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Sanyo Xacti Video Blogger Workshop & Xacti Night Party
This Wednesday, June 13th, Toyko video blogger Tajee (Yukako “Tajee” Tajima) is organizing two great events featuring the ultra-compact Sanyo Xacti line of video cameras,…
Four Eyed Monsters, The First Feature Length Film to Be Uploaded to YouTube
Four Eyed Monsters is really great independent feature film made in 2005 by New York filmmakers Arin Crumley and Susan Buice. They have been promoting…
Philz Coffee: Much Love
Laughing Squid has recently re-located to the Mission Creek area of SOMA in San Francisco. We’re not far from the new Philz Coffee (see my…
NewTeeVee & Metacafe Pier Screening Call For Entries
Last month NewTeeVee (a TV and video blog which is part of the GigaOm Network) and the video sharing service Metacafe joined forces to present…
The Flying Spaghetti Monster Image Appears on Toast
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, who have been experimenting with creating imagery on toast using CNC, recently turned out a batch of Flying Spaghetti Monster toast.…
Burning Man 1996 Website and Netcast by iSTORM
The first Burning Man website was on The Well until after the 1995 event, when the webmaster decided to move on and it needed a…
Movable Types Goes Open Source With MT 4
On Tuesday, Six Apart vice president Anil Dash announced a new release of their flagship blogging platform, Movable Type 4. MT 4 will be available…
Absolut Vodka Co-Opts Pillow Fight In New Commercial
Absolut Vodka has co-opted the various global pillow fight events in their new ad “Absolut Protest”, produced in New York by TBWA \ Chiat \…
Mr. Lee CatCam, Photography From a Cat’s Point of View
J.Perthold recently conducted an interesting experiment. He created a protective enclosure for a small SD digital camera, setup a microcontroller to take photos at pre-defined…
Photos of Chicken John’s Lost Vegas
I shot a few photos last Saturday at Chicken John’s Lost Vegas, which took place at Ace Auto in San Francisco. Here’s the full gallery…