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Yahoo chairman to Icahn: You are soooo three months ago [Yahoo Raid]
Roy Bostock, Yahoo's chairman of the board, has responded to corporate raider Carl Icahn. The one-word version: "Unfortunately." That word sums up so well the letter, Yahoo's hamhanded reply to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Lochhead Picks on Obama.
Carolyn Lochhead shows the kind of selective reporting one would expect from a GOP propagandist. Here she discuss the latest farm bill. Now, that farm bill passed 81-15 in the senate, so it's obviously a very bi-partisan bill. What does Lochhead do with this? Paragraph 1: The Senate passed the…
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Gay married on your bike to work day
Today was Bike to Work Day in San Francisco and I met Alex at 6:45 this morning to start giving out coffee in front of Six Apart Global Command. Beau has been cheerleading all week at the office to get people to ride and offered $10 to our AIDS/LifeCycle fundraising for everyone who rode their…
US Presidential Election Logos 1960-2008
Logoblink.com has a really great collection of US presidential election logos from 1960-2008. via Chris Glass Related Posts2008 Presidential Election, Candidates’ Stance on IssuesHow Tech Company Logos Have Evolved Over The YearsBreaking: Diebold Accidentally Leaks 2008 Election…
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10 VC predictions from the Churchill Club [Venture Capital]
Yahoo, CNET, and Plaxo are old news, according to VC blogger Fred Wilson. He writes: "I suggest you ignore all of that and focus on what went on last night in San Jose at the annual Churchill Club... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
What Is Bicycle Gadfly Rob Anderson Doing on Bike to Work Day?
Show me the Legalese: Rob Anderson's latest project? Our Bike to Work Day took us down the bike lane on Alemany Boulevard -- one of the last bike lanes striped in San Francisco before the injunction against the city's Bicycle Plan. (The lanes were striped in April 2006; the injunction…
Mark Cuban to Jerry Yang: Thanks for the $5.7 billion -- now let's get you fired [Yahoo]
Carl Icahn's slate of replacement directors for Yahoo's board is a list of head-scratchers, except for one name. That's Mark Cuban, the guy who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in 1998... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Man puts cheating wife up for auction on eBay [EBay]
Paul Osborn of the U.K. suspected his wife was having an affair, so he put her for sale on eBay. Bids for the goods, listed as ""cheating, lying, adulterous slag of a wife" reached $961,700 before... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Brijit leaves 100-word summary market wide open [Brijit]
Brijit, a startup which provides 100-word abstracts of news articles, has "temporarily" shut its doors. The three-word reason: out of money. [News.com] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Orkut inventor may be best argument against H-1B visas yet [Geeks Gone Wild]
Give us more H-1B visas and we'll give you innovative products. That's the pitch Google exec Laszlo Bock made to Congress as he decried the H-1B visa cap. Projects like also-ran social network Orkut,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock to Carl Icahn: Back off [Acquisitions]
Yahoo board chairman Roy Bostock has penned a response to billionaire investor Carl Icahn's verbose missive, who's trying to replace the Internet company's board with directors who favor a deal with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Super-Con San Jose Comic Book Convention
Super-Con San Jose comic book convention takes place this Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th at the San Jose Convention Center. The event features many special guests, including Wil Wheaton, who will be there as part of his 2008 Geek Tour. Related PostsWonderCon 2008, A Comics & Pop…
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The complete index to "Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good" [Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good]
Sarah Lacy's book about Web 2.0, Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good, officially comes out today (and there's a book party at Otis on Maiden Lane in San Francisco this evening). We've run the index,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
"Googirls" spotted in China [Caption Contest]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.Google has been hoping to get more market share in China, but surely not this way. A tipster sends in this photo of bus ads in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Bay to Breakers Race Course Liquor Store Locator
By Joe Kukura Our Bay to Breakers coverage – which kicked off this morning in a post so drunk and confused it had to be deleted – continues without shame as we direct you to this handy Bay to Breakers Liquor Store Locator. Many of you know how long sections of this race course are…
NBC Direct still doesn't work [Online Video]
Liz Gannes, a veteran online video reporter whom I've worked with and is no slouch when it comes to getting almost any newfangled content application to function, couldn't get NBC's relaunched... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Quote of the Day: George Bush and the Nazis
Good grief. During a speech/swipe at Barack Obama to Israel's Knesset (Israel's legislature), President Bush quipped: Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have…
The Anatomy of a Gummy Bear by Jason Freeny
“Anatomie Gummi Bär” is a wonderful illustration by Jason Freeny detailing the anatomy of a Gummy Bear. Here’s some of Jason’s previous work we have posted. via LCSV4 illustration by Jason Freeny Related PostsAnatomical Illustration of a Balloon Dog by Jason FreenyVisible…
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MySpace avoids liability in Megan Meier suicide, victim of terms of use breach [Crime]
MySpace's contention that the social network was a victim, and not an enabler, in the suicide of Missouri teenager Megan Meier has paid off. A federal grand jury has indicted Lori Drew on one count... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
"There's Supposedly A Bomb Threat..."
What a soothing thing for a Muni bus driver to announce. What are we talking about? This: Civic Center Blog has a first-hand account a benign bomb that happened Monday at--where else?--the Civic Center. CCB was riding the 5-Fulton when it came to a stop and the non-explosive drama ensued. …
My 60 seconds with Quincy Smith [CBS]
If CBS were to greenlight a TV series about life at a modern media giant, the director would find it hard to cast anyone but Quincy Smith as himself. Call it 60 Seconds, a version of the news show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Extending Album Art Beyond Their Borders
b3ta ran an interesting Photoshop challenge last year where they people to extend album art beyond their natural borders. See Also: Money Celebrities & LP Portraits, Creative Image Alignment Memes via The Triumph of Bullshit photoshops via maninthespoon, knockear & barryheadwound…
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Facebook just not that into Google Friend Connect [Feuds]
Facebook has shut off access to Google's new Friend Connect, citing privacy issues, saying that the service "redistributes data" in ways that users don't "expect or understand," according to a blog... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
How Google can charge three times as much as Yahoo for a search ad [Online Advertising]
Most clicks on Yahoo search ads do not occur on Yahoo's search results. They happen on one of Yahoo's 1,196 advertising partners. The problem is, as the above chart from SEOBook indicates, these ad... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
'Wrong' Is A Four-Letter Word
Girl: "What's your locker combo? Isn't it 'cheese'?"Guy 1: "It needs to be five letters..."Guy 2: "Cheese is a five-letter word."OVERHEARD BY TOBYLURIO
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YouTube now offering demographic data [Your Privacy Is An Illusion]
YouTube has added demographic information to the data they offer video publishers. The suite of metrics is known as Insight, which already tracks views over time and geography. The new tools should... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Bay Area Heat Wave: Stay Cool (Pets, Too)
With the high temperatures expected to last through the weekend -- especially in the Bay Area's warmest counties -- it helps to know what heat exhaustion looks like. And how...
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SFist Tonight
READING: You know the people who read aloud at the 16th and Mission BART station? Not the the ones espousing the virtues of baby Jesus, but the poets, loners, and college kids who read their writing out loud? Well, it's the station's fifth anniversary of hosting bon mots, and what with the…
EU warns Google to respect privacy laws with Street View [Your Privacy Is An Illusion]
After reports of Google Street View vehicle sightings on the continent, an EU spokesperson reminded Google to respect local privacy laws. "Taking pictures on a street isn't in itself a problem but... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Tech's best workspace: Digg [10 Best Workspaces]
When we first listed tech's 10 best workspaces, we downplayed the importance of design and amenities. The crowd disagrees. It favors beer. Digg's beer, to be exact. 1,505 voted in our poll, and 28... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is Iron Man [Separated At Net Worth]
Besides creating one of the world's most successful tech companies, Larry Ellison invented the 5 o'clock shadow plus blazer look. He drives an Audi R8 to the gym — the car Top Gear's Jeremy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Hulu nabs Diggnation and other Revision3 shows [Online Video]
Hulu, the online video site created as a joint venture between NBC and News Corp., will distribute shows from content startup Revision3, which focuses on shows broadly related to technology. Now you... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Dennis Herrera Loves Him Some Gay Marriage, But What About You?
Heads have been exploding throughout California ever since this morning's delightful news about same-sex marriage was announced. City Attorney Dennis Herrera, in particular, is beaming--at least according to a press released sent out an hour after the ruling was announced. "I am profoundly…
Photo du Jour 125
This recycle bin at Powell Station has been catching the same leak for well over a month now.
Broadcom gives "backdating" a whole new meaning [Crime]
After the SEC accused Henry Nicholas and Henry Samueli, founders of chipmaker Broadcom, of illegally backdating stock options for five years, Samueli stepped down as board chairman and CTO. Nicholas... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Gas Spills Into SF Bay
A "significant amount" of spilled into the San Francisco Bay after a tugboat collided with a refinery pipeline last night at Tesoro Petroleum's Golden Eagle Refinery in Martinez. Reports claim that "it wasn't know how much gasoline spilled into the bay, but a Coast Guard spokesman says it's…
CBS Snatches CNET
With a fresh banner outside CNET headquarters proclaiming it as one of the best places to work in the universe, ever--according to Business Week, anyway--CBS Corporation just made it a little better for the folks who work there. Well, hopefully. CBS decided to purchase the "premier…