Andy Warhol got it slightly wrong. He should’ve said “In the future, everyone will have 15 items with their own personal brand”:
Yes, the Nelson Mandela car air freshener is real, smells like cookies and is available online for a paltry US$2.99.
Pixies Raw Materials is an art piece by Jochen Gerner that lists some of the materials and energy emissions mentioned in the lyrics of songs by Boston-based alt-rock group The Pixies. Can you name the songs in which they appear? 
Here’s a flowchart for Bonnie Tyler’s eighties classic, Total Eclipse of the Heart:
In case you’re not familiar with the song, here’s the video.
The YouTube video below purports to feature Larry David rapping Das Racist’s Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. However, the guy says that he’s preparing Christmas dinner, which should be a clue that it isn’t Mr. Curb Your Enthusiasm in front of the camera. Still, it’s amusing to see someone clearly outside Das Racist’s audience enjoying their number:
Nobody in Accordion City throws a charity event quite like its creative techies, and the latest such event is hoHOTo. It’s the summer sequel to HoHoTO, a charity party that got put together in mere days, not weeks or months, by some very ambitious Toronto techies on Twitter.
HoHOTo’s charity is the Daily Bread Food Bank, the organization dedicated to eliminating hunger in and around Toronto. They provide food to hungry people. offer support with issues that often accompany hunger – social benefits, housing, employment, immigration – and work to create social change to reduce poverty through research, education and advocacy.
A recent report from the Daily Bread Food Bank says:
A new report released today by the Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) revealed that there has been an alarming increase in the number of persons turning to food banks in Ontario since last fall. Between September 2007 and September 2008, food banks in Ontario have reported an average increase of 13 per cent in the number of neighbours turning to them for support.
HoHOTo will take place tomorrow night at Suite 106 & Wetbar, located deep in clubland at Peter and Adelaide, from 7 p.m. until late, with DJs and cash bars plying their trade all night. Only 500 tickets were made available, with prices rising steadily as the event drew nearer. In these last hours before the event, tickets are now $40 each and it appears that only three or so dozen remain.
Microsoft, for whom I work as a Developer Evangelist, is a sponsor of the event and has provided me with two HoHOTo tickets to raffle off. I’ll make it simple – just email me at joey.devilla@microsoft.com by 6:00 p.m. tonight and I’ll put your name into a lottery for those tickets. I’ll announce the winner on the blog tonight.
The anime-girl outfits that the YouTube user “hjfreaks” wears may be a little off-putting, but if the bass tracks on these video are really of him playing, he’s pretty good:
Sometimes a guy wants to take a break from blistering bass runs and just dance:
Photo courtesy of “supermezzo”.