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Literary Map of San Francisco
Ian Huebert created this wonderful Literary Map of San Francisco (larger version) for The San Francisco Chronicle, inspired by a literary map of St Petersburg.…
Tru Blood O Positive, A Synthetic Blood Nourishment Beverage For Vampires
Tru Blood O Positive, based on the synthetic blood substitute that vampires drink in the HBO series True Blood, which just finished Season 2.
Mad Dog’s Homemade Laughing Squid T-Shirt
photos by Mad Dog Mad Dog created a homemade Laughing Squid t-shirt which he is wearing in these photos of him painting a sign for…
Is It Candy or Medicine?
The University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital and the Finger Lakes Regional Poison & Drug Information Center have created this handy chart to help you…
Flags Made Out of Food, Clever Advertising for the Sydney International Food Festival
WHYBIN/TBWA created a clever advertising campaign for the upcoming Sydney International Food Festival 2009 using flags made out of food representing native cuisine for each…
xkcd Book Tour & Room to Read Fundraiser
xkcd: volume 0, the first xkcd book has just been published by BreadPig and xkcd creator Randall Munroe will be going on a book tour,…
Squid Dreams Tiny Art Grant at Balsa Man 2009
photo by Pete Knife photo by sandwichgirl Colin Fahrion has posted an event wrap-up of Balsa Man 2009 and one of this year’s Tiny Art…
The Expo for Independent Arts 10th Anniversary
The Expo for Independent Arts celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The event takes place on Saturday, September 26th at the Music Concourse in Golden…
Jim Carroll (1950-2009), Poet & Punk Rocker
photo by Eric Thompson Jim Carroll has died at age 60 from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan. In 1978 he released “The…
Plastic Antinomy Magazine Issue #3
Plastic Antinomy, a quarterly magazine published by Layla Lyne-Winkler that focuses on visual art in the San Francisco Bay Area, is releasing its 3rd issue…