics 2008 – It’s going full speed now in Beijing, and there just isn’t enough time in the day to keep up with watching all the events and happenings, so Google will undoubtedly play a large role in my staying up to date and not up to late.  Google has even included a handy summary box of the Top Three Medaling Countries in search results for “Beijing 2008 Olympic Games”.  They obviously know what’s important to those of us in a hurry.

• Guest Authors – I’ve spent some time considering whether or not to allow guest authors to share in my blag space, and finally settled on the idea that it would be okay.  Or at least that it would be worth trying out.  So that guy Josh will take the first shot at it, writing as JoshGZ a column he calls “America, This is You”.  Look for his posts on Tuesdays at irregular intervals with the first one running tomorrow.  Be sure to let him know what you think in the comments.

• Watching TV – I’ve been following HBO’s latest miniseries Generation Kill, which tells the true story about a group of US marines through the first 40 days of the Iraq war.  It’s based upon Evan Wright’s book that he wrote after joining this particular group of marines to write a collection of articles for Rolling Stone magazine as they invaded Iraq.  I’m half way through the seven-part series, and so far I’ve enjoyed what I’ve seen.

• Twittering – I’m still a fan of  Twitter, even if it has reduced the feature set in an effort to keep the service up and running.  However, I’m not nearly as active as I originally was, and I have to wonder if that’s because I’m spending more time blogging and emailing or because I’m just not as excited about the service.  It’s tough to cram everything into 140 characters, but it’s fun trying to share clear and concise messages that other people may find useful or interesting.  So keep an eye on my Twitter stream, and we’ll see about improving use.

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Monday Mashup – Olympics, Guest Author, TV, Twitter… was first posted to justinll.com on August 11, 2008.