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In an effort to update their image, the Disney Theme Parks, with permission from George Lucas, produced the world’s first motion simulator ride, Star Tours, which has been often copied, but never topped. As opposed to a ride that goes somewhere or follows a track, Star Tours is a small theater that is bounced and […]
Barbara Billingsley, whose portrayal of June Cleaver on the sitcom “Leave It to Beaver” helped define the suburban TV mother of the 1950s and who lampooned her wholesome image in the movie “Airplane!” as a prim older lady who is fluent in “jive,” died Oct. 16 at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. She was […]
Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press Benoit B. Mandelbrot at a conference in Tokyo in 2003. His death was caused by pancreatic cancer, his wife, Aliette, said. He had lived in Cambridge. Dr. Mandelbrot coined the term “fractal†to refer to a new class of mathematical shapes whose uneven contours could mimic the irregularities found in nature. “Applied […]
A woman who feigned urinating on herself for 80’s film ‘Threads’ has an IMDB page which is skyrocketing in popularity: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856457 Now her family is stepping in on the message boards to try an protect her from the trolls: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856457/board/thread/170573546 by M_Cobretti 3 days ago (Mon Sep 13 2010 14:25:50) Hello everyone on the internet! […]
A repost of Claw doing a post interview after finding a geocache with ThaGierk. Also gave me time on looping sound. [zdvideo width=”480″ height=”360″]http://thagierk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ValleyofHeartsDelights.flv[/zdvideo]