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Let's check in with our local teams while the rest of the world is searching for Ronaldo... Sharks- A team many people thought would contend for the Cup is once again choking as they now fall 3-0 to the Dallas Stars. The Sharks just might be the Obama of hockey-- all promise, dazzle, and…
Mercredi, c'est Ravioli.
Expensive touristy restaurant? You bet Meredith Brody will be there in a heartbeat. Actually, honest to the Virgen Sagrada de La Langosta, we haven't read beyond the first few sentences, just enough to see she's going to Waterbar, but we're ready to bet she's taking her parents there. Wish us…
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Kevin Rose in fender bender [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To]
Don't worry, everyone, Digg founder Kevin Rose will be just fine. Multiple tipsters sent messages to let us know that Rose ended up entangled in some unwanted Audi-on-Audi action. Ever the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Link: Perpetual Kid
Kitchy toys and gadgets, but I like that they have a category named "things that shoot".
Problem at Presidio & California?
We're getting word that something chaotic is going down right now at Presidio & California. If you know anything, let us know in the comments. Oh yeah, and steer clear from Presidio & California for right now. If you can. 6:30 p.m.: Tons of fire engines all over the scene -- can't…
Recently released EA Land already shuttered [Virtual Worlds]
In an attempt to re-brand The Sims Online, Electronic Arts renamed their massively multiplayer online doohickey EA Land. Now the site redirects to the project blog, which laments the closure. [CNet] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Day Around the Bay
Where art thou, Shakespeare plaques? [Examiner]Free Cone Day craze captures SF's sweet tooth. [Eater]SF cyclist ticketed. [SF Citizen]Another formal we're not invited to: the Facebook prom. [Valleywag]Arianna Huffington chats about her new lefty book. [Politics Blog]"Dede Wilsey is an…
Yahoo makes even tipping Valleywag look complicated [Clips]
newVideoPlayer("yahoo_all_hands_video.flv", 494, 370,""); Yes, the leaked copy of Yahoo's All Hands, the Movie we received this afternoon features a scene where Trent Herren of international... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Business Partner Pays To Have San Ramon Man Killed
San Ramon saw its first murder of the year after 42-year old Kashmir Billon, a mortgage lender who ran Billon Enterprises, was found dead this week. His bullet-riddled body was discovered next to hist burning BMW this past Sunday. According to reports, Billon's business partner Reginald J.…
Why Ballmer should walk away from Yahoo [Acquisitions]
MSteve Ballmer must be itching for a fight. The culture he built at Microsoft prizes confrontation, and taking its bid for Yahoo directly to shareholders would fit his style. And he has hinted that,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Mark Zuckerberg possibly seen leading employees in Palo Alto parade [Mark Zuckerberg]
Spotted in an alley behind the offices of SocialText were a group of Facebook employees participating in a team building exercise: They were chanting something about "Team Redrum!" "Team Redrum!"... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Yahoo board member's secret marriage revealed by pension-fund fight [Art Kern]
Two pension funds suing Yahoo want to get testimony from director Art Kern, a former radio entrepreneur — but his domestic bliss is getting in the way. Kern was married on March 1 Deal Journal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
How Gmail engineers debug [Caption Contest]
There's a sign in the bathrooms at Apple headquarters that read: "Take 20 seconds to debug yourself." Here's how they do it in Mountain View. Or maybe this bar of soap serves entirely different... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
We Don’t Know What To Tell You If You Couldn’t See Past The Paint
The original and current listing photos for 402 Sanchez: Above The new price: $1,234,050 (previously $1,299,000, originally $1,350,000) The new notes: “Interior has been repainted with neutral colors” and “Now on lockbox!” The last pre non-neutral paint and remodel...
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Apparently The Market Couldn’t See Past The Paint (Or Could It?)
The original (and still active) listing photos for 402 Sanchez: Above The new price: $1,234,050 (previously $1,299,000, originally $1,350,000) The new notes: “Interior has been repainted with neutral colors” and “Now on lockbox!” The last pre non-neutral paint and...
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SFist Tonight
MUSIC: Mac users, Morrissey followers, "the flock" -- there is no fan as rabid as a Lynda Carter fan. We're not kidding. Tales of their obsessive behavior are stuff of cabaret legend. In fact, we met one once, an LC fan, who kept going on and on about what lovely decor she had in her…
Murderer-developed file systems introduce new features [Crime]
Hans Reiser, the software engineer who developed code for the Linux operating system, wasn't just convicted of first degree murder in the disappearance of his ex-wife. He's also become the butt of an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Metacafe founders take their $5 million and go [Jackpot]
Metacafe cofounders Arik Czerniak and Ofer Adler — neither involved with the company's day-to-day operations — will walk away from the company with $2.5 million each, according to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Viacom offers $10 million to buy music blog aggregator Hype Machine? [Rumormonger]
A tipster tells us Hype Machine founder Anthony Volodkin has a "$10 million Viacom offer floating around." Hype Machine, a website which aggregates music uploaded to blogs, has grown 125 percent in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Steep Grades = Grade Inflation?
SFBC's Report Card for Bicycling: Steep Grades It's the last day of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's SF Bike Survey. The survey is open to all -- you need not be a member to air your opinions about cycling in the city. Curiously absent from the survey are opportunities to assess…
'I Think He Also Sings "Hotel California"'
Guy 1: "Hey, do you know who sings Itsy Bitsy Spider?"Guy 2: "Um, I think my mom.... No, my dad!"OVERHEARD BY WHURLEY
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LinkedIn earning $50-$75 CPMs? [Online Advertising]
Jamie Eyres, LinkedIn's European managing director, reported that LinkedIn commands $50-$75 per thousand impressions on its advertising, in discussing plans for the social network's expansion into... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Reunion.com hires one of Yahoo's most hated execs [Rachel Glaser]
A high-level hire by a rival is usually bad news. So why do I suspect insiders at Classmates.com are rejoicing at the news that former Yahoo executive Rachel Glaser is joining spammy social network... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Albert Hofmann Takes His Last Trip (1906-2008)
Albert Hofmann has died at age 102. He was the Swiss chemist who first synthesized Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) at Sandoz Laboratories in Basel back in 1938. Five years later he accidently dosed himself, which resulted in the first ever Acid Trip. My friend David Normal paid tribute to Albert…
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Peek into PARC shows Xerox still loves printing [Research]
Among the many projects researchers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), most revolved around documents and printing, probably not surprisingly. But it makes clear that a paper-free office... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Rackspace applies for a $400 million IPO [Ipo]
Managed-hosting service Rackspace has filed with the New York Stock Exchange to raise $400 million in an initial public offering. Investors Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and company... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Grand Theft Auto IV Vigourously Bought
Over at EB Games on Powell Street, people lined up this morning to plunk down $60 to commit heinous acts of vehicular manslaughter. You see, Grand Theft Auto IV went on sale today. Apparently, it's the most realistic version yet, thus the franchises most gruesome. Hopefully. And according to…
Facebook has a prom and Julia Allison will be attending [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To]
Congratulations, Facebookers! Notorious New York nobody and Silicon Alley wantrepreneur Julia Allison plans to grace your "Facebook Prom" with her presence. She twitters: OMG. I just got invited to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Maker Faire Bay Area 2008 Ticket Giveaway
As one of the media sponsors of Maker Faire Bay Area 2008, I have a some extra tickets for this weekend’s event, so we’re going to give away a few pairs of tickets via Twitter. I’ll be announcing the ticket giveaway our Laughing Squid Twitter account, so you’ll need to…
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Photo du Jour 112
In order to balance out the mammary glands below, we give to you an oldie but goodie: a shirtless John Stossel.
At Microsoft, COFEE serves you -- to the police [Security]
The security specialists at Microsoft, not satisfied with just how insecure their operating systems have turned out, have unveiled a USB dongle that plugs into a computer, bypasses any Windows... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Perspective On California Foreclosures And The Current Housing Cycle
Get over the source of the graph (Bubble Markets Inventory Tracking) and the fact that the epicenter of foreclosure activity is centered down south (at least currently), it’s still relevant perspective regarding this housing cycle (and at some level...
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Twittering Valley escort tells all in 140 characters or less [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To]
Proving that shamelessly self-promotional behavior on Twitter isn't confined to the social media blowhardery, "international escort" and "teck geek" Fille deLoyer claims that though she uses the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
IBM dividends up, American jobs down [Stocks]
Big Blue raised the company's dividend 25 percent to $0.50 per share, as union employees and retirees picked outside headquarters to protest outsourcing and pension problems. [AP] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Our Feelings About Boobs Are Apparently Not As Open-Source As We'd Hoped
Gee, this is rich. At a sci-fi conference in Michigan recently, some gent kindly created a system that allowed women to easily express permission for men to fondle them -- what an altruist! And his remarkable, breathtaking, totally unforeseeable discovery: people feel uncomfortable when they…
Charles Simonyi policing Hudson river, close enough for girlfriend Martha Stewart to wave a handkerchief [Mine Is Bigger]
The 233-foot yacht owned by Charles Simonyi, the Microsoft billionaire and Martha Stewart love-muffin, has been spotted in the Hudson River. For a sense of scale, the helicopter, painted to match,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
We're Richer Than All Of This New Hollywood Trash
What with all of the Dedes, Newsoms, Nessies, and guilty white trustifarians using "gentrification!" as both a battle cry AND a lifestyle, it should come as no surprise to you that San Francisco is crazy-ass rich. At least according to the California Franchise Tax board's recently released…