PLAY THIS SONG FOR AT LEAST 3 MINUTES – you’ll thank me.
Last Saturday was the 86th annual Palo Alto May Fete.
It’s a parade.
But it may be one of the only parades in the world where you can see Brownies, Imperial Stormtroopers, Kung Fu schools, highschool bands, go-carts, and a street cleaner.
It’s awesome.
Oh man . . . my creativity gland is sore from spending the day at the 2008 Maker Faire. I don’t even have the energy to make a video of it; below are some photo highlights.
If you live in the Bay Area: GO!
It’s happening tomorrow (Sunday) also.
GO! . . . and be crafty.
Bonus Round: Hacker Mullet!
Bookmark this post – we will be updating this schedule as events appear
Here’s a working list of upcoming bitchin’ stuff, mark your calendars:
MAY
May 1 – The Breeders will make an appearance at Amoeba Music, San Francisco.
May 2 – The film Iron Man opens.
May 2 – The (limited) opening of the film Son of Rambow.
May 3-4 – The Maker Faire, San Mateo County Fairgrounds.
May 4 – The Japanese Nikkei Matsuri Festival in Japantown, San Jose.
May 6-7 – Flight of the Conchords play the Town Hall Theatre, NY.
May 9-11 – The 37th annual Stanford Pow-Wow.
May 16 – Actor/author/director Henry Winkler speaks at the Menlo Park library. Coool! ‘The Fonz.”
May 17 – The Blogadilla 1 year anniversary!!
May 22 – The long-awaited film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens.
May 22 – The Yard Dogs Road Show hobo cabaret plays the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, CA.
May 23 – The (limited) opening of the John Cusack film War, Inc..
May 24-25 – The Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras, Morgan Hill, CA.
May 25 – The Neil Diamond cover band SuperDiamond plays Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley.
May 25 – NASA’s Phoenix Lander will land near the north pole of Mars.
May 25 – The Crucible in conjunction with NASA present a Mars-themed show “Fire and Ice,” Oakland, CA.
May 27 – Flight of the Conchords play Hob Hill Masonic Center, San Francisco.
May 29 – Flight of the Conchords play Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco.
May 31 – The Neil Diamond cover band SuperDiamond plays Harrah’s, Lake Tahoe.
This Saturday and Sunday (May 3nd – 4st) is Make Magazine’s third annual ‘Maker Faire’ – a festival of DIY and all things hacker.
At the San Mateo County Fairgrounds, adult day pass $25, student $15, child $10.
Here’s a video I made of last year’s Maker Faire:
My three favorite words: FREE CONE DAY
No, it’s not a joke – today is ‘Free Cone Day’ at Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Stores, to celebrate their 30th anniversary of dairy loving.
(via Isabel – thanks!)
I usually could give a flying F$%# about celebrities.
Other than making fun of them.
Go Fug Yourself has a great drunken Lindsay Lohan and Sharon Stone dialogue – this is some brilliant comedy writing.
(via Susan)
A spectacular gallery of old school rap/hip-hop party flyers.
This is like an archaeological record of the early history of hip-hop.
Also, they make great laptop wallpapers.
John Linnell - Nevada: 
