
QR Code-Enabled Animated Tattoo
In June, 2011, Paris-based tattoo artist Karl Marc incorporated a QR code into a client’s tattoo, which when scanned revealed an animated version of the…

Mad TV iPad Parody (2006)
I don’t know if it’s my growing cynicism from continued exposure to Silicon Valley, or if I’m just gadgeted out, but I wasn’t at all…

This Is My Milwaukee – Come For The Weekend, Stay For Life!
To be honest, I’m not a big fan of alternate reality games—yet—as the almost inevitable product tie-in at the end makes me feel like everyone’s…

Rare Exports, The Brutal Story of Where Santas Really Come From
Although the Christmas season is over for this year, I think there’s room for one more Santa origin tale. From Finnish production company Woodpecker Films…
The First EqualityCamp in San Francisco
Shortly after Prop 8 passed in California, a conversation on the Heather Gold Show about its passing prompted Heather and guest Tara Hunt of Citizen…

Complaints Choirs Worldwide
Since 2005, people in cities worldwide have organized to complain through song (rather than Twitter, blogs or talk radio) ever since two Helsinkians plotted to…

The Elsewhere Public Works Agency Needs Your Help
Recently, I received a strange email from a group calling themselves the Elsewhere Public Works Agency asking me to investigate another outfit known as The…