Books
I picked up the “Walt Disney Imagineering” book in the Disney Art store at EPCOT and was captivated by the artwork. It’s a peek at the work done by the Disney “Imagineers” to create the various parks and rides from the original until 1998 (Tokyo/Euro) when it was
My Orlando trip was short but had a free afternoon on Saturday. Decided to revisit EPCOT as it was close and there were a few things I didn’t see in November. A couple of highlights were: Soarin’ Last time I was at EPCOT this had impossible wait times and
Comedy
Food People maintain our food! See all the Food People See all the Food People Via kahsoon.com
Books
Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point & Blink , has a blog! * Blog: gladwell.com - http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/ * Feed: http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/index.rdf via Full Metal Blog
Automobile
What is going on in the U.K.a the moment to prompt a swarm of “The Top Gear Stig” hits? Hundreds per hour from Google.uk and other search engines which find this post.
After 28 hours of non-stop flying/transit – Auckland, L.A., Denver – arrive at Orlando at about 05:00 am. I’d signed up for the Disney “Magical Express” Airport transfer. My bag took ages to appear on the carousel then I had go to another terminal to find the
Overheard this Airline staff comment, to another staff member, after about half the plane had asked… “They should make aircraft so every seat is a bulkhead or exit row. Wouldn’t fit many passengers in but would make our life easier”
Cool Hardware
Useful advice on buying Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs. Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (Chris Pirillo). Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (Chris Pirillo)
Graphics
Rick Altman is a Corel & PowerPoint guru. In his February newsletter he shares a tip to achieve animated photos that are easy to change, swap out the image, without losing all the animation effect work. Don’t animate the photo, animate a shape with a photo fill! For details
DWF
Autodesk "DWF Evangelist" Scott Sheppard has a new Blog "Beyond The Paper" about everything DWF. http://blogs.autodesk.com/beyond_the_paper http://dwf.blogs.com (Posted from Orlando, Florida)
With the flack Telecom (NZ) have been getting lately over slow data rates for ADSL (particularly upload), New Zealanders may want to investigate other technologies like SNAP. This moves at a snail’s pace but clever use of DVD technology means high data transfer rates. Of course Blu-Ray will
AutoCAD
Ellen Finkelstein has a new AutoCAD Tips Blog. It's the same content as her site but, instead of being organised by topic, has the latest tips on a single page for easy reference. It's at: http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/autocad_tips_blog.html
