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Paradiso 37 is a new restaurant on Walt Disney World Pleasure Island, occupying the what use to be the shops and Missing Link food service next to the Adventurers Club. My wife, a friend, and I went there to experience it during it’s soft opening. At that time you could not book a reservation in the Disney Reservation system so only walk-ups were possible.

The name Paradiso 37 refers to the 37 countries in North, Central and South America, and for the 37 varieties of tequila they offer (and display). The decor is very nice; offering a mixture of bar, table, water views, and outdoor dining. One wall is a glass garage door that looks like it can be opened. At night they advertise live music out by the water way.
…Read more about Disney World Paradiso 37

These are some of the earliest events in the history of Linux (pre version 1), shown directly from their USENET conversations. …Read more about Early Linux History

With all the emphasis lately on Twitter early adopters versus celebrities, I was curious how early I joined Twitter and how that compared with other early adopters. Fortunately there is a service to help you know just that – WhenDidYouJoinTwitter.appspot.com:

I began on twitter just days after Leo did, but Robert Scoble was ahead of all of us.

Sadness. My favorite magazine Starlog; the one I’ve been a subscriber of since issue #1 over 32 years ago and still have them all, is going away and becoming an online-only publication. Not all change is good.

Around March 26th a story came out that the Postal chief says the post office is running out of money. Less than two weeks later another story came out reporting that the post office has cut 25,000 jobs. None of this surprises me.

My favorite quote – “We can no longer afford business as usual.” I’ll explain why.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an organization that claims it’s both a government body, and a private sector business selling goods. In reality they usually exploit or hide behind each of these designations, depending on when the situation is beneficial. The USPS operates both a .com and a .gov website that displays the same content.

I did Information Technology contracting work for the USPS about 15 years ago. Back then email, package delivery, and FAX services were fast eating away at physical mail delivery. No one else was legally allowed to deliver first class mail other than the USPS (thanks to the pony express), making the USPS a government controlled monopoly, but the public was losing the need to even use first class mail at all. …Read more about USPS Running Out Of Money, Cuts 25k Jobs

A friend sucked me into my 2nd meme, but I only respond to ones that I enjoy and this one looked fun.

“Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. …Read more about 15 Albums

Patrick McGoohan dead at 80

“The Prisoner” was my favorite television series of all time …Read more about RIP Patrick McGoohan

You can create your own news video about Disney World. Extra bonus if Goofy says your name at the end. Here’s Mine: