It’s Friday! That means it’s time for the fifth, and final, installment of my focus on content from the September 2005 issue of Florida Trend. The ever-present disclaimer: FT pays my bills.
A Swim in the Park details the coming short-term expansion of SeaWorld, probably the most distinctive non-Disney theme park in Orlando. A new, yet-unnamed water park kicks things up a notch, with a more naturalistic atmosphere that includes Commerson’s dolphins, a breed whose body markings make them quite reminiscent of headliner Shamu.
There’s also a separate accompanying sidebar on Verified Identity Pass and its test program at Orlando International Airport. I’ve written about this airport pat-down bypass before, taking a dim view of the whole concept.
Category: Business, Florida Livin', Publishing
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As much as I avoid giving this blog a consistent content theme, who am I to argue with Technorati and its new-fangled Blog Finder directory? Right there, (far) behind the inimitable Off Wing Opinion, is PopStat as the second-most authoritative hockey blog on the World Live Web.
Man, just think: If not for the locked-out season, I might have made it to No. 1!
Of course, Blog Finder is in beta, and it’s called “beta” for a reason. Like this one. I’m sure this minor miscategorization will be tweaked out, in favor of more worthy candidates.
In the meantime, judge this blog’s hockeyworthiness for yourself.
Category: Bloggin', Hockey
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You can keep your Madden NFL ‘06. When it comes to football videogaming, make mine Tecmo Super Bowl.
Why? Aside from its basic oldschool design and several ahead-of-its-time gameplay innovations, it managed to defy the laws of physics (i.e., the shortest distance between two points):
running in a straight line is the slowest way to the endzone. instead, zigzag as much as possible. watch with sheer enjoyment as defenders practice eating dirt after each unsuccessful dive.
Actually, I may have to devote a post to all the logic-defying trick moves that were found in the sports videogames of the late ’80s and early ’90s. I know that EA’s NHL Hockey contained a bunch of them, including surefire top-shelf goals from impossible angles, that quickly devolved games into beat-the-clock scoreathons.
Category: Videogames
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