As you know I was invited to give a Google Talk at the Google Campus in Mountain View -- and in fact I did a 45 minute lecture performance on July 15. I decided to talk about "Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market" (a talk I already presented at ETech 2008 and various other cons) and it went really well. It got great feedback from attending folks.

Well, I waited for the talk to appear on Google's YouTube stream. And waited. And waited. People actually sent me emails and asked me if I faked the Google Talk. Faking a Google Talk? Oh my, no.

What could be taking them so long?

I asked a friend at Google and it seems a director in the Global Communications and Public Affairs office does not think the content of my talk is appropriate for uploading to YouTube. Quote: "Given the level of profanity, sexual content, and shocking images in it, I do not think it is appropriate for the Google Tech Talks channel on YouTube."

Oh wow.

I guess I briefly mentioned ou

Boccalone gets new, porcine signage [Photo: Eater SF Flickr Pool] Q&A With Reza Esmaili, Bartender at Conduit [SFE]

"Rustic Yet Sensuous" Bar Bites at Pizzaiolo [Chron]

Cookbook Sales Rising This Fall [Slashfood]

Bargain Bites: Cafe M on Berkeley's Fourth Street [Chron]

More Thoughts on the Rejuvenated Tiki Craze [F&W]

Two Men Rob Fisherman's Wharf 7-11, Immediately Get Caught [SFE]

Photos of the Blue Bottle Cafe and Its Siphon Never Get Old [Laughing Squid]

Join monochrom and Laughing Squid for drinks at Lucky 13 in San Francisco tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1st at 8pm. It's your last chance to hang out with the monochrom crew before we head back to Vienna (via Jamaica).

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jenna wortham von wired berichtet über arse elektronika.Forget wondering whether androids dream of electric sheep. The real question is: Do they have erotic visions and robot orgies?

From movies and television to comic books and the internet, science fiction not only creates fantastical visions of the future, but provides a template for the continuing evolution of sex, according to Johannes Grenzfurthner, founder of Austrian art collective monochrom.

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scott beale hat ein paar wunderbare fotos vom foo camp 2008 verffentlicht... und ein paar von unseren freunden kiki und bubu sind auch dabei.

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sie mgen die superlssigen tech-business-fritzen ja nicht so gerne, aber kiki und bubu sind keine kostverchter. deswegen haben sich unsere freunde auf der schickimicki-party von mashable rumgetrieben.

party-info und fotos von brian solis.

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und hier gibts noch ein interview-foto.

Goaded by a commenter, writer Rex Sorgatz wrote a passionate defense of those who share intimate details of their lives online. The media blogger (and recent author of a piece on microfame for New York) had linked to his anonymous Tumblr blog, which documented conversations Rex had about New York and the hookup scene. (The blog was outed even more quickly than Rex expected.) Rex says his pillow-talk conversations weren't oversharing, and fuck you for accusing him of that. So what's his defense, and is there anything still too intimate to blog? Rex says: If that fucking Tumblr is oversharing, then so is writing a goddamn novel. It's just some random fucking quotes that I sorta thought summarized a certain kind of feeling, aesthetic, angst at this particular historical moment. And: I don't like this reactionary voice on the internet that wishes to turn everything into bland, impersonal, "boredwithit" blog junk. The internet was once a big experiment of people trying out new personal forms, but we've reached thi

This is the current scene at Bob's Donut & Pastry Shop on Polk Street. If you thought Flickr fanatics were the type to pass up free donuts, then you'd be very erroneous. At least several dozens of people—all toting fancy digital cameras, natch—queued up at the normally-empty donut shop for, um, one free donut each, courtesy of Flickr. Meanwhile, confused old people meandered through the sidewalk masses, wondering when America's youth decided to stop going to work. Sidenote: Swan Oyster Depot down the street has no line as of 11:15.

Free Donuts [Daily Feed]

We Demand Donuts From Flickr! [Laughing Squid]

Best Buy Apologizes For Cease & Desist Letter to Laughing Squid BlogWendy Seltzer, via Scott Beale of Laughing Squid, December 12, 2007 Abstract: Best Buy sent a cease-and-desist to Scott Beale of Laughing Squid for reporting on an "Improv Everywhere" prank and their sales of T-shirts mocking the Best Buy logo. Best Buy claimed the post infringed its trademarks and copyrights by "promoting" T-shirt sales. Laughing Squid promptly posted the C&D, where it was picked up by BoingBoing and Slashdot. But Best Buy seems to have learned from the hubub, and sent its apologies a day later:

"We appreciate your clarification of the nature of your posting. We do object to sales of T-shirts or other products bearing a logo which violates our trademarks or copyrights or other misuse of our logo in commercial ventures. However, we do not object to fair and accurate reporting fo facts, and respect the First Amendment rights of Laughing Squid and other bloggers to provide articles or commentary on current events. Now

We dropped into the inaugural NewTeeVee Live! conference this week so Irina could ask some burning questions on fashion, content, and of course everyone’s favorite subject, the long tail.

Episode links: NewTeeVee Live, Revision3, Laughing Squid, OpenRoad.TV, Xlntads, Heather Gold, Seesmic

Formats available: Portable (iPod/iPhone) | Quicktime (.mov)