May 2006
American Niagara Falls to dwindle to a trickle, study predicts
From Canada.com: It’s North America’s most spectacular expression of nature’s power, and a symbol of the enduring friendship between two nations that share a border, a history and one thunderingly awesome tourist attraction. But the United States, according to an innovative new study in futuristic geology, is going to lose its side of Niagara Falls,…
Niagara SkyWheel Plaza panorama
Yesterday I took three pictures of the Niagara SkyWheel plaza and used AutoStitch to “stitch” it together. It was overcast, so the picture isn’t as nice as it could be, but it still looks pretty good. Below is a small 400 x153 version of the panorama: Click on the image to view a large 1200…
Inside Tim Hortons
The new Tim Hortons on Clifton Hill is definitely the nicest Tim Hortons I’ve ever been in! It’s very classy looking. There are padded benches with tables, effective lighting, and the area where they put together sandwiches is in a middle area behind the counter as opposed to being off at the end of the…
Space Imaging Image of the Week
Space Imaging provides some amazing satellite photos to companies for various purposes. They also provide an Image of the Day. Last April they had a beautiful picture of Niagara Falls: Clouds of mist rise from the bottom of Horseshoe Falls, on the Canadian/United States border, in this one-meter image collected by Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite….
Niagara Falls wallpaper
DeskPicture.com has a very nice aerial view of Niagara Falls taken from a helicopter. You can download a version of it in numerous sizes (1152 x 864 – 369K, 1024 x 768 – 274K, 800 x 600 – 178K, 640 x 480 – 116K). It’s actually quite an old picture. It’s quite interesting to see…
Horses thrill, clowns bore in Cirque Niagara’s ‘Avaia’
From the Buffalo News: Cirque Niagara’s “Avaia” includes spectacular horses, world-class acrobats and droll clowns – how could you go wrong? Only very slightly, it turns out, with too little of the first and way too much of the last, and an opening segment with far too many slow-paced clown skits. Perhaps hoping to ease…
Regis and Kelly’s Canadian love-in
From the Toronto Star: So much for tighter border control: Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa have slipped into the country. For the first time in a decade, Live with Regis and Kelly will be on location in Canada, shooting two shows at the Oakes Garden Theatre in Niagara Falls (CTV, 9 a.m. live today; taped…
Chat show darlings Regis and Kelly make a splash at Niagara Falls
From Yahoo! News Canada: Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, the darlings of America’s No. 1 morning talk show, were in Niagara Falls, Ont., on Monday, where they nearly overshadowed one of the seven wonders of the world. Fans came from far and wide – some lining up as early as midnight – to watch two…