eldavojohn writes "Painting the current scientific community as just as bad as the Spanish Inquisition, an extended trailer of Ben Stein's "Expelled" has a lot of people (at least that I know) talking. It looks like his movie plans to encourage people to speak out if they believe intelligent design or creationism to be correct. In the trailer he even warns you that if you are a scientist you may lose your job by watching 'Expelled.' Backlash to the movie has started popping up and this may force the creationism/evolutionist debate to a whole new level across the big screen and the internet." adholden points out a site called Expelled Exposed, which asserts that 'Expelled' "is simply an anti-science propaganda film aimed at creating controversy where none exists, while promoting poor science education that can and will severely handicap American students."
Although the fault zones beneath the Mississippi River Valley have produced some of the country’s largest modern earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains, scientists acknowledge they don’t yet fully understand the Midwestern seismic zone that caused Friday’s earthquake in southern Illinois.However, what they do know is rather unsettling. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:23 pm
People seem to like Apple’s interface for scrolling through albums visually with a scrollbar. It was copied by SearchMe as a way to browse normal search results. And now an Austrian developer named... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:56 am
STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - South Korea's first astronaut said on Monday she was scared at the sight of flames licking the outside of her Russian re-entry capsule while she and two... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:09 am
The ETelos Application Framework today launched a key new feature: the ability for applications there to run offline and sync when connectivity is available. The company requires zero code changes to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
SHANGHAI, China, April 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC -- NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 0981.HK), one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) today jointly announced their partnership to provide the world's first dual mode UWB MAC IC using SMIC's 0.13um mix-mode CMOS technology. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS) is pleased to announce its first sale to an animal care facility, opening up a new market. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Elisa Crouch, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Apr. 21--The booths had most of the usual Earth Day eco-fare, from lectures on organic gardening to demonstrations on biofuel. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Apr. 21--It was love at first sight of stark, towering, reddish-brown cliffs that led David Bertelsen to start scaling the Finger Rock Trail in the Catalina Mountains' front range. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Linda McKee Environment Minister Arlene Foster yesterday launched the conference, which presented the results of research by the Environment and Heritage Service, including 29 new marine species discovered off the coast of Rathlin Island. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Linda McKee And she and her family are keeping the fuel bills down after harnessing that ample natural resource by installing their own wind turbine. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Alan Choate By ALAN CHOATE REVIEW-JOURNAL Long-standing concerns about growth in northwest Las Vegas have found a focal point: a set of proposed public buildings, including a bus yard and a garbage transfer station, at the corner of Ann Road and the Las Vegas Beltway. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["Chinese Fisherman Rescued in Central Vietnam" - Xinhua headline] Hanoi, April 21 (Xinhua) - Thirty Vietnamese fishermen and one Chinese fisherman were rescued by a Vietnamese fishing ship after their ships sank in a storm in Vietnam's central Quang Ngai province, local newspaper Labour reported Monday. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Alexander Parker, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan. Apr. 21--EUDORA -- Kenna Wright was frightened when two men started banging on her door and yelling loudly, shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By Tony Messenger, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Apr. 21--In Franklin County, it takes one man to make a village. Developer Bradley Ferguson is seeking a vote that would allow him to build a 102-lot subdivision on about 40 acres he owns just outside the Washington city limit. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89324) has announced the addition of "US Enterprise Business Computer Hardware Expenditures, 2007-2012" to their offering. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
At the 10th anniversary commemoration of IBM's India Research Lab, the company today unveiled a new initiative to bring even more features and functions to mobile devices as they continue to rival the PC as the primary tool for Web-based business, education, communication, entertainment and more. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
IBM has acquired Israel-based storage company Diligent Technologies for an undisclosed sum estimated by analyst firm Globes to be in the region of $200m. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
IBM has announced strong first-quarter results. Revenue rose 11% year-on-year to $24.5bn, up 4% excluding currency gains. Profit before tax rose 24% to $3.2bn, a margin of 13%, while net income rose 26% to $2.3bn. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Apr. 21--A new "phishing" scam that uses text messaging is afoot, the Arizona Attorney General's Ofiice warns. "Phishing" usually refers to scammers trying to collect personal identifying information by sending fake e-mails. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Google has reported a net profit of $1.31bn for its first quarter ended March 2008 compared to $1bn in the same quarter last year on revenue up 42% at $5.19bn driven by strong revenue growth outside the US. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumer and business, today began shipping a new kind of media player, D-Link(R) PC-on-TV, which enables users to bring their entire PC experience to their television. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Greater Manchester Police has become the first UK police force to exploit social networking site Facebook to help crack crime. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Greenpeace called for a moratorium Monday on the expansion of palm oil plantations in Indonesia's rainforests and peat-lands, warning that soaring world demand is creating an environmental... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:45 am
The SportsNetwork, a privately held sports website located in Hatboro, PA, has been under attack from hackers for about 24 hours. Early Sunday the site was defaced with “Tibet was, is and will always... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:28 am
I spent some time yesterday morning building a "backdrop" to a talk that I am giving tomorrow on "Investing In The Future". I wanted to share it with some people and thought that doing it via the web might... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:21 am
By Andrew Liszewski These Moonlight Orbs illuminated spheres make for a unique way to light your home, your pool or your property. Made in Germany, the polyethylene spheres (and half spheres) range in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:16 am
If you're a massive ice hockey fan living outside North America, there's really only one way to get your fix: NHL.com Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:16 am
A new nonprofit institution plans to build a $115 million stem cell research facility in San Diego that would open by 2010. Although funding still is being lined up, the San Diego... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:10 am
By Andrew Liszewski Thanks to dropping prices and increased availability, green laser pointers are becoming more and more common. As a result you no longer feel like a member of the 'tech-elite' when you... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:10 am
Web application distributor Etelos has released a new feature that allows web apps obtained through the site to operate offline. The company, which provides a marketplace for developers to provide apps... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
The unlikeliest resource for fighting poverty in Africa is a floating island with an ancient tree and a gleaming ballroom, drifting in space amid a sheet of falling rain. Someone sent me there the other... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:51 am
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Intel Corp said on Monday it will invest $500 million in Taiwan over the next five years, with a large amount of the investment targeted at the island's WiMax sector. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:43 am
By Andrew Liszewski Until someone discovers an easy way to compromise fingerprint security scanners, they'll be making their way into more and more devices that have typically required you to memorize... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:43 am
Narrative Fallacy writes "The Transportation Security Administration has announced that it's beginning pilot tests of millimeter wave scanning technology at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) that allow TSA personnel to see concealed weapons and other items that may be hidden beneath clothes. TSA Administrator Kip Hawley says that that the potentially revealing body scans (YouTube) would not be stored and that 90% of passengers subject to secondary screening opt for a millimeter wave scan over a pat-down. The agency added that security officers viewing the scans would do so remotely, where they will not be able to recognize passengers but will be able to trigger an alarm if needed. The agency also said that a blurring algorithm is applied to passengers' faces in scanned images as an additional privacy protection."
Last Friday the House Republican Study Committee sent a letter to Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, the Speaker of the House and Majority Leader, respectively, requesting an increase in the current H1B visa... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:37 am
Professor Colin Blakemore explains his experiences as a hate figure for animal rights protestors. Plus, we reveal why McEnroe's tantrums may have been justified after all Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:22 am
Professor Colin Blakemore, former chief executive of the Medical Research Council, discusses animal rights, religion, and the scientific challenges facing the UK in the coming decades Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:21 am
Marilyn sez, "Brian Sack of Banterist offered his services on eBay a few months ago to 'Drive Someone Crazy' with a series of postcards from Poland. Sack promised that 'These postcards will be rant-ravingly insane, yet they will be peppered with unmistakable personal details about the addressee. Details you will provide me.' The postcards would be signed illegibly.
The postcards were written and sent and received, and the joke finally revealed to the recipient. Sack shares the postcards now on his site."
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BRIGHTON, England, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Futuremedia Learning, a leading e-learning provider and a division of Futuremedia plc (OTC Bulletin Board: FMDAY),... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 8:37 am
WESTFORD, Mass., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonus Networks (Nasdaq: SONS), a market leader in IP communications infrastructure, today announced it has completed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 8:35 am
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Think Services today announced the appointment of Vince Peters as Vice President of Sales. In this newly created position, Vince... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 8:30 am
LOS ANGELES, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eWorld Companies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EWRC), has announced that the company has completed a 1 for 20 reverse split of its... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 8:30 am
CHICAGO, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaBank, a leading provider of integrated procurement technology and advanced analytics to the advertising industry, today announced... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 8:30 am
The company is attempting to stage a comeback in digital entertainment distribution. Will the third time be the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
Google has topped a list of the world's most powerful brands, with new research estimating its value to be $86bn. By Mark Sweney Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 6:23 am
An anonymous reader was the first to point to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald which says that New South Wales (of which Sydney is the capital) will prohibit the possession of certain types of laser pointers, defining them as weapons, and make it an offense to carry any laser pointer "without a lawful reason." (Similar coverage at news.com.au) Western Australia apparently beat NSW to the punch, and the federal government of Australia announced earlier this month it will treat laser pointers much like firearms, which, in Australia, is really saying something. The restrictions come as a reaction to incidents (not confined to Australia) in which the lasers were trained on planes, distracting pilots.
Recently in Dallas, more than an hour before game time, Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, was in the locker room grinding on the Stairmaster, surrounded by several reporters their microphones... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 4:36 am
It was like a bell going off. In fact, it was a bell going off. "If I slide down that long pole standing there, I'll get to the fire engines faster." Birth of an idea.
Oleg.salenko points out a ComputerWorld story with some bad news for Russia's wireless users, which starts out "Business travelers to Russia might want to keep their laptops and iPhones well-concealed — not from muggers,necessarily, but from the country's recently formed regulatory super-agency, Rossvyazokhrankultura (short for the Russian Mass Media, Communications and Cultural Protection Service). ... Rossvyazokhrankultura's interpretation of current law holds that users must register any electronics that use the frequency involved in Wi-Fi communications, said Vladimir Karpov, the deputy director of the agency's communications monitoring division, according to an English commentary provided by website The Other Russia."
Ann VanderMeer has created this comprehensive analysis regarding which mythical beasts would and would not be kosher. This list could really come in handy under the right circumstances. Now, for bonus points, calculate the intersection of this list with a notional list of halal imaginary beasts.
Dragon - A: “No reptiles or amphibians.” EM: “No exceptions? What about if it chews its cud?” A: “Shut up.”
Encantado (dolphin-human shapeshifter) - EM: “Surely it’s kosher when it’s a dolphin.” A: “A dolphin is a mammal just like you. It has no scales, even though it has fins. Besides, what if it starts changing while you’re eating it?”
ET - A: “…..?” EM: “It had cloven hooves.” A: “It’s a humanoid.” EM: “It looked like a pile of dung. It seemed to chew cud. Would any alien be automatically un-kosher?” A: “I guess it really depends on the alien–like a plant?” EM: “An alien that comes down to Earth.” A: “No, because they wouldn’t be considered an animal.” EM: “What if they looked just like a cow, but with a brain?” A: “Cows have brains.” EM: “Arggh!” A: “But cows don’t travel to other planets using their brains.” EM: “My point exactly!” A: “Anything intelligent is not kosher.”
Headless Mule (fire-spewing, headless, spectral mule) - A: “No, because the mule itself, even if it weren’t fire-breathing, isn’t kosher. The fire doesn’t cleanse it.” EM: “But it’s self-cooking!”
Hippocamp (horse-fish) - A: “Unfortunately, the horse part makes it treyf, and a little bit of treyf makes everything treyf. So if you had 99 percent fish and one percent horse it would still be treyf.” EM: “And a really fucked up looking hippocamp!”
TC Studio's Knife Hooks are a limited-edition coat-hook that make your home or office look like it's frequented by a dagger-hurling magician. Also: the seller ships to Antarctica.
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(via Gizmodo)
This delightful Theme Park Review trip report from Thailand's Dreamworld park features this compelling bit of statuary: sinister naked children hanging around out front of the bathrooms:
Yes, these naked babies stood near the location of every restroom! They scared the crap out of me! First, what the hell is it doing? And second, if its doing what I think it is, why is it so unsatisfied?!
Soaring food prices and global grain shortages are bringing new pressures on governments, food companies and consumers to relax their longstanding resistance to genetically engineered crops. In Japan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 1:35 am
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "A US District Court in the Southern District of California has found the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act to be unconstitutional. That act is what removes the sovereign immunity for infringement that state workers have in their official capacity, something many argued would jeopardize universities with liability for faculty infringement, not to mention other state agencies. In a rather dense legal ruling (PDF), the Court found that the Clarification Act was not a valid exercise of congressional power under the 14th Amendment. For those of you who have absolutely no idea what I just said, I recommend either being glad that a small piece of copyright law may soon bite the dust, or hoping that NYCL will explain this better."
A simple, five-minute game takes players through some heady psychological terrain. Play it if you dare to think, feel and embrace a powerfully artistic aesthetic. Commentary by Clive Thompson.
I stumbled across these creepy disney comics the other day. The last half dozen or so revolve around Mickey trying to off himself after Minney dumps him for his brother. I wouldn't know how to go about verifying their authenticity...
Skype, the Internet calling subsidiary of eBay Inc. , is introducing its first plan for unlimited calls to overseas phones on Monday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:04 am
Steve Pepper writes "The former Chairman of the Norwegian ISO committee, who resigned two weeks ago in protest against his country's vote of Yes to OOXML, tells the inside story of how the decision was reached: how a single bureaucrat from Standards Norway sidelined the overwhelming majority of Norwegian technical experts and changed Norway's vote from No to Yes. The story is so surreal it's hard to believe." It's as depressing as it is brief.
Government considers clampdown on industry, providing safety information in salons and limiting children's access Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:04 pm
epsas writes "On Cosmonaut's Day (April 12th 2008) the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) announced that they will cease it's $40,000,000-a-flight space tourism enterprise. Vitaly Perminov, the head of Roskosmos, elaborated on this statement by citing national criticism of the space tourism project; all the while reiterating Roskosmos's focus on the International Space Station and the new launch site at Vostochny Cosmodrome: 'Vitaly Lopota, the president of the Energia space rocket corporation, said he believes space tourism is a forced measure compensating for insufficient financing of the Russian space program.' This statement (made the day before) by Vitaly Lopota follows another announcement that 'Energia is ready to send missions to the Moon and Mars if told to do so by the government.'"
the_kanzure writes "I'm going to start at a university lab a few days after my high school graduation ceremony. The lab is an eclectic blend of computer science, evolutionary engineering and molecular biology, essentially it's research/development and — best of all — the research is worth something to me and my other pet projects. What I do know of science, tech and research has been gleaned from the internet. The open access research repositories (arxiv, PLoS, etc.) have been a life-saver. But showing up to get real, hard experience is not the same as those late hours into the night spent debugging software. In person, you can't just call up a favorite bash script to open up a few hundred tabs to do some quick research on feasability and past research ... how is this supposed to work — does anybody really get stuff done this way? So I've been wondering how Slashdotters have handled transitioning from learning in front of a screen and a good net connection, to actually showing up and getting stuff done. What's a first day like in a lab? Stories? What's the etiquette? Informal? In programing circles, you can always submit a patch and alternatives, but does this hold here? Is the professor still generally considered the PHB and the lowly undergrads are his minions to carry out his bidding?"
rafaelmizrahi writes "WiiMan the Super Hero is a full action figure costume of a super hero that functions as a Nintendo WiiMote remote. Having trouble playing Wii? WiiMan to the rescue. This GarageGeeks project combines Gaming, Technology and Useless Activity to the extreme. Rafael Mizrahi, an artificial vision and experience explorer at Feng-GUI and a GarageGeeks member along with Yael Hertzog built this custom costume that acts as a fully functional Nintendo WiiMote remote with buttons, bluetooth, accelerometers, and an IR cam. BTW, last year, they built another hero, The Guitar Hero Noid, a robot built with Tal Chalozin that plays the PlayStation game Guitar Hero." (You might have better luck reaching the GarageGeeks site's Google cache.)
Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers working for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission have discovered that the Earth's magnetic tail could be harmful to future astronauts. The moon stays inside Earth's 'magnetotail' for six days every month — during full moon. This can have consequences ranging from lunar 'dust storms' to strong electrostatic discharges, according to one researcher quoted by NASA in 'The Moon and the Magnetotail.' So far, this is pure speculation: no man has been on the moon when the magnetotail hits. As added the same scientist, 'Apollo astronauts never landed on a full moon and they never experienced the magnetotail.' But read more for additional details about how Earth's magnetotail could affect men on the moon."
A Los Angeles city council member's proposal to curb the mobile meaty meccas known as taco trucks has inspired a veritable online revolution. "Carne asada is not a crime!" proclaim the taco truck defenders. They can have my carnitas burrito when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.
The call to arms:
Led by District 1 County Supervisor Gloria Molina, the L.A. Board of Supervisors has passed new restrictions that will effectively eliminate taco trucks from our streets. Under Supervisor Molina’s new rules, taco trucks will have to change location every hour, or face a misdemeanor charge carrying a $1000 fine and/or jail. Yes, jail.
Taco Trucks are a special facet of Los Angeles, and something we don’t want to lose.
The response -- snip from a form letter supporters are sending to Molina:
Taco trucks fill many voids left by traditional restaurants, whether it is more authentic, better food, better hours, or cheaper prices. Furthermore, taco trucks create a sense of community on the streets that enclosed, “brick-and-mortar” stores cannot.
Taco trucks are a special and unique facet of East Los Angeles, and something that I cherish about my neighborhood.
After a Battlestar Galactica panel discussion at New York Comic Con, Underwire speaks to Mark Stern, executive vice president of original programming for the Sci Fi Channel, about the science of Galactica and the freedom science fiction offers creative types. Stern also drops some compelling hints about the future of the Galacticafranchise.
A damning piece by David Barstow in today's New York Times that chronicles "a symbiotic relationship where the usual dividing lines
between government and journalism have been obliterated." Snip:
Records and interviews show how the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to transform the analysts into a kind of media Trojan horse — an instrument intended to shape terrorism coverage from inside the major TV and radio networks.
Analysts have been wooed in hundreds of private briefings with senior military leaders, including officials with significant influence over contracting and budget matters, records show. They have been taken on tours of Iraq and given access to classified intelligence. They have been briefed by officials from the White House, State Department and Justice Department, including Mr. Cheney, Alberto R. Gonzales and Stephen J. Hadley.
In turn, members of this group have echoed administration talking points, sometimes even when they suspected the information was false or inflated. Some analysts acknowledge they suppressed doubts because they feared jeopardizing their access.
A few expressed regret for participating in what they regarded as an effort to dupe the American public with propaganda dressed as independent military analysis.
“It was them saying, ‘We need to stick our hands up your back and move your mouth for you,’ ” Robert S. Bevelacqua, a retired Green Beret and former Fox News analyst, said.
Kenneth Allard, a former NBC military analyst who has taught information warfare at the National Defense University, said the campaign amounted to a sophisticated information operation. “This was a coherent, active policy,” he said.
Britain has been a world leader in eco-friendly funerals for years and a source of green burial products. This weekend in London, those in the business showcase their products and services, from cardboard coffins, clothes sewn from natural fibers, to a burial plot in a natural setting. Green funerals attempt to be eco-friendly at every stage.
A couple weeks ago, I blogged about the wonderful amateur film of a family's 1956 prize-trip to Disneyland made by Robbins Barstow of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Robbins just got in touch with me to tell me a little more about his decades-long love of film, supplying a link to a treasure trove of his fantastic work stretching all the way back to this 1936 Tarzan fan-film:
I am the now-88-year-old filmmaker from Wethersfield, Connecticut, who filmed, directed, edited, and narrated the amateur home movie entitled "Disneyland Dream" which you Boing-Boinged on April 11, 2008. I was delighted to be described as the "skinny, dorky, goofy dad" who documented our contest-winning family vacation to Disneyland in 1956, because our aim was to make the film "pure gold" fun for everyone viewing it. So far (April 19) it has garnered 15,777 downloads from the archive.org web site, thanks to your posting of the link! This is incredibly phenomenal to all of our still life-loving family, and I want to thank you for your fabulous review and letting the world know about it.
I am a retired educator, but all my life I have been an ardent amateur filmmaker, starting at the age of 12, in 1932, making family chronicles, travelogs, and other documentaries. I am submitting on your posted form another archive.org link which I think you will also enjoy -- a teen-age, fictional, Tarzan story which I made in 1936 with my two younger brothers and some neighborhood girls -- "Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge."
Actually, if you go to archive.org on the internet, and search for "Barstow Travel Adventure," you will find a listing of 8 of my personal travel documentaries, including Disneyland and Tarzan, which can be played anytime by anyone.
I stumbled across these creepy disney comics the other day. The last half dozen or so revolve around Mickey trying to off himself after Minney dumps him for his brother. I wouldn't know how to go about verifying their authenticity...
