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Postmortem Portraits of The Wire by Blake Hicks
Blake Hicks has a great series of portraits he has drawn featuring characters from the amazing HBO television series The Wire. Sheeeeeeeeit. via Charlie Todd
South by Southwest 2010 Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for SXSW 2010. The conference takes place in 3 phases, Interactive (March 12-16), Film (March 12-20) and Music (March 17-21). Here…
Polar Bear on Crutch Consulting With Doctor
photo by Scott Beale “Polar Bear on Crutch Consulting With Doctor”, one of the many wonderful trompe-l’oeil murals painted by Greg Brown in Palo Alto.…
5 Year Old Boy Playing Folsom Prison Blues
Video of 5 year-old Wesley performing “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash at the 2009 Spring Coffee Shop Jam, at the Columbia City Theater in…
iPhoneDevCamp Sketches by David Newman
sketches by David Newman David Newman has been drawing some really cool Japanese brushpen ink sketches featuring developers at iPhoneDevCamp, which is taking place this…
How Berkeley Can You Be? Has Been Canceled
photo of John Solomon by Rachel Swan The East Bay Express is reporting that “How Berkeley Can You Be?”, a unique parade and event that…
Bay Area Slang Top 100 by Rafael Casal
Rafael Casal works through the top 100 Bay Area slang words in under 3 minutes in “Bay Area Slang Top 100 (The Grinch Song)”, from…
Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!
photo by Scott Beale Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day to all the awesome sys admins out there who keep our servers running. We would like…
Sutro Squid T-Shirt by GAMA-GO
San Francisco’s Sutro Tower is under attack by a ginormous squid in “Sutro Squid”, a brand new t-shirt design by GAMA-GO.
San Francisco Drinkup Facebook Group & Twitter
photo by Scott Beale I’ve setup a Facebook group and Twitter account for updates on the periodic Laughing Squid Drinkups that we host here in…