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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.…
The Gumby Show: Santa-Witch
Pokey and a Wicked Witch help save Christmas in the stop-motion animated short “Santa-Witch”, directed by Art Clokey from a 1957 episode of The Gumby…
“Ginger Clones” Holiday Card From Lucasfilm
photos by Scott Beale Our friend Bonnie Burton, who runs The Official Star Wars Blog, sent us this awesome “Ginger Clones” holiday card from Lucasfilm.
‘Alma’ by Rodrigo Blaas
Alma, a creepy animated short film by former Pixar artist Rodrigo Blaas.
San Francisco City Hall Holiday Lighting
photo by Ramón Burgos-RuÃz Ramón Burgos-RuÃz shot a beautiful photo of San Francisco City Hall all lit up for the holidays. via SFist