In the spirit of the weekend (in that it is a weekend), I thought I’d share a little tidbit I just ran across in the LA Times.

As of August 13,  Ghostbusters is viewable for free, in its entirety, on YouTube. In a deal with Sony, YouTube is displaying the movie in the Sony Crackle player. The move is to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original movie.  You can view the film through August 20. As they put it on the YouTube blog,

But don’t take this opportunity for granted. You only have seven days to watch the movie before it ceases any and all supernatural activity and returns forthwith to its place of origin — or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension. So we’re challenging you, the YouTube community, to get out there and watch it, comment on it, and share it with your friends.

And in case you’re too young to have seen the original, or just need a refresher, here’s a trailer for your enjoyment:

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Cheers!

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by Brian Solis

His vision: The Digital Family Reunion (DFR).

On Thursday, December 11th, the Digital Family Reunion united Southern California technology and business communities at the Skirball Cultural Center for one, absolutely epic event. In association with some of the region’s top trade associations and real world social networks, the DFR rekindled old relationships, sparked new alliances, and set the stage to kick off 2009 with a bright new hope and a head start.

The DFR aimed to fuse 1.0 + 2.0 to connect one another and inspire opportunities that will serve our industries, our region, and our society at large.

The theme?

“If we knew how connected we all are, how would that change everything?”

I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…

Alexandra Mokh, Amanda Coolong, Heather Meeker

Laurie and Sean Percival

Desdemona Bandini

Ilija Ognenovski and Dragana Ognenovska of WorldSings.com, Sean Percival

Jeff Henderson

Becky Ryan wearning 1928

Nicole Jordan, Jackie Peters, Lotay Yang, Kurt Daradics, Andrew Warner, Francisco Dao, Sloane Berrent, Serena Ehrlich, Paige Craig, Shira Lazar

Matt Singley, Kurt Daradics, Matt McCartie

Cristina Cinque, Michael Pilla, Tony Adam

Dwayne Larring, Ryan Tallent, Jimmy Nelson, Scott Shavoni Parker, Kurt Daradics, Kurty D’s Mom

Joe Said, Heather Meeker

Stephanie Agresta and Mike Prasad

Jason Wilk & Carson Bowley

Francisco Dao as Elvis, baby

Nicole Jordan, Shira Lazar, Jackie Peters

Jackie Peters, Francisco Dao, Paige Craig, Lotay Yang, Robyn Nicole Cohen, Todd Cohen

Mark Jeffrey of Mahalo and Nicole Jordan

Becky Ryan, Heather Meeker, Serena Ehrlich

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For more pictures from DFR08, please visit my album on flickr.

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