Twestival, Bringing Together The Twitter Community For A Cause
The Twitter community is organizing simultaneous Twestivals in 100+ cities around the world on Thursday, February 12th to help raise awareness and funds for charity:…
New York Comic Con 2009
New York Comic Con 2009 takes place February 6-8 at the Jacob K. Javits Center. New York Comic Con is the East Coast’s biggest and…
Who Would Buy This? The Archie McPhee Story
Archie McPhee, an wonderfully unique toy company based in Seattle, recently published “Who Would Buy This?”, a book chronicling their 30 year history of making…
Giant Squid Cake
photo by gabesnider
Ask Me, Don’t Tell Me, A 1961 Documentary About Teenage Gangs In San Francisco
“Ask Me, Don’t Tell Me”, a 1961 documentary from the Prelinger Archives about the “Youth For Service” program for teenage gangs in San Francisco.
Nine Naked Men Would Cause A Heap Of Trouble
“A Heap of Trouble”, a hilarious short film by Steve Sullivan. On his website Steve mentions this tidbit: Interesting fact: – The still image of…
Lost In Subway Translation
While riding the 2 Express train uptown last week in New York, I encountered one of those infamous subway conductors who spoke so fast and…
Benefit Carnival For Paul Cesewski of Cyclecide
Cyclecide is hosting a Benefit Carnival for Paul “da Plumber” Cesewski this Saturday, January 31st at the MonkeyBrains office space in San Francisco. The benefit…
Objectified, A Documentary About Industrial Design
Here’s the trailer for “Objectified”, a documentary about industrial design by Gary Hustwit, who directed the wonderful documentary “Helvetica” in 2007. Objectified is a feature-length…
MC Lars on Pirate Cat Radio’s Baghdad by the Bay
That’s the video for iGeneration by MC Lars who will appear on Pirate Cat Radio this Thursday January 29 on RICK!‘s show: “Baghdad By the…