Fan builds 11,000 sqft Haunted Mansion replica

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Haunted Mansion castmember's remembrance

Haunted Mansion castmember's remembrance 09/17/2004 02:50 AM
Cory Doctorow: Here's the first-person account of a summer student intern at Walt Disney World who got the killer assignment of working at the Haunted Mansion (what a dream gig!):

I hated being told I wasn’t scary. I hated being made fun of for my deep Southern accent. I hated the fact that I was a southern happy blonde with pigtails stuck in a dark damp Mansion. Then I gave it a chance. I realized I was lucky to have such a highly coveted position. I slowly let myself fall into the role and was thrilled the first time I actually scared a guest. I learned that many of my fellow cast members weren’t as rude and sarcastic as they seemed, they just really took pride in their job. And I found my spot in the Mansion crew. I was the one that lost children were taken to because I was probably the least scary. I was the one that parents turned to for an encouraging word to convince their children to try the ride. The first time a six year old boy came running out of the Mansion with a huge smile to give me a hug before getting back on the ride, I finally felt like I had a place at the Mansion.

Link (via The Disney Blog)

Haunted Mansion costume for sale

Haunted Mansion costume for sale 05/11/2004 01:58 AM
An eBay auction for a size 14 (shirt)/18 (skirt) female Haunted Mansion ride-attendant costume from Walt Disney World. Oh, to be a woman. Link

Disney's Haunted Mansion DVD sports OS X
content

Disney's Haunted Mansion DVD sports OS X
content 07/07/2004 09:25 AM
The Walt Disney Co. and InterActual on Wednesday announced that the new Disney DVD release of The Haunted Mansion is the first such title to provide enhanced bonus content for Mac OS X. Although such enhanced content on DVD movie releases is nothing new, it's often been limited to users of Windows-compatible PCs only.

Haunted Mansion Fan Club calls for
Disney boycott

Haunted Mansion Fan Club calls for
Disney boycott 01/03/2004 04:51 AM
The Haunted Mansion Fan Club has shut down for one month in solidarity with Roy Disney's resignation from the Walt Disney Company's board of directors, and they're calling for a one-month boycott of Disney parks and movies in order to convince Michael Eisner to resign.

The list of accusations leveled against Mr. Eisner by family groups, children advocates, safety officials, the press, consumers, stock holders, and Disney cast members is voluminous and can no longer be ignored or tolerated. Don't stand by as this man leads to ruin the dreams and memories of untold millions of people. Help take back OUR magical kingdom and restore what Walt created and gave to us. Enough is enough.

Link

Haunted Mansion-style head as a
percussion instrument

Haunted Mansion-style head as a
percussion instrument 03/31/2005 12:42 PM
Cory Doctorow: Drum|head is an interactive project by Murat Konar, a student at London's Royal College of Art. It starts with a wig-stand with a computer-projected clip of a face on it (this is the same effect used for the "singing busts," "Madame Leota" and "Little Leota" at the Haunted Mansion in they Disney parks). A piezoelectric sensor detects it when you whack the head with a stick, cueing a drum sound and a funny facial-expression animation. The video is hilarious. Link (via We Make Money Not Art)

Haunted electricity

Haunted electricity 02/16/2004 10:35 AM
While I was away at Emerging Tech, the electric company installed a special meter on our incoming line to see if the voltage is clean and sober. The guy left it there for three days. When he picked it up, he told us that he'd have to do it again because the machine broke. Coincidence? I think not....Bwahahahaha. Meanwhile, I have now thrown out my bookshelf-style stereo system because it lost all bass and the remote stopped working; the tuner can only be tuned through the remote. (Yes, I did put in new batteries. And I did get a Mac.)...

Disney's Haunted Village

Disney's Haunted Village 08/03/2004 01:07 PM
"The Village" was the No. 1 movie over the weekend... but is it enough to break Disney's movie slump?

"The case of the haunted Stitch"

"The case of the haunted Stitch" 03/27/2005 04:48 AM

FC Now: Rolex or Replica?

FC Now: Rolex or Replica? 03/24/2005 08:12 AM
Last night, a couple colleagues and I went to the book launch party for Martin Kihn's House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time. As the writer of Fast Company's Consultant Debunking Unit...

Osbournes flee blaze at mansion

Osbournes flee blaze at mansion 03/31/2005 03:12 AM
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne escape unhurt after a fire breaks out at their Buckinghamshire mansion.

Programmer Seeks Mansion, Yacht

Programmer Seeks Mansion, Yacht 11/06/2003 11:08 AM
Some tech companies have struggled to stay alive after the bubble burst, but don't count Microsoft among them. A site used by its employees to buy and sell stuff is chock-full of big-ticket items like sailboats and vacation homes. By Katie Dean.

New Yorker punts haunted Nintendo NES

New Yorker punts haunted Nintendo NES 03/14/2005 04:39 PM
Paranormal eBay madness

Haunted book shelf gimmick

Haunted book shelf gimmick 03/28/2005 04:14 AM
Cory Doctorow: This haunted book shelf gimmick uses a system of hidden levers to make the books on the shelf slide in and out of their own accord -- can be run from a switch or motion-sensor. Link

Haunted house offered on eBay

Haunted house offered on eBay 01/06/2005 02:43 PM
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Microsoft haunted by old IE security
flaw

Microsoft haunted by old IE security
flaw 06/30/2004 12:49 PM
IE vulnerability patched six years ago resurfaces in newer releases and could allow hackers to change content on Web sites.

Ghost ship tee for your inner haunted
pirate

Ghost ship tee for your inner haunted
pirate 01/05/2005 03:42 AM
Cory Doctorow: This Ghost Ship tee sports a lovely line-drawing of a drifting, tattered pirate ship and a maritime tattoo-like anchor on the sleeve -- Yarrr! Link (via Preshrunk)

Réplica de Eclipse en España

Réplica de Eclipse en España 05/05/2004 04:18 AM

Replica first-edition Britannica

Replica first-edition Britannica 06/10/2004 01:22 PM
This $200 replica of the 235-year-old first-edition Encyclopædia Britannica is really cool. Link (via Gizmodo)

Britannica First Edition Replica Set

Britannica First Edition Replica Set 06/10/2004 11:38 AM

Speaking of The Times' Circuits section, I have it on good word that when they are slaving overnight by gaslight to complete the next day's column, they seek answers to their more difficult queries regard the Tecknologikal Arts inside one of these Encyclopaedia Britannica First Edition Replica sets. As soon as I can cart enough coal through the cobblestone streets to save the $195 I might just have to pick up a set for myself. (Thanks, Nathan!)
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Humongoid B-52 Scale Replica

Humongoid B-52 Scale Replica 05/28/2004 09:12 AM

This B-52 is a scale model, but it is powered by tiny real turbine engines. It also flies in the air.

More pictures and movies at the ScaleRCHelis forum.
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Apple I Replica Creation

Apple I Replica Creation 03/14/2005 05:03 PM

Fan-made Maniac Mansion 256 Color Remake

Fan-made Maniac Mansion 256 Color Remake 06/07/2004 09:12 AM

Unspeakable secrets in a haunted house
and cyberspace

Unspeakable secrets in a haunted house
and cyberspace 12/13/2003 07:35 PM
So in addition to the standard-issue frissons to be found here (and one of the most startling involves only a light bulb), this book also attempts a Google ...

Best Ghostbusters prop replica EVAR

Best Ghostbusters prop replica EVAR 05/11/2004 06:02 PM
This guy spent six months building this elaborate replica Ghostbusters pack, with powered blinkenlights and a multicolored flashlight cannon and lots of other swell features, and now he's selling it on eBay. Don't miss the video and build-diary! Link (via Gizmodo)

Functional replica siege engines

Functional replica siege engines 04/20/2004 07:25 AM
Kaden hand-builds and sells these functional mantelpiece/desktop replicas of medieval siege engines, which he calls "antiques from a parallel universe." I'm partial to the ballista. Link (Thanks, Kaden!)

replica of the DeLorean in Back To The
Future

replica of the DeLorean in Back To The
Future 04/23/2004 04:20 AM
this impressively detailed full-size replica .. e est venda!! .. Delorean

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Wright Flyer Replica Fails to Fly

Wright Flyer Replica Fails to Fly 12/18/2003 05:50 AM
Rain dampens a 100th-anniversary celebration of the Wright brothers' historic first flight, but a lack of wind proves to be an insurmountable problem.

eBay: One of a Kind Ghostbusters Replica

eBay: One of a Kind Ghostbusters Replica 05/11/2004 04:32 PM
When I linked to Jason Eaton's amazing Maschinen Kreiger models yesterday (and subsequently almost threw him over his webserver's bandwidth limits, hence the neutered post links as of this morning), I didn't have any idea what a kindred Gizmodian spirit we'd found. You see, not only does Jason build terrifying...

Hearst's Opulent Mansion Survives Calif.
Quake

Hearst's Opulent Mansion Survives Calif.
Quake 12/22/2003 08:56 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 22 2003 6:32PM ET

Microsoft Works 8; Astro Boy; I Spy:
Spooky Mansion Deluxe

Microsoft Works 8; Astro Boy; I Spy:
Spooky Mansion Deluxe 08/28/2004 10:00 PM
Washington Post Aug 29 2004 2:13AM GMT

Kon-Tiki Replica Includes Modern Gadgets

Kon-Tiki Replica Includes Modern Gadgets 09/06/2004 07:55 PM
AP via Daily Press Sep 7 2004 0:38AM GMT

Delorean Time Machine Replica Up For
Auction

Delorean Time Machine Replica Up For
Auction 04/22/2004 06:30 AM

ebay: StarWars AT-ST walker 1:2 size
replica

ebay: StarWars AT-ST walker 1:2 size
replica 01/03/2004 08:17 AM
But I want it

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Living replica of set for TV show
"Dallas" -- in Romania

Living replica of set for TV show
"Dallas" -- in Romania 07/12/2004 02:11 PM
Blogger and journalist Emmanuelle Richard just got back from Romania, where she photoblogged these incredible snapshots< /a> of what must be the Nth great wonder of the world -- a gigantic, sprawling replica of the set of the TV show "Dallas." Even Larry Hagman said it's a perfect match of the real thing, according to Emmanuelle:

The florid theme park is not as glorious as it used to be! "Southforkscu" as locals call it was opened in 1996 in Slobozia, South-Est of Bucharest, by the King of Romanian cheddar, Ilie Alexandru: he's one these egomaniac and corrupt nouveau-riche entrepreneurs typical of post-Communist Eastern European countries. It's like a cross between an amusement park and a luxury resort. Originally, visitors could tour the ranch, ride horses, swim in the swimming pools, visit a small zoo, enjoy the lake and climb the 50 meters Eiffel Tower. And of course, spend a night in the Dallas ranch. Larry Hagman even visited! But Alexandru went to jail for fraud. A string of investors have failed to revive the place. One of them, a Russian dude even painted the ranch in ORANGE! The zoo is closed, the horses are gone... The Romanian hotel chain now in charge wants to remodel it, open a night-club. We interviewed the manager - pure Commie style, just unbelievable. I don't have much faith in this guy's management!

This artist Sean Snyder produced an exhibit about the esthetics of the place "Script For Dallas Southfork In Hermes Land, Slobozia, Romania (2001)" It went to Paris and Berlin (Link). This page contains details about the place and a pic of the ranch before the paint job. It's quite surreal, especially when you see the Eiffel Tower from the road, behind rows of cornfields.

Link to Emmanuelle's moblog, Link to related gallery exhibit, and more on the moblog of Emmanuelle's husband and travel companion, journalist/blogger Matt Welch: Link 1, Link 2.

Free To A Good Home: A Captain Of
Industry's Rejected Mansion

Free To A Good Home: A Captain Of
Industry's Rejected Mansion 01/02/2005 05:01 AM

Those hankering for a 17,000-square-foot Spanish colonial freebie -- a 35-room mansion with wood-beamed ceilings designed in 1926 by a famous California architect -- may be in luck. By Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times

More photos from video game launch
party, Playboy mansion

More photos from video game launch
party, Playboy mansion 05/13/2004 09:24 PM
Here are the rest of the images I shot at the Playboy video game launch party on Tuesday evening, at the Playboy mansion.
Link to photo gallery, Link to previous BoingBoing post.

HispaLinux replica a la SGAE: "Todos
somos autores"

HispaLinux replica a la SGAE: "Todos
somos autores" 08/03/2004 12:18 AM

Playboy game launch party at Playboy
Mansion, LA

Playboy game launch party at Playboy
Mansion, LA 05/12/2004 02:12 PM
Most of the time, the life of a wayward freelance geek journalist is fraught with stress, challenges, unpaid invoices. Well, last night wasn't one of those times. I went to the Playboy Mansion to interview Hugh Hefner, and cover the launch of a new Playboy-themed electronic game for Wired News and National Public Radio. In the game, you get to be Hef, doing hefsterly things like -- oh, nailing 18 year old hotties, and managing a booming porn publication empire.

I sat down with Mr. Hefner and his gorgeous companions, and asked him if he felt the game designers had created an accurate virtual depiction of the world in which he lives. "It's pretty good, other than the fact that they gave me this giant Jay Leno chin," he said. There was much butt cleavage in effect. Beautiful women with tromp l'oeil lingerie painted on their perfectly engineered breasts served little snacks off flawlessly polished silver platters (see image at left). Oh, and in case you're wondering -- there is no WiFi inside the grotto, although there is one very heavily used mattress. NPR and Wired News stories coming up.
Link to another mildly unsafe for work picture snapped during the event.

AMD builds one for video on the go

AMD builds one for video on the go 01/04/2005 06:46 AM
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Grim Grinning Ghosts Come Out To
Socialize...

Grim Grinning Ghosts Come Out To
Socialize... 10/31/2003 06:07 AM
"Actually, we have 999 happy haunts here, but there's room for a thousand... Any volunteers? Well, if you should decide to join us, final arrangements may be made at the end of the tour. A charming 'ghost'ess will be on hand to take your application."

Disney builds a Green Line at Disneyland

Disney builds a Green Line at Disneyland 04/23/2004 04:26 PM
Disneyland is adding a Green Line -- a security gate to "stop terrorists."

Reality is coming to Disneyland's fantasy world, in the form of permanent security gates. Bowing to terrorism fears, the Walt Disney Co. plans to build the gates at the Disneyland Resort next fall. The company had resisted security gates around Disneyland and the California Adventure theme park next door, believing the sense of fantasy would be spoiled.

Link< /a> (Thanks, Ian!)

Ghost towns for sale. Bring your own
ghosts.

Ghost towns for sale. Bring your own
ghosts. 09/14/2004 10:50 AM
Ever wanted to get away from the neighbours? Any neighbours? Phelps Dodge, a mining company, is selling off Kitsault, BC, a remote company town built in the early 80s to support a mine that later went bust.

Thoughts on Tokyo Disneyland

Thoughts on Tokyo Disneyland 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
Following are my fairly disjointed thoughts on Tokyo Disneyland, but mainly just focusing on the Tiki Room. Written the day...

Disney busts amateur Disneyland tour
guide

Disney busts amateur Disneyland tour
guide 03/22/2005 05:01 PM
Cory Doctorow: Jim Hill is one of the great Disnephiles and Disney bloggers of the planet. Among other things, he gives a regular tour of Disneyland to people who pay him to show them around and tell them the inside story of the park (there are tons of tour operators who show people around Disney parks -- often escorting large groups from other countries). This weekend, Disney security stopped and threatened to arrest Jim for giving his tour.

I'm serious, folks. 20 minutes into my 2 o'clock tour, I was suddenly interrupted by two officials from the park's security staff. They quietly pulled me aside and said that they'd had complaints about my tour. That they'd heard that I was saying negative things about their theme park. More importantly, that my JHM tour was somehow undercutting Disneyland Guest Relations' ability to sell its own tours of the theme park.

Needless to say, I was somewhat surprised by this reaction. As were the 10 or so people who were taking my 2 o'clock tour and watching all of this unfold from 5 feet away. I mean, yes, the JHM Disneyland tour does contain a few juicy stories. Which is why Chuck Oberleitner once called it "The 'E' True Hollywood version of Disneyland's history." But is that really reason enough to shut the tour down?

Lin k (Thanks, Tavie!)

Jungle Boat movie from Disney

Jungle Boat movie from Disney 05/21/2004 01:05 PM
Disney is making a new ride-based movie, this time from The Jungle Boat Cruise. Let's hope it's more like the Pirates of the Caribbean than the Haunted Mansion movie (shudder). Link (via Waxy)

Disney strikes Moore movie deal

Disney strikes Moore movie deal 05/13/2004 09:39 AM
Disney and Miramax studio chiefs reach a deal over distributing Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 911.

Fan builds 11,000 sqft Haunted Mansion replica

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