Weekend streaming

Saturday was a day that a lot of Finns had been preparing for and looking forward to - Eurovision! After winning the competition with style last year (with this song by Lordi) it was Finland's turn to host the competition.

We had planned to watch the online stream on both Thursday (semi-final) and the Final on the Saturday, although we had to settle for nothing on Thursday, and then just the Radio 2 coverage on Saturday. We were disappointed with the result and the quality of voting that plagued the scoring yet again, but it was still fun to hear it and experience it down here in Africa.

On Sunday Milja and I planned to watch the Ice Hockey World Championship Final between Finland and Canada online with our Canadian friends, the Lamontagnes (or "Fam Lam" for short). Fred bought the game and had a projector to display the game on a wall in their lounge. Unfortunately the game streams are protected by Windows-only DRM, and as our families have just Macs, we had a slight problem. Mid-way through the first period, Fred and I hurried to Dylan's to borrow his computer so we could watch the game. It was great fun watching with a projector and with supporters of the other team. In the end, and after a ballsy comeback from Finland late in the 3rd period, Canada won 4-2 (3-0, 0-0, 1-2) to become World Champions (again).

Dan | 11:56
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