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“Groovy Motherfucker”

September 2, 2010

September 1, 2010

“The Social Network would like to be your friend on myspace.”

“The Social Network would like to be your friend on myspace.”

(Sent to a development account with zero friends. Thanks, MySpace)

August 31, 2010

“Puff my Scrote”

“Puff my Scrote”

BBC News - The strange virtual world of 4chan

The BBC does a (surprisingly accurate for the mainstream media) profile of 4chan.

“Another 4chan favourite is Pedobear, a harmless-looking ursoid cartoon character who, despite his loveable appearance… you get the idea.”

August 30, 2010

The Wilderness Downtown

Arcade Fire song combined with Google Maps and some JavaScript voodoo to make a lovely experience.

Irony

Irony

First mistake made at the new office? Putting something breakable on the shelves attached to the cubicle walls.

August 28, 2010

Backblaze - Breaking down the breakup

Backblaze recount their tale of almost-acquisition.

August 27, 2010

reddit's official statement on prop 19 ads

Reddit’s corporate mommy says they won’t run “Yes on Prop 19” campaign ads, because they don’t “want to benefit financially” from the pot legalization lobby. Reddit then runs the ads for free. <3

Mr. Nolte will see you now

Mr. Nolte will see you now

Left guarding the 6th Floor lobby at 301 Brannan.

The SuperPoke Penguin would like to offer you a cupcacke

The SuperPoke Penguin would like to offer you a cupcacke

Sloogle cupcakes

Sloogle cupcakes

That's definitely "off-brand". The GOOG corpcomm folks are going to LOVE us!

End of an era

End of an era

Slide Inc. Google Inc. (former Slide office) is now closed.

The patron saint of SPP

The patron saint of SPP

Leaving our mark on 301 Brannan St.

If I was a betting man, I'd say that buying a plotter is the decision Slide regrets most.

August 26, 2010

"Muppet Names"

I love the center intersection

Xbox LIVE Marketplace | The Muppets

I barely even play XBox Live any more, and I feel compelled to splash out on these. I want that “The Muppet Show” t-shirt in real life!

August 25, 2010

Awesome Project offers $1,000 grants for quirky ideas - SF Weekly

Nice write-up for the SF chapter of the Awesome Foundation.

August 24, 2010

Icons of the Web

Poster of favicon.ico files scaled according to their prevalence on the web.

August 23, 2010

Polite-But-Antisocial SF Muni T-Shirt

The perfect shirt for the software engineer in your life.

August 22, 2010

August 21, 2010

ROD

ROD

August 20, 2010

My world tour commences

My world tour commences

August 19, 2010

Would you like to block ‘Cow Clicker’?

Would you like to block ‘Cow Clicker’?

Spotted on a wall at Facebook HQ.

They've been swayed: Huge hammock rocks - The Boston Globe

The first-ever Awesome Foundation grant recipient gets a front page photo & story on the Boston Globe. This is what AWESOME can do for you.

The most important thing I found out on the Google intranet today

GOOGLE COOKIE MONSTER T-SHIRTS!

August 18, 2010

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