July 2006: Quicklinks

Gadgets on the Go

Is It TV or Art? It’s Both!
VisionArt: www.solarshadingsystems.com

Emotionally Sensitive Computers
Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics: www.fraunhofer.de/fhg/EN/press/pi/2005/12/Mediendienst122005Thema6.jsp

Cell Phone Blocking Paint
NaturalNano: www.naturalnano.com

From Podcast to Podtour
Audissey: www.audisseyguides.com
The Walker Art Center: www.walkerart.org
Students from Marymount Manhattan College: mod.blogs.com/art_mobs
Soundwalk: www.soundwalk.com
PodGuides.net: podguides.net
Slate: www.slate.com/id/2123266

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Attraction Update

Free Shuttle to Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood: www.universalstudioshollywood.com
Coach America: www.coachusa.us

Five Paramount Parks Have New Owner
Cedar Fair LP: www.cedarfair.com

Disneyland Relives Paris in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Disneyland: park.hongkongdisneyland.com

In Brief
Disney World: disneyworld.disney.go.com
Islands of Adventure: www.universalorlando.com/ioa_index.html
WonderWorks, Pigeon Forge: www.wonderworkstn.com
Zorb: www.zorb.com/smoky/index.html

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Photo Essay: Genre Films in Scotland

Scotland: The Movie Location Guide
www.scotlandthemovie.com

IMDB
imdb.com





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Horror Tour of San Francisco

"The Fog Horn" by Ray Bradbury
lavender.fortunecity.com/judidench/584/beastfro9.html

Virtual Tour of San Francisco
www.virtuar.com/ysf2/san_francisco.htm

Northern California Movies: City & County of San Francisco
www.filminamerica.com/PacificNorthwest/NCA/SanFrancisco







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I Spy, You Spy, We All Spy …

Spies of Washington Tour
spiesofwashingtontour.com

The Cold War Museum
www.coldwar.org

International Spy Museum
www.spymuseum.org

Bentwaters Cold War Museum
www.bentwaters-as.org.uk

National Museum of the United States Air Force
www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

Rocky Flats Cold War Museum
www.rockyflatscoldwarmuseum.org

Spy Museum (Vakoilumuseo)
www.vakoilumuseo.fi/englanti/index.htm

The Diefenbunker
www.diefenbunker.ca

House of Terror
www.terrorhaza.hu

SpyTrek
www.spytrek.com

MiGs Over Moscow
www.incredible-adventures.com/migs

Absolution Spy School
www.absolution-la.com/html/spygirlspyguy.html

Camp Lohikan Spy Camp
www.lohikan.com/spycamp.htm

Intelligence Camp
www.trinitydc.edu/news_events/2005/camps/spycamp.php

The Diefenbunker Spy Camps
www.diefenbunker.ca

Spy Camp
www.spy-camp.com/home.html

KidSpy Camp
www.spymuseum.org/calendar

Pali Secret Agent Camp
www.paliadventures.com/secret_agent.html

For more information about film and television spies, visit: The Museum of Broadcast Communications

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Something Scary Walked this Way

Vampire Tour of San Francisco
sfvampiretour.com

San Francisco Ghost Hunt
www.sfghosthunt.com

SF Chinatown Ghost Tours
www.sfchinatownghosttours.com

Haunted Haight Walking Tour
www.hauntedhaight.com

San Francisco City Guides
www.sfcityguides.org

San Francisco Movie Tours
www.sanfranciscomovietours.com

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A Faire Time in the Renaissance

RENAISSANCE FAIRES

Renaissance Fair Listings
www.renaissancefestival.com
www.faire.net/renfaire-junkie/links.html#faires

Texas Renaissance Festival
www.texrenfest.com

Ohio Renaissance Festival
www.renfestival.com

Michigan Renaissance Festival
www.michrenfest.com

Kansas City Renaissance Festival
www.kcrenfest.com

Maryland Renaissance Festival
www.rennfest.com

Sterling Renaissance Festival
sterlingfestival.com

Silver Leaf Renaissance Faire
www.silverleafrenfaire.org

Bristol Renaissance Faire
www.renfair.com/bristol

Joust – A Festival Of Mediaeval Mayhem
joust.info

SCOTTISH GAMES AND HIGHLAND FESTIVALS

Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games
www.fergusscottishfestival.com

Colorado Scottish Festival & Rocky Mountain Highland Games
www.scottishgames.org

Caledonian Club of San Francisco Gathering and Games
www.caledonian.org

Inverness Highland Games Events
www.invernesshighlandgames.com

The 2006 Ligonier Highland Games
www.ligoniergames.org

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Bandwidth of Brothers (and Sisters)

SciFi Dig
www.scifidig.com

iTunes
www.apple.com/itunes

For a taste of SciFi Dig, you can listen to this five-minute-and-change
clip, in which Aaron Macom reviews The
Genre Traveler
: TGTonSciFiDig.mp3

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Happenings and Conventions

HAPPENINGS

Dracula’s Daughter
draculasdaughter.net

12th Annual Roswell International UFO Festival
www.roswell2006.com

Star Wars: Where Science Meets the Imagination at COSI
www.cosi.org/starwars

The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt
egyptatthefrist.org

The Gathering of the Fellowship Convention 2006
gatheringofthefellowship.org/convention/index.html

Harry Potter Fan Trips
www.hpfantrips.com

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest at the El Capitain Theatre
potcfantrips.com

York Maze
www.yorkmaze.com

BlobFest
www.thecolonialtheatre.com/html/BlobFest.html

Psychic Experiences of Children: Lecture and Workshop
www.rhine.org

Retrofantasma Film Series
festivals.carolinatheatre.org/retrofantasma

Wicker Man Festival
www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk

BODY WORLDS 2: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies
www.bodyworlds.com

Space Camp
sci-fi-fantrips.com

Phrenologist Day at Washington Irving’s Sunnyside
www.hudsonvalley.org/calendar/index2.htm

Colossal Colon
www.colonclub.com/colossalcolon.html

“Finding the Genome: Fact & Fantasy” Film and Discussion
www.durhamcountylibrary.org/pr/program.htm#genome

Ghost Tour 2006: The Haunted Vacation to England
www.ghostour.com

Holiday, Springs & Sprockets
www.stevegerberich.com
www.ncmls.org/index.asp

Star Trek Auction
www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp

Fall TarantulaFest amd Barbecue
www.coepark.org/tfest.html

Autumn at OZ Party
emeraldmtn.com/autumn.htm

X Prize Cup
www.xpcup.com/index.cfm

The Phantom’s Feaste
www.kcrenfest.com/Phantom’s%20Feaste.htm

Montreal’s Grand Masquerade
www.grandemascarade.com

Murder Mystery Weekend at Aspen Lodge Ranch Resort
www.aspenlodge.net/murdermyst.htm

Spooktacular – Annual Halloween 100 Bike Ride
www.durhamhabitat.org/about_us/news.php?ID=31

CONVENTIONS

Conzilla
www.conzilla.info

Shore Leave 28
www.shore-leave.com

TT20
www.tcon.ca

Necon 26
campnecon.com

Comic-Con International 2006
www.comic-con.org

Mythcon XXXVII (37)
www.mythsoc.org/mythcon37.html

Sixth Annual Horrorfind Weekend
www.horrorfindweekend.com

The Official Star Trek Las Vegas Convention
www.creationent.com/cal/stlv.htm

L.A.con IV, 64th World Science Fiction Convention
NOTE: The Genre Traveler will be in attendance!
www.laconiv.org

Coppercon 26
www.coppercon.org

Fantastic Fest
www.fantasticfest.com

Fantasycon
www.fantasycon.org.uk

Rock & Shock
www.rockandshock.com

Screamfest
www.spookyempire.com

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Travelin’ the Web

The Death Psychic
thedeathpsychic.com

Fictional World Added to Metroblogging

azeroth.metblogs.com

Dating Website for SF Fans
trekpassions.com

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Scene Around

Sir Norman Foster: Architect
www.fosterandpartners.com

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