The Return of Nerd Salon
Nerd Salon, a geekout organized by Jennifer Granick and Annalee Newitz which has been on hiatus since May of last year, returns this Tuesday, July…
Wikipedia’s Lamest Edit Wars
“Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars” is a hilarious Wikipedia article that documents some of the most ridiculous edit wars (ie. when Wikipedians incessantly go back and forth…
exPhone, What To Do With Your Old Cell Phone
One the eve of iPhoneDevCamp, Chris Messina (Citizen Agency) and Alex Hillman (We Know HTML) have just launched exPhone, a great resource to help you…
Traveler’s Phrase Book T-Shirt, Point To What You Want
Don’t know the language where you are traveling? Just put on the Traveler’s Phrase Book T-Shirt and point to what you are looking for. Of…
The Octosquid Has Arrived
At long last, we now have the best of both worlds. Ladies and gentlemen, please say hello to the octosquid, a wonderful cephalopod mashup. UPDATE:…
Fake Steve Jobs Interviewed on CNET News.com
Daniel Terdiman recently interviewed Fake Steve Jobs for CNET News.com. FSJ is the guy behind the wildly popular blog “The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs”,…
Josh Wolf Is Running for Mayor of San Francisco
Yesterday, on the 4th of July, controversial independent media journalist Josh Wolf declared that he running for Mayor of San Francisco and posted a draft…
Kwik-E-Mart Takes Over Eleven 7-Eleven Stores
Eleven 7-Eleven convenience stores in the US and Candada have been converted into a Kwik-E-Mart as a promotion for the release of The Simpsons Movie…
Reverend Billy Arrested While Reciting The First Amendment
Last Friday Reverend Billy was arrested again (he was arrested twice in February), this time for reciting the First Amendment in Union Square during New…
Three Day Stubble 777 Show at 12 Galaxies
I ran into Donald the Nut from Three Day Stubble on Sunday at Brian Eno’s 77 Million Paintings event. I was surprised to see him…