“ In the mid 1990’s, the park started researching the problem. It would eventually find no existing solution, so the engineers had to design and construct, on their own, one of the most complex and advanced audio systems ever built. The work paid off: today, as you walk through Disney World, the volume of the ambient music does not change. Ever. More than 15,000 speakers have been positioned using complex algorithms to ensure that the sound plays within a range of just a couple decibels throughout the entire park. It is quite a technical feat acoustically, electrically, and mathematically. ”
November 10, 2009
April 10, 2009
“ Karen Andrews can’t speak. Every time she starts to tell her story, she puts her head down and crumples. She is slim and angular and has the faded radiance of the once-rich, even though her clothes are as creased as her forehead. I find her in the car park of one of Dubai’s finest international hotels, where she is living, in her Range Rover. She has been sleeping here for months, thanks to the kindness of the Bangladeshi car park attendants who don’t have the heart to move her on. This is not where she thought her Dubai dream would end. ”
I wish Dubai would go back to being a dream land :( I’m gonna miss fantasising about how wonderful it would have been, but now I think that it probably never would have been that wonderful.
The dark side of Dubai - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent
Kermit the Frog singing Talking Heads’ Once in a Lifetime. Incredible.
February 1, 2009
I’ve never seen Giraffes fight. I don’t know what to think about this… I love giraffes.
December 31, 2008
December 19, 2008
December 16, 2008
“ We will suck the heat out of the sand to keep it cool enough to lie on. ”
This remote control looks kinda gross. But fun. And I agree Boing Boing, delicious. Gel Remote Control - Boing Boing Gadgets
