4 posts and columns on Pirates of the Caribbean

Lucasfilm's Data Center, and an Encounter With the Real Death Star (Video)

in Enterprise on March 25, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Yes, the Death Star is real. Luckily it looks nothing like the floating space station of the Star Wars movies. It also no longer runs. But you can find it inside the data center at Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light and Magic.

Meet Kevin Clark, Master Not of the Force, but of Data

in Enterprise on March 23, 2011 at 5:30 pm PT

He’s not a Jedi, but given the computing challenges he wrestles with every day, he might as well be. Kevin Clark talks about running the IT infrastructure for that nerve center of geekdom, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Industrial Light and Magic.

When You Wish Upon a Week Off (and Yet Here I Am at Disney World)

in News on December 27, 2010 at 12:41 am PT

To say BoomTown is not a person who likes to hear when I arrive at a vacation spot, “Have a magical day,” is an understatement. Yet, here I am for the rest of the week at Disney World in Florida. So, for the next few days, it’s a small world after all, instead of just a smaller Yahoo via layoffs and exec departures.

The New "Prince of Persia" Trailer: From Videogame to Jake's Awesome Abs?

in News on November 3, 2009 at 7:00 am PT

Here’s the new trailer for the upcoming videogame-to-live-action Disney fantasy adventure movie, “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.” It still looks an awful lot like a videogame and is chock full of special effects–but the adaptation also seems to feature much in the way of shirtlessness and mascara-wearing on the part of star Jake Gyllenhaal.
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