This is either an awesome hack, or a very clever marketing campaign on the part of Dreamworks.

(sent in by Dan Berman.)

The Wall Street Journal put together this profile of SFZero.

SFZero is a Collaborative Production Game. Players build characters by completing tasks for their groups and increasing their Score. The goals of play include meeting new people, exploring the city, and participating in non-consumer leisure activities.

Cool project and a nice video, but we’re not sure why the WSJ scored the video with such annoying music.

via ffffound

This looks like it’s from a European prank show.

via The Art of the Prank

The date of Improv Everywhere’s annual Mp3 Experiment has been announced. New York City will be hosting its fifth annual event and the fun is touring this year to Chicago and San Francisco. For now only the dates have been released, but more information will be released the week of September 15.

9/27 - NYC (Governor’s Island)
9/28 - Chicago (Location TBA)
10/4 - San Francisco (Location TBA)

Mp3 Experiment 5 - Save The Date at Improv Everywhere

Some clever pranksters managed to get this sign onto MSNBC’s coverage of the DNC on Monday night. I saw it live and found it quite hilarious. I found it a little less funny when I realized the DNC was taking place at the Pepsi Center (I thought it was a total non-sequitur,) but it’s still awesome to see something this silly in a crowd otherwise filled with 9/11 conspiracy theorists.

via Agent Skwrl

Last week we told you about how our friend James Powderly was detained along with other US activists/artists in China. Thankfully they are all back home. Here’s his interview with Rocketboom where he explains how it went down.

Talking Head David Byrne designed some awesome bike racks for the NYC Department of Transportation. Amazingly, the DOT swiftly gave him the green light to turn his sketches into reality.

Gothamist has a great photo gallery of all of the racks installed so far.

Last weekend, GuerilLA held an impromptu Finish Line on The Strand in Manhattan Beach, CA.

The race was complete with a Finish Line sign, finish line tape, water tables, supportive signs, journalists, photographers, videographers, and a large cheering group of people spread along a quarter mile of The Strand. Runners and cyclists had no idea that they were actually near the end of a marathon, until the last second!

- Saturday in Las Vegas: Urban Conga Line
- Saturday in Mexico City: Kiss Parade
- Saturday in Austin: Bat Bridge Pillow Fight
- Sunday in Lisbon: A mission described in Portuguese!

Also, there’s mischief being planned in the Twin Cities for Tuesday the 26th…

Know anything else going on? Let everyone know in the comments.