Photoshop World
World's Largest Chocolate Fountain
September 11, 2008 08:05 AM
The Photoshop World Expo was nice but can’t compete with the World’s Largest Chocolate Fountain at the Jean-Philippe Patisseri at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The amazing device is a glass-encased 27-foot-high fountain with 2,100 pounds of melted flowing chocolate.Here are the Chocolate stats:
* White, medium, and dark confectionary grade chocolate
* Chocolate circulates at 120 degrees F
* Chocolate rises 27 vertical feet from lower level pump
* Designed by Montreal artist Michel Mailhot
* 6 pumps circulate close to 2 tons of chocolate
* Over 500 feet of stainless steel piping
* 6 ceiling spouts disburse chocolate 14 feet above floor level
* Chocolate cascades into 25 hand-crafted artistic glass vessels
* It took two years of engineering, planning and design
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Finding dekePod Vegas
September 04, 2008 09:00 AM
Photograph by Robert Lachman © 2008
By Robert Lachman
I am on my way to Las Vegas for the Photoshop World Expo 2008 and of course a stop at the World’s Largest Gift Shop. You can check out my photos from the event on Flickr. Just click here.
Here is a copy the letter I sent to Deke McClelland, author, creator of dekePod, and speaker at Photoshop World 2008 in Las Vegas.
Hi Deke,
It looks like you’re going to be having a good time in Vegas. I plan to be there with my wife for a few days, checking out the Photoshop World Expo and then it’s vacation time. I need some rest after my first epic feature video from the Kelby Photo Walk in Hollywood. You know, you’re in the business, dealing with all those production people, stars, and editing.
After the critical acclaim I’m thinking of moving on with my next planned feature, “Finding dekePod in Vegas.” It has a great theatrical ring. And, when you mix in the springboard effect of mixing the mega hit dekePod name it’s got to be a sure winner. How about some product placement? They use it in all the major movies. There’s got to be a fortune in it for us.
Actually the movie camera is broken, the call of a raft in the pool and an adult beverage is way too strong and sounds like a lot more fun.
Hope to see you at the blackjack table,
RL
The new dekePod has arrived. This one is about Adobe Illustrator, again. I want more Photoshop! Check it out below. Just click on the little play triangle.