July 2007: Quicklinks

Gadgets on the Go

• TelePresence: www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7060/index.html
• Fabber: www.fabathome.org

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Travelin’ the Web

• Worry Free Airport Parking: www.worryfreeairportparking.com
• MarsDust: www.marsdust.com

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Attraction Update

• Universal Hollywood: www.universalstudioshollywood.com
• Fairy Tale Cave: www.vinterparken.no
• The International Spy Museum: www.spymuseum.org
• Operation Spy: operationspy/index.html
• ThemeParkInsider.com: themeParkInsider.com
• Story Land, N.H.: www.storylandnh.com
• Google Map of top U.S. theme and amusement parks:
  maps.google.com
• Alien Apex Resort Theme Park: www.alienapexresort.com
• Wild West World: wildwestworld.net

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Seeing the World Through Genre-Coloured Glasses: Mike Sosnowski

• www.sozstudios.com

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Cover Story:
The Road Trip of the Future

• The Green Car Journal: www.greencar.com
  
  
• "Are We There Yet?": www.roadtripamerica.com/ontheroad/on-the-road-with-chris-epting.htm
  
  
• Do you have an opinion about rear seat entertainment systems? Are they good? Are they bad? Somthing in between?: Join the discussion.

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The Allure of the Lighthouse

• Lighthouse History at Point Reyes: www.nps.gov/pore/historyculture/people_maritime_lighthouse.htm
  
  
• The Heceta Head Lighthouse: www.hecetalighthouse.com/
  
  
• St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum: www.staugustinelighthouse.com
  
  
• U.S. National Park Service's Lighthouse Reading List: www.nps.gov/history/maritime/ltread.htm
  
  
• Find a Lighthouse Near You:
  
  United States
  • U.S. National Park Service: www.nps.gov/history/maritime/ltaccess.html
  • United States Lighthouse Society: people.maine.com/lights/others.htm
  • New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide: lighthouse.cc/links/overnight.html
  • U.S. Lighthouse Society: Cheasapeake: www.cheslights.org/spend-night.htm
  
  World Wide
  • The Lighthouse Directory: www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/
  • Lighthouses of Australia: www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/Resources/World%20Links.asp

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Historic Moments and Observances with a Genre Twist

• Info About Scarecrows: www.kinderkorner.com/scarecrow.html
• Take Your Plants For A Walk Day: www.wellcat.com/july/take_your_houseplants_for_a_walk.htm
• Clown Week: klownsabound.com/entertain/Clown_Week.html
• Banned Books Week: www.ala.org/bbooks

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1001 Arabian Adventures

• Dubailand: www.dubailand.ae
• Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom Adventure Park: www.laavenue.com/pharaohs.htm
• Busch Gardens Africa: www.buschgardens.com/BGT/
• Bellydance Superstars: www.milescopeland.net/bellydance/
• Belly Dance Events: www.bellaonline.com/subjects/3441.asp
• Organizations & Support Groups: www.bellaonline.com/subjects/3440.asp
• Bellydance Basics: bellydancebasics.com

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Scene Around: Abandoned San Zhi Resort

• www.carhenge.com

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Happenings and Conventions

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Happenings

July

• Amazing Roswell UFO Festival: www.roswellufofestival.com
• Fantasia Fest: www.fantasiafest.com
• Harry Potter Book 7 Release Trips: www.hpfantrips.com
• Blobfest: www.thecolonialtheatre.com/html/BlobFest.html
• Fantasy Film Fest: www.fantasyfilmfest.com

August

• 64th Venice Film Festival: www.labiennale.org/en/cinema

September

• Dr. Shrinker's Weekend of Horror:
  • www.drshrinker.com
  • www.myspace.com/drshrinker

October

• Atlanta HorrorFest:
  • www.atlantahorrorfest.com
  • www.myspace.com/atlantahorrorfest
  • www.festivalleague.com
• B-Movie Film Festival: www.bmoviefest.com
• Chicago Horror Film Festival:
  • chicagohorrorfest.com
  • www.myspace.com/chicagohorrorfest

Conventions

July

• ReaderCon 18: www.readercon.org
• Perchance to Dream: home.earthlink.net/~mspede/20thanniversaryofbeautyandthebeasttelevisionseries
• Robert A. Heinlein Centennial: www.heinleincentennial.com
• InConJunction: www.inconjunction.org
• Confluence 2007: parsec-sff.org/confluence

August

• Archon 31 NASFiC: www.archonstl.org/31/index2.html
• Diversicon 15: www.diversicon.org
• MythCon 38: www.mythsoc.org
• Nippon 2007: www.nippon2007.us
• DragonCon: www.dragoncon.org

September

• Crypticon: Circus of Terror: www.crypticonminneapolis.com
• EuroCon: www.eurocon2007.dk
• Fencon 4: www.fencon.org/faq.html

October

• Capclave: www.capclave.org
• Conclave 32: conclave.hamjudo.com
• VCON 32/Canvention 27: www.vcon.ca

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