Where Else but Roswell? Alien Theme Park
From go.com:
TweetROSWELL, N.M. May 26, 2007 (AP)
Businesses here have been cashing in on the UFO craze for years paintings and replicas of UFOs and space aliens adorn downtown buildings, and even the McDonald’s and Wal-Mart are UFO- and space-themed.
Now city officials want to take it to another level with a UFO-themed amusement park, complete with an indoor roller coaster that would take passengers on a simulated alien abduction.
“Nobody will be harmed and everybody will be returned, hopefully, in the same shape,” concept designer Bryan Temmer said Friday.
The park, dubbed Alien Apex Resort, could open as early as 2010. The city has received a $245,000 legislative appropriation for initial planning, but the park would be privately built and managed. Requests for proposals will be advertised next month.
The proposed park initially will cover 60 to 80 acres with room to expand to 150 acres. It will feature other rides and attractions, including an exhibit hall with information on scientific exploration of the universe.
Ambilight, the new TV experience
From philips.com:
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(Ambilight televisions project an halo of peripheral light around the television in different colors depending on what you are watching.)The development of Ambilight is illustrative of how Philips incorporates users’ experiences into the creation of new products. It also shows how those experiences can run from the general to the very personal.
With Ambilight, for example, the fundamental user ‘experience’ applies to humans in general: We are natural-born peripheral viewers.
If, Philips researchers proposed, people naturally take in more than just the screen when they watch television, why not put that extra space to use?
Feedback from prototype users also helped researchers at Philips make sure that the lighting projected by an Ambilight television is soft and unobtrusive. Pleasurable enhancement, not unwelcome intrusion, became an even greater priority.
Ambilight designers also learned in the tests that users like to retain control over their gadgets. Therefore, Philips built into Ambilight six preset colours and white tones as well as custom settings, allowing for complete personalization of one’s Ambilight viewing experience.
Zombies invade Disney, Apple store
From news.com.com:
A horde of decaying zombies invaded San Francisco’s downtown Apple store on Friday evening, hunting for brains, terrifying the customers, and gnawing on iMacs.
I wonder why Disney wouldn’t let the zombies in but the Apple store welcomed them?
TweetA look at Disney World in 1979
I recently came across a home movie from my wife’s side of the family. The last couple of minutes was of their vacation in the Magic Kingdom. So I edited it down and uploaded it to YouTube. As best we can figure the home movie was shot in 1979.
TweetCartoon based on spam
From boingboing.net:
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The marvelous Brothers McLeod are creating a series of cartoons called Spamland. The dialogue for the cartoons comes from the semi-sensical text found in the filter-busting portion of spam messages.
The first one is online and is nightmarishly excellent. Link (Via Drawn!)
