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Be glad you don’t live in Santa Barbara…

…or you to could experience the joy of an airtanker dropping fire retardant in your backyard.

For more amazing shots, check out The Big Picture

July 7th, 2008 by graeme | | 4 comments »

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Dubai is not a place for the subtle. Fancy cars, conspicuous wealth, ginormous hotels…and now, the world’s biggest fountain.

The new $281 million water thingy will open in 2009. It will be able to shoot 22,000 gallons of water 450 feet into the air. And, it will have over 6,000 lights and 50 projectors to make it look real purty.

Well, I guess you have to spend your money on something.

July 7th, 2008 by graeme | | 1 comment »

harbingers of the apocalypse

Star Trek: The Experience to close.

Poor, poor Star Trek. Your once-venerable franchise is in tatters. No Trek on TV, a series of lacklustre movies…and now, evenn Vegas has turned its back on you.

Last week, the Vegas Hilton announced it would shut down Star Trek: The Experience in the fall. The museum/simulator/massive gift shop is apparently not setting the world on fire like it used to. To make matters worse, the giant NCC-1701D model will be returned to Paramount, as opposed to, say, my living room.

But, there is hope. The global nerdery hold their breath in mute anticipation of JJ Abrams’ new Trek flick, set to come out May 2009. It may be Trek’s saviour or its Shiva. While Abrams gets big points for Lost, let’s not forget this is also the man who created Felicity. I’m putting even odds on this one.

July 7th, 2008 by graeme | | 2 comments »