“The Seafarers – Island of Horrors”, a wonderfully creepy short film animated by Jim Dirschberger (Eighty Four Films), with artwork by Ferris Plock and Kelly Tunstall.

En route to their next adventure, The Seafarers stop by a mysterious island of horrors. Will they survive?!?!

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The Bay Bridge Crack

Tony Alfrey of Sci-Experiments gives a detailed analysis of what caused The Famous Bay Bridge Crack, along with some close-up photos of the damage.

See Also: Bay Bridge Eyebar Repair Photos

via Eddie Codel

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ares-i-x-launch

photo by Pierre Ducharme

The Big Picture has some amazing photos of NASA’s launch of the new Ares I-X rocket which took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday.

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Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Tom Kennedy Art Auction

photos by Scott Beale

Here are a few photos from the first night of the Tom Kennedy Art Auction to benefit the Ripper Journey Foundation. On November 7th there will be a Rock Star Hat Party, followed by a Closing Night Party on November 12th.

Photo Gallery: Tom Kennedy Art Auction

Here are some more photos and video from Emily Duffy.

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Bay Bridge Fail Whale

by Scott Beale on October 30, 2009 · 0 comments

bay-bridge-fail-whale

SF Weekly’s The Snitch presents the “Bay Bridge Fail Whale” by Audrey Fukuman.

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links for 2009-10-30

by Scott Beale on October 30, 2009 · 0 comments

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Bioshock was is one of my favorite video games in recent years and I’m really looking forward to the sequel Bioshock 2, scheduled for release on February 9, 2010. 2K Games has a couple of new game trailers “Capture a Sister” and “Siren Alley”.

Here’s a BioShock 2 Preview from IGN.

Bioshock 2

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3D Wikipedia Globe

photo by Because We Can

Because We Can created a really cool 3D Wikipedia Globe with removable puzzle pieces for the Wikimedia Foundation headquarters in San Francisco.

Here’s some other wonderful things that they have created for commercial and residential projects out of their custom Design-Build studio.

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John Gruber puts the call out to “bring back the two-arm gesture for ‘fuck you’”. Seoul Brother accepts the challenge, delivered in the form of a video.

gruber-two-arm

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GIRAFA - "Toy's R Us"

photo by Troy Holden

San Jose Mercury News is reporting that that the San Francisco Bay Area graffiti artist GIRAFA has been arrested.

Steven Free, 30, of San Francisco was arrested Tuesday on a $100,000 warrant, charging him in 10 felony cases in San Jose involving $40,000 in damages.

Fellow photographer Troy Holden has been hunting GIRAFA art for years.

via Caliber & Spots Unknown

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Laughing Squid Guest Bloggers

Twitter is in the final phases of rolling out their new Lists feature which allows you to create custom lists of Twitter users.

Listorious

In conjunction with the release of lists, a new Twitter Lists directory Listorious has just launched, providing a way to discover some of the best lists on Twitter.

Speaking of Twitter lists, here’s a few lists I’ve created for San Francisco resources, Laughing Squid guest bloggers, Laughing Squid vendors.

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Bloody Brain Shooter

photo by Steve Murello

Fine Living has suggestions for 12 Dressed-Up Halloween Cocktails, including the “Bloody Brain Shooter”. Now that’s what I call a “smart drink”.

Channel your inner mad scientist with this Bloody Brain Shooter. Add chilled vodka and lime juice to a shot glass, then use a straw to drip Irish cream into the glass. The acidic lime juice will cause the Irish cream to curdle, creating realistic strands of “brain.”

via Neatorama

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Judit & Judit reenact famous internet memes in a ad for the Swedish cable provider Com Hem to celebrate ten years of providing broadband services.

This is a tribute to all of you who make the Internet what it is without you there would be empty and meaningless. We would therefore like to say a big thank you to all ROTFL: s, LOLS, WTF’s and FTWs you have given us over the years (we are celebrating ten years of broadband provider).

via Urlesque

filed under Advertising, Internet, Meme

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Zendesk HQ Office Warming Party

Zendesk HQ Office Warming Party

Zendesk HQ Office Warming Party

Zendesk HQ Office Warming Party

Zendesk HQ Office Warming Party

Zendesk HQ Office Warming Party

Zendesk HQ Office Warming Party

Zendesk HQ Office Warming Party

Zendesk HQ Office Warming Party

photos by Scott Beale

Our friends at Zendesk recently moved their headquarters to San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood. Here are a few photos from last night’s Zendesk HQ Office Warming Party. Welcome to the hood!

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CollegeHumor remixes Movies by the Numbers.

via Nick Douglas

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How Make a Meat Hand

by Scott Beale on October 29, 2009 · 0 comments

Meat Hand

Not Martha shows up how to make a delicious Meat Hand for Halloween.

via Serious Eats

filed under Food, Horror

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Twitter For Dummies

by Scott Beale on October 29, 2009 · 5 comments

Twitter For Dummies

photo by Scott Beale

Last night at the Full of Win Happy Hour at Citizen Space, in the yellow section of their bookshelf I came across the “Twitter For Dummies” book written by Laura Fitton, Michael E. Gruen and Leslie Poston. I was thinking we should organize an event were we do dramatic readings from the book. Who’s in?

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Full of Win Happy Hour

Full of Win Happy Hour

Full of Win Happy Hour

Full of Win Happy Hour

Full of Win Happy Hour

Full of Win Happy Hour

Full of Win Happy Hour

photos by Scott Beale

A few photos from last night’s Full of Win Happy Hour with Cheezburger Network CEO Ben Huh at Citizen Space to celebrate the release of the three new books based on their blogs I Can Has Cheezburger?, FAIL Blog and GraphJam.

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guest post by Todd Lappin (Telstar Logistics)

Cul de Sac

photo by Todd Lappin (Telstar Logistics)

Uh-oh. Sad news comes via Sfgirlbybay that the monthly flea market held at the former Alameda Naval Air Station has been cancelled for November… and it’s not clear when (or if) the sprawling event will resume.

According to the flea market’s official website, “Proceedings have been commenced for the voluntary dissolution of Antiques By The Bay, Inc. As a result the show scheduled for Nov 1, 2009 will not take place.” Apparently there’s litigation underway between the partners who organize the flea market. Ew.

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links for 2009-10-29

by Scott Beale on October 29, 2009 · 0 comments

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