Jake went on vacation for a few days, and came back to find his desk protected (perhaps infested…) by unicorns.
Cornify is the #1 unicorn and rainbow service worldwide, giving websites sparkle around the world. I think Yoko & Justin should start a brick and mortar Cornify business. They obviously have the skillzzz.
I stopped by the bacon yogurt celebration a few weeks ago. The stuff is tasty.
Doc Pop’s Bacon Yogurt on Youtube
Only 2 more days to eat the delicious Bacon, maple, cereal yogurt at YoCup. Try it before it’s gone! If you don’t live in San Francisco, just add the ingredients to some plain yogurt, and it’s almost the same experience.
Speaking of bacon and dessert, Heather Lynch took the grand prize at BaconCamp for her Maker’s Mark Ice Cream with a Maple Caramel Swirl and Candied Bacon Bits. I didn’t make it out to to the event (yes, it was my baby, but so it goes), and I’m hoping Heather will make another batch soon so I can taste it. Yum!
BTW BaconCamp kicked major ass. 40+ presentations, 9 prizes, 300+ people, $1500+ raised for AHA. I am thoroughly pleased. Expect another BaconCampSF in a few months. Check out the blog for more details about the past event, and some photos on flickr.
I, unfortunately, wasn’t around to capture the move from Brickhouse to Sansome, so here’s a video of our move from Jumpcut to Brickhouse.
I will miss:
the ridiculous amount of space
the nice Brickhouse coffee & Cafe Centro folks
working near some dear friends
stopping by Whole Foods on my way home
I’m looking forward to:
working near some other dear friends
Hot financial district people (aka fai deee hotties)
new food places
proximity to ChinaTown, with all it’s weird Asian treats
the view
One book closed, another opens.
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been more than a month since I thought about organizing BaconCamp. It’s a little more than a week away, and I can’t wait. Everyone has been so supportive and helpful. I’m feeling and appreciating all the love.
Don’t forget to get your ticket early.
BaconCamp San Francisco
when: March 21, 2009 1pm-5pm
where: 500 3rd Street, Suite 510
cost: $0-20 donations – proceeds go to American Heart Association
Vanessa and I made this video to help you learn all about bacon:
We are still looking for more submissions for dishes and art so please tell your friends and sign up today. Sign up by Monday, March 16th so that we can guarantee you a spot and make sure you have what you need to shine.
You only have 4 days left! We’ll have a few open slots for presentations the day of, but you want to sign.
Need a little inspiration?Check out this post for ideas and suggestions of what you could present for BaconCamp
Scott also put together this great video of bacon memes:
BaconCamp – The Internet Bacon Meme in 60 Seconds from Bac'n.com on Vimeo.
Hope to see you guys there!
It’s around that time again, when my twitter feed is flooded with conversations about sxsw. Many claim that Twitter was put on the map by SXSW 07, when throngs of geeks and bloggers used the service to praise and criticize panels and to find out where the partying was happening.
Fortunately, Twitter has become much more stable since then, and is now a pretty reliable service. I got curious to see if I could find my first tweet. They still have the data! Check out the little video I made about my first tweet.
I want to know what was your first tweet? Tag your tweet #my1sttweet. It’ll make it much easier to search for your tweets. If you’re not on twitter, you should join!
If you’re not going to SXSW this year, and do not want the constant barrage of tweets from your friends, try Twitter Snooze to silence them for a few days.
EDIT: Looks like Twitter doesn’t keep the data for all users depending on how many tweets you have. Try finding your earliest tweet. 
Justine is doing a series where she answers user submitted questions. Check out the first episode. I finally got a chance to put together a little video.
I got a couple of “creepy” comments. Ha. Am I creepy?
With the release of Adobe’s CS4 I was able to download another free trial of After Effects. I first used AE more than a year ago in Resurrection (where I bring Justine back from the dead). I’ve never considered any Adobe software intuitive, and it took me 4 hours to figure out how to mask & blur the license plate on the car (that you see for all of 3 seconds). After a year of working with flash and delving deeper into photoshop, AE finally clicks. It turns out Flash & AE have a lot of similarities. Trials are 30 days long, so I’m trying to learn as much effecting as I can in the next few weeks. Rendering takes a while on my poor little lappy, though.
While I was editing the Ask IJ video I had one of those “woah this is amazing moments”. When I was young, I watched Mary Poppins easily 100 times.
In the above scene Bert dances with animated penguins. I have no concept of how accomplished that effect at the time. Were they literally slicing images together with the cells frame by frame? Possibly. It is truly stunning to think how far we’ve come. I have the tools to do the same thing more efficiently on my laptop, and the software was free (for 30 days). Go technology.
I can bake really quickly:
Cupcake baking and frosting on youtube
Normally I don’t use a box mix, but I thought that it would be quicker. The caramel frosting came out a bit runnier than I expected. I halved the recipe, and I don’t think my kitchenaid could properly whip the frosting when there was less of it in the bowl. Next time I will use a hand mixer.
I basically followed the recipe on the box. In general I use local or organic ingredients for all my cooking. In case the recipe in the video is too hard to follow, here are detailed instructions.
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Lego Turing Machine on Youtube
This is as geeky as it gets. Behold the awesome power of the Lego Turing Machine. If you don’t know about Turing Machines, you can still enjoy that it is made of Legos. I was really into CS theory in college, so this video provides endless enjoyment for me. I hope they make a sequel for multitape Turing Machines.
Happy sweets and flowers day. Some call it “single awareness day”. Usually I completely ignore this holiday, but I couldn’t resist these adorable Valentines.
I have a few to give away, so if you’d like one subscribe to my youtube channel and send me a note. I’ll try to send them all out by Valentines. Hope you all have a happy one!
Seriously, there was absolutely no way for me to resist the cards.
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Have you heard of Twestival? Twestival is an event to bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water. The organization helps provide clean water in Africa. You know how you’re not supposed to drink the water in Mexico because you might get diarrhea? Imagine that water a zillion times worse. Now imagine that people drink it, because they have no choice.
Location: Harlot. 46 Minna Street, The Paradise Lounge, 1501 Folsom Street @ 11th Street, San Francisco, CA
Date: February 12, 2009
Time: 6pm
There are Twestivals around the world, so check out the sidebar on the main site for one near you.
I made this video to contribute to Justine’s video. If you want to add your bit to her collaborative video, read the full details on her blog.
And here is her video:
I’m very excited about this event because it executes beautifully on a concept I’ve talked about (and am attempting with BaconCamp): Geeks getting together to help make the world a better place. More than 180 Twestivals are being organized around the world.
The story of Charity:water is inspiring. Billions of people don’t have access to the clean, safe drinking water that is right beneath them, so they don’t have to drink from dirty streams and ponds. Typhoid, Cholera and other water-related diseases devastate communities, who’s medical facilities (if they exists) don’t have the capacity to help all the sick and dying.
The organization helps build and repair water wells in Africa. Weibel met the founder, Scott, a few year ago at Sundance. You can read his story here. I believe we tried to put a yvideo/jumpcut network together for his organization, but it unfortunately never worked out. It’s amazing to see him apply his party promotion skills to promoting Charity:water.
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