Fellow Canadian Jonathan Crowe has a project running for the duration of the Olympics called DFL. Though “Dead F***ing Last” sounds cheeky and disrespectful, he reminds us that he’s “celebrating last-place finishes at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Because they’re there, and you’re not.”
I guess the irony is that his blog, which he started precisley ten days ago, has been picked up by MetaFilter, The Register, and even Reuters. My similarly-themed-but-not-quite-as-focussed project, Runner-Up, started in April, is…well…a runner-up. Maybe as a result of his blog, Runner-Up will get some much-needed attention. Then it could be, you know, like the consolation champ or something…