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Ze Frank on The Sound of Young America
Ze Frank was recently of guest on a live taping of The Sound of Young America, hosted by Jesse Thorn during Sketchfest NYC at the…
Elegant Street Interventions by D. Billy
D. Billy, an artist from Brooklyn, improves his surroundings with impermanent onomatopoeia, among other things: Using colorful media such as twisting balloons, party streamers, and…
Radiohead’s House of Cards Video Created Using Data Visualizations
The new Radiohead music video for “House of Cards”, directed by James Frost, was created entirely using data visualizations without traditional cameras or lights. “House…
The Real Tuesday Weld Comes to San Francisco
The Real Tuesday Weld plays this Wednesday (07/16/2008) at Café Du Nord. Years ago, at the late lamented Ideas in Animation series run by Nik…
Twitter Acquires Search Service Summize
Twitter has just announced that it has acquired the excellent search service Summize. The Summize website has already been setup as a Twitter branded sub-domain…
Laughing Squid Stickers & Patches Now Available via Sticker Giant
Our awesome sticker printer Sticker Giant has setup a special Laughing Squid online store where they are selling Laughing Squid sticker assortment 4 packs featuring…
1 Wall / 25 Gears, A Benefit For Todd Blair
[Ed. note: I originally posted this on my other site, Scott has kindly asked that I re-post it here, and I am happy to oblige.]…
Friends With Benefits, Benefit Summary Prospectus
“Friends With Benefits” Benefit Summary Prospectus (larger version) via Violet Blue illustration by unknown
Photos From The Long Now Foundation’s Mechanicrawl 2008
I spent a good part of Saturday checking out the first-ever Mechanicrawl along San Francisco’s northern waterfront. Organized by the folks at The Long Now…
Wine Library TV Episode #500 Recorded Live at Crushpad
Last week Gary Vaynerchuk was in San Francisco for Wine Library TV episode #500, which was recorded and streamed live by Revision3 from the wonderful…