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Neo Surrealist Avec Hacksaw
Neo Surrealist Systems was in town last weekend doing a show at the San Francisco Fringe Festival and ran into Neo Surrealist Dan Novy at…
Yahoo Launches Y! Mash, A New Social Network
On Friday Yahoo launched their new social network Y! Mash. A couple of years ago Yahoo launched their first social network Yahoo! 360, so I’m…
Fray To Return As A Quarterly Printed Book
Derek Powazek has just announced that Fray, the wonderful storytelling website that he launched in 1996 and then put it on hiatus in 2005 when…
The Shadow Government by They Might Be Giants
“The Shadow Government” is the latest music video by They Might Be Giants, from their latest album “The Else”. It was animated by the Los…
It Is Pitch Dark by MC Frontalot, A Song About Zork
“It Is Pitch Dark” is the latest music video from nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot. It’s about the classic text adventure computer game Zork. The video…
Robodock 2007, An Art & Technology Festival in Amsterdam
The 10th annual international art and technology festival Robodock takes place at the NDSM dock in Amsterdam next week from September 19th through 22nd. Robodock…
Made From Scrap, A Recycling Workshop Warehouse
Made From Scrap is a new 10,000 square-foot community recycling workshop warehouse that is opening next week in the Bayview area of San Francisco. Made…
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…