Month: November 2006

I’m off to SRL in a bit, but just read this article in the New York Times magazine today about videoblogging, with a focus on the funny: The Online Auteurs by Matthew Klam. It’s interesting, informative and totally worth reading, especially hot on the heels of last weekend’s Vloggies — it ends nicely with Ze…

* Holy shit, condom ads that joke about rape and HIV?! Reader E writes me, “I’m writing specifically about your Pronto Condoms blog entry on 6/11. I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the ‘Jacob’ in the male advert is Jacob Zuma – the South African politician who ‘took a shower to avoid HIV‘ I’m…

Spent a nice day at the SRL shop working with Mark: I started an SRL: Shop days photoset here if you want to follow along at home. As you can see, Mr. Satan, made of solid steel, is out of the box and ready for action after over 80 hours in the CNC machine having…

* A big thank you to the editor of the East Bay Express — one of their writers had a piece run yesterday that mentioned “Violet Blue” onstage at Exotic Erotic getting naked and whipped — it was *so not* me. I emailed asking for an online clarification because it was coming up in searches,…

My new Chron column is up: Violet and the Dildo Factory, where I tour local dildo makers Vixen Creations. Snip: “We have a dildo factory hidden in plain sight here in San Francisco, and in one sense I did get a Golden Ticket in that I got a tour — a tour with benefits. But…

Longtime readers will remember that I’ve presented twice at this thing called Dorkbot SF, and that I’m a regular attendee of the monthly event whose tagline is “People doing strange things with electricity.” I recently did this moblie video interview with tonight’s guest curator (screeching around SF streets in his ’67 Triumph!). Tonight’s Dorkbot looks…