Here is an image that I took in Disney’s California Adventure a couple of years back (December 2002).
The reason I bring it up is because I stumbled upon some more great images of sand sculptures. Their webpage could use a revamp, but the images are great.
It’s an, as of yet, unreleased Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Trailer. Looks cool.
(Via Waxy)
Update: To this day, I’ve never actually watched the movie but I love the books.
Cool story about a two person company and their software that almost became iTunes.
From the Committee to Protect Bloggers comes Free Mojtaba and Arash Day.
“Free Mojtaba and Arash Day is a day set up by the Committee to Protect Bloggers to create awareness for two Iranian bloggers who are imprisoned in their country.”
Seeing as I have become more aware of Iranian culture through my old roommate and some new friends I made at school, not to mention the fact that I’m a pretty big fan of blogging, I thought it appropriate to give a little attention to my fellow bloggers in the Middle East.
Excellent trailer for a CC-licensed documentary on sampling culture.
A few days ago, when I tried to login to MSN an error message popped up explaining that “A newer version is available. You must install the newer version in order to continue. Would you like to do this now?”
I installed it, as I was forced to but to my surprise the “newer version” was the same version I already had! Well whatever, it’s irritating but it’s no big deal – I guess. But what is irritating is that at school MSN asked me to upgrade again and this time I didn’t have admin priviledges so I couldn’t – now that’s frustrating.
I can’t wait for google to come up with an instant messaging program.
Update August 2005: Yay they have. Download Google Talk now!
After reading this Newsday.com (Updated link:) wdwmagic forum article about a scuba-diving dentist that claims Disney and Pixar Animation Studios stole the idea for the hit film “Finding Nemo” from him, I think he may have a case.
He claims he submitted an illustrated manuscript to Disney and talked on the phone about his story with a writer from Pixar. (The two companies have a distribution partnership.)
A Disney vice president told Sternberg in 1996 that although the story had “great potential,” it did not fit into the studio’s “development slate” at that time, according to the suit.
Seven years later, Sternberg was in a movie theater and saw a preview for the upcoming release of “Finding Nemo.”
“I thought, ‘Hey, I’m the scuba-diving dentist. Those are my characters, that’s my story,”‘ he told The Star-Ledger of Newark for Wednesday’s editions. “It made me sick to my stomach.”
One big similarity: Sternberg story has a character named “Nimo.”
The thing is, before he submitted his manuscript he signed a two-page waiver that said he would be entitled to only $500 if he were to claim that the company used his material without permission or authorization. His lawyer is asking the court to void that waiver.
I volunteered to canvass for the Heart and Stroke foundation again this year, but alas I didn’t find very many people home when I went around this evening. I plan to try again tomorrow.
I think that there are a few charities that are important to support and this is one of them. Here some interesting information from the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s pamphlet:
It’s a sobering thought: almost 40% of Canadians will develop some form of cardiovascular disease and despite [their] best efforts, it remains the leading cause of death. Today, someone in Canada falls victim to a heart attack every 7 minutes.
My own grandpa died during heart surgery and so it’s an issue that hits close to home. Chances are, there is someone in your family that has had heart problems, so when you see folks like myself out canvassing, please give. If you can’t afford to donate a lot, remember even a few dollars help.
Here it is, my Flickr album.
I came across a page today that has default router usernames and passwords for commonly used routers. It’s a handy reference if you ever need to help someone access their router but they don’t know their own default password; it’s surprising to me how often that happens.