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Advertising, California, Design, History, Print, San Francisco Bay Area, Vintage Bay Area, Essex, Japanese Match Company, matches, Phillumeny, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Brewing Company, stone litho printing, vintage matchboxes
While feeding my phillumeny habit recently I had a lucky strike with these terrific vintage Japanese made matchbox labels of businesses in and around San Francisco. All are from around the 1900’s, so most of these places are long gone but who knows, maybe someone out there has some stories […]
California, Comedy, Funny, Health, Music, Video, Words etc Advertising, Comedian, Copywriter, Funny Video, Lyrics, Ray Connelly, Stand-Up Comedy, Words etc.
The lyrics are pretty funny on this new music video from Okay Ray. Ray is a talented copywriter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I guess working and raising two toddlers leaves him lots of spare time for his standup comedy and song writing!
California, Crime, Hacking, Hmmn Interesting, Middle East, PSA, Tech Brochure, Hacking, Israel, Khashoggi, Mexico, NSO Group, Phantom, San Diego PD, Saudi Arabia, Spyware, Westbridge
“Turn your target’s smartphone into an intelligence goldmine” That’s the pitch from NSO Groups’ Westbridge to US police departments. I’m not sure which is worse, the fact that they are able to sell this technology freely in the US or that law enforcement officials find the hacking technology “awesome.” Outside […]
Advertising, California, Funny, Politics, Skills, Words etc Advertising, Funny Story, Jay Chiat, Shithead, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Trump, Words etc.
This year, TBWA/Chiat/Day celebrates its 50th anniversary, and all this week the agency has been marking the milestone with reverence, nostalgia and a little bit of mischief – much of it honoring the spirit of its legendary co-founder Jay Chiat. With 50 years come plenty of memories, and TBWA/Chiat/Day N.Y. […]
Design, Drugas, Illustration, Nature, Print, Religion, San Francisco Bay Area Blotter, Drugas, Drugs, Graphic Illustration, Hendrix, LSD, Prints, Product Design, Psychedelics, Snow White, Tab Acid
Recently, The LSD Blotter just started showing up in my Twitter feed. The Twitter account bills itself as ‘Your Home for Psychedelic News! LSD Blotter Art Posted Daily!’ and apart from their Instagram account they don’t show up anywhere else. They could be associated with BlotterArt.com as some of the same […]
Animation, San Francisco Bay Area, Skills 3D Animation, Animation, Dreamworks, Goro Fujita, Quill, VR, VR Comics
❝ I’m now convinced that VR comics will be a thing! 😀 Took a dragon ball page and made a #VR #Quill version of it. Check it out in VR in #FacebookSpaces! ❞ I randomly came across these animations by Goro Fujita on Twitter. Great stuff and I think after […]
California, Drugas, Funny, Hmmn Interesting, Politics, Weird News 420, American Green Inc, California, Drugas, Hmmn. Interesting., Weird News
Miss me some Cali — ‘Marijuana company buys California town, plans pot paradise’ From CNN: Don’t be surprised if there is a sign one day on a small California town that reads “Welcome to Nipton: A Place to Get Stoned.” The entire town of 120 acres was purchased Thursday by American […]
California, Design, History, Hmmn Interesting, Nature, Weird News California, Corn Maze, Hmmn. Interesting., Nature
From the SacBee: Interstate 80’s most famous Halloween roadside attraction has retained its place in the record books. Cool Patch Pumpkins’ epic corn maze has been certified once again as the world’s largest, according to Guinness World Records. Now at 63 acres, the corn maze created by brothers Matt and […]
California, History, Photography, San Francisco Bay Area, Skills Book Design, Frederic Larson, Mystical San Francisco, Photography, San Francisco
Frederic Larson: Mystical San Francisco Frederic Larson is a former San Francisco Chronicle photographer known for his iconic shots of the Golden Gate Bridge and other landmarks. Check back for regular updates of some of his incredible images. Be a Friend of Photography and take images such as these, get details here. Buy […]
Fashion, Funny, Photography, San Francisco Bay Area Funny Picture, Laundry
A laundromat in Bernal Heights sock exchange. Found on Flickr