A Thousand Words: A Kodak blog about photography

Kodak’s been in NASCAR for a long time.  A Kodak sponsored car won the Daytona 500 three times, and was an associate sponsor on Ryan Newman’s Daytona 500 winning car this year.  It’s a shame, but understandable..

Sentinel exclusive: Is NASA’s Ares doomed?.

As a little countdown to Halloween, I’m going to post some of my favorite photos from Disney’s Haunted Mansion. They may not be the best photos, but I like them, and I want to share them with you.

Today’s photo was taken at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party in 2006:
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Sesame Street Live, originally uploaded by gpwelch.

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I just downloaded MarsEdit, and I want to see the functionality of it, so this is a test post. Please ignore.

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Star Wars Lights Up the Pumpkin Patch.

I am a CM! – WDWMAGIC.COM Forums

Check out Gorjus’ second post.  Nice insight into being a Photopass Photographer..

Chess – Howard Stern Gets Serious About the Game – NYTimes.com

This is for all you chess fans out there..

Lego: 80,000-Brick Lego Ferrari F1 Needs Giant Schumacher Minifig

I want one!.

Putting the MacBook through the paces with Warhammer Online – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Not too shabby..

Battlestar: Battlestar Galactica PC Mod Can Actually Hold Colonial Vipers, Raptors

Frakkin’ awesome!  Very subdude, too..

SILLOF’s WORKSHOP: featuring the custom figures and dioramas of sillof

This guy is a toy modder and he’s created Steampunk characters from the Star Wars saga.  The 1942 Star Wars figures are pretty cool too..

Circuit City Bankruptcy Watch: Is Circuit City Going Bankrupt?

I guess I’m just really out of it, because this is the first I’ve heard of Circuit City’s problems.  I remember reading about Blockbuster offering to buy them, but that was a while ago.

I don’t love Circuit City, but if they close up, it’ll be one less competitor in the market, which is sad..

Flickr: Discussing Disney Prohibits Certain Cameras in Rate My: Disney Shot (Add One, Rate 5 – Read the Rules!)

I also read about this in a post on micechat.com.  Here’s the info from that post:

Due to some issues with Paparazzi on September 25th, when Lindsay Lohen and her girlfriend showed up at Disneyland, Disney Security and Bag Checkers are trying to prevent a similar event from happening in the future.

The current policy is that you cannot bring in “long lenses”, which seems to be lenses longer than 6 inches in length into the parks. Of course, it is a new policy, and can be adjusted at any time, but I was stopped and asked multiple times at bag check this week if I had any “long lenses” for my camera. So plan accordingly.

This appears to be a Disneyland-only policy for now.  I understand Disney’s position in relation to the privacy of its guests; however, I think this is an extreme measure.  Yes, there is a proliferation of DSLRs because of lower prices and no film developing costs, but I do not believe it is fair to punish the many for the few.

Instead, Security and the Cast Members should reprimand the offenders as they see the photographers invading someone’s privacy.  Yes, with a zoom lens, Security and the CMs may not be able to catch the offenders, but if Disney’s going to have celebrities come into the park, they should increase security appropriately to weed out these people.  In addition, the celebrities have to understand that they’re going to a place where everyone has a camera of some sort.  So they should either not go, or else realize that someone is going to take their picture.

I can also understand Disney prohibiting extremely long lenses for safety reasons, but an 18-200mm lens should definitely be allowed.

The “problem” with people bringing in DSLRs and zoom lenses will only get worse for Disney as prices continue to fall and more and more “average” people (“Joe Six-Packs” to quote our eloquent future VP) bring in DSLRs instead of the point-and-shoots (which also have zoom lenses).  I wonder how long this new rule will be enforced.  Hopefully not long..

Disney Cruise Line News – Press Releases.

25 Best (and Worst!) ‘Star Wars’ Moments | Photos | EW.com

I know, I know…I hate these “Top X” lists that make you click through multiple pages to see each entry, but I think it’s worth it for this list..

Welcome to JeffGordon.com :: TEAM DUPONT TO SPORT NEW LOOK IN 2009

Meh. I was expecting something a bit more drastic.  I like the idea that the base color is black, I just don’t like the yellow/orange flames.  Blue flames would have been better.  Similar to his current Pepsi scheme..

Apple Retail Store – Lakeside Shopping Center

Apparently, the Apple Store opened today.  I had no idea.  Damn!  I would have taken off work today to go to the opening if I had known.  Oh, well.  At least there’s finally an Apple Store in the New Orleans area.  And it’s only a couple of miles from the house!  Yipee!.

Jeff Gordon Celebrates Daughter’s First Birthday – Jeff Gordon : People.com

Awww…how sweet!  He’s such a good Dad..

Palin Brushing Up On Foreign Policy At Epcot | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source.