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Bernie Ward to change "not guilty" plea in child pornography case. [Noyes]News item of the year: Castro Walgreens to expand. [Curbed] Yahoo shareholders to revolt. [Valleywag]SF CrimeMaps -- will it ever work? [SF Citizen]Best-O-Burger continues to hypnotize the taste buds of SF.…
Older Man To Couple, Unknowingly Continuing Our Junk Food Theme
"They're damn Oreos. You know you're gonna want more than that."OVERHEARD BY TASNICKER
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Hot Stuff Food Blog Round Up
A hilarious "doctored" baked bean memory with recipe from Zoomie Station. Time to shroom with What Did You Eat, manitarokeftedes style. Vinography has a yeasty discussion; commercial yeast versus wild or native yeast. Tasting the difference may be tougher than you think. While…
San Francisco Cityscape In Stainless Steel Cookware Medium
From On Gold Mountain: Sculptures from the Sierra by Zhan Wang (from neatorama, via Boing Boing)
San Francisco Town Hall on LBAM Spraying
Meeting on Thursday - May 8, 2008 -- at 7:00p According to Stop the Spray, the state of California still plans to spray the Bay Area this summer: In spite of public,...
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Yahoo's real leadership problem: David Filo [Breakdowns]
newVideoPlayer("yahoo_it_joke.flv", 463, 387,""); Everyone's piling on Jerry Yang, saying Yahoo's founder-CEO needs to go. Why? The weak stock that provoked Microsoft's unsolicited bid may have been... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Quote of the Day: Newsom's Green Ego
Mayor Gavin Newsom, who seems to be getting a decent amount of ink in the Gray Old Lady these days, says the following about recycling: It's purposefulness that could otherwise be construed as ego...[y]ou want to be the greatest city. You want to be the leading city. You want to be on the…
A is for Adelson, who cofounded Digg [Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good]
newVideoPlayer("Adelson_pitch.flv", 463, 387,""); Digg cofounder Jay Adelson is now asked by the likes of Kara Swisher how he'd fix big media companies, as in this clip. But there was a time when he... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Petition To Get Wendy's (Back) In San Francisco
The branch over on Market Street closed shop a little around the time chili-gate happened. But Wendy's, according to their commercials, has bounced back with quite the tasty-looking menu. Now, people want a Wendy's back in SF. Do you? If so, go here and sign the petition. Oh, we know,…
Thanks, Rob Glaser -- now my mom cares about DRM [Copyfight]
Intellectual property is, in many ways, my family's business. And over the years my mother Mary Deaton and I have had more than a few heated arguments about copyright reform. That said, my mom has... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
To Rent Control or Not to Rent Control - That is the Question - Prop 98 Heats Up
From today's SFGate, Proposition 98 was written as a restriction on eminent domain that would prohibit the government from taking property for the benefit of a private party. Opponents say it would do far more: define "private" and "take" in terms so broad as to effectively overturn the state's…
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Robert Scoble is hot for you [Caption Contest]
Schmoobiquitous videoblogger Robert Scoble, now filming interminably long clips about nothing for Fast Company, can take absolutely no credit for the jump in print advertising that landed the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SFist Tonight
While we're being asked by security to leave tonight's SFIFF Golden Gate Awards Party--we hear it's an open-bar event--check out one of these thrilling events happening tonight. Who knows? Maybe we'll run into you, post-ejection. COMEDY: Chad Leherman (of Last Comic Standing) and Justin…
News Corp.'s Chernin on Fox Interactive's $1 billion target: "Yes, we will fall short" [Earnings]
Fox Interactive Media, News Corp.'s Web division overseeing properties including MySpace, Photobucket and Rotten Tomatoes, saw its revenues drop in the second quarter to $210 million., from $233... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The index to Sarah Lacy's Web 2.0 book, revealed [Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good]
In Silicon Valley, it's all about keeping score. The question entrepreneurs are asking about Sarah Lacy's Web 2.0 book: Am I in it? And how many pages? Michael Wolff's chronicle of the first Web... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Longer trains on May 10th for Kaboom, Giants
Longer trains on May 10th for Kaboom, Giants.
Taj Chahal makes fameball brother Gurbaksh look even more narcissistic [Charity]
Everyone's favorite topless egoist Gurbaksh "G" Chahal has a new startup and an agent at William Morris who has landed him a television appearance and a book deal (which, not surprisingly, is about... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Superintendent Rescinds Teacher Layoffs
SFUSD Superintendent Garcia announced that he is rescinding teacher layoffs for the 2008-09 school year. The District sent out layoff notices to 535 certified personnel and were required by the State Education Charter to send out the final notice by May 15. On Tuesday, the Board passed with…
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Microsoft's antipiracy protection may doom video Zune [Copyfight]
Part of the deal between NBC and Microsoft to sell television shows to Zune owners is that Microsoft will attempt to build in antipiracy technology that keeps anything you might have downloaded... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
JustQuotes: Barney Frank’s Housing Bill Reduced To Political Rubble?
“As the House prepared to vote on a housing-relief bill offered by Democratic leaders, President Bush on Wednesday told the lawmakers, in effect, not to bother. “I will veto the bill that’s moving through the House today if it makes...
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Books and Burritos: A Mobile Match Made in Heaven
We gasped at the sight: the San Francisco Public Library's Bookmobile cozying up to our favorite El Tonayense truck on Harrison near 20th. Now we truly have everything we need. Well, almost. Maybe the folks at Cafe Gratitude will let us us the restroom. A recent Los Angeles Times op-ed…
Comcast considering 250GB monthly cap on downloads [Broadband]
Internet service provider Comcast is considering instituting a 250-gigabyte monthly cap on downloads, according an anonymous source cited by BroadbandReports.com. Users would be allowed one month... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Film Du Jour: Twitter Defined
Our sister site, LAist--which is a fantastic read, by the way, even if you live north of the Grapevine--came across this handy video explaining how Twitter is used. Check it out so you can follow SFist (or, you know, pathetic SFist staff members who tipsily tweet while watching King of…
Could Owen Van Natta toast a reunion with another ex-Facebooker? [Nerdspotting]
When I ran into former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta at last night's Fast Company party, he was in high spirits, claiming to enjoy life as an unemployed dad. But he's made no secret of his desire to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Widgetmaker: Lost developer enthusiam cuts Facebook's value by $10 billion [Developers, Developers, Developers]
Earlier today, we reported that participation in Facebook's developer forum is down, most likely due to Facebook's new restrictions on Facebook-application spam. We praised these new rules, saying... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
More Anger Over SFBG's Leno Endorsement
Hurt feelings have translated into a gruff Bay Guardian op-ed piece over last week's endorsement of Mark Leno over Carole Migden in the Third Senate District race. Penned by top-tier progressives (and then some) Bill Barnes, Chris Daly, Michael Goldstein, Robert Haaland, Joe Julian, Eric…
Charles Schulz Peanuts Tribute in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square
Back in March Lori and I went up to Santa Rosa for Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library TV Party and while in town we spent some time exploring Santa Rosa’s historic Railroad Square district. Here are a few photos I shot of the area. Santa Rosa is the home of Peanuts comic creator Charles…
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Follies In Cable Car Advertising
Photo by WhatImSeeing Guess what we don't want to think about while riding San Francisco's whimsical, romantic, and downright gorgeous cable cars? Unkempt sphincters.
H-1B visa facilitator fined $45,000 over job listings [Labor]
Last week, iGate Mastech was fined $45,000 for placing 30 online job listings in the spring of 2006 with the condition that only H-1B visa holders need apply. The company helps foreign workers... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Slide CEO Max Levchin soon to wed Nellie Minkova [Geek Love]
Hidden in Fortune editor Andy Serwer's stream-of-capitalism blog was this nugget: Slide CEO Max Levchin will soon wed longtime girlfriend Nellie Minkova. Minkova, pictured here with Levchin, works at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Vallejo Files for Bankruptcy
Free from last last year's minority vs. self-loathing minority mayoral race headlines, Vallejo is now making national news by becoming California's largest city to file for bankruptcy. On Tuesday night, it seems, city council members voted unanimously to file before the fiscal year ends in…
Would you pay $999 for a customized Tumblr? Trustafarian bloggers will! [Tumblr]
A couple weeks ago, when we showed you how to redesign your Tumblr for free, we mentioned that a company called Tumblize plan to charge $499 for the very same service. We were wrong. Andrew... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
John Doerr gives daughter's private school $1 million [Failanthropy]
The Castilleja School, a posh private prep school for girls in Palo Alto with an annual tuition of $29,305, received a $1 million from the Benificus foundation, which lists John Doerr of Kleiner... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SFBG Gets Its Hair Did
Oh wow. No, it looks great. Oh stop, you look wonderful. And you've been due for a change. We love it. No, seriously. Learn to take a compliment. God. But for reals, it's much better now, SFBG. SFist asked Senior Editor Marke Bieschke to comment on the Guardian's rouge-tinged makeover. "I…