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ReadWriteWeb’s List of Sites for Finding Wonderful Things
Marshall Kirkpatrick, who is a lead writer for excellent web technology news blog ReadWriteWeb, recently wrote a post on “Ten Sites for Finding Wonderful Things”…
Merlin Mann Presents FlockdUp, One of the Worst Websites Ever
By far one of the most popular panels at SXSW Interactive 2008 was “Worst Website Ever: That’s So Crazy, It Just Might Work” organized by…
Kent Nichols & Douglas Sarine Redo Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Our good friends Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, the awesome duo behind Ask A Ninja, have been hired to remake the classic film “Attack of…
Happy 4th Birthday Flickr!
Here are a few photos from tonight’s Flickr Turns 4 party at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. I shot these with my new Ricoh…
Blue Monday by New Order, Released 25 Years Ago
The original version of the New Order song “Blue Monday” was released 25 years ago. Man, that makes me feel old. Regardless, it still holds…
Battledecks II, Improv PowerPoint Karaoke at SXSW
This year the legendary Battledecks returned to SXSW Interactive 2008 for Battledecks II, which took place on Friday, March 7th and featured several speakers giving…
Scientology Responds to Anonymous As 2nd Global Protest Nears
Beginning in January a group calling itself Anonymous began an online campaign against the Church of Scientology (know as Project Chanology), leading to a global…
Explore Space With Google Sky, Mars and Moon
Yesterday Google released their new Google Sky service, an interstellar companion to Google Earth. Google Sky was coded by Diego Gavinowich of Buenos Aires along…
A Quick Way To See If a Website Is Down For Everyone or Just You
“Down for everyone or just me?” is a great little website created by Twitter developer Alex Payne that helps you check to see if a…
Spy Hunter Tribute In Pontiac G8 Commercial
Pontiac’s commercial for their new G8 is a wonderful tribute to the classic Bally Midway arcade game “Spy Hunter”, one of my all time favorites.