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SFIFF: In The City Of Sylvia
Were you snoring next to SFist Wendy at the movies the other night? Our fellow SFisters weren’t alone in the lyrical department this week. We signed on for the SFIFF's In the City of Sylvia, a film described as “simple” and “classical.” More importantly for us – since we love…
More Fun On BART
Remember: always keep those cameras rolling, folks. Also, who knew it was daytime? This seems more like nighttime wackiness. Go figure.
Day Around the Bay
Cinco de Mayo at the Knockout, pooping at the Knockout. [ASD]Christian Siriano and his ____ hair seen on Haight Street. [Fashionista]Why would you stop using Craigslist? [Curbed]Protest at Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco. [SF Citizen]More egg eruption. [Noyes]That naked…
Link: I Dyslexia Heart (BustedTees)
I have to buy one of these.
Tech's top 10 workspaces [Cubicle Culture]
What makes for an appealing workspace? The envelopes they leave in your mailbox every two weeks. But after that, it comes down to design and amenities. Also, we like windows and brick. Lots and lots... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Lonely Zune owner reaches out on Craigslist [Microsoft]
While in the strictly platonic section of Craigslist, this anonymous Angeleno writes in a tone more suited to casual encounters, what with the desire to "rocket sweet tracks up each other's Zune... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Neil Young versus the bloggers at JavaOne [Marketing]
As part of Neil Young's appearance at Sun's JavaOne conference, groups of hacks were herded into a conference room to ask questions of the aging rock legend, presumably about how awesome Java is, but... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Congressman gets in on Second Life's "rape rooms" [Mark Kirk]
Taking a page from Nebraska's Internet cops, U.S. Representative Mark Kirk (R.-Ill.) has created a fake teen of his own in order to protect real ones. While promoting a bill to restrict access to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Game Over by PES, Arcade Game Stop Motion Animation
Hi-Fructose has posted a great collection of stop motion animation videos by PES, including the amazing “Game Over”, featuring scenes from arcade games. Related PostsPenny Arcade Expo 2007, A Giant Three Day Game FestivalAnimator vs. Animation by Alan BeckerBest Game Ever, Little…
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The pleasure palace of a conquering tribe [Quotable]
"I think maybe Google is the Hefner mansion of the 21st century. It too rises from a fantasy - what if you had all the information in the universe at your fingertips? - and it too has sensual... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Blogger nominates himself for CEO of Motorola's cell-phone spinoff [Blogging For Dollars]
Engadget editor Ryan Block, noting that Motorola is struggling to find a leader for its cell-phone business, volunteers for the job. [Engadget] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Myanmar Cyclone: How to Help From the Bay Area
The San Francisco Chronicle today ran a piece about local Bay Area Burmese residents raising funds for cyclone relief. So far, 22,464 are dead in Myanmar after the devastating Cyclone Nargis...
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An Old Listing Suddenly Returns (While The New One Disappears)
The withdrawn listing for 1515 Lyon is once again active (along with its 67 days on the market). And the new listing that we happened to notice replaced it last Friday (along with 0 days on the market)? That one...
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Supervisor to BOE: “Don’t Take the City for Granted or We’ll Reduce Your Prop H Funds”
During their May 6 meeting, the Board of Supervisors did the following actions: 1. Supervisor Sean Elsbernd pulled the resolution to approve use of Rainy Day funds for the San Francisco Unified School District. He used this action as an opportunity to address his frustration that the Board of…
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Barely legal entrepreneur interviews underage ex-Googler [Caption Contest]
At 21, Darian Shirazi, is just old enough to order a drink at the bar of Junoon, the Palo Alto Indian restaurant where this shot was snapped. But he's already logged two years at Facebook, the sale... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Microsoft exec shows Wall Street what life after Yahoo looks like [Windows Live]
Microsoft exec Brian Hall told Merrill Lynch analysts today that the company has "moved on" since the Yahoo mess. "We've withdrawn the offer and moved on, and now are focused on how we grow as fast... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Laughing Squid Embroidered Patches
John Fischer of StickerGiant.com was testing out a new embroidered patch machine and sent us a few sample Laughing Squid patches. Hopefully he’ll decide to start making them for real and if so we will sell them in our store along with our t-shirts. photos by Scott Beale Related…
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So far inside Silicon Valley, she's forgotten there's an outside [Sarah Lacy]
In person, Sarah Lacy's fierce dishiness is charming. On the screen, her insider know-it-all schtick becomes harsh and grating. Take Lacy's latest post on LinkedIn seeking a $1 billion valuation. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
New Cinta Aveda Institute
There's a new beauty kid on block . . . well, new but with an established San Francisco pedigree. Cinta Aveda Salon (with owner Cinta Gibbons of Cinta Salon) opened...
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Webby Award winners a typical mix of celebs and self-promoters [Great Moments In Pr]
Another year, another round of nominees who paid up to $475 to be considered for a Webby have been awarded their publicity prizes. The long-running promotional gambit started by early Valley PR pro... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Scores and Highlights, "I Lost Game 7 to Meth" Edition
(By Joe K.) Some terrible yet highly amusing sports-specific parodies of meth ads. [the great barstoolio]Still not offended? How 'bout some "baby drinking a beer at the ballpark" footage? [Bugs & Cranks]Seeing the 49ers' new free agents and rookies in uniform at the first minicamp…
Cisco earnings up, net income down reports CEO John Chambers [Earnings]
Network equipment manufacturer Cisco reported a 10 percent increase in revenue to $9.8 billion, but a 5.4 percent drop in net income due to operating and acquisition costs. Trading volume spiked... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SF Opera's Little Prince
Despite the Petit Prince's warning that anything essential is invisible to the eye, the SF Opera production of the namesake opera by Rachel Portman is all eye candy. Pastel costumes inspired by Le Petit Prince's author, Antoine de St Exupéry's original book illustrations, a post card…
Sprint, Clearwire work seven-way deal to create new wireless-broadband startup worth $12 billion [Acquisitions]
Clearwire, the wireless data company started by Seattle-area cell-phone billionaire Craig McCaw, will be recontsituted as a new company valued at $12 billion backed by primarily by Sprint, but also... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Whose Package Is This?
Oh my. Seeing as how SFist errs on this side daintiness, we simply cannot bring ourselves to discuss this image in detail. Click here to find out for yourself just whose bulbous junk now graces the Dogpatch neighborhood.
Sun has great friends, but business plan still a mystery [Javaone]
At the JavaOne keynote this held at the Moscone Center this morning, EVP of software Rich Green took the stage and told the assembled crowd, mostly developers, "Welcome to the revolution. Businesses... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Yahoo can find its way, but only if it stops searching [Jerry Yang]
Jerry Yang's spin campaign about why the Microsoft bid fell through is transparent. He's not trying to cajole Steve Ballmer back to the negotiating table; he's trying to cover his rear and appease... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Guy On Those Little 100 Calorie Packs
"That's just enough Doritos to piss me off."OVERHEARD BY LLOYD
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Wikipedia leader Erik Möller: "Children are pornography" [The Sum Of All Human Knowledge]
Erik Möller, the deputy director of the nonprofit behind Wikipedia, sure likes to talk. Since our story yesterday about his defense of pedophilia, Möller has been going around explaining... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Green Porno, Films by Isabella Rossellini on the Sex Life of Insects
Green Porno is a series of bizarre short films written, directed by and staring Isabella Rossellini, about the sex life of insects and other small creatures. Each film is executed in a very simple childlike manner. They are a playful mixture of real world and cartoon. Each episode begins with…
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Rocchi's Retro Rental: Farewell, Charlton Heston (and Everything Else)
Soylent Green (1973) Now that May is here, am I the only one grateful that Earth Month is over? It's not that I don't think the environment is important -- in fact, just the reverse; I think...
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MySpace's technical triumph [The Chart]
The conventional wisdom in Silicon Valley is that MySpace, based in Los Angeles, is a tech nightmare, blaring songs through a user's speakers while crashing all the time. Skilled engineers are in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Bomb Threat Reported On South Van Ness
Oh my God, we might all blow to bits. Well, some of you in the Mission might, that is. According to Curbed: The bomb squad's on the scene at Van Ness Avenue, between 22th and 24th streets. There has been a bomb threat (obviously) and initial reports suggest that it may have been levied at…
Cellfoam, A Banana Shaped Cover For Your Cell Phone
My friend Laird from Cyclecide makes the Cellfoam, a wonderful banana shaped foam cell phone cover. Here’s an example of one in use by Phat Man Dee at Maker Faire Bay Area 2008. The Cellfoam is available for purchase online, in both large and small sizes. Stylish Cellfoam Banana Holsters…
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Playboy manages to lose money online [Porn]
Playboy lost $3.1 million in the first quarter as revenues dropped 8 percent to $78.5 million. Playboy EVP Bob Meyers blamed digital revenues, which fell 3 percent to $15.2 million. Silicon Alley... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Newsom Offers $250,000 Reward In Exchange For Terrell Rogers' Murderer(s)
Wow. Mayor Gavin Newsom is offering a whopping $250,000 bounty for the head of the person(s) who shot and killed Terrell Rogers in January. If you recall, Rogers, a father and anti-violence activist, was murdered just across the street from Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, during his…
New iPhone will hit stores June 12, feature improved speakers and camera [Rumormonger]
A source tells us that "someone who designed part of the iPhone UI, who generally has access to new hardware locked down in a room to play with, " told him that the new iPhone will run on faster 3G... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Santa Rosa Man Assaults Camel On A Dare
Seriously, people, stop taunting animals. We don't care if you baste, broil, or bake them, just stop annoying them while they're alive. It's mean. And something only a young serial killer should do. Case in point: 24-year-old Christopher Allen was arrested this past weekend after his…