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?…
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. https://gizmodo.com/biggest-bsod-of-all-time-320824 But the best part is that he usually hated this Microsoft-caught-without-pants…
This concept art for the SMRT-1 robot at EPCOT Center is dated May 3, 1982. SMRT-1 was featured at the Communicore exhibit and “spoke” with visitors via telephones while playing trivia games. The Widen Your World website has a pretty thorough breakdown of the Communicore exhibit. Their photograph of SMRT-1 appears below. Communicore was closed…
I don’t remember much about Communicore at EPCOT in Walt Disney World. It closed in 1993 and was converted into the half-rate Innoventions Pavillion. However, I did find a little gem of a song that was featured in the Communicore exhibit for just a few short years. The song is called The Computer Song and…
Apparently U.S. Steel never saw Dustin Hoffman in 1967’s The Graduate. According to this U.S. Steel commercial from the 1970s, the future will be built on steel rather than plastic. The future will also be built piece by piece in beige factories to make beige buildings. Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World, Orlando is…