Billy Green writes, "This is video I shot at the Boing Boing Picnic in 2010. Music by Dr. Popular recorded live at the picnic." Such fantastic footage!

Two very fun videos from the first-ever Boing Boing picnic, held this past weekend in San Francisco: first, a wonderful little montage of scenes, set to an original (composed live!) DocPop score, by Boing Boing reader Billy Green. (direct video link)

And then, what happens when you attach a Droid to a dirigible, by Boing Boing reader Neil Fraser. — Read the rest

Boing Boing reader SFslim started an impromptu Analog Twitter board at the Boing Boing picnic. Following it gives you a decent idea of some of the events that were happening on-site. Here's a transcript (it was originally offline and written in Sharpie):

Will: Because no one else wants to post first!

(photos: Daisy with fire by Alexia Tsotsis/Andy Wright of SF Weekly. At left, BB banner and Boinged-out Doughboy by bgreensf)

We had so much fun at the first-ever Boing Boing Picnic (actually, the first meatspace BB event of any kind!) — Read the rest

We had an exquisite corpse game going at the Boing Boing picnic this past weekend. It was written on a giant yellow notepad; I brought it home and transcribed it. The resulting story is truly a reflection of the Boing Boing readership — it takes unexpected twists and turns and features soul-eating clowns, fire-breathing dragons, and toilet paper tweets. — Read the rest

The Boing Boing Picnic is in two days, and we could really use some extra arms and legs and tentacles to help us make sure the event runs smoothly. If you're coming and can dedicate an hour or two to helping David, Xeni, Dean, and me in making sure things run smoothly, please send an email to mango [at] tokyomango [dot] com, subject line: Picnic Volunteer with your name and what time you're available between 11AM and 4PM. — Read the rest

We're having our first ever Boing Boing picnic this Saturday in San Francisco. Xeni, David, Dean, and I will be there — come say hi! It's BYOB, but we'll have some t-shirts and stickers to give away. RSVP on our Facebook page or just show up. — Read the rest

We're having our first ever Boing Boing meet-up in San Francisco this summer! We hope you'll come hang out with us at Golden Gate Park on July 10 from 11am to 3pm! Bring food, drink, and wonderful things for show-and-tell. We'll have new BB tshirts and stickers to give away. — Read the rest

I was thrilled when talented San Francisco family and lifestyle photographer Nancy Nguyen-Wong of Bug And Bean Photography asked if she could set up a photo station at the Boing Boing picnic! She's posted some selects from the picnic on her blog, including a sample of the portraits and also candid shots. — Read the rest

Dean and I found this slug and snail poison at Costco today while shopping for the Boing Boing picnic tomorrow.

This Saturday in San Francisco, the Rock Poster Society and American Poster Institute are teaming up for Flaststock 25 — By the Bay, a huge rock poster show in Golden Gate Park's Hall of Flowers. The event is from 10am to 6pm. — Read the rest