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StreetWars San Francisco: Watergun Assassination Tournament
StreetWars is a 3 week long, 24/7 game of assassin played out with squirt guns and other water weapons. It’s been held in New York,…
Penguin Books Designer David Pearson
Acclaimed book designer David Pearson seems to be a perfect fit at Penguin Books. By continuing their tradition of minimalism and abstraction, Pearson shows that…
Hosting For Haiti, The Web Hosting Community Joins Forces To Provide Relief for Haiti
Laughing Squid Web Hosting has joined forces with the web hosting community for the launch of Hosting For Haiti, to help support the relief efforts…
Introduction to Haiti (1942), A Haitian History Lesson
The film Introduction to Haiti (made in 1942 under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Inter-American Affairs) gives a haunting snapshot of mid-twentieth-century…
Inside the San Francisco Star Trek Convention
photos by Todd Lappin This weekend I briefly beamed into the Star Trek Convention that’s taking place at the Westin St. Francis hotel in San…
California Volunteers, Spanish-American War Memorial Statue In San Francisco
photo by Scott Beale The statue located at Dolores and Market Street in San Francisco was quite purposeful today in the post rain sunshine. It’s…
CrisisCamp For Haiti in Cities Around The World
This Saturday, January 23rd, CrisisCommons is running a “CrisisCamp” to provide support for Haiti in Silicon Valley and elsewhere around the world. CrisisCamp is a…
Bre Pettis & MakerBot on Cover of Make Magazine
Bre Pettis and MakerBot Industries are on the cover of volume 21 of Make Magazine. Enter the world of desktop manufacturing with MAKE! Issue 21…
The Late Night War, A Ken Burns Documentary on Jay Leno vs. Conan O’Brien
“The Late Night War” on Jimmy Kimmel Live, a Ken Burns documentary on Jay Leno vs. Conan O’Brien. UPDATE: On a related note, here’s Pee-wee…
The World’s Most Important 6 Second Drum Beat
A 2004 video of Nate Harrision taking a look at “Amen Break”, the world’s most important 6 second drum beat, from the The Winstons’ 1969…