Orlando’s not the #1 destination in the USA for the city itself, which was an orange grove haven long before Mick Mouse showed up. But on a recent visit, to attend the opening to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter — I stayed in town and spent time talking with locals about the ‘other Orlando.’ And I liked it.

It’s a place, I learned, where Jack Kerouac became a beat legend (his mom’s old home is at 1418 Clouser Ave, just off Shady Lane, in the pretty College Park neighborhood — summed up in Bob Kealing’s book ‘Kerouac in Florida’), and home to some of the best, most authentic Vietnamese food in the country (’Little Saigon,’ or ‘ViMi,’ is around the intersection of Colonial and Mills streets, just northeast of downtown), and near to an tiny, emerging eating/drinking area dubbed the ‘Milk District’ (at Robinson and Bumby). North of the center, Loch Haven Park is a lake-filled area with a complex of museums, including the fun Mennello Museum of American Art, with the ‘naive art’ of Earl Cunningham whose paintings followed a scale based on his interest (people: small, birds: very very big).

Did it all add up to a ‘real Orlando’? I’m not sure. But the city itself is well worth a day.

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76-Second Travel Show: ‘The real Orlando’

In this post, Kevin A Crider will show you how to make a DIY Hard Camera Case the size of a suitcase. And yes, you can get a pro, feature rich version for $800, but if you walk to the closest garage sale, you can make a camera hard case for $5 and the price of the foam.

All this project requires is a suitcase that opens in the middle and a sheet of foam. You may use any suit case, but the ones that open in the middle allows us to store equipment on both sides.

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DIY Camera Hard Case

If you were wondering who is that weird guy behind DIYPHotography, you can grab a hot chocolate and head over to PetaPixel where Michael Zhang gave me quite an extensive interview. Extra! Extra! read all about it. + You get the bonus of enjoying my unedited superb English)

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Who Is This Guy

If you are into time lapse you must have checked the option of getting an Intervalometer. as you can see from the Canon and Nikon links an Intervalometer is not cheap. Not really expensive either, but definitely not cheap. So As usual I ask: what can you DIY about it?

Some cameras already have the time lapse feature built in, and Canon photographers can turn to CHDK for adding a time lapse feature. But there is a third, cooler version if you are into electronics (which I know lots of site readers are not afraid of).

Achim Sack – a super electronics engineer – has a project for building an intervalometer the size of a finger nail. It needs no power and learns the interval between shots as you go. If you are into embedded programming, this is a project for you, if not, “move along nothing to see…” [Image credit: tonyVC]

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How To Build The Smallest Intervalometer In The World

The fighter jet pilot injured Friday in Lethbridge when his CF-18 crashed during airshow training is expected to remain in hospital under observation for a few more days, says a Canadian Forces spokeswoman.

Capt. Brian Bews was whisked away by ambulance after he ejected moments before his twin-engine aircraft exploded in a massive fireball on the airfield at Lethbridge County Airport.

VIDEO: Pilot ejects moments before jet explodes

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This cheeky Human Centipede costume apparently won $1000 at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors. As much as we can appreciate the winners’, uh, gumption, this is just the First Sequence. Show us the Full Sequence!

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My butt is big and round like the letter C and then thousand lunges have made it rounder but not smaller. And that’s just fine. It’s a space heater for my side of the bed. It’s my ambassador. To those who walk behind me, it’s a border collie that herds skinny women away from the best deals at clothing sales. My butt is big and that’s just fine. And those who might scorn it are invited to kiss it. Just Do it!

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of nike women ad – my butt is big

I am very excited to introduce the following guest post on Aerial Photography Introduction by Eric – crashing is not an option – Austin.

Yea, it is that dude that rigged a Canon 7D to a custom RC Heli whom we interviewd a little while ago.

What is aerial photography?

Aerial photography originated over 100 years ago, soon after man first took flight. It is the method in which pictures or video are captured from a perspective not seen at ground level. From satellites high above the earth to an RC plane or helicopter, aerial photography can be an awesome DIY project!

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Introduction to Radio Controlled Helicopter Aerial Photography

Robert Verdi wants his own cartoon character, restaurant, island, airline, magazine, jewelry line and empire. Until then, the style/jewelry guru, at least, DOES have his own TV show, and he hosts Twitter parties at his New York studio.

This Thursday, July 22, Robert’s turning his Twitter party focus to travel, and invited Lonely Planet to partake. From 7 to 8pm EST, listen in and contribute to a live Twitter Q&A on all things travel — things to pack, places to go (’atypical places,’ Robert tells us, ‘not just the lake or beach’). Just follow #rvtips on Twitter. Or check his website.

Meanwhile, I got to sit with Robert (a fellow Year of the Monkey brethren) and talk, mostly listen, as the conversation on travel turned from his travel plans (India) and dreams (Africa) to secrets (’New Jersey is beautiful — people don’t know that’) and love for Victoria Beckham dressing up like Jackie O wherever she goes.

And I’ll be onhand Thursday to watch it unravel. With a very pressed shirt.

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Lonely Planet meets Robert Verdi