“If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.” With those words, Walt Disney set out to build an empire from our dreams and fantasies. Today I stumbled upon something truly magical. Disney has put their whole park into the realm of virtual tourism. True your kids won’t talk to you for a while if you opt to get them there virtually instead of physically. Think of the long line and humidity you’re sparing your family, though. Using over 450GB worth of about 85,000 photos, they are able to recreate the whole of Disneyland Paris. Just install google earth and start your virtual vacation.
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SMS (short message service) can be expensive. My carrier charges 15 cents a message…incoming or outgoing. Before I signed on a contract with built in messaging, I would wake up and hope that no one would text me so I can save a few cents a day. Even with my current plan, I am always careful of the messages I send and monitor my text message limit regularly.
For those who do not have unlimited Text Messaging, here is a great way to save on one half your text bill. Send outgoing text messages via email.
Sprint – phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon – phonenumber@vtext.com
T-Mobile - phonenumber@tmomail.com
AT&T – phonenumber@txt.att.net
AIM – +1phonenumber
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I’ve been looking forward to this game for months, if not years now. I finally saw a preview of it on the MTV awards last night. Along with that and seeing Eminem with a face full of Borat’s behind, it made the this year’s award show not so boring. I can’t wait for that new Bruno movie. Warning! If you are offended by toilet humor or gay jokes, Sacha Baron Cohen and his works should be avoided. Anyhow, it will be great to use the Wii Remote as a whip!!
http://www.lucasarts.com/games/indianajones/
The plot is centered around Indy’s search for the Staff of Moses. This games takes place one year AFTER ‘The Last Crusade’ Technically, it uses the game engine from ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.’ I saw a glimps of it at a E3 event back in 2006. Hopefully it will not disappoint like other games that tie in with movies. Originally there was going to be a PS3 and Xbox360 release but with their withdrawal it can only mean the graphics will not be so great. Nevertheless I will be getting my bullwhip hand ready for June 9th release!
Microsoft’s new Zune will have quite an impressive list of features. First of all, for anyone thinking it’ll have HD video, this can be misleading. It is HD radio with an option of HD video OUTPUT. It will be running Windows CE underneath. On the surface, it will have an OLED touch screen interface with a 16:9 widescreen format on a 3.3 inch screen. Aside from this, it will have built-in full screen internet browser with accelerometer and a touch screen QWERTY keyboard.
Everything so far has gotten the iPod Touch beat with the exception of iTunes. This is where Apple’s true value lies. You pay for the device once but iTunes will keep making them money as long as there are things to see, hear, and play with on there.
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If you have your computer hooked up to your HD TV and would like to view youtube videos directly from your couch, this is for you.
http://www.youtube.com/xl
This is a version of youtube that includes large buttons and easy navigational markers for people to see from far away. If you have Microsoft Media Center, point the built-in browser to this address and enjoy youtube content from your couch.
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