Gizmodo: disney world

Tilt-Shift Photography Turns Disney World Into Epic Toy Set

Mark Wilson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Disney World is essentially one big toy model, so in many cases, its miniaturization through the magic of tilt-shift photography ironically looks more natural than actually being there. As as pile of trinkets, Disney World actually seems pretty normal. [TechEBlog]

'Robobama' Gets Prepped for July 4th Debut at Disney World

Adam Frucci — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Disney technicians are hard at work on an incredibly-lifelike robotic version of President Obama. Dick Cheney is reportedly working on a virus to cause the robot to fail.

The robot, which is headed to the Hall of Presidents, is the most advanced presidential robot yet. It also will give a speech recorded by the fleshbag Obama specifically for the bot, just like the last few presidents have done.

It's probably the closest you're ever going to get to the guy, so if you're interested, you know where Disney World is. [NY Times]

Korea Opening First Robot Theme Park (For Humans)

Mark Wilson — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:30:00 EST

Next year, developers will break ground on Robot Land, a $562 million robot theme park in Incheon.

Opening to the public in 2012 (with full access starting in 2013), Robot Land will feature entertainment areas...along with exhibition halls, R&D centers, educational buildings and areas dedicated to industrial support. You read that correctly. Areas dedicated to industrial support.

The good times simply won't stop at Robot Land. [The Korea Herald Thanks Cliff!]

Animatronic Wall-E Entertains Guests At Disneyland, Charges $5 For a Popsicle

Jason Chen — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:50:00 EDT

What's even better than a Wall-E robot toy made by WowWee? A Wall-E robot toy made by the animatronic people at Disney. This Wall-E robot is supposed to roam around Disneyland/Disney World entertaining patrons, but got spotted on the streets of LA panhandling and glad-handing for cash. You know who else can say their name? Timmy from South Park. Wall-E! [Slashfilm]

Mrs. Potato Head BSOD Reeks of Disney Magic

Mark Wilson — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Call it juvenile, but a good Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) cracks me up every time. And when it's presented with so much pride by an unsuspecting Mrs. Potato Head...all the better. Snapped at Disney World, one reader couldn't resist sharing the experience.

But the best part is that he usually hated this Microsoft-caught-without-pants humor. He tells his story after the jump.

Mark, There are images of weird BSOD all over the web and you've even done a couple of stories on them, but to tell you the truth I've never really found them all that funny. So what if an ATM has a BSOD, they're thousands of them running 24-7, one of them is bound to crash. It could also be that I'm a life long PC user. However, after a week of toting my two little girls all over Disney World and into and out of every kind of Disney store imaginable, I found the scene of a Potato Head with a Blue Screen on Death funny enough that I actually laughed a little and had to take a picture. Sorry the photo is a little blurry. I had to turn the flash off so the screen would show up. Danny

Welcome to the dark side, Danny. With time and study, we'll have you laughing at silly Vista error messages, too.