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14th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair
guest post by Hugh D’Andrade I’ve been attending the Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair (and creating graphics for it) for at least five years now, and the thing I love about it is the sheer size and...
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The Mr. Pickle Sign Has Been Stolen!
guest post by Hugh D’Andrade You don’t know what you’ve got till you’ve gone. I was never a big fan of the Mr. Pickle sign just down street from my workplace — it’s big, it’s neon green, it’s garish...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation Geek Reading Fundraiser
guest post by Hugh D’Andrade The Electronic Frontier Foundation is hosting a fantastic Geek Reading fundraiser this Monday evening at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. Come hear some of the leading...
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Jennybird Alcantara Show at Varnish Fine Art
guest post by Hugh D’Andrade One of my most prized possessions is a handmade doll created by local artist Jennybird Alcantara. It’s sweet, sad, creepy and eerily lifelike, like so much of Jennybird’s...
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Mona Caron’s New Mural, Windows Into the Tenderloin
Muralist Mona Caron (left) working in the Tenderloin with project manager Lisa Ruth Elliot. Photo: Nick Kasimatis. I once rode the J-Church in San Francisco with my friend, the muralist Mona Caron....
View ArticleNina Paley Animation In Celebration of EFF’s 20th Anniversary
The amazing animator and free culture activist Nina Paley has just created another one of her minute memes — this one in honor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s 20th year. Have a look: Nina’s...
View ArticleBrontë Sisters Power Dolls
It’s too bad these toys don’t actually exist — they’d make a great gift for the literary kid in your life! Phil Lord and Chris Miller who created this brilliant ad say: “This was a fake commercial we...
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Humble Indie Bundle #2, Pay What You Want for Games & Help EFF
The Humble Indie Bundle from Wolfire Games is back! Five of the hottest games from independent developers, offered without DRM on a pay-what-you-want basis. Even better, you can divide your payment...
View ArticleEFF’s 8-bit Victory Lap
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a new year-end video celebrating their victories and achievements in 2010: Here’s why I think you should consider giving a year-end donation to EFF: this tiny...
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Accessing Health Care for Artists in San Francisco
If you’re an artist, self-employed or just underinsured, you might be interested in San Francisco’s health care option, Healthy SF. And what you need is a local singer/songwriter to explain it all to...
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Eric Drooker – The Art of Animating HOWL
The recent movie HOWL, about the poem by Allen Ginsberg and the ensuing controversy and legal battle, featured some incredible animated sequences that brought the poem to life. The animated sequences...
View ArticleRogue Rainbow Spray-Painting Robot
Wait for it… Wait for it… Rainbows! Robo-Rainbow by Akay. via Wired Underwire
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The Free University of San Francisco
With the tuition fees shooting through the roof at UC and State schools, wouldn’t it be nice if there were some way to get a free education? The new Free University of San Francisco aims to do just...
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EFF’s 21st Birthday
Less than two months in, and it looks like 2011 will be another banner year for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. They scored a landmark ruling in favor of your right to re-sell promo CDs in...
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Diamond Dave, San Francisco Rabble Rouser and Revolutionary Rebel
Meet Diamond Dave Whitaker — radical raconteur, rabble rouser, revolutionary rebel, and what I would call the Real Deal. Two things might pop into your head when you first meet Diamond Dave. One is...
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Latest Steven Soderbergh Film “Contagion” Set in San Francisco
The corner of Taylor and Union was spookily transformed this weekend. It looked like post-pandemic America, with mounds of infected clothes thrown out on the street, political posters and memorials...
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MondoWindow Shows You What You Are Seeing Below When Flying
It’s often said that those of us in the coastal centers of San Francisco and New York don’t know anything about the middle of the country. We fly over it several times a year, looking out the window...
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Color Photos of San Francisco Taken After 1906 Earthquake & Fire
Last week, the AP reported on a startling find from the Smithsonian Institution: the earliest known color photographs of San Francisco, which also may be the only known color photos of the aftermath...
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Star Drek and Other Vaders, Comics by Adam McCauley
“Star Drek” and “Other Vaders”, from the series of delightful comics by San Francisco illustrator Adam McCauley. Adam has also illustrated a number of fantastic books for kids, including The...
View ArticleCredit is Due, The Attribution Song by Nina Paley
Awesome cartoonist and free culture activist Nina Paley has produced “Credit Is Due”, another of her great minute meme videos, encouraging those of us who like to share and re-mix the work of others...
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