Want an alternative perspective of the Sydney Olympics? Look no further than the World Wide Web, where everyone from subversives to satirists are poking criticism and fun at the biggest sporting show on earth.
Fired by a sense that Australia and the Games are not all sugar-coated harmony and joy -- or by a sheer spirit of mischief -- the Internet sites offer a different perspective.
Take www.silly2000.com, a site linked to the satirical Australian newspaper The Chaser.
A spoof on the official Games site (www.olympics.com), its home page proclaimed "23 days until the end of the Olympics" earlier this month. The site gave this advice to Sydneysiders on how to deal with the Olympic influx of foreign visitors: