Takeovers & Makeovers – Appropriation, Fair Use & Copyright
Takeovers & Makeovers, a symposium on appropriation rights in the digital era, takes place November 7th & 8th at The Berkeley Art Museum Theater at…
Fake Trick-Or-Treat Dummy Halloween Prank
The guys from ExFilms pulled a great Halloween prank this year in San Diego using a fake trick-or-treat dummy that showed up on the doorsteps…
UserNameCheck.com, Find Out Where Your Username is Registered
UserNameCheck.com is a quick way to find out where your username is registered on various web services, providing a link to register if you haven’t…
Photojojo’s Mission Murals Photo Safari
On Saturday, November 8th, I’m helping to organize the first San Francisco photo safari for Photojojo, a great photography website headquartered here in the city…
Get The Hell Off Of My Blog, The Downside of Keyword Advertising
The sneaky bastards from "Yes on 8" are buying "No on 8" AdWords on Laughing Squid. I’ve added them to our ad filter and I’m…
The Great Hack, Heather Gold Asks Geeks To Help Defeat Prop. 8
The Great Hack – Prop8 parody of Sarah Silverman's the Great Schlep from heather gold on Vimeo. Heather Gold presents “The Great Hack”, a parody…
Bernal Heights Hill Soapbox Derby Shut Down By Police
Yesterday’s Bernal Heights Hill Soapbox Derby 2008 was shut down by the San Francisco Police Department and the organizers ended up moving to another hill…
What If The World Could Vote For The Next US President?
“If The World Could Vote?” is an interesting online experiment to see which candidate the rest of the world would choose if they could vote…
APE 2008 (Alternative Press Expo) Photos
Here’s a few photos from APE 2008 (Alternative Press Expo), which runs through tomorrow at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. Photo Gallery: APE…
John Hodgman’s Halloween Tasting of Crystal Head Vodka
John Hodgman, drinking straight from the skull, does a special Halloween tasting of Dan Aykroyd’s mysterious Crystal Head Vodka. See Previously: – Dan Aykroyd Explains…