TDF at a Glance
Via Newsdesigner (a very interesting blog about newspaper design) comes an overview and link to a 2.8 megabyte PDF that will pretty much tell you everything you need to know in anticipation of Lance Armstrong's quest for a seventh yellow jersey in the Tour de France. The graphic comes from The Oregonian in Portland, which ran a special TDF section yesterday.
It's a "doubletruck graphic," (whatever that is!) that gives some great information about Lance's bike and other equipment, his primary competitors, profiles of the race stages, and some insights as to race strategy for those who might be confused by the sometimes obscure rules and tactics in a multi-stage bicycle race. It's very well done.
Tip o'the chapeau to the most excellent if unimaginatively titled Tour de France 2005 blog. Of course, he knows what a doubletruck graphic is, so I have no room to talk.
Technorati tag: Tour de France
Jeff, I threw that parenthetical remark in just for you. I knew you wouldn't let me down!
I don't know if there is an application for "double truck" in web media.
Yeah, it's called "avoid at all costs since making users scroll horizontally is A Very Bad Thing."
OK, that's just a paraphrase, but you get the picture.
Thanks for the clarification, though. Newspaper terminology is so...so...nostalgic!
Posted by: Eric at June 29, 2005 05:34 PMWhat, I want to know is ... how do you house break your dog with the Sunday edition of a weblog ... and can you roll a weblog up for applying disciplinary swats? :-)
Seriously, though, and back to Lance ... the family and I watched "The Science of Lance Armstrong" on Discovery Channel ... a fascinating program ... not just the technology, but also the physiology ... it's almost as if he evolved into the perfect cyclist
Posted by: Jeff at June 29, 2005 08:04 PM...disciplinary swats?
Abbye is holding for the SPCA even as I type this. She's appalled at the barbarity of your suggestion.
...he evolved into the perfect cyclist
Armstrong is a freak of nature, and I mean that in the most complimentary way. His bout with cancer was apparently the final catalyst that gave him a physiological edge (lower body weight for the same amount of power) but also the crucial mental toughness needed to compete for weeks on the wrong side of his pain threshold.
Posted by: Eric at June 29, 2005 09:13 PMAt one point, I knew the etymology of the "double truck," but it's lost in the fog of memory like the "Bulldog edition."
I also love those commercials on discovery channel with the guys from "American Chopper" who redid Lance's bike. Classic stuff.
Posted by: bryan at June 30, 2005 04:58 PM...the guys from "American Chopper"
That's a great commercial. Last Monday night, I watched the rerun of the "American Chopper" episodes where they built a motorcycle for Lance. What a hoot. And what a beautiful bike...
Posted by: Eric at June 30, 2005 05:08 PMAbout the publisher
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Eric, re: It's a "doubletruck graphic," (whatever that is!) ...
If you were a debauched whore of the mainstream media - as I am - you would know "double truck" is something that covers two, facing pages in a newspaper.
Unlike other terms from print and broadcast media which have made the transition, I don't know if there is an application for "double truck" in web media.
Posted by: Jeff at June 29, 2005 05:25 PM