Yet again, Nicholas Laughlin is not watching the Trinidad & Tobago vs. Bahrain World Cup qualifier match.
And yet again, I’m relaying the radio broadcast to my cousin in Washington D.C. via Skype. Nicholas is supposed to join us as well but no sign of him as yet. . . .
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[...] 16 November, 2005: Trinidad and Tobago wins its last FIFA World Cup qualifying match; Trini bloggers provide live blog coverage of the match, broadcast audio commentary via Skype, and report on the massive, spontaneous victory celebrations in the cities of Port of Spain and San Fernando — with more audio coverage the next day. The T&T mainstream media start to pay real attention to the blogging phenomenon — bloggers get quoted in the newspapers and invited to appear on TV. [...]
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