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World Beard and Moustache Championships 2009
photo by Eric H. Brown The World Beard & Moustache Championships 2009 take place on May 23rd in Anchorage, Alaska, hosted by South Central Alaska…
Cli-Ché
Che Guevara is sent through the pop culture blender in “Cli-ché” by Victor Ortiz.
Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg Become Motherlovers on Saturday Night Live
Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg throw out their boxes and sing about a special Mother’s Day present on the latest Saturday Night Live Digital Short…
Opera! Robots! Fire! Foibles Mench at NIMBY
“Fiobles Mench” was originally an event proposed for Burning Man 2007, but it was not funded and the space, “a muti-use performance area with elevated…
Cube Hell, A Comedy About Being Banished To An Office Cubicle For All of Eternity
Our friend Scot Nery has teamed up with Dan Bialek to make “Cube Hell”, an online comedy series about a guy (Dan) who is stuck…
Super-Con Comic Book Convention In San Jose
Are you ready to get your comic book nerd on? Damn right you are, and do not even pretend that you don’t have one. Super-Con…
Covert, An Ephemeral Event That Uses Technology To Liberate Us From Technology
Last Friday John Law and Mark Growden organized their first “Covert” event, part of a series of ephemeral events that “use technology to liberate us…
NASA Astronaut Mark Polansky Will Be Posting To Twitter Live From The Space Shuttle
NASA astronaut Mark Polansky (@Astro_127), who is commander of the Space Shuttle, will be posting updates to Twitter live from space as well as taking…
Super Secret Robot Party Photos
photos by Scott Beale Here are a few photos from last night’s Super Secret Robot Party at SPACE in San Francisco that Laughing Squid co-hosted…
The Art of Bleeding Presents The Swine Flu Quiz
Abram The Safety Ape and RT the Robot Teacher of The Art of Bleeding help clear up some misconceptions about the latest Peter Pandemic in…