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The East Bay Express is reporting that How Berkeley Can You Be?, a unique parade and event that celebrates the eccentricities of Berkeley, CA, had been canceled. The event was started in 1996 by John Solomon and in 1999 the ArtCar Fest joined in as part of the event. This year they had to pull the plug due to financial reasons and lack of support from the City of Berkeley, but they hope to return in 1010.

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How Berkeley Can You Be? Has Been Canceled

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Rafael Casal works through the top 100 Bay Area slang words in under 3 minutes in “Bay Area Slang Top 100 (The Grinch Song)”, from his upcoming album “Monster”

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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day to all the awesome sys admins out there who keep our servers running. We would like to give a special shout out to Laughing Squid Web Hosting sys admin Frank Escamilla.

Here’s helpful advice on the proper use of the System Administrator’s valuable time.

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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!

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San Francisco’s Sutro Tower is under attack by a ginormous squid in “Sutro Squid”, a brand new t-shirt design by GAMA-GO.

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Sutro Squid T-Shirt by GAMA-GO

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I’ve setup a Facebook group and Twitter account for updates on the periodic Laughing Squid Drinkups that we host here in San Francisco.

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San Francisco Drinkup Facebook Group & Twitter

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“The Battle”, a limited edition G.I. Joe parody t-shirt by Nerduo, printed by Wire & Twine.

Always wondered what the other half was? Now you know.

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At last night’s 2009 Sysadmin Appreciation Party at DNA Lounge, OpenDNS had some really cool LED signs and LED pendants made by OpenDNS project manager Dima Kumets to celebrate their engineering team.

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Jesse Thorn is bringing the Monsters of Podcasting to the East Coast, with a show in Philadelphia on September 17th at the Adrienne Theater and followed by a show in New York City September 19th at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.

I really dig the fantastic poster that Tom Deja created a for the shows.

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The Play More Notebook, designed by Trapped in Suburbia, is a clever little notepad that has sports ball patterns on the back of each page, that when crumpled create tiny paper balls that can be used to play games at your desk.

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Play More Notebook, Pages Can Be Crumpled Into Tiny Sports Balls For Desktop Games

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Luxirare made a wonderful series of Lolipop-Pies, tiny bite-sized pies on a stick.

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That’s Incredible! presents the first Video Game Invitational from January 8th, 1983.

The narration is riveting, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

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That’s Incredible! Video Game Invitational (1983)

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“Here Comes Science”, the new children’s album and animated DVD by They Might Be Giants, comes out September 1st and is available for pre-order through Amazon.

Speaking of which, the two Johns and band are going on tour in September.

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PetSmiling recently announced the DoggieLoveDoll, the world’s first sex doll for dogs.

You may know or have probably heard about these dolls for men that are very popular in Sex Shops around the world. There are inflatable ones, full-body, silicone, as well as other models. So now the first doll for dogs has been launched in Brazil. That’s right, a doll for dogs to practice safe sex. The majority of non-neutered dogs spend a good chunk of time looking for something to hump. They try pillows, furry creatures, people’s legs and even other animals.

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Came across a curious flyer for the Vital-Orbit Personal Human Force Field in SOMA, one of the many wonders that can be found at The Jejune Institute.

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Vital-Orbit Personal Human Force Field

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Twitter has just redesigned their home page with an emphasis on search.

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whoiseyevan imagines what Ghost Busters would have been like if made in 1954.

What if…Ghostbusters, the movie, was shot in 1954 instead of 1984? Who should be part of the cast? Would they have the same equipment? Who would they battle? Considering Dan Aykroyd’s concept owes a lot to Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello, and Lewis and Martin comedies of the 40s and 50s, it is not that big of a stretch to speculate.

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Trailer for Ghost Busters (1954)

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In anticipation of the premier of Mad Men season 3 on August 16th, AMC has launched Mad Men Yourself, featuring character illustrations by Dyna Moe.

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Mad Men Yourself

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On May 20th, 2009 my friend Drew Olanoff was diagnosed with cancer (stage 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma), since then he’s been having his friends blame anything and everything on his cancer through his website Blame Drew’s Cancer.

Next Wednesday, August 5th Drew is hosting a BlameDrewsCancer Blowout at the Dragon Bar in San Francisco. The event is a benefit for Livestrong, a foundation created by Lance Armstrong to help fight cancer.

If you can’t make the benefit, but would like to contribute, donations can be made through the BlameDrewsCancer sponsor page on Livestrong.

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Blame Drew’s Cancer Blowout, A Benefit For Livestrong, The Lance Armstrong Foundation

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