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Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Critical Mass, AIDS Ride, March of Dimes
With AIDS Life riders, marchers, and massers, your Muni commute might get testy. Here's how: At 6:00 p.m. tonight the Critical Mass bicycle jaunt begins at Justin Herman Plaza. Market Street will be a mess until nightfall. Just say no to the F Market; take underground trains instead.Then we…
Thanks to This Week's Advertisers and Win Tix to SFMOMA
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist and you can win a pair of passes to the SFMOMA after the jump. The 2009 Toyota Corolla, which encourages you to "Live the Dream for Less Coin." A Wolf at the Table, the new memoir from Augusten Burroughs, in stores on…
A week that saw Web 2.0 dethroned [Recap]
Web 2.0 Expo this week persuaded that not only was Web 2.0 over, but saying it was over was over. To celebrate other Internet clichés, the 250 — that is to say, the 250 people on the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Commenter of the week: broozier [Comments]
Netscape and Ning founder Marc Andreessen's newfound pessimism drew this response from broozier: Marc has also become, somehow, the anti-founder in the process. The 'nuclear winter' comment that's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Non-Valleywag advertisers missing out on sub-$200 million opportunity [Sponsors]
A pity that Google's missing out on lucrative advertising opportunities, to the tune of $200 million a year. Our thanks go to the sharp-eyed opportunists who paid our paychecks this week AT&T,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Brawndo, the irony mutilator [Product Placement]
ROFLcon, the Internet-in-joke gathering in Cambridge, Mass., has accepted corporate sponsorship — perhaps the most pervasive of all Internet memes. The giveaway bag all attendees received... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SFist Tonight
*FILM: PT Anderson's There Will Be Blood screens over in the Haight. Come on, this take on Upton Sinclair's Oil! is a fine movie--Daniel Day-Lewis' Academy Award-winning histrionics and all. Sure, it's a wee bit lengthy, but it's also an enjoyable watch from start to finish. Re-visit this…
Google company motto now "don't be photographed" [Caption Contest]
Laughing Squid photographer Scott Beale, shooting pictures at this week's Web 2.0 Expo, was rebuffed by marketers staffing the Google booth. Company policy, they said, forbade photography of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Remember: George W. Bush Sewage Signature Drive Starts Tonight
Before you get plastered tonight, saunter over to Cafe Flore beforehand to help the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco collect signatures. In order to get the ordinance initiative on the November ballot--you remember, the initiative to have the local sewage treatment…
FBI to Internet: Yeah, we'd tap that [Your Privacy Is An Illusion]
Head honcho of the federales, Robert Mueller, let his fantasies run wild in hearings held by the House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee on Wednesday: [G]ive us the ability to preempt that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
It's Friday afternoon and the specter of Microsoft haunts Yahoo [Yahoo]
A source close to Yahoo, closer yet to its Media Group, tells us that the emotional strain of February's layoffs, and more expected to come if the Microsoft deal goes through, has Yahoos in the grip... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
VC takes Twitter founders out to lunch [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To]
Someone carefully let it be known today that Twitter cofounders Evan Williams and Biz Stone are looking for $15 million in venture-capital funding. We emailed existing Fred Wilson, a partner at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Great White Shark Kills Triathlete at San Diego Beach
Since San Diego is the Bay Area's quiet sister down south, and seeing as how our coastline has seen its fair share of large fish attacks, we thought we should mention what happened today. Dave Martin, 66, a retired veterinarian (ironically) and a member of a triathlon club was killed by a…
My young, white, and nerdy boys, let me show you them [Conferences]
CAMBRIDGE, MA — There's still hope, future. A full half of the people behind ROFLcon, the world's largest concentration of Internet-inspired pop-culture trends in one room, are female. Or, as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Jimmy Wales fails to usher in "new era of politics" [The Sum Of All Human Knowledge]
Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired, occasionally says something clever. Why doesn't his magazine cover politics? "We're not working on an election story," he told MarketWatch. "This comes from my... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Want to go through 9,000 photos of cats each day? Get in line. [Blogging For Dollars]
Seattle-based Pet Holdings, the company that runs the photo-blog I Can Has Cheezburger, posted a job listing on Monday. Company founder Ben Huh told the Syndey Morning Herald he has since received... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Salesforce to become an all-Mac shop [Apple]
Customer relationship management software shop Salesforce's contract with Dell is about to run out, and the company has decided not to renew it. Instead, the company will be outfitting everyone one... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
With advertising spending downturn looming, is Facebook planning charity concert? [Online Advertising]
The blokes over at Stupid Business Ideas were trying to come up with just that — a new, stupid idea for a business — when they brainstormed the concept of AdAid. But when they actually... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Daly to SF Bay Guardian: Endorse Carole Migden
SF city supervisor Chris Daly penned an open letter to the folks over at SFBG today, asking them to endorse la Migden for reelection. In an exhausting race for State Senator, over the last year Mark Leno and Carole Migden have been shamelessly entertaining in their back and forth bickering,…
To Laugh or To Cry
Here's the latest rumor we heard, and the healthiest attitude is to laugh about, it's so ridiculous. There's so much outrage we can handle. The Democratic convention will happen in Chicago at the end of August, and guess who the Chron will send there to cover it? Here's there A-team: Carla…
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CNET's Caroline McCarthy pours water on Web 2.0 hotheads [Deathwatch]
After a week of browsing booths and attending parties in San Francisco for the Web 2.0 Expo, New York-based tech reporter Caroline McCarthy rained on the local bubble's annual hype parade. [News.com]... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
From the Editor's Inbox: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Prejudice
from: [name redacted] to: brock@sfist.com date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:46 PM subject: cologne and santa cruz Mr. Brock, While I appreciate your coverage of the spray situation I don't appreciate the stereotyping and blatant prejudice against people who become ill from being around…
How to upgrade your Tumblr theme so people will think you're cool [Silicon Alley Users Guide]
David Karp's blogging platform Tumblr, popular with creative types and those who dress like them in Sanfrooklyn, allows its users to modify their themes. And, just like the kids on MySpace, the users... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Matt Mullenweg charms pants off Kara Swisher, copies my hairdo [Automattic]
AllThingsD's Kara Swisher admits her bias in interviewing Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg: Not only does her site use his blogging software, but she admits to having a "personal mancrush" on the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
TOMEX "Psychoanalysis of your playtime"
(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE) "Tales Of Mere Existence" By Levni Yilmaz XXX Buy a Comic/DVD set from Lev! http://www.ingredientx.com/buy/main.htm For more comics, animations and correspondence, kindly visit http://www.ingredientx.com If you gravitate towards isolated,…
Don’t Confuse The Market’s "Appreciation" With Ours: 2140 Bush #5
While we featured 2140 Bush Street #5 two years ago when it was listed for $1,195,000, the fact that it’s back on the market today for $1,695,000 doesn’t actually speak to market appreciation (think complete overhaul and another aspect...
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Twitter seeks $60 million valuation first, business model later [Venture Capital]
Twitter, a communications tool for marketers, self-promoters and journalists, is trying to raise a third round of venture capital Silicon Alley Insider reports cofounders Evan Williams and Biz Stone... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Photo du Jour 110
Photo by SF Citizen It's a squirrel! In Golden Gate Park! Eating peanut butter and jelly sandwich! OMG, it's so cute i&*(eeee&*T^& BbhgF#!
Al Gore, Kleiner Perkins raising $400 million green fund [Cleantech]
John Doerr and Al Gore have been taking their pitch for a new $400 million environment-friendly venture fund to prospective limited partners, and have already hired a veteran investment manager from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Google's Blogger flooded by spammers [Security]
Over the last few months, wily spammers may have figured out how to crack the security feature known as "captchas." With an army of compromised Windows PCs known as botnets, they've been using their... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Three Shot in the Mission, Gang Activity Allegedly at Fault
The Mission District's shooting fad sees no signs of slowing down. This past Tuesday three men were shot while standing on a street corner near 20th Street and Bryant. While the men were kicking it, two other men reportedly came up to the group and opened fire. The three victims were…
Goodbye Moose's 2.0 [Valleywag Calendar]
Some expo's ending today and there are a few parties left, but where's the party for Web 2.0's pragmatists and outright cynics? Valleywag's happy hour at Moose's, where we'll be celebrating the last... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Coffee Bar
This was supposed to be an easy-does-it post… Go to Coffee Bar. Go to Coffee Bar to get a beautiful, just-for-you cup of Clover-made coffee. Go to Coffee Bar because it is not Starbucks, which, not surprisingly, is just around the corner. And then, upon my second trip into the place, I…
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Time magazine reporter uncovers identity of "You Suck at Photoshop" spoofs [Josh Quittner]
Former Fortune executive editor Josh Quittner, best known there for covering the Scrabulous beat, has returned to Time.com, where he worked a decade ago, with a much-hyped exposé; Time's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Kids ride free Sunday, May 4th
Kids ride FREE all day Sunday, May 4th thanks to NESTLÉ NESQUIK! Take a ride on the "chocolate line" with the NESQUIK bunny and pick up some free stuff along the way!