I downloaded Trillian thanks to Cooper’s suggestion. I am way behind on this trend, but for those of you even further behind me, Trillian is a program that allows users to connect to AOL IM, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, IRC, and ICQ all in one convenient interface. It also features cool customizable skins a la Winamp. So far I am still figuring it out, but I…
September 22, 2002Last night, the managers of the resort held an awards ceremony for departments of the resort at the Disneyland Hotel. It was dubbed the “Mousecars” since people and attractions and other business units all earned little Mickey statues (and some no so little). One of my friends won a Gold Mickey for his excellence in the four keys (Show, Safety, Courtesy, Efficiency) – Go Dang…
September 20, 2002My favorite source of news, CNN has once again redesigned their site. The last time was on July 16, 2001 and as I noted then, I think it is a subtle improvement. I like redesigns that don’t go whole-hog, that way you don’t alienate your users. I think my redesigned Daily Update archives were a big change, but the structure essentially stayed the same while…
September 19, 2002My first reaction to the new land at Disney’s California Adventure was not so good. I liked the lavish theming and the attention to detail in the area, I think Disney did a great job in this area. My big beefs involved the rides. It seemed that one of them was half finished, another was slowed down too much, one was confusing, and the other…
September 18, 2002You probably could have fired a canon down Main Street USA the past few days and not hit a single person. Attendance the last two days has been way down with most rides being walk ons. It can get a bit boring cycling Pinocchio cars over and over with no guests, but I look at it as a nice break from the crush of summer.…
September 13, 2002What a strange year it has been. On September 10, 2001 the most important thing that was on my mind was that ESPN had way too many pop-up ads. I was also still chuckling over the movie “Rat Race” which I had just seen. Five days earlier, I was hired by Disney to start on Oct. 6. I was nervous about my tryout for “The…
September 11, 2002Inspired by the return of a classic favorite, Roger and I headed out to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Now, I am not a big aquarium fan to begin with, but compared to the excellent Monterey Bay Aquarium, the A of P just isn’t top-notch. Not that they don’t try mind you. The volunteers were doing there best to the scattered crowd.…
September 10, 2002It’s the first Jarre webcast since the failed one New Year’s eve 2000/2001. This is the Aero concert from a windmill park in Denmark. The concert feed is working slightly better than the Vizitors concert, but still not as good as the one at the Pyramids in Egypt titled “The Twelve Dreams of the Sun”. I can hear the live audio stream and I can…
September 7, 2002I have done some minor tweaking to the Daily Update Archives pages, addressing some of the issues that I pointed out earlier. I have added a permalink to each entry, as well as allowed comments on the archive posts. I don’t expect too many people out there to be combing through the archives and commenting on them, but you never know. I also added a…
September 5, 2002Spent a nice Labor Day relaxing on the beach in Santa Monica. It was the first time I had actually gone to the beach to relax since I had moved down to L.A. over three years ago. I’ve been on the beach, just not taking-my-shoes-off-and-going-into-the-water on the beach. When I was a wee tyke, one of my fondest memories was hanging out at the beach…
September 4, 2002