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Cat Ladies, A Documentary That Explores The Real Story Behind Crazy Cat Ladies
“Cat Ladies” is a documentary by Christie Callan-Jones that explores real story behind the “crazy cat lady” stereotype. Cat Ladies is a one hour verité…
Extreme Inline Skating Down a Roller Coaster
Extreme inline skater Dirk Auer set a world record skating down the 860 meter Mammoth roller coaster at the Trips Drill theme park in Stuttgart…
Sam Raimi To Direct Live-Action Film Version of World of Warcraft
Variety is reporting that Sam Raimi has signed on to direct a live-action version of World of Warcraft. Here’s the press release from Blizzard Entertainment.…
The Falcon by The Shamptonian Institute
“The Falcon” by The Shamptonian Institute The Falcon is a short, steampunk, stop-animation film that takes place on an old wooden photo album and is…
Fantastic Public 3D Murals by John Pugh
Santa Cruz artist John Pugh has created a fantastic series of public trompe l’oeil murals that give the illusion of being three dimensional. I have…
Co-Working: Origins and Future, Featuring The Hat Factory and PariSoMa
“Co-Working: Origins and Future” is an excerpt from You 2.0, a documentary being made by Joey Daoud about life hacking. The video features two great…
Hibi no Neiro by Sour, A Music Video Featuring a Montage of Fan’s Webcam Videos
The music video for “Hibi no Neiro” by Sour from their Water Flavor EP features a clever montage of webcam videos of their fans from…
Upper Playground Profiles Jeff Soto
Upper Playground has posted a great profile of artist Jeff Soto, one of 26 emerging artists featured in their DVD “The Run Up”.
Farewell to Dammit The Wonderdog
photos by Scott Beale We’ve lost a great friend and member of our community, Chicken John’s faithful companion Dammit The Wonderdog, also know as Dammitina…
Superhero Street Fair, A New Festival Honoring Extraordinary People In The Community
The first annual Superhero Street Fair, a new festival honoring community heroes, takes place on Saturday, July 25th at the Islais Creek Promenade in San…