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BarBot 2011, Cocktail Making Robots in San Francisco
BarBot, San Francisco’s annual showcase of cocktail making robots presented by our friends at RoboGames, is scheduled for April 1-2. Organizer Simone Davalos is raising…
Squid Themed Fabric of the Week Contest on Spoonflower
Fabric design community Spoonflower has posted the top 10 entries in their Squid Themed Fabric of the Week Contest. The winner was “Wondersquids” by Melissa…
The Comic Book Guide to the Mission
The Comic Book Guide to the Mission by Lauren Davis is a book about San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood: its people, history, food, and hipsters. The…
Charon, A New Kinetic Sculpture by Peter Hudson
Artist Peter Hudson, whose remarkable stroboscopic zoetrope sculptures have been featured in the past at Burning Man, is building a new work for this year’s…
I Have Your Heart, An Animation by Crabapple, Boekbinder & Batt
“I Have Your Heart” is a short stop-motion animated film being created by Molly Crabapple (art), Kim Boekbinder (music) and Jim Batt (animation). They have…
Kraken: A New Book About The Science of Squid
Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid, by Wendy Williams, is a new book on what is surely the most handsome cephalopod,…
Happy 51st Birthday Frank Chu
SFist reminds us that today is the 51st birthday of Frank Chu, who you may have seen on the streets of San Francisco carrying a…

Stupid Orchestra, A Symphony for Vintage Home Appliances
“Blödes Orchester,” (Stupid Orchestra) is a symphonic piece for home appliance orchestra by German composer Michael Petermann. Petermann assembled the orchestra from vintage appliances he…
Vigilante Vigilante, A Fascinating Documentary on Anti-Graffiti Vigilantes
Vigilante Vigilante, directed by Max Good, is a fascinating documentary about anti-graffiti vigilantes–eccentric individuals who take up the paintbrush to blot out grafitti in their…
BlogWorld & New Media Expo 2011 In New York
BlogWorld & New Media Expo, an industry-wide conference, tradeshow and new media event, is coming to New York City from May 24-26 in conduction with…
