John Hodgman, drinking straight from the skull, does a special Halloween tasting of Dan Aykroyd’s mysterious Crystal Head Vodka.

See Previously:

- Dan Aykroyd Explains The Mystery Behind Crystal Head Vodka

- John Hodgman, More Information Than You Require

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John Hodgman’s Halloween Tasting of Crystal Head Vodka

“Defend Dow Jones” another excellent t-shirt by Mule Design Studios.

illustration by Mike Monteiro

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Defend Dow Jones

The final episode (#20) of You Suck At Photoshop, a hilarious series of Photoshop tutorials by Donnie Hoyle, is now out and at long last they mystery has been relieved, Donnie Hoyle is in fact comedian Dane Cook.

For the full experience and backstory, you should watch them all in order.

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Dane Cook Is The You Suck At Photoshop Mystery Man

Google made a special Halloween modification to their robots.txt file.

via Google Blogoscoped

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Google Fights Zombie Robots on Halloween

FastMac has just released their new TruePower iV, a iPhone battery charger and case with a built-in light that also works as a flash. It charges both the iPhone and battery at the same time and has an additional USB port so you can charge other devices. The iV sells for $79.95 and is available for both the original and new 3G iPhones.

The iV is an on-the-go mobile battery charger that allows you to continue using your iPhone even as you charge it. In addition to the 30-pin Dock Connector port used for charging and syncing your iPhone, the iV also has a full-size USB port that can simultaneously charge another device such as a Bluetooth headset, digital camera, iPod or even another phone. The iV also includes a built-in flash LED that can be used for emergencies and low light photos/ videos.

image via FastMac

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FastMac TruePower iV iPhone Battery Charger With Flash

guest post by Todd Lappin (Telstar Logistics)

This is a clean version of an illuminating FAA graphic I saw recently on the wall at Moffett Federal Airfield down in Mountain View. It’s a guide to the air traffic routes used at airports around the San Francisco Bay Area — a roadmap of the highways in our skies.

I love it because it explains the patterns behind the air traffic I see jetting over San Francisco every day. It all seems kind of random from the ground, but thanks to this route plan, the flight paths now make a lot more sense.

This second graphic shows the southeast routes the jets use when the winds get funky:

images via FAA

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A Roadmap to the Bay Area’s Highways in the Sky

The cover of Make Magazine #16, “Spy Tech”, was created by MAD Magazine art director Sam Viviano and features the most notorious spies of all time, Spy vs. Spy.

via Boing Boing

image via Make

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Spy vs. Spy on Cover of Make Magazine #16

Cockeyed has a great guide to Kids Halloween Candy Code, a way of marking homes in chalk with Hobo-style code to indicate what kind of treat they are offering.

Thanks to RICK! for the tip!

image via Cockeyed

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Kids Halloween Candy Code, Learn What Treats Homes Have

I’ve been using 1Password by Agile Web Solutions for a while now and it is by far the best Mac program I have ever used to manage website passwords. It integrates with all major browsers using a great autofill feature, eliminating the need for cut-and-paste.

I also use to securely sync passwords between Macs using Dropbox as well as manage website passwords on my iPhone using their new iPhone App. It also includes features for credit card management, anti-phishing and password generation.

See Previously: 1Password iPhone App, Making Password Synching Easy

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1Password, Manage & Sync Passwords on a Mac & iPhone

And now for your enjoyment, Hexapodmeisterschaft, a wonderful dancing decapitated head robot created by students from the HTL Saalfelden engineering school in Austria.

via Rocketboom

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Hexapodmeisterschaft, A Dancing Decapitated Head Robot

guest post by Violet Blue

In times of challenging economic crisis, San Franciscans have always responded with a creative optimism that reflects the can-do attitude of our Gold Rush predecessors, who happily sifted and squatted in filth day in and day out to find the one nugget that would launch them into Pac Heights riches. Or, the plucky pets.com survivors who learned to serve coffee at Starbucks with a smile while sniffing out VC for their inflatable furniture patch kit venture, or crafting colorful “will repaint Webvans for food” signs.

These times have returned, and while East Coasters might be erecting monuments In Loving Memory Of The Boom Economy or painting the Wall Street bull’s balls blue, some very real estate savvy habitat imagineers have embarked on a cutting edge solution to our depressed economy and the local housing crunch. Dystopic Horizons Realty has the answer: “Finally, affordable “near loft” like Artist Housing, right here in the Bay Area, now!” They tell us,

Each inspired live/work unit is hand-crafted, and capable of magnificent views. The loft-like Cubist floorplan allows convenient interior access and customized storage solutions. Green construction and copious natural lighting and ventilation support ecologically responsible living. (…) Basic models available starting in the mid 100s.

We are a group of unreal estate unprofessionals with over 40 years of experience. We know the Bay Area market, from recherché under utilized lots with spectacular urban views to charming pied-à-terres with super easy freeway access. We are well versed in working with artistic temperaments and the demands of the Creative Professional. We work hard to exceed your expectations and help you meet your housing needs.

“It’s not a cardboard house… it’s a cardboard home.”

We’re excited to see that even in the face of widespread layoffs and what looks like another dot-com boom hitting our fair Bay Area shores that our locals can always cash in on the remains of the day. Don’t wait for your Castro foreclosure; agents are standing by with a prime piece of real estate pie, complete with a cozy box you can finally call your own.

images via Dystopic Horizons Realty

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Dystopic Horizons Realty, Affordable Artist Housing

The First Church of the Buzzard presents the Dismal Helloween Funhouse Inhibition Exhibition this Saturday, November 1st in Oakland.

Sensory Balancing Acts by

- The Electronic Parlor Trick
- The TornaDooR passage of Mirrored Disillusionment

Sonic Displays of Aural Wonderment by

- Pigs in the Ground
- VINSANTOS Vinsantos
- Floating Corpses
- Omnivorous Sinsillum
- 5 Cent Coffee

Retinal Tickle Tortures by

- Blioux
- Cris Leon
- Jason Fritz

PLUS out in the back yard we have The Boiler Bar and The Golden Mean, see the giant snail breath fire!!!! And other lost Treasure the will make you Nostalgic for the future…???

Saturday, November 1st
8pm
$5-10

The First Church of the Buzzard
2601 Adeline @ 26th St. (enter on 26th)
Oakland

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Dismal Helloween Funhouse Inhibition Exhibition

Google has just released a Google Earth app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Google Earth App for iPhone and iPod Touch

The Space Cowboys present the DJ and art event Ghostship 2008 on Saturday, November 1st in a 25,000 square foot haunted hanger on Treasure Island. Pre-sale tickets available at Groove Tickets.

Ghostship is a collaboration between all of the best DJ & art collectives in San Francisco. The Space Cowboys along with Brass Tax, The Deep End, House of Lotus, The Flaming Lotus Girls, Disorient, KSW, Garage Mahal, The Dust City Diner, The Disco Limo, ManyFest Destiny, AKAirways, Teacher With The Bus, Michael Christian, and many more artists will be decked out in a 25,000 sq ft warehouse on the beautiful Treasure Island. Limited parking, carpools encouraged. Shuttle service is available from Civic Cente.

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The Space Cowboys Present Ghostship 2008 on Treasure Island

“5 More Friends”, a follow-up to “5 Friends”, both are PSA’s produced by Google encouraging young people to vote.

On a related note, Google is teaming up with PBS on the Video Your Vote program, encouraging people to shoot video of themselves voting on election day.

This is important because not only will there be more people voting in this election than ever before, but there undoubtedly will be bumps along the way: long lines, broken machines, confusion over the registration process, and even voter intimidation and fraud are all unfortunate election realities. Video can help document where problems occur in a more compelling and concrete way than other media. By documenting your voting experience, you can help make this a more transparent election.

See Previously: Google PSA Encouraging Young Americans To Register To Vote

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5 More Friends Remind You To Vote + Video Your Vote

Kevin Rose, co-founder of Digg, Revision3 and Pownce, is on the cover of Inc. Magazine this month and the photo shoot for the cover was inspired by The Beatles’ 1964 film “Hard Day’s Night”. Inc. photography editor Travis Ruse produced this great behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot.

Here’s the Inc. Magazine cover, if you look closely you’ll see a pink Laughing Squid sticker on Kevin’s MacBook Pro.

photo by April Buchert

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Inc. Cover Photo Shoot, A Hard Day’s Night with Kevin Rose

NewTeeVee Live 2008, the 2nd annual conference produced by GigaOM and NewTeeVee that explores the future of online video, takes Thursday, November 13th at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco. Here’s the full event schedule and list of speakers.

NewTeeVee Live is the premier conference for the creators, enablers, technologists, and distributors of the next generation of TV. The event will bring together the very people who drive the adoption of products, technologies and brands in online video’s rapidly expanding market. Who’s coming? The creators and producers of “Heroes” and “CSI”, the CEOs of Hulu and Netflix, the VPs of Digital Media for ABC and FOX and the biggest breakout video stars. Anyone who develops, distributes, invests in or sells online media products and services should attend NewTeeVee Live.

NewTeeVee Live is offering a special 25% discount to Laughing Squid readers. Just use the “SQUID” discount code when you register through Eventbrite.

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NewTeeVee Live 2008, Television Reinvented