Archive for December 31st, 2008

Evolution of Technology, From Dinosaur Robots to Modern Androids

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

“Evolution of Technology”, is a fantastic ad created by Scholz&Friends Group for the German electronics store Saturn that shows an evolutionary process from dinosaur robots to modern androids.

via AdFreak

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Evolution of Technology, From Dinosaur Robots to Modern Androids

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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008


Photo Reenactments of The Far Side

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

She's Got Her Father's Eyes

There’s a really great Flickr group that features photo reenactments of “The Far Side”, the hilariously bizarre single panel comic series by Gary Larson.

via Drawn!

photo by Cayusa

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San Francisco Bay Area New Year’s Eve 2008-2009 Roundup

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Here’s our annual roundup of some of the events planned in the San Francisco Bay Area for New Year’s Eve 2008-2009. We will add more as it gets closer to NYE.

- Sea of Dreams 2009 at San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center

- New Years Speak Easy At the Boiler Bar

- Ask Dr. Hal’s Notable 9th at Chez Poulet

- Bootie New Year’s Eve Pirate Party at DNA Lounge

- New Year’s Comedy on the Square With Will Franken at Actors Theatre of San Francisco

- Bondage a Go Go & New Wave City Present The Black & Blue Ball at Glas Kat Supper Club

- Laughter Against The Machine: Guerilla Comedy For New Year’s Eve at The Phoenix Theatre

- Up All Nite! The New Year’s Eve Pajama Party at The Stud Bar

- Subterra: NYE 2009 at SomArts Cultural Center

- Marga Gomez New Year’s Eve Spectacular at Theatre Rhinoceros

- 30’s Era Costumed New Year’s Eve Carnival in Point Reyes Station at King’s Point Playland

Here are some more San Francisco Bay Area NYE listings:

- The Squid List

- SF Station

- Going SF

photo by John Curley

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Display Your Unread Message Count in the Gmail Favicon

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Firefox with Greasemonkey: The Gmail Unread Message Count in Favicon Greasemonkey user script displays your unread message count on the Gmail site favicon.

If you're not familiar with the concept of the favicon, it's the small icon that appears next to the address bar or in the tab and helps identify which sites are open in which tab (like the little 'lh' that Lifehacker uses as its favicon). With this script installed, the favicon gets even more useful by showing your unread count in addition to identifying which tab holds your Gmail account. The unread number glows brighter with each new message you receive, and it maxes out at 10. The improved favicon is a perfect compliment to the previously mentioned FaviconizeTab extension, which strips all the text from tabs so all you're left with is the favicon, but I also wouldn't be surprised to see this incorporated in Better Gmail sometime in the future (it's very similar to the already included Show Inbox Count First script).

It's a simple little script, but it's a brilliant tweak. Gmail Unread Message Count in Favicon is a free download, requires Firefox and the Greasemonkey extension.