The Fart Party Book by Julia Wertz
Julia Wertz, creator of the wonderful comic The Fart Party (see my previous write-up) has a new book of her work that is being published…
GelaSkins iPhone Art Skins
GelaSkins has great series iPhone art skins featuring some amazing artists. They also make art skins for iPods, laptops (both Mac & PC) and RAZR…
War Of The Worlds eComic by Ian Edginton and D’Israeli
Last year Dark Horse published a beautiful 72 page graphic novel version of War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, adapted and abridged by Ian…
Todoist, A Simple Online To-Do List & Task Manager
I’ve been searching for a good online task manager for a while. I checked the various 37signals services, including Ta-Da List, which are all great…
Chicken John Is Looking for a Contact at PayPal
Chicken John is desperately trying to find someone he can talk to who works at PayPal. He just sent this out to his mailing list:…
Phil Frank 1943-2007, Creator of Farley
Phil Frank, the Sausalito cartoonist best known for his comic strips Farley (running 32 years in the SF Chronicle) and “The Elderberries”(written by Joe Troise),…
Coyle & Sharpe, Legendary Early 60’s Street Pranksters
In the early 1960’s the legendary team of Jim Coyle and Mal Sharpe, known as Coyle & Sharpe, would roam the streets of San Francisco…
Matchbox Labels From the 1950’s and 1960’s
York, England designer Jane McDevitt has assembled a huge collection of beautiful 1950’s and 1960’s matchbox labels from around the world (mostly Eastern European).
Thrillist Launches in San Francisco
Thrillist is a one email per day mailing list on city culture which started in New York City and expanded to Los Angeles. Today they…
Ignite SF, 5 Minute Geek Talks: Call For Speakers
My friend Brady Forrest has been organizing Ignite events around the country since the first Ignite Seattle last December. The format is simple, its a…