Ignore that logo under the tape!

To ensure that only the companies that pay millions of dollars to be official Olympic sponsors enjoy the benefits of exposure in Olympic venues, organizers have covered the trademarks of nonsponsors with thousands of little swatches of tape.

In media centers, dormitories and arena bathrooms, pieces of tape cover logos of fire extinguishers, light switches, thermostats, bedroom night tables, soap dispensers and urinals. The Taiden Industrial translation headsets in a large conference room have had their logos covered, as have the American Standard faucets in the bathrooms nearby, and the ThyssenKrupp escalators down the hall.

Heh heh, that\’s funny. Sounds like they hired some guys off the street, gave them some tape, and told them to tape over any logos they could find, and the guys took it too literally.

In the Netherlands they have Smart Car fire engines. So cute. I imagine it pulling up to a little fire, then midget firefighters jump out and start setting up a step ladder.

A parking garage in Australia has directional signs that appear to float in the air when you look at them at the right angle. Pretty cool, but I bet the painter thought the designer was nuts. \”You want me to paint the words how?\”

Awesome photos of the Death Star Large Hadron Collider in France/Switzerland. This thing looks incredibly complicated. It must be a nightmare to troubleshoot when something goes wrong.

The first movie poster for Neuromancer is up. From the looks of it the movie just might turn out to be cool. Except Hayden Christensen\’s in it. And they changed Case\’s name to Cage for some reason. And he\’s wearing a bluetooth headset in the poster. Hey Hayden, since your hands are free why don\’t you reach over and fondle my balls?

Holy hooligans! Phony \’Joker\’ arrested in Michigan

Police in Michigan have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker.

It\’d be so cool if this created a string of copycat criminals, and then we\’d hear about women wearing sequined jumpsuits and stealing Mamma Mia! posters.