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January 2008

“Behind the Seeds” with a local gardener

Central Florida Gardener blog visited Epcot with the in-laws and took the Behind The Seeds tour at The Land Pavilion. More for the hoi polloi than the dedicated gardener. Fair enough. The discussion of Integrated Pest Management was mostly about how cute ladybugs are. And I’m not convinced that hydroponic growing is an improvement over… Read More »“Behind the Seeds” with a local gardener

Tuesday Roundup

The Orlando Sentinel has more on the closing of Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede. It wasn’t necessarily about the money. The show was profitable. It’s just that they had an offer for the land which was really too good to pass up. Now, not telling their employees about the closure until the last minute was not… Read More »Tuesday Roundup

Dance War: The Auditions

A spin off from a reality show?  What have things come to?  And I’m even watching it!  Of course, since I enjoy Dancing with the Stars, I had to give Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann a chance. So here’s a confession.  With as much TV as I watch, I have never watched American Idol. … Read More »Dance War: The Auditions

MouseInfo.com enters the DeadPool.

I just read that the Disney fan and discussion site MouseInfo.com has entered the DeadPool (as Techcrunch calls it). In a goodbye letter posted at the site the administrators blame the closure on the amount of time it took to run the site and the sizable amount of money it took to host it. Apparently… Read More »MouseInfo.com enters the DeadPool.

Disney World Moms Panel

Update: The site is now live. As it turns out it’s closer to Yahoo Answers than to a discussion board. This is really taking user generated content to a new level for the Walt Disney Company. On first glance, I think it’s great. More later when I’ve had a chance to explore. I had heard… Read More »Disney World Moms Panel

Don’t forget the smaller attractions

Update: We just lost one small attraction. Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede has abruptly closed the stable doors. This attraction was practically across the street from Disney, if you can’t make it there, where can you make it? It’s closing doesn’t seem like a good sign for other Dinner shows in town. The Orlando Sentinel previews… Read More »Don’t forget the smaller attractions

Disney content coming to XBOX live

Coming to you live from CES, the Twitterverse going bonkers with the announcement that Disney and ABC bringing their TV shows to XBOX LIVE. More proof that Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger is aware that DVD and Broadcast/Cable is going away as "delivery to device" quickly becomes a reality.