“Groovy Motherfucker”

In related news, polar bears are FUCKING AWESOME AND DON’T TAKE NO SHIT FROM NO ONE!

Old school electric typewriter, rejiggered to automatically type and read your typed input, so you can play Zork. <3.

Fab bookmarklet that lets you blow the shit out of any webpage.

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

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.

This might upset some folks, but I think it’s beautiful. “If iPad were a dish, there are no problem”

New EP of covers from Amanda Palmer.

My favourite is definitely “I don’t like your jerk-off name. I don’t like your jerk-off face. I don’t like your jerk-off behavior, and I don’t like you, jerk-off.”

“I’ve re-imagined four common products from 2010 as if they were designed in 1977: an mp3 player, a laptop, a mobile phone and a handheld video game system. I then created a series of fictitious but stylistically accurate print ads to market them, as well as a handful of abstract posters (you know, just for funsies).” Wonderful!

“Geometry riddle: When is a square not a square? Answer: When it’s in New England.” I ♥ this.

Top notch hack — Wiring up an Apple //e to display messages (and avatars) from Twitter. Tempts me to break out a ZX Spectrum emulator…

Thrilled to announce that the San Francisco chapter of The Awesome Foundation is now up and running.

Bay Area folks! Got an idea for something you want to build that will advance Awesomeness? Apply for the $1000 grant now! We’ll be picking our first recipient in May.

The fabulous and funny Anna Pickard has launched a new TV blog, and it’s topnotch. She’s kicking off by watching all of Lost for the first time — all five seasons — over the course of one week, so she can be ready for the final series next Tuesday. Marvelous.

I have a new goal in life: Live in a town where a hippo just wanders the streets.

Oh, BBC Radio, I could kiss you sometimes. A thirty minute show about science and comedy from Robin Ince and Brian Cox? With Dara O’Briain as a guest? And available as a podcast? YES PLEASE!

Very satisfying. Facebook add a ridiculous feature, only visible to people who work at TechCrunch. A writer spots it, give FB a whole 24 minutes to respond to his questions, and in the TC way, rushes out a story so he can “scoop” competitors. Pwned!

Can you contribute $100 a month in the pursuit of encouraging Awesome? Become a micro-trustee for a micro-genius grant.

Ze Frank has a new video series on what to do in these economically-challenged times.

The artist “goopymart” is funding production of plushies based on his designs, and is looking for patrons. I’ve chipped in for both — I really want me a cuddly geek to call my own!

This looks fantastic — A movie version of “The Thick of It”. Hoping it gets a US release. “You sound like a Nazi Julie Andrews!”