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Gnomedex, The Blogosphere’s Conference
The 7th annual Gnomedex takes place this year August 9th through 11th at the lovely Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle. Organized by the dynamic…
Power of Wind
“Power of Wind” is a brilliant and somewhat disturbing ad produced by Nordpol+ Hamburg for EPURON, a renewable energy company based in Germany. The commercial…
Pownce, A Great Way to Send Things To Your Friends
Pownce is a beautifully designed, new microblogging social network that launched a couple of weeks ago and has been generating quite a bit of attention.…
Vanity Fair on The Simpsons Family Values
The August issue of Vanity Fair has a great article by John Ortved about the history of The Simpsons and what made them a pop…
Cyclecide Bike Rodeo Presents Pedal Monster 2007
Cyclecide Bike Rodeo presents their annual fundraiser and national mutant bike club convergence Pedal Monster 2007 this Sunday, July 15th at the Ace Auto junkyard…
Spinal Tap Reunion at Live Earth
Spinal Tap reunited for a special performance at this weekend’s Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium in London. Here they are playing “Big Bottom” with…
The Crucible’s 7th Annual Fire Arts Festival
The Crucible presents their 7th annual Fire Arts Festival July 11-14 in Oakland, featuring this year’s centerpiece performance, The Fire Odyssey. From July 11 to…
WordCamp 2007, A Two Day WordPress Conference
WordCamp 2007, an annual two day conference for WordPress bloggers and developers, takes place July 21st & 22nd at the Swedish American Hall in San…
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…