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Last night’s Dancing With The Stars

I was keeping an eye on the Florida fires last night and was unable to watch Dancing With The Stars. That’s bad because Mark is in Hawaii and won’t be able to provide his usual excellent report on the show. The short of it is… Read More »Last night’s Dancing With The Stars

New WALL-E Video hits the net

Ready for your daily dose of cute? The WALL-E featurette that was released and then taken down last month has been reworked and is now available on Yahoo. In it director Andrew Stanton discusses the robot’s journey.

Is WALL-E’s love interest related to the iPod?

When Pixar wanted to find a futuristic look for “Eve” the love interest for WALL-E, they turned to the one company in the bay area known for being on the bleeding edge of design. “I wanted Eve to be high-end technology – no expense spared… Read More »Is WALL-E’s love interest related to the iPod?

Toy Story Midway Mania – first impressions

I managed to get in one ride on Toy Story Midway Mania during annual passholder previews at Disney’s Hollywood Studios this weekend. Overall, it’s a solid attraction for what they were trying to accomplish. Without the 3-D tech it would be a low C-ticket attraction.… Read More »Toy Story Midway Mania – first impressions

Sunday Night Finds

Best wishes for a quick recovery for Adrian Bailey. Bailey fell 20 feet from a set-piece on the set of The Little Mermaid Musical and ended up in the hospital. The show had not yet begun, so the audience was not witness to the fall.… Read More »Sunday Night Finds

Fun with Links on Saturday Morning

The Pixar Blog has more high quality screencaps from WALL-E. Click on each picture for the large (desktop image size) image. The excellent Twitter and Live Earth Maps mashup Twisney is getting hailed as a prime example of new citizen journalism by none less than… Read More »Fun with Links on Saturday Morning

Fanny Pack Antics – tourists lampooned for fun and profit (okay maybe not profit)

Fanny Pack Antics is a humorous website that takes an irreverent look at the fashion faux pas of the wild, and often wooly, tourist. From the ubiquitous Fanny Pack to the omnipresent mullet, you’ll find plenty to guffaw over. As you might guess, a few… Read More »Fanny Pack Antics – tourists lampooned for fun and profit (okay maybe not profit)

Disney Links for Thursday Night – Roundup

  • The Orlando Sentinel reports that much of the McDonald’s food offered at Disney’s Animal Kingdom is going away. That would certainly be good news if Disney is able to replace it with quality food for the same prices.
  • The OC Register has a pretty odd story concerning The Cheesecake Factory at Gardenwalk Anaheim. Did you know that Cheesecake Factory restaurants don’t have kid’s menus. Isn’t that odd in an area where you’d expect to find a lot of families with kids.
  • Doug Meacham examines the Walt Disney Company’s efforts when it comes to Online Virtual Games. He also wonders why Disney is closing VMK.
  • Speaking of VMK, Blue Sky Disney has a wonderful vision of what a real Virtual Magic Kingdom would be like. It’s very similar to a column I wrote back in February of 2000 (which in turn pre-saged the PalMickey’s now sold in the parks).
  • Eric Haseltine used to lead Walt Disney Imagineering’s R&D department, now he works for the NSA. Jason Kottke reports on a recent speech Haseltine gave. Apparently there is some overlap between working for the mouse and snooping on your fellow citizens.

Below the fold see the latest WALL-E clip where he encounters a pair of earphones. Very funny.

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