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The Six Best Queues at the Universal Orlando Resort | TouringPlans.com Blog

October 28th, 2016 · No Comments

This week’s SATURDAY SIX takes a look at the Six Best Queues at the …

Source: The Six Best Queues at the Universal Orlando Resort | TouringPlans.com Blog

It’s tough to argue with this list. Universal does have some great queue lines; I’ve thought that since my very first visit.

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Deja View: Eyvind Earle

July 25th, 2016 · No Comments

Source: Deja View: Eyvind Earle

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The #LibertyDonut – Andy Ihnatko’s Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)

July 25th, 2016 · No Comments

It’s no coincidence that “freelancer” and “freeloader” share the same root word. If we freelance journalists, novelists, artists, accountants, et al were to unionize, …

Source: The #LibertyDonut – Andy Ihnatko’s Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)

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Is it Wookie or Wookiee? The Times’ definitive ‘Star Wars’ style guide

July 7th, 2016 · No Comments

When most people think of “Star Wars” style, Princess Leia’s side-buns hairdo and white robe or Darth Vader’s fearsome black helmet and cape probably come to mind. For copy editors, it’s more likely how to punctuate a jumble of words such as Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope or whether to spell Chewbacca’s species as Wookie or Wookiee.

Source: Is it Wookie or Wookiee? The Times' definitive 'Star Wars' style guide

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Kevin Kidney: Gifts From Disneyland 1960

July 6th, 2016 · No Comments

Source: Kevin Kidney: Gifts From Disneyland 1960

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Here’s How FX Whizzes Made the Red Planet for The Martian | WIRED

October 23rd, 2015 · No Comments

Here’s how Ridley Scott was able to make a space epic without leaving Earth.

Source: Here’s How FX Whizzes Made the Red Planet for The Martian | WIRED

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You Wouldn’t Think It, But Typeface Piracy Is a Big Problem | WIRED

October 21st, 2015 · No Comments

Typefaces, like music and movies, are increasingly vulnerable to copyright infringement. Designers are fighting back with lawsuits and new licensing models.

Source: You Wouldn’t Think It, But Typeface Piracy Is a Big Problem | WIRED

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Photos from 2014 Rolex 24

February 7th, 2014 · No Comments

Here are the photos from my trip to Orlando/Daytona to watch the Rolex 24: Photos on Flickr

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NOLA.com coverage of Nagin indictment

January 18th, 2013 · No Comments

Great coverage of the Ray Nagin indictment story on NOLA.com. So far there’s ten different articles by eight separate local reporters, with additional video and interactive content (not an AP story in sight). All available to read now. This is how you cover a breaking story in 2013.

Oh, yeah…and it’ll all be in the Early Sunday edition of The Times-Picayune that will be printed and delivered to stores on Saturday morning all over the Greater New Orleans area, in case you prefer to wait and read the coverage that way.

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Hiring for IT jobs

June 17th, 2012 · 1 Comment

My company, Advance Central Services Louisiana, is currently hiring in our IT department. Here’s a link to the open positions. The Business Systems Analyst positions are on my team. So if you or someone you know would like to apply for these positions, please go to this site.

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Creepy, Crusty, Crumbling: Illegal Tour of Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans [75 Pics]

July 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Creepy, Crusty, Crumbling: Illegal Tour of Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans [75 Pics].

I went to this Six Flags once, in 2000 (when it was still Jazzland). I had a fun time, but it surely wasn’t the greatest amusement park in the world. It’s haunting seeing these images, but I love seeing them.

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A Sandwich a Day: Muffuletta from Central Grocery in New Orleans

June 30th, 2011 · No Comments

A Sandwich a Day: Muffuletta from Central Grocery in New Orleans | Serious Eats.

The muffuletta is my favorite sandwich, by far. And for me the gold standard has always been Central Grocery. I’ve had countless muffulettas from other locations, but to me, the original has always been the best.

However, I have a new favorite muffuletta (as of two weeks ago). The one from Cochon Butcher is smaller (and cheaper), but it’s full of meat (which is homemade) and there’s a thin layer of olive salad on both sides of the bread.

I still love Central’s sandwich, but Butcher’s is slightly better in my book.

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It was one year ago today…

June 24th, 2011 · No Comments

Browse Album :: Walt Disney World Trip – June 2010.

…that we were traveling to Lake Buena Vista, FL for a short vacation at Walt Disney World.

The above link are the pictures from the trip. I’m reliving the trip through the pictures, and I just wanted to share in case you wanted to as well.

Hopefully we’ll be able to take a trip to WDW later this year.

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Disney on Twitter

June 24th, 2011 · No Comments

Disney on Twitter.

The Walt Disney Company has many, many Twitter accounts–pretty much one for every business unit.  However, the @Disney account, which you would think would have been the first one used, posted its first Tweet on December 5, 2010 (Walt’s birthday). Since then, it’s been like a little gem Tweeting out some awesome stuff based on Walt’s and the company’s history.

The current design of the @Disney Twitter home page is EPCOT Center concept art and the avatar is the Disney D with the EPCOT logo behind it.

I applaud the genius behind this account. Keep up the great work!

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An Enchanted Opportunity?

January 14th, 2011 · No Comments

An Enchanted Opportunity? | Progress City, U.S.A..

Yes!  Please change the show back to the original and banish the “New Management!”

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Retro Star Wars: Well that’s an offer I can’t refuse.

January 10th, 2011 · No Comments

Retro Star Wars: Well that’s an offer I can’t refuse.

Ad for an appearance by Darth Vader at the WDW Village.

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WordPress “Press This” results in 404 using HostGator

December 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Thanks to this post on the WordPress support forums, I just got the “Press This” button working again.  This seems to be a problem with WordPress installs with HostGator as the host.  I wanted to post it here in case anyone else is running into the same problem of trying to use the “Press This” button and it returns a ‘404’ page.

Edit the text in the “Press This” link

Replace:

u=’+e(l.href)+’

With:

u=’+e(l.href.replace(/\//g,’\\/’))+’

via WordPress › Support » “Press This” results in 404.

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Disney Command Center Aims to Keep Lines Moving

December 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Disney Tackles Major Theme Park Problem: Lines

via Disney Command Center Aims to Keep Lines Moving – NYTimes.com.

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Hornets game

December 8th, 2010 · No Comments

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RSS feed for Starport75.com

October 21st, 2010 · No Comments

I believe there were some issues with the RSS feed for my other site, Starport75.com.  If you were looking for the RSS feed for Starport75.com and you’re seeing this instead, please use this link to the correct RSS feed:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Starport75

Of course, you are welcome to keep this RSS feed in your reader.  This is my personal blog and it contains a lot of personal pictures and links to stories.

And if you’re a subscriber to Wildest Ride In the Wilderness and you want to start subscribing to my new Disney site, please use the link above to add the RSS feed to your reader.

Thanks for following!

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