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French Toast Kabobs, Breakfast Served On a Skewer
I never thought I would post a Martha Stewart recipe here, but these French Toast Kabobs look pretty amazing. How can you not love breakfast served on a skewer? via Swissmiss photo via Martha Stewart Related PostsTic Tac Toast, Helping You Play With Your FoodThe Flying Spaghetti Monster Image…
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You Stay Classy, Muni Rider
As disgusted as we were by the fact somebody left the remains of their microwaved 7 Eleven nachos on the guard rail of the 38 Geary, we have to admit to being somewhat amused by watching rider after rider walk by and stare for a few seconds to determine if getting a seat on a crowded bus was…
Digg vs. Revision 3, Battle of the Lip Dub Videos
The gang at Digg had a great time making a lip dub of the 1990 Deee-Lite song “Groove Is In The Heart”. Mark Trammell organized the video shoot, with Eddie Codel doing camera work. Digg’s video was a response to the Revision3 lip dub of “Need You Tonight” by INXS.…
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Day Around the Bay
SJ Mercury News, on its deathbed. (Warning: graphic and disturbing photos after link.) [Gawker]The Google Web 2.0 booth you're not supposed to see! [Jeremy Johnstone]Alice Waters on Chez Pannise's kitchen design. [Metropolis]Supes block Newsom's $3 million plan to subsidize solar…
Starbucks quarterly results spill scalds analysts's laps [Earnings]
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz dampened analyst expectations for the company's performance ahead of its April 30 quarterly earnings anouncement, sending shares tumbling 10.4 percent in after-hours... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
T-Mobile promises Googlephones, hopes customers will explain what they're good for [Wireless]
For an understanding of why Google's Android operating system for cell phones — the basis of the still-nonexistent Googlephone — is set to flop, look no further than one of its biggest... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
MessageDance trying to cash in on "blogging kills" scare [Blogging Kills]
While exploiting tragic deaths and blogger heatlh problems for a trend piece in the New York Times is bad, trying to gin up new customers by jumping on the bandwagon is yet worse, but that's just... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Bebo employees claim to welcome AOL bosses, but secretly fear them [Acquisitions]
Vested employees at social network Bebo, anticipating the massive stock-options payday they'll get when AOL finalizes its $850 million purchase of their employer, have been passing around stickers... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valley matchmaker charges high price for dates [Sex Trade]
Linx Dating, a Bay Area matchmaking service, isn't pimping anyone per se. They claim to connect San Francisco women with Silicon Valley guys. Why is this legal but being a madam of an outcall service... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SFUSD Holds Meeting to Discuss Paraprofessionals’ Layoff Tomorrow
The San Francisco Board of Education is holding a special meeting to discuss the possible layoff of up to 85 paraprofessionals tomorrow (April 24) at 8:00 p.m at the SFUSD HQ at 555 Frankling. The emergency meeting was called when six of the seven of the Board of Educaiton members voted to…
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Facebook frayed by founders' feud [Dustin Moskovitz]
Dustin Moskovitz, Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard roommate, recently stopped speaking to him. This has made things awkward at Facebook's Palo Alto campus, as Moskovitz is the last reminder walking around... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Voice Your Support for HITW at Western SOMA Meeting Tonight
We would go, but we're located in Eastern SOMA. And one day, by God's will, we shall destroy Western SOMA. Mwah hah hah. But for those of you who live in Western SOMA, wherever that border begins and ends, there will be a meeting today, a community meeting. Some of you might be interested…
SFist Tonight
CLUB: Remember techno? It was fun. Even while you were coming down. Tonight at Deco Lounge come relive those late halcyon evenings of the late '80s/early '90s at Club FSLD April : [Faggot Techno] 2.0. DJs Donimo [sic], Mak (W Hotel's "Cosmic Gypsy"), and Lord Kook. 9 p.m.-3 a.m. // Deco…
"Can you feel the power of dog, brothers and sisters? Hallelujah!" [Caption Contest]
Dogster founder Ted Rheingold preaching to the choir at the Web 2.0 Expo. Got a better one? Leave it in the comments. (Photo by Randy Stewart) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Yes, that's Jay Adelson rapping and Kevin Rose dancing on a table [Clips]
IAC's Connected Ventures may have done it first, and AOLers in France may have done it better, but give Digg's companywide lip-synching video credit. Skip ahead to check out Jay Adelson at 2:02.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Polygamist Mothers Mashup
Over at Laughing Squid--who, by the way, was barred from taking a picture of Google's stupid, squishy, all-white booth over at Web 2.0 today; please, anyone attending Web 2.0, take as many shots of Google's booth as you possibly can--we came across this creepy mashup of mama polygamist's…
After Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster flexes muscles at eBay, fan offers to rub away the soreness [Geek Love]
Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster fired back at eBay on the official Craigslist blog last night, asserting that the auction giant, the owner of a large stake in Craigslist, didn't bother to contact... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Jen Siebel Registers for Wrong Political Party
She is becoming a woman after our own heart, that Jen. According to the Gate, the future First Lady of San Francisco accidentally registered as a member of the all-too-exclusive American Independent Party. As M&R tell it: "[T]he onetime Republican registered as a member of the American…
Amazon.com, like Google, defies economic worries [Earnings]
Jeff Bezos can safely unclench his legs. Amazon.com reported first-quarter earnings of $143 million, up 29 percent from the same quarter last year, on sales of $4.14 billion, up 37 percent. Wall... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Google and Yahoo being investigated by Justice Department for antitrust violations [Crime]
The Justice Department has begun an antitrust investigation into Yahoo's test of Google's search advertising technology according to an anonymous source cited by Reuters:The source, who spoke on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
WebMD asks: Is it me, Doc, or are everyone's ad sales looking a bit pasty? [Online Advertising]
WebMD, an operator of health websites, cut the forecast it offered investors for 2008 sales to reflect a "a recent shift toward shorter term buying commitments in certain of its customers' consumer... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Apple reports its second-quarter earnings [Earnings]
Apple reported second-quarter revenues of $7.51 billion, up 43 percent from $5.26 billion in the same quarter last year. Analysts predicted $6.96 billion in revenue. Wall Street officially expected... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Labor complaint filed over Uloop firings [Social Networks]
Uloop's Cal Poly campus representatives Austin Garrido and Sarah Doolittle, pictured here in their company shirts, have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board after being fired by... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Google Street View catches kid crashing bike [Your Privacy Is An Illusion]
Google's Street View trucks don't stop for anyone, or anything. The proof? An unsuspecting Cleveland resident is caught in an embarrassing tumble on a bicycle by Google's all-seeing eye. Doesn't seem... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Star Jones Files for Divorce from Her Homosexual Husband
After three years, she's kicking him out of the guest room for good. We thought you should hear it from us first. That is all.
In the first three months of 2008, Apple ... [Earnings]
In the first three months of 2008, Apple sold 2.3 million Macs, 1.7 million iPhones and 10.6 million iPods, and bought one chip-design startup. [Apple] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
EMC reports sales up, but customers dragging heels [Hardware]
Storage is a predictable need; have you ever heard anyone say they need less of it? That has long been EMC's pitch to Wall Street — that demand for its storage hardware and software is ever... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Barack Obama Goes for the Gays, Fratboys, Gay Fratboys?
Unless you're a major wonk, there's no need to watch the above footage in its entirety. (It's Obama prattling on endlessly about losing to Clinton in Pennsylvania, how he'll win, how some of his best friends are white trash, "yes we can," health care, change, lobbyists, unicorns, apple pony…
Top Chef Recap: Season Four, Episode Six
Oh Top Chef, now you're really getting good. Last week, Zoi went home. Zoi was one-half of the token San Francisco lesbian couple contingent featured this year on Top Chef and her devoted...
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Think electric cars coming to America [Cleantech]
Norwegian electronic car manufacturer Think Global will ship 50,000 units to American customers, reports Alarm Clock. How much will this cleantech toy with a top speed of 65 mph set you back?... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
LA Times Makes Us Hate San Francisco
There's nothing like outsiders pointing out what's wrong with your city in their news publication. Today's "Reasons Why San Francisco Sucks" article is brought to you by the LA Times: Last call for many classic S.F. Bars. In the article, they talk about the closures of many SF faves, such as…
Estimate: Google spends $73 million a year on free food [Perks]
Silicon Alley Insider estimates that Google spends $73 million a year feeding its U.S. workers. The figure is probably low, since many employees invite their families over for free meals. [SAI] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Photo du Jour 108
Photo by Steve Rhodes Singing legend, feminist icon, and occasional Teatro ZinZanni guest star Joan Baez at...some sort of Earth Day event.
Details of Randi Zuckerberg's bachelorette party in Vegas [Geeks Gone Wild]
We hear that friends of Randi Zuckerberg, better known as nerd chanteuse Randi Jayne, are surprising the Facebook marketer with a bachelorette party in Las Vegas this weekend. The place: the Hard... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Chilly Nights Kill Sonoma County Vineyards
No! Due to the awesome unseasonably cold weather the Bay Area has experienced over the last few months, an estimated 10 to 15 percent of Sonoma County's $400 million vino crop has succumbed to frost damage according to an NBC 4. (An aside: love NBC 4! Most entertaining newscast in the…
Steve Jurvetson makes chess nerd supermodel Carmen Kass smile [Nerdspotting]
Draper Fisher Jurvetson general manager Steve Jurvetson was wallowing in Estonian pride on Friday at a party held by the Swedish ambassador. Sidling up to chess-playing *uuml;berhottie Carmen Kass,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
How hipster trustafarians will pay Tumblr's bills [Freemium]
If scenesters from Brooklyn to San Francisco's Mission District want to have Tumblr cool-kid bragging rights, they'll have to pay, founder David Karp has decided. Why has Karp finally set his... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Mountain View's Uloop.com Illegally Fires Students for Unionizing?
College students, when will you ever learn? Never--never!-- try to to do the right thing by organizing a worker's union at your job. This is the quickest way to get wrongfully terminated. Case in point: Mountain View-based Uloop.com, a start-up online company that bills itself as "a…