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Gavin Newsom Announces Launch of DataSF To Improve Access To City Data
Today on TechCrunch, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced the launch of DataSF.org, to improve and increase access to city data. DataSF is a central…
San Francisco Crimespotting, An Interactive Map of Crimes In San Francisco
Stamen Design has just launched San Francisco Crimespotting, an interactive map of crimes in San Francisco and companion to Oakland Crimespotting launched in 2007. Instead…
vb.ly, The Internet’s First & Only Sex-Positive URL Shortener
Violet Blue has just launched vb.ly, “the internet’s first and only sex-positive url shortener”, built by Ben Metcalfe and hosted on our new cloud hosting…
Total Crisis Panic Button, Creative Alterations of Crosswalk Instruction Signs
Urban Prankster directs our attention to the Total Crisis Panic Button project in Los Angeles where Jason Eppink and Tyler Menzel have been doing some…
Canon Announces PowerShot G11 Camera
Canon has just announced their new PowerShot G11 camera. It’s their successor to the G10, which I own and is a really great compact camera…
Zappos.com Ad in TSA Airport Security Tray
photo by Scott Beale In April I came across this creative advertising by Zappos.com in the form of an ad in a TSA airport security…
Sockington Passes One Million Followers On Twitter, MC Frontalot Writes Song In Celebration
Jason Scott’s cat Sockington just passed one million followers on Twitter. To celebrate this occasion, MC Frontalot wrote a “Sockington 1M Theme” song.
Hirsute History, T-Shirts That Celebrate The Hair of Famous People & Historical Figures
Hirsute History is a new line of t-shirts by t-shirt nerd Jeremy Kalgreen of Amorphia Apparel that celebrate the hair of famous people and historical…
Tom Waits’ Eggs & Sausage Animated by Jackie Lay
Lori will love this, “Eggs & Sausage” by Tom Waits, animated by Jackie Lay. This video was awarded a Certificate of Typographic Excellence by the…
San Francisco’s Lombard Street To Be Converted Into Giant Version of the Game Candyland
photo by Scott Beale SF Appeal is reporting that San Francisco’s famously crooked Lombard Street is going to be transformed into a gigantic version of…