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Schoolhouse Crunk, Read a Book by Notarapper
“Read a Book” by Notarapper just stuck me as a beautiful retake on the youth-oriented PSA of the 1980’s like Schoolhouse Rock and the snippets…
Bigwheeling Is Not A Crime T-Shirt
As a result of the on the ongoing saga of the Bring Your Own Big Wheel race, there are now “Bigwheeling Is Not A Crime”…
Kacie Kinzer Wants To See If Humans Will Help The Tweenbots
Designer Kacie Kinzer asks the question, would total strangers help a little robot? I wondered: could a human-like object traverse sidewalks and streets along with…
A Nigerian Dictator Scam on Craigslist?
Last week I posted an ad to Craigslist offering our yellow loveseat for sale for $200. A gentleman wrote to say that he was interested,…
The Simpsons Postage Stamps
¡Ay, caramba! On May 7th the US Postal Service will be releasing a series of postage stamps commemorating The Simpsons. As part of the pre-release…
Blogging At 37,000 Feet via Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi on Virgin America
I’m posting this via the Gogo inflight internet service on a Virgin America flight from SFO to LAX. I’m getting speeds of 1.3 Mbps down,…
Dave Arneson 1947-2009, Co-Creator of Dungeons & Dragons
Dave Arneson, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died last night at age 61 after a long battle with cancer. Gary Gygax who created D&D…
John Law Bridge Stories Book Reading & Film Screening in Portland
This weekend John Law will be visiting the fine Northwestern city of Portland, Oregon (home of the Portland Cacophony Society) like a man on a…
Crush All Hu-Mans! Diesel Sweeties Book Featuring Red Robot
“CRUSH ALL HU-MANS!” is a new book by R. Stevens featuring Diesel Sweeties comics staring Red Robot. photos via Diesel Sweeties
Everyone Poops, A Film Adaptation of the Classic Children’s Book
“Everyone Poops” a LandlineTV parody of Spike Jonze’s “Where the Wild Things Are”. via Waxy