Saturday, February 28
Front Cover - - Back Cover
I fixed a few things on the Journal of Ride Theory Omnibus, mostly correcting the pagination and the screwy conversion problems that turned the introductions to two chapters into cryptographic gibberish. It's all better now. Thanks and apologies to those who bought the now ultra-rare first edition. For this marginally different second edition, I changed the cover design slightly (used the Walt Disney Script font, tee-hee-hee) and dropped the price by $2. I can honestly say it's NEW and IMPROVED! (The first reader to figure out the second secret Disney reference in the modified cover design will win a Ride Theory No-Prize!)
Friday, February 27
The Battle for Disney continues. This gem comes from Jim Hill Media:
"People who work at Disney Stores in the Philadelphia area are actively being recruited to come work at next week's meeting. To help hand out annual reports, make sure shareholders are safely able to get to microphones to ask questions. You get the idea, right?
"Well, this meeting isn't actually scheduled to get underway 'til 10 a.m. next Wednesday morning. But the managers of these Philadelphia area Disney Stores -- who reportedly have been b*tching to Disney's Investor Relations Office, supposedly saying things like "How can I be expected to staff my store next Wednesday morning if you're going to swipe all of my employees?" -- have allegedly been told: "Not to worry. All of your employees will all be ready to report back at work by 12 Noon."
"You see what I'm saying here, folks? Disney management seems to be planning for that this year's annual shareholders meeting to be over in just two hours. So I wouldn't plan on a very long Q and A period, if I were you."
For some reason, this reminds me of a joke about Stalin. He's standing in front of a crowd, reading a telegram from Trotsky, "Stalin. You were right, and I was wrong. You are the true heir of Lenin. I should concede power to you. Trotsky." Then a little voice pipes up from the front row, "Comrade Stalin, I do not think you read that telegram in a way that conveys its historical importance." So Stalin says, "Comrades, here is a common man who wishes to read that telegram to you -- please, come to the podium." A mousy guy steps up, takes the telegram, goes to the microphone and says, "Stalin. You were right and I was wrong? You are the true heir of Lenin? I should concede power to you? TROTSKY!"
Moral for Michael Eisner: don't let anyone else get that podium!
"People who work at Disney Stores in the Philadelphia area are actively being recruited to come work at next week's meeting. To help hand out annual reports, make sure shareholders are safely able to get to microphones to ask questions. You get the idea, right?
"Well, this meeting isn't actually scheduled to get underway 'til 10 a.m. next Wednesday morning. But the managers of these Philadelphia area Disney Stores -- who reportedly have been b*tching to Disney's Investor Relations Office, supposedly saying things like "How can I be expected to staff my store next Wednesday morning if you're going to swipe all of my employees?" -- have allegedly been told: "Not to worry. All of your employees will all be ready to report back at work by 12 Noon."
"You see what I'm saying here, folks? Disney management seems to be planning for that this year's annual shareholders meeting to be over in just two hours. So I wouldn't plan on a very long Q and A period, if I were you."
For some reason, this reminds me of a joke about Stalin. He's standing in front of a crowd, reading a telegram from Trotsky, "Stalin. You were right, and I was wrong. You are the true heir of Lenin. I should concede power to you. Trotsky." Then a little voice pipes up from the front row, "Comrade Stalin, I do not think you read that telegram in a way that conveys its historical importance." So Stalin says, "Comrades, here is a common man who wishes to read that telegram to you -- please, come to the podium." A mousy guy steps up, takes the telegram, goes to the microphone and says, "Stalin. You were right and I was wrong? You are the true heir of Lenin? I should concede power to you? TROTSKY!"
Moral for Michael Eisner: don't let anyone else get that podium!
Tuesday, February 24
From PRI's Studio 360, here's an episode about beaches, with a particular focus on Coney Island.
01-03-04 (show #501)
Castles, Mermaids, Giants
Cover Story: The Beach w/ They Might Be Giants
Pieces: Sandcastles, Mermaids, Capiz, Design for the Real World - Parachute Jump
Commentary: Life's a Beach
The archives are here; RealAudio here.
01-03-04 (show #501)
Castles, Mermaids, Giants
Cover Story: The Beach w/ They Might Be Giants
Pieces: Sandcastles, Mermaids, Capiz, Design for the Real World - Parachute Jump
Commentary: Life's a Beach
The archives are here; RealAudio here.
The glare off the Walt Disney Concert Hall's shimmering stainless steel curves is so bad it is heating up nearby condos at least 15 degrees and forcing owners to crank up their air conditioners.
# posted by Trevor @ Tuesday, February 24, 2004
"It would seem that aficionados of the Tilt-A-Whirl have known for some time that chaotic systems can be controlled using small perturbations."
Tilt-A-Whirl Chaos Theory: Part I & Part II. Also, chaos dynamics illustrated with the Tilt-A-Whirl.
Tilt-A-Whirl Chaos Theory: Part I & Part II. Also, chaos dynamics illustrated with the Tilt-A-Whirl.
Monday, February 23
