Shepard Fairey is the fella who made the (most famous) Barack Obama poster. He’s currently in a little bit of hot water about the image he used as inspiration for his poster (one of which is hanging up in the Smithsonian, so suck on that AP news).  I, of course, totally ripped the dude off making my own poster (Fair use! Fair use!). There are web sites out there that will let you upload your own photo and make it into a fake Obama poster, but they pretty much all turn out like crap. I made mine in Illustrator with my own two hands (while walking barefoot, in the snow, over broken glass, while listening to Celine Dion). There’s been a million parodies about this iconic image.  Here’s a little video glossing over some of that and showing off some of his work. 

And, oh golly, what’s this? Is this a link to my store where you can buy Mayor Awesome themed stuff? Why yes, I believe it is. [Link]

Geez this reminds me of middle school so much. It’s almost painful to watch. 

Turn it up to 11! We’re killin Rebelz boooyyyee!

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[UPDATE]: The Full Ginsberg tweets: “I want to drop it like it’s Hoth.” Well played gentlemen.

Being an owner of both a mustache and a beard, I have a special place in my heart for women who… um, have a special place in their heart for facial hair. Here are two of my favorite songs about face fungus:

Zoe: “Optional Accessory”  

Sophie Madeleine : “The Beard Song” 

I’m so jealous of these kids. They get to play around with a giant ass screen (actually a bunch of screens networked together). A fellow named Daniel Shiffman teaches a class and writes books about a programming language called Processing. I’m slowly learning the language in my spare time following along with this book (Which is excellent btw). Here are some videos of his giant screen:

Big Screens Class @ IAC, Session 2 from shiffman on Vimeo.

Big Screens - Caves of Wonder by Matt Parker from Gizmodo on Vimeo.

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This guy is my hero. I was once spotted on a Jumbotron. I was at a White Sox game one cold autumn day with my buddy Commissioner Cool. They started up the fan cam and I told Comm. Cool that if we got on it we had to start picking our noses. Not 20 seconds later, there we were, on the big ass screen in center field. “Pick your nose! Pick your nose!” I screamed. A collective “Ugggh!” could be heard from the crowd. Picking my nose in front of 30,000 people on a giant television remains, to this day, one of my greatest accomplishments.

The Space Game is a space-based RTS involving building up a mining base while holding back enemies.

Earlier levels see mining asteroids being the main priority, while later on surviving wave after wave of incoming attackers in the number one concern. It’s simple but very polished, with a number of different modes to choose from and a variety of baddies heading your way. I seriously played this so-called “causal” game for about 5 hours in one sitting. It’s pretty close to perfect. 

Play it at the Casual Collective

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• Fair warning to all of my Twitter peeps: I’m doing a mass update of my blog, and I’ve got my blog set to update twitter with each post. #
• Just put up a store to sell junk… er HQ Stuff: http://www.cafepress.com/MayorAwesome. Huzza for capitalism! Suck on that commies. #
• Hey everybody, Conan’s last night in NY is tonight: http://tinyurl.com/cnm8zp Be sure to tune in and watch it. #
• @smoothlou Get your ass on stage! You’ve got tickets to sell! in reply to smoothlou #
• I have determined that this graph also applies to blogging: http://xkcd.com/323/ although I do agree that it works with programming too. #
• @TheFullGinsburg that’s what she said. Sorry, low hanging fruit. Ooh! That’s ALSO what she said. Damn I’m on fire! in reply to TheFullGinsburg #
• Will Ferrel on Conan’s last show: http://twitpic.com/1lpvw #
• @smoothlou I was thinking about it, but I’ve got a birthday at Fogo De Chizow tomorrow. Email me details, I’ll blag about it anyway. in reply to smoothlou #

Get ‘em while they’re hot. I just downloaded a copy of GTA II, a game I played for hours upon hours as a kid. Also check out Scorched 3D. Welp, there goes my productivity.
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