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2009 Year In Review by JibJab
“Never a Year Like ’09”, the 2009 year in review animated video by JibJab. Check out the JibJab blog for a “Behind the Scenes” look…
Chicken John Is Selling His Legendary San Francisco Warehouse
Chicken John is selling his legendary warehouse located at 3359 Cesar Chavez Street at the foot of Bernal Heights in San Francisco. It is on…
Remembering 1970’s PBS Kids Show “Zoom”
ZOOM was a PBS kids show produced in Boston and syndicated nationally. There were two runs of it, most recently from 1999 to 2005. But…
Star Wars As The A-Team
“Star Wars as The A-Team” by kalleanka71
Annabel Scheme by Robin Sloan
Annabel Scheme is a short novella written by Robin Sloan that he published through through the support of a Kickstarter project. It’s a story about…
Sea of Dreams NYE 2010: Legasea
anonEvents, Sunset Promotions & an-ten-nae present the 10th annual Sea of Dreams NYE on Thursday, December 31st at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco.
Growing Up Heroes, A Reflective Look Back
Growing Up Heroes is a wonderful new photo blog that takes a reflective look back at the heroes that we wanted to be growing up…
Violet Blue’s List of The Top Ten Sexy Geeks 2010
photo of Crystal Williams by Scott Beale Violet Blue has announced her list of the Top Ten Sexy Geeks for 2010.
A Lovecraft Christmas With Help From Mark E Smith
Traditional Christmas carols recast as celebrations of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. Sweet huh? Here are a couple more fine examples (with some Warcraftian assistance…
Christmas ‘59 by John Hughes
Daring Fireball reminds us about “Christmas ‘59”, a short story by John Hughes, which was the basis for the 1989 film National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.…