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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Day Around The Bay: Possible Zodiac Killer Is Not So Alive
In Thursday's roundup: possible Zodiac killer updates, weepy Golden Gate views, no more billboards, a rude prostitute, pig's blood candy, and cocktail awards for local bars. [ more › ]
SFist Reviews: 'Endgame' and 'Play' at A.C.T.
We'll begin by admitting something that will likely color the tone of this review, and should affect how seriously you want to take our opinion: We love Samuel Beckett. The late, great playwright and novelist, who was Irish and an early disciple of James Joyce but wrote his plays primarily in…
Facebook Names A Price: $38 Per Share
Facebook will unleash its historic initial public offering at $38 a share. Billed as the largest internet IPO in history, the deal should garner the social networking mammoth around "$16 billion in proceeds," and place the company at more than $100 billion value-wise. CNBC reports: "Including the…
Krug Champagne's Publicity Stunt At Burning Man Backfires
Krug Champagne summoned the wrath of many Burners (one year later!) after they staged a crass publicity stunt involving "society bloggers" at Burning Man 2011. As many of you know, Burning Man is a non-commercial event where all media must be approved via an understandably strict committee. The…
Video: Gay Marriage Expertly Compared To Sushi
Social psychologist and morality expert Jonathan Haidt recently gave a talk before the American Enterprise Institute during which he was asked by writer and gay rights activist Jonathan Rauch how attitudes towards same-sex marriage, particularly in America in recent years, could have changed so…
SFist Tonight, 5/17: Broke-Ass Stuart's 10th Year In S.F.
Tonight, Broke-Ass Stuart celebrates his 10th year of living in S.F. with a big bash, Intersection for the Arts presents a happy hour vis-a-vis mobile theater project, and the Asian Art Museum provides a sneak peek at its upcoming 'Phantoms of Asia' exhibition. [ more › ]
Etiquette Week: How to Conduct Yourself Like a Human in a Bar or Club
As you've hopefully caught on, it's National Etiquette Week here at SFist, and so far it's prompted lively discussions about children in restaurants, backpacks on BART, and where and how jaywalking might be acceptable. Today we turn our attention to places where all etiquette usually gets thrown…
Tiny Steve Jobs Selling iPhones In Midtown Manhattan
Walking through Midtown Manhattan this afternoon I came a cross a tiny Steve Jobs dilegently hawking iPhones in the window of Cellular Express on 38th at 6th Ave. I could just barely make out him saying “insanely great”. photo by Scott Beale
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US Military Demonstrates Experimental Flying Platform (1955)
This 1955 newsreel clip from British Pathé shows a demonstration flight of the Hiller Flying Platform, an experimental manned hover craft then in development by the US Army and Navy. The military ultimately ruled the platform impractical and it never entered service. photo via The Smithsonian
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Residents Held At Gunpoint During Mission District Home Invasion
Yikes. Several Mission District residents were held at gunpoint on Wednesday night during a home-invasion robbery. The frightening crime, reported at around 9:30 p.m., occurred on the 1400 block of York Street. "The suspects, two men believed to be in their 30s, came through the front door…
Living Without Laws: Slab City, USA
“Living Without Laws: Slab City, USA” is a short documentary about Slab City, a desert settlement in Southeastern California that is populated by a combination of vacationers, eccentrics, and squatters. The settlement is on the site of a WWII era Marine training base—the leftover…
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John Waters Picked up Hitchhiking by Indie Band in Ohio
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that cult filmmaker John Waters was picked up hitchhiking in Ohio by indie band, Here We Go Magic. Their tweet announcing it read: “Just picked up John Waters hitchhiking in the middle of Ohio.. No joke. Waters in the van.” Waters, who is apparently…
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Cat in Clothes, Adorable Paintings by Heather Mattoon
Artist Heather Mattoon has created Cat in Clothes, a delightful series of cat paintings where each cat gets a name and a personality to fit its unique outfit. Fine art giclee prints of the portraits are available at her Etsy shop, HeatherMattoonArt. Currently, they are also available to purchase…
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Recorded San Francisco Sales Up 20.6% In April (Year-Over-Year)
Recorded home sales volume in San Francisco rose 20.6% on a year-over-year basis last month (509 recorded sales in April 2012 versus 422 sales in April 2011), down 7.6% as compared to the month prior versus an average March...
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Guess What's Also Turning 75! The Mint.
This month, in addition to the big celebrations for the 75th birthday of the Golden Gate Bridge happening over Memorial Day, it's also the anniversary of the opening of what was once known as the New Mint, the fortress on Hermann Street above the Safeway, near Church. Did you know they started…
Marvelous Monster Sculptures by Jordu Schell
Artist Jordu Schell creates wonderful monsters and creatures, primarily for the film and television industry. Since his start in 1987, his work has been featured in Avatar, Alien vs. Predator, and many other productions. To see how he creates his creatures, see this time-lapse of Schell making a…
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Girl About Town: Best Coast, Dita Von Teese, Dum Dum Girls
(Veronica de la Mora) Girl About Town is all about California dreaming this week. Inspired by the hottest star we know, the Sun. We love sitting in the sun listening to good tunes. We think the cover of the new Best Coast record gives us the perfect visual for this week's shows... [ more › ] …
Fourth Fake Muni Ad Asks: 'Been Down On A Marine Lately?'
Spotting lewd, counterfeit ads Muni vehicles is San Francisco's new favorite pastime, apparently. The latest reported fake ad comes from Muni Diaries reader Lixy, who noticed some R-rated modifications to an official advertisement for tours aboard the historic USS Pampanito submarine parked in…
Bernal Heights Contemporary Cage Match
We’re not sure it's a fair fight, but with the "modern architectural view home" at 118 Elsie having just hit the market listed for $1,295,000, a reader suggests a bare knuckles cage match with the contemporarily rebuilt 1687 Alabama...
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An Amigurumi Fish That Transforms Into Sushi
Irene Kiss has created a transforming crocheted Fish to Sushi amigurumi and posted its pattern (pdf) on Ravelry. via KnitHacker and Craft images via Irene Kiss
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Man Flings Chihuahua Off Motel Balcony In Livermore, SWAT Team Called
A 39-year-old Livermore man caused a stir at Motel 6 over there early Wednesday after another motel guest saw him hurl a tiny chihuahua off a second-story balcony. The dog landed on its feet and was unharmed, but the incident sparked an altercation between the witness and the culprit, who turned…
Kinetic Creatures, Cardboard Walking Animal Sculptures
Kinetic Creatures are cardboard walking animal sculptures by Alyssa Hamel & Lucas Ainsworth. The sculptures are made of cut cardboard parts that fit together with tabs and slots. They walk via a hand crank or on their own with an optional electric gear kit. Kinetic Creatures are intended to…
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Woman Held At Gunpoint In Marina Garage-Invasion Robbery
A 32-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint in front of her garage in the Marina District Tuesday evening. The woman was opening the door to her garage at Divisadero and Bay Streets just before 9 p.m. when two suspects, one brandishing a firearm, approached her and reportedly told her to hand over…
San Francisco’s Total Housing Inventory And Pipeline Report
The Planning Commission will get their first peek at the Planning Department’s latest Housing Inventory report this afternoon, you get it this morning. With 372,831 total housing units in San Francisco, a third of which are single-family homes and...
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How to Make 8-Bit Pop-up Cards
Kate over at Mini-eco has posted instructions on how to make 8-bit graphics-inspired pop-up cards. via CRAFT
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The HyQ Hydraulic Quadruped Robot
This video of the HyQ hydraulic quadruped robot demonstrates the machine’s ability to walk over difficult obstacles and run at 2 meters per second. The robot is being developed by the Department of Advanced Robotics at the Italian Institute of Technology.
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Adam Savage’s Quest to Build a Replica Gun From The Fifth Element
Adam Savage discusses his 13 year quest to build a replica of the Zorg ZF-1 super gun from the film The Fifth Element in this interview over at Jamie & Adam’s site Tested.
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Thursday Morning Roundup: LinkedIn's Human Centipede
In Thursday's morning call: LinkedIn attempts to break their own Bay to Breakers record, skeeball set to sweep the Mission, another parking lot for food trucks, people are still waiting in line for pizza, fire at Kokkari, and cupcakes return to Pac Heights. [ more › ]
What, Me Worry? 60 Years of MAD Magazine Art Exhibition
What, Me Worry? 60 Years of MAD is an exhibtion at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, California. It “celebrates the rich history of MAD from the original comic book through the black-and-white magazine to its latest incarnation as a full-color bi-monthly publication supplemented by…
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From The Dotcom Days To Today As Viewed From A Penthouse
Purchased as new for $3,980,000 as the dotcom days were in decline in December 2000, the Brannan’s tower one penthouse #18D resold for $2,810,000 in August 2005 at which point its HOA dues were $780 per month. The HOA...
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Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: Rivoli, The Chairman (Food Truck), Station House Café
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Perhaps the perfect trade
I just had a Swap.com request to trade Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber. 1970 Ace Book version. Cover torn, faded, worn. Spine broken. Cellophane tape across top and bottom of spine. Small pencil marked price on first page. Pages...
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RT @TransFeminism: @janetmock A friend (@avanavana) wisely points out, "the ones who get chosen to play 'easy' get to create the other d ...
Day Around The Bay: Dogs In Restaurants?
Today in Day Around the Bay: doll crimes befall the Mission, a fire closes down a downtown restaurant, SFist wins (another) award, and more. [ more › ]
What's on This Week
Movable feasts at Bay to Breakers. Photo courtesy of Zazzle Bay to Breakers. San Francisco's season of street fairs, festivals and block parties begins ramping up in May, and this week is chock-a-block with 'em. The city's first Asian Contemporary Art Week has talks by curators and…
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Loving @wrongwaygoback's coining of "SWiMmers" for straight, white males who don't necessarily know there's a harder current others overcome
One More Guerrilla Muni Ad: Du Beers
So, here's another effort by the Muni Adbusters, tweeted by a friend of a commenter (which is kind of better than a friend of a friend). This one would suggest that the culprit in this guerrilla art campaign/sly critique of capitalism is not the most careful of spellers — some have also…
Krug Champagne Exploits Burning Man Event With Staged Photoshoot
Over on the Burning Blog, our friend Evil Pippi explains in detail how Krug Champagne exploited the Burning Man 2011 event by staging a photoshoot in the form of an elaborate dinner party by the trash fence, with food prepared by NYC chef Phil Winser of The Fat Radish. The feast was setup order to…
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Meanwhile, On A Lake...
Giuseppe Lanzone leads the United States eight man crew team boat for practice in Oakland. Their tight yet rigorous schedule includes 11 rowing workouts a week as they look to secure the last Olympic berth for London in their event, "the first time U.S. Rowing has faced this unique position of…
Stay Puft Quality Mini Marshmallows
Stay Puft Quality Marshmallows are vanilla flavored mini-marshmallows packaged in a box that sports both the good and evil Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the 1984 film, Ghostbusters. They are available to purchase from ThinkGeek. You may remember we previously posted about Stay Puft Caffeinated…
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Video: Stanley Roberts Revisits Classic Bay To Breakers Shenanigans
KRON 4's Stanley Roberts, the genius newsman behind such "People Behaving Badly" reports as 4/20 On Hippie Hill and Copper Pirates Arrested, has dug up an old segment from the pre-Zazzle heyday of Bay to Breakers in 2008. Roberts, as thorough as always, covers all the drinking-in-public,…
California Tuberculosis Patient Jailed For Being Contagious Threat
In Stockton, California a meth-addled tuberculosis patient has been tossed in lockup after refusing to take the medications that would keep his active pulmonary TB from becoming contagious. 34-year-old Armando Rodriguez apparently missed one of his self-administered treatments because he went on…
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Fine, you want measurable results? Bloomberg’s BGOV Barometer study is quite clear: http://t.co/TYhgnAaX Jobs, GDP, income, # in poverty...
Julius & Julia
Julia Morgan designed in 1908 overlooking the Presidio (and Julius Kahn playground today), the six bedroom home at 3377 Pacific Avenue has returned to the market listed for $11,500,000 having last traded for $4,750,000 in 1998 and remodeled in-between....
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Etiquette Week: How To Dine Out Without Being A Jerk
Yesterday we taught you how to walk on city sidewalks, and on Monday we explained the unwritten rules of riding public transportation. Today, as part of SFist's ode to National Etiquette Week, we give you the lowdown on dining out the right way. What with addictive mobile technology and an acute…