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Red Cross Earthquake Preparedness ad 

Photo credit: Jason de Fillippo

Nice earthquake preparedness ad campaign from the Bay Area Red Cross: they've got a billboard truck in San Francisco's Justin Herman plaza that when viewed from the right angle overlays right on top of the real architecture. More on the campaign here. (Via Jason de Fillippo, thanks to my cousin Aaron for the link.)

Random factoid of the day: Standard 

Random factoid of the day:

• Percentage of cars sold in the US that have a standard transmission: 16%.
• Percentage of days in the year where we use standard time: 34.8%

Spray paint artist at work 

Impressive video of a spray-paint artist doing a sci-fi painting in under 9 minutes (even faster than the "happy little trees" guy!). Worth watching the whole thing. (Thanks to my dad for the link.)

Event: Instructables show and tell, this Friday (Alameda) & Saturday (Boston) 

The Instructables Show and Tell (formerly Squid Labs Light Salon) is this Friday in Alameda and Saturday in Boston. Not sure if I'll be able to make it to this one but the last one I went to was a blast.