There's a great book dedicating page after page to simple gadgetry (for those of you paperclip, zipper, ladder types). Humble Masterpieces: Everyday Marvels of Design, Paola Antonelli (Author)

My favorite gadget... Zippo lighter. Functional, elegant, effective.

The show in Disneyland is "Fantasmic." It's arguably better in Disneyworld (auditorium seating). It's their late night show, usually two per night, and they use three "screens" of water that they project on. Not holographic, but really cool. They use pyrotechnics(sp), live acting and lots of boats in the moat to enhance the show... I highly recommend it.

If I had to guess, the monster in the water is definitely not holographic.

-Disney nerd...guilty.