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Mob of Waldos Returns, Where’s Waldo? Puzzle Re-Enactment
The 2nd Annual Mob of Waldos, where hundreds of Waldos and Wendas gather to re-enact a life-size Where’s Waldo? (Where’s Wally?) puzzle, takes place this…
Silicon Valley WordPress Meetup at Google
Anthony Cole is organizing a Silicon Valley WordPress Meetup at the Google headquarters in Mountain View this Thursday, November 8th from 5-8pm. WordPress developer Ryan…
SuperHappyDevHouse21, First SHDH In San Francisco
The long-running Bay Area hackathon SuperHappyDevHouse is moving north this month for SuperHappyDevHouse21 on Saturday, November 10th at the SF Warehouse in San Francisco. This…
What Would Jesus Buy? Trailer For Reverend Billy Documentary
The trailer is now online for “What Would Jesus Buy?”, the documentary about Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, which was directed by…
Historic 20th Century Photos, Recreated With Senior Citizens
Henry VIII’s Wives features a fantastic photo gallery “Iconic Moments of the Twentieth Century”, where historic news photos were recreated with senior citizens from a…
Post Office Showdown by xkcd
“Post Office Showdown”, the latest from the consistently excellent online comic xkcd. via Wil Wheaton comic by xkcd
Parkour, The Art of Moving From Point A to Point B
Vancouver Film School student Eric Morrison has created a great short video “Le Parkour”, about Parkour, the art of moving from point A to point…
San Francisco Pie Fight Photos
Photos are starting to come in from the giant Pie Fight that took place this afternoon in San Francisco at the Powell Street Cable Car…
San Francisco Multimedia Gulch Nostalgia via Yahoo Maps
Funny, according to Yahoo Maps, my neighborhood in San Francisco’s SOMA district is still called “Multimedia Gulch”, a name that really hasn’t been used here…
Google Launches OpenSocial, Opening Up Social Networks
Google has just announced the launch of OpenSocial, their new set of common APIs that will make it easy for web developers to create applications…