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Steve Ballmer seen in Palo Alto today, near Facebook's offices [Nerdspotting]
A tipster writes:Was parked on University Ave right east of University Cafe near Waverly, on a conference call dealing with business for my own startup company. And lo and behold, Steve Ballmer,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Why Craig Newmark had better not piss off Jim Buckmaster [Craigslist]
eBay's lawsuit against Craigslist, alleging that founder Craig Newmark and CEO Jim Buckmaster conspired to squeeze eBay out of the company, is fascinating for many reasons. It reveals Buckmaster and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Submitting Events to About San Francisco
One of my most common e-mails is a request for a community event listing. (Well, that and 270 pieces of illicit spam.) Unfortunately, I can't post every listing I receive --...
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Day Around the Bay
1 Kearny revealed as a bookend to pre-'06 earthquake antique. [Curbed]"French...Nazi-inspired sex video." [Valleywag]Sign o the times. [WhatImSeeing]Jason Lee is a dick. [Culture Blog]A lobbyist, a union, and a healthcare bill. [SF Weekly]Cooking shows: the transformation from informative to…
Details of eBay's complaint against Craigslist revealed [Feuds]
The text of eBay's complaint filed in a Delaware court [PDF] has made its way online, and in it, eBay "seeks equitable and legal relief" from Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster and founder Craig Newmark... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Lawrence Lessig now to forever be known as "Uncle Larry" [Politics]
While Republicans did what they could to paint Lawrence Lessig — and, by extension, Barack Obama — as an anti-Christian elitist, they couldn't raise the stink enough. So instead... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Email startup Xobni walks away from $20 million offer [Startups]
Xobni, led by ex-Yahoo Jeff Bonforte, has declined a buyout offer from Microsoft, finding the software giant's plans for the startup too unformed. This from a team whose product is still in private... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Muni's Guide to Thursday: May Day, May Day
Tomorrow's ILWU March for Workers starts tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. "after assembling at 10:00 a.m. at the ILWU Hall on Beach Street." The march is expected to head east on Beach, south on the Embarcadero and west on Market to Justin Herman Plaza. No street closures or transit disruption are…
Top Chef Recap: Season Four, Episode Seven
Top Chef is like this roller coaster of emotion for me. Not only am I invested in what people cook and the people that cook it (not to mention Chef Tom) but I'm also tremendously excited/desperate...
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Chinese Facebook clone Xiaonei raises more funding than Facebook [Social Networks]
Masayoshi Son is the kingmaker of the Asian Internet. His latest coronation: Xiaonei, a Chinese social network whose name translates to "on campus" and whose look and feel closely mirrors Facebook's.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Austin, the retirement home for aging software companies [Borland]
Borland has found cheaper rents in Austin, Texas, a regulatory filing reveals. Cheaper rents, but costly obscurity. Had anyone even heard that the software maker had moved its headquarters from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
LinkedIn's CPM rates lower than reported $75, but still impressive [Online Advertising]
Seems comments made by Kevin Eyres, managing director of European operations for LinkedIn, were optimistic in pegging ad rates at a $75 CPM. To a degree. A customer who's bought advertising on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Facebook In Real Life by Idiots of Ants
London based comedy sketch group Idiots of Ants imagines what Facebook would be like in real life. via The Underwire Related PostsLaughing Squid Facebook PageFacebook Beacon Backlash, Leads To Apology & Opt-Out OptionReal Life Versions of Homer Simpson and Mario by PixelooFacebook Launches…
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Looking At The Sky In Silence?
Photo sent to us by hillary's_quivering_lip This has the stench of Academy of Art student project emanating from it, but...who knows? An SFist reader (hillary's_quivering_lip) sent it in to us, taken at Montgomery and Sacramento. It's been posted there for a week, and said reader did not…
Yahoo's generals put on a smug face for the troops [Caption Contest]
Yahoos David Filo, Jerry Yang, Sue Decker and Blake Jorgensen watching All Hands, the Movie last week. Suggest your caption in the comments; the best will become the new headline. Yesterday's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Jason Scott Presenting “Before the LOL” at ROFLCon
Jason Scott gave one of the best talks at ROFLCon last weekend, “Before the LOL”, where guided us on a historical journey of pre-1995 internet culture and memes. Rocketboom has posted a great summary of Jason’s talk. Along with being an internet historian, Jason is also a…
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SF Weekly Forgets that We Live in a Democracy and SFBG Announces Its Endorsements for June
The SF Weekly devoted its cover story to Nader/Gonzalez running as independents for the U.S. presidency. The SF Weekly denounced that Nader and Gonzalez were running and using their platform to promote issues such as government reform, reining in corporate influence and ballot access. The…
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SFist Tonight
*SURF EVENT: Surfing has taken an unfair beating over the last few days, so give it up for what is perhaps one of the best sports ever at Roxy Surf Night. Come drink beer, eat light bites, and meet such Roxy Pros as recent World and U.S. Longboard Champ Jennifer Smith, Santa Cruz's Billabong…
White House used Microsoft software to flout email-archiving law [Politics]
At last, an explanation of the Bush Administration's misbehavior that will resonate in Silicon Valley: It's all Microsoft's fault. Ars Technica details how switching from an IBM Lotus email system... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
No Pants Day 2008
Get ready to drop your trousers, because Friday, May 2nd is No Pants Day. Related Posts7th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride by Improv EverywhereNo Pants! Subway Ride 2k8 Photos & Video6th Annual No Pants! Subway RideSXSW Interactive 2008 Panel Picker111 Shirtless Men Go Shopping at Abercrombie…
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Al Gore has another $683 million to spend on climate projects [Cleantech]
Former U.S. vice president Al Gore will chair a new $683 million Climate Solutions Fund from Generation Investment Management. The money will be used to seed public and private companies in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Chaplin Film Shot In San Francisco - 1915
File this -- again -- under "there's ALWAYS a San Francisco connection". We recently discovered that Charlie Chaplin, America's favourite clown (and perhaps the most influential performer in motion picture history), shot one of his bazillion-odd silent movies on location in and around…
Craigslist CEO admits site used for date "transactions" [Sex Trade]
At last, some straight talk from Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster on his site's role in the "erotic services" business: Unlike the typical Internet site, just about every function on Craigslist, if... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Terry Semel lost $6.2 million working for Yahoo in 2007, but Sue Decker made almost $15 million [Anti-Jackpot]
Any Yahoo can tell you that working at the troubled Web giant doesn't pay. But for former CEO Terry Semel, it really didn't. Last year, he made negative $6.2 million, Docu-Drama notes. The accounting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
IBM researcher plugs house into Twitter for energy usage updates [Cleantech]
It's only a matter of time before the inanimate home of inventor Andy Stanford-Clark somehow pisses off TechCrunch publisher Michael Arrington and feels the wrath of "@andy_house blocked."... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Toonlet, A Simple Way to Create Web Comics
toonlet is a cool service that provides tools that allow you to create web comics with custom characters in a matter of minutes, regardless of artistic ability. The comics can then be shared with others or embed in blogs or websites. Check out the toonlet tour to see how it’s done. The guys…
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SFIFF: Just Like Home
What we love most about watching films at SFIFF is being able to experience something different than your own life. Take for instance, Just Like Home. How else can one know what it's like to live in a small Danish town consumed by the mystery of whom, exactly, is wandering the streets naked? …
Schmidt: Microsoft-Yahoo would "elminate consumer choice" [Clips]
newVideoPlayer("Schmidt_on_Microsoft_Yahoo.flv", 463, 387,""); In this excerpt from Eric Schmidt's interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, the Google CEO explains that a Microsoft-Yahoo merger would... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A Plugged-In Reader's Report: Crime Starts Hitting Closer To Home
A plugged-in reader reports: I was in Baretta restaurant on 23rd and Valencia last night while it was robbed at gunpoint. The gunman had us all lie on the floor and look down. He proceeded to rob the till. Very...
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Ballmer to raise Microsoft's offer for Yahoo [Acquisitions]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is willing to offer $33 a share for Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. Major Yahoo shareholders however, want $35 a share. The Yahoo board is said to be holding out... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
YouTube hosting Playboy's 55th Anniversary Playmate casting call [Online Video]
Hoary softcore porn peddler Playboy is asking women interested in being the Playmate of the Year to submit video auditions through YouTube. Of course, you're not allowed to disrobe on the popular... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Ballmer is willing to raise Microsoft's offer for Yahoo [Acquisitions]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is willing to offer $33 a share for Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Major Yahoo shareholders" however, want $35 a share and the Yahoo board is said to be holding... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Photo du Jour 113
Photo by Jim Herd People who probably pull in an annual salary of $71K and upward enjoying their ice cream at yesterday's Free Cone Day in the Haight.
How widgetmakers hijacked Zuckerberg's Facebook redesign [Developers]
Facebook's redesign — originally planned for early April, but delayed due to objections from widgetmakers like RockYou, Slide, and Zynga — is no longer a Mark Zuckerberg production.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SFIFF: Fados
SFist Wendy takes a trip to Portugal for the SF Int'l Film Fest! For a couple hours last night, we could have sworn that we were in Lisbon, seated in a little café enjoying fado music in the Bairro Alto. Fado, a sort of Portuguese blues, often tells a story about missing someone or…
John Battelle takes $22 million in fuck-you money [Jackpot]
Anyone telling you that Federated Media, the online ad network which reps Boing Boing, GigaOm, TechCrunch and other blogs, has raised $50 million from investors is dead wrong. It's true, Oak... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
RIP: Father of LSD, Albert Hofmann
Speaking of Santa Cruz, the inventor of LSD, Albert Hofmann, died on Tuesday at his Switzerland home. He was a ripe 102. The Swiss chemist happened upon lysergic acid diethylamide-25 way back in 1938 "while studying the medicinal uses of a fungus found on wheat and other grains." By…
Steve Ballmer to hold town hall at Microsoft tomorrow [Layoffs]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has scheduled a "town hall" meeting for Microsoft employees tomorrow at 9 a.m. The subject of Yahoo will probably come up, but why would Microsoft employees beyond... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Hot Stuff Food Section & Book Round Up
Take a vacay filled with "unique" food experiences. First stop, China; next stop, France and Italy. Dining fun with recipes, including--ekh! bear paw--courtesy of this week's book recos: Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper by Brit writer Fuchsia Dunlop and The Saucier's Apprentice by Bob "Mr.…