To celebrate their 10th Anniversary, Google has temporarily restored their oldest search index from January 2001. Here’s the search results for “Laughing Squid”.
Thanks to Spacemonkey for the tip!
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Google Search Time Capsule From 2001
Escape From Berkeley (By Any Non-Petroleum Means Necessary) is a road rally of alternatively powered vehicles traveling from Berkeley to Las Vegas on October 10th through 13th. A panel of judges will be presenting awards for both artistic and technical achievements. The rally is being organized by Jim Mason and The Shipyard.
Part engineering problem, part artistic opportunity, the rally challenges contestants to start their “engines” on something other than petroleum based fuel, and by any means necessary, cause their “vehicles” show up in Las Vegas three days later- using only fuels/power/motive force scavenged “for free” along the route.
Here’s the current line-up of vehicles and there is still time to register your vehicle if you want to enter. If you would like to help support the rally, you can sponsor the route by the mile or specific landmark. They are also looking for more volunteers.
More Coverage:
- Techyum
photo by Scott Beale
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Escape From Berkeley (By Any Non-Petroleum Means Necessary)
High Times presents the first annual World Stoner Games on October, 4th in Toronto.
The World Stoner Games consists of five events that will showcase stoner prowess in the areas of dexterity, smoking performance, creativity, concentration, and the drive to get high. Each entrant will compete in all 5 events.
The winner receives airfare, hotel and a VIP pass to the 21st annual High Times Cannabis Cup which takes place November 23-27 in Amsterdam.
Speaking of High Times, Cheech & Chong are on the cover of the November 2008 issue. The comedy duo have reunited and are touring the US on their Light Up America Tour 2008. It think Cheech needs to bring back the mustache to make the reunion complete.
See Previously: A Typical Day At The High Times Editorial Office
via BuzzFeed
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High Times Presents World Stoner Games 2008
Garysguide is a really great technology and new media events calendar started in New York by Gary (aka The Guy with the Red Tie). Gary recently launched Garysguide in San Francisco, rounding out his list of 11 top tech cities.
Our popular calendar is a comprehensive edited list of all upcoming events related to technology, web 2.0, social media, online advertising & marketing, software, hardware, digital video, new media, entrepreneurship, startups and much much more. We are currently live in 11 of the top tech hubs in the country including New York, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, San Diego, Denver, Portland, Seattle, Toronto and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Garysguide San Francisco, Technology & New Media Events
SPX 2008 (Small Press Expo), an independent cartooning and comics arts festival, takes place October 4th and 5th at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, MD. Here’s the full schedule and list of exhibitors.
SPX will bring together over 400 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, distributors, and each other. SPX will be open to the public from 11am Saturday, October 4th and run through 7pm that evening. The celebration continues Sunday from noon to 6pm. In addition, expect great programming all weekend long for you to enjoy!
poster by Hope Larson
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SPX 2008 (Small Press Expo), Cartoon & Comics Arts Festival
Join monochrom and Laughing Squid for drinks at Lucky 13 in San Francisco tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1st at 8pm. It’s our last chance to hang out with the monochrom crew before they head back to Vienna. RSVP on Upcoming.
photo by Scott Beale
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Monochrom & Laughing Squid Drinkup at Lucky 13
Last week extreme illusionist David Blaine performed his “Dive of Death” where he hung upside-down from a thin wire for 60 hours above Wollman Rink in Central Park.
While he was up there, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog paid a visit to David, making fun of him as he hung above the crowd. Our friends Liz Gannes of NewTeeVee and Joey Wan of GigaOM happened by the scene making a guest appearance in the video.
See Previously: Triumph The Insult Comic Dog Reports From The RNC
via NewTeeVee
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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Taunts Upside-Down David Blaine
Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping will be in San Francisco this week, making three separate appearances while in town:
Wed, October 1 8:00 PM: Noe Valley Ministry
1021 Sanchez at 24th, Parking Available.
Reverend Billy performing with Mike V. The Rev will preach on the subject of Prop H, a fight for clean energy and a fight against the greedy power monopoly PG&E. Family Friendly! $10 or pay what you can. Make Your ReservationsSat, October 4 10:00 AM: Rev Billy On West Coast Live!
At the San Francisco Ferry Building, Site of CUESA’s Farmers’ Market. See WCL website for tickets or to listen online!Sun, October 5 5:00 PM: City Lights Books
261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA
Delivering a sermon on the literary mount titled: The Shopocalypse - The Reverend Has To Wonder. We have big box bankruptcies, chain store retreats, credit card dessicration. Consumers are turning into citizens again. Little McFamilies have seen the light! They are building special bomb-shelters to protect against this year’s Christmas, which could be the Shopoclaypse’s last chance to be remembered in history as a quality End-time.
FREE and open to the public!
photo by Melissa Lynn
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Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Visit San Francisco
guest post by Aaron Muszalski
After suffering a predicatably soulless remake starring Nicolas Cage in 2006, the beloved 1973 cult horror film The Wicker Man was ripe for a more entertaining adaptation.
That adaptation arrives this week, in the form of The Wicker Man: A Rock Opera About The Ultimate Sacrifice. Created by notorious San Francisco underground theater artists, Cameron Eng and Sean Owens, as part of their series of “Foul Plays”, The Wicker Man stars Flynn DeMarco, Steffanos X and Maura Sipila, and features an original music score by Jim Fourniadis and LIVE EVIL. Also keep an eye out for Laughing Squid guestblogger (and Man Of 1,003 Faces) Mikl-em, who performs in several roles.
April showers bring the sanctimonious Sergeant Howie a mysterious letter concerning a missing girl from Summerisle, the tiny pagan island commune renowned for its bountiful produce and unabashed holy day rituals. His investigation of the restless natives proves as fruitless as last year’s crops, though; and the bizarre inhabitants only serve to add fuel to the flames of his righteous indignation. Driven to save the girl’s immortal soul from this den of idolaters, he discovers the truth behind the girl’s disappearance—that come May Day, the villagers intend to sacrifice her to their gods of the field to ensure a successful harvest. Howie must infiltrate their festivities, find the girl and escape—but will his plan put him out of the frying pan and into the fire?
The Wicker Man: A Rock Opera About The Ultimate Sacrifice opens this Thursday, October 2nd at The Dark Room. It runs through October 25th.
photo by Geof Teague
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The Wicker Man - A Rock Opera at The Dark Room
