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The Stupendous Boiler Bar Holiday Party & Snail Car Benefit
Our friends at Form and Reform, who create amazing metal and fire art, are hosting The Stupendous Boiler Bar Holiday Party this Saturday, December 13th…
San Francisco Santacon 2008
This year’s San Francisco Santacon takes place on Saturday, December 13th. Stay tuned to the SF Bay Area Sanarchy blog and subscribe to @sfsanta on…
The Anti-Cheer: Marrow, The Society for the Advancement of Despair
While kittens play in the windows at Macy’s Union Square here in San Francisco and glassy-eyed shoppers are decking the halls all around you, some…
Improv Everywhere Volume 3 DVD (2006-2008)
Improv Everywhere has just released their Volume 3 DVD, featuring all of their missions from 2006-2008, including Best Buy, Frozen Grand Central, No Shirts in…
Roboexotica 2008 Photos
The tenth annual Roboexotica festival for robotic cocktail culture organized by monochrom and SHIFZ is in full swing here in Vienna, Austria where I’ve been…
Jizz In My Pants by The Lonely Island
“Jizz In My Pants” is the first single off of Incredibad, the debut album by The Lonely Island, who are best known for their hilarious…
CupcakeCamp 2 San Francisco Photos & Video
Today’s CupcakeCamp 2 which took place at The Satisfactory in San Francisco was a sugary success. Hundreds of people showed up to present and eat…
Portland Santacon on NPR’s All Things Considered
April Baer of Oregon Public Broadcasting did an pre-event story on this year’s Portland Santacon for NPR’s All Things Considered. You can listen to it…
Hexapod Dancing Robot Competition
Back in October I posted about Hexapodmeisterschaft, a dancing decapitated head robot, well more video has surfaced from the third annual Hexapod Dance Competition held…
Rapid-Fire Snowball Blaster That Shoots Up To 50 Feet
The 50′ Snowball Launcher, available from Hammacher Schlemmer. This toy blaster makes and launches softball-sized snowballs up to 50′, allowing rapid, long-range assaults during neighborhood…