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Wired parent buys Ars Technica -- and Webmonkey, too? [Acquisitions]
TechCrunch reports that CondeNet, the online arm of Condé Nast and the parent of Wired.com, has bought Ars Technica, a rival technology news site. But if the latest issue of Wired is any... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Photo: Scene From an AT&T Park Fire
Looks like there was, in fact, a blaze at AT&T Park last night. And a sizable one at that. SFist reader Ted (i.e., phish223) sent in this on-the scene shot of the fiery action. Read more about it here.
Ask SFist: What's That Smokey Scent In SF Today?
Friend of SFist Andrew Warren writes in to ask: Any idea why the whole city smells like a big camp fire? Yes, what is that hickory bold scent in the air today?
A week in which we lapped it up [Recap]
Sweet mother of mercy was it hot this week. Of course, those at the workplace rated best by Valleywag readers, Digg, can just reach into the company cooler for a cold one. I'm sure Jerry Yang could... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Breaking News: Pope Still Against Queers Getting Married
While his Holiness is more or less meh when it comes to non-consensual sex between a man and a boy, same-sex marriage just ain't cool in his book. So stop, says Pope Benedict. While not directly referencing yesterday's California Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, the Pope spoke to…
Gavin's Tongue
Clinton and the gays, two things that gets Gavin's tongue wagging. Man, even in not the most flattering shots, he still looks... flattering. Or at the very least, endearing. Really, the man just doesn't take a bad picture. Photos by Jim Herd. (Now all he needs to get is one on the right…
Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Coldplay's Viva La Vida Tour, where you can enter for a chance to win tickets to their concert at Madison Square Garden. The Great Compost Giveaway, free compost from 8am-noon tomorrow. ING Bay to Breakers, where you can…
The real reason for Mark Zuckerberg's trip around the world: He's bad at goodbyes [Facebook]
We've never gotten a straight story on why Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took off for a trip around the world. Work or pleasure? Our latest tipster says that Zuck's travels are really about about... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
John Muir ES’ Environmental Fair
Fourth grader bilingual teacher Laurie Murdock and fifth grade bilingual teacher Esmeralda Gomez created an environmental fair for John Muir Elementary students students. Students in grades third through fifth instructed students in kindergarten through second grade on birds' beak, solar, water…
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How to avoid being a Facebook shill like VC David Sze [Silicon Valley Users Guide]
Greylock Partners VC David Sze is no doubt thrilled to have been caught endorsing Blackberry via Facebook. Such "social ads" are the very reason his firm invested in the social network. If you're... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Accused of downloading child porn? Blame Google [Crime]
William Dalgleish, charged with downloading 16,000 "indecent images of children", is trying for a Google defense. "If companies like Google did not provide access to such sites, he would not have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SFist: Muni's Guide to this Weekend Wants You To Get Drunk, Exercise
It's going to be a busy, warm, and wily weekend. First, the Asian Heritage Street Festival, which takes place on Saturday, May 17 from 11:00AM to 6:00AM, around Japantown will result in the following closures from 3:00AM. to 10:00PM: * Post Street from Fillmore Street to Laguna Street *…
The SocketSite Scoop On 2820 Scott: 2008 Decorator Showcase House
What many people already know about 2820 Scott Street (the 2008 Decorator Showcase house): it was a boarding house prior to being purchased by the Paige family in December of 2005 for “much less” than its list price of...
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Robert Scoble actually kind of hot in the early '90s [Caption Contest]
Before he turned into a Philip Seymour Hoffman clone, there was a time when Fast Company videoblogger Robert Scoble looked more like James Spader. And here we thought Scoble was a run-of-the-mill... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Seattle Space Needle Cleaning Photos
KOMO-TV has posted amazing photos of the Space Needle in Seattle being cleaned by a crew from Karcher GmbH & Co. This was the first ever professional cleaning of the Space Needle since if opened for the 1962 World’s Fair photo by Karcher GmbH & Co. Related PostsSpace NeedleGnomedex…
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Washington Mutual Goes With The Flow To Tighten HELOC Lending
Three months ago we let you know it was coming. Last week Wells Fargo made the move (tightening local lending standards for HELOCs). And according to the San Francisco Business Times, Washington Mutual appears to be following suit: Washington Mutual...
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CBS CEO Les Moonves to visit CNET next Tuesday [Rumormonger]
After buying CNET for $1.8 billion, CBS CEO Les Moonves is getting around to inspecting his new property next Tuesday, we hear. Moonves is visiting CNET's San Francisco headquarters to address the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Mission moves
We're back in blazin' S.F. after two weeks away, and find that Studio 3579 managed to accomplish its move around the corner in record time, opening earlier this month. The location will be of...
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Apple will continue to arm military through PA Semi [Military-iPod]
After a hue and cry from defense contractors who were buying chipmaker PA Semi's core product in bulk, Apple has agreed to continue supplying merchants of death arms manufacturers with the newly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Adman Alex Bogusky latest Fast Company coverboy [Studvertising]
Rising ad star Alex Bogusky of Crispin Porter + Bogusky is the subject of the cover feature in the latest issue of Fast Company. The story focuses on Microsoft's $300 million deal with the agency to,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Gates Foundation refuses to help Bletchley Park [Failanthropy]
The legendary site in England where the Nazis' communication code was finally broken, Bletchley Park, has hit hard times. The land is being eyed by developers eager to build on the spot situated... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SFist Tonight
FILM: '80s noir flick Body Heat--featuring Kathleen Turner, William Hurt, and a pane of glass standing between the two--screens at the Castro tonight. Rumor is it's "scorching." 7 p.m. // Castro Theatre (Castro & Market) // $6-$9READING: Oooooh, James Frey, the LIAR is over at Slim's…
Bradley Horowitz a Yahoo double-agent inside Google? [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To]
What, exactly, is Yahoo's former VP of special projects Bradley Horowitz doing at Google? Innovating! If by "innovating" you mean spending his 20 percent time playing classic arcade games.Bldg 44... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Bertram Capital borrows Benchmark jet for Cabo San Lucas trip [Geeks Gone Wild]
How awesome is the private-equity business? Private-jet awesome. That's the message that Bertram Capital vice president Michael Chang likely hoped to send to friends when he posted an album of photos... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
NSA site goes down in blaze of badly-engineered DNS glory [Breakdowns]
The website of the National Security Administration went down yesterday. No, it wasn't subject to "cyber terrorism," just bad network management — specifically, its domain-name servers,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Photo du Jour 126
Photo by echoes71/Flickr So much for Bike to Work Day and Spare the Air Day. We kid. Yesterday proved to be a great success. There were twice as many bicycles as cars on Market Street yesterday. According to the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, "bicyclists made up 64% of the eastbound…
Former billionaire caught in the long tail of dot-bomb securities fraud [Crime]
Former CEO of PurchasePro Charles Johnson is facing 20 years in jail for his role in stock fraud at the company. An earlier prosecution of Johnson ended in mistrial, but this retrial included the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Fire at AT&T Park?
Curbed is on it. As is a WhatImSeeing field corespondent. And even a few SFist tipsters have word on it. What is it, exactly? Well, it seems the Giants home, AT&T Park, was all ablaze last night! Allegedly. A readers asks: "Did NO ONE get a photo of the fire in the upper deck of AT&T Park?…
Photos from Sarah Lacy's book party [Party Report]
Web 2.0 was hot last night. And I mean the kind of heat determined not by Technorati rank, but by the thermometer. Despite the stifling weather, San Francisco's Web stars turned out for a party Sarah... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
We Couldn't Agree More
Over at the Slog--a mighty fine site, by the way--a reader writes in to ask/remind Seattle folk of the following: Could you please remind the readers that just because it’s way nice this weekend that it’s still no excuse to wear fucking flip flops everywhere? I’d like one summer of…
Everybody at CNET superexcited to move to CBS, except for those canned on Monday [MP3.com]
A "handful" of CNET's MP3.com music writers got laid off on Monday. Otherwise, News.com's Caroline McCarthy tells us CNET employees are actually very excited about the CBS acquisition — if only... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Comcast lies to FCC about blocking file-sharing [Network Neutrality]
Cable copmany Comcast assured the FCC that the company's "network management" practices that involved blocking file-sharing traffic only affected heavy users during peak hours. However, tests found... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Phantom of the Office, Haunting the CollegHumor Headquarters
“Phantom of the Office” is one of the more interesting annoying employees who works at CollegeHumor offices. These videos are part of CHTV’s “Hardly Working” series. - Phantom of the Office #1 - Phantom of the Office #2 - Phantom of the Office #3 Related PostsDept. of…
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Facebook caters to CollegeHumor with greasy apology [Nerdfight]
Due to "PR concerns" — or rather, new COO Sheryl Sandberg's excessively grownup attitude — Facebook bailed on a scheduled game of beer pong against CollegeHumor. The people at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Tech Connect: Robots at San Jose Museum of Art
Tech Connect: Robots takes place Tuesday, May 20th from 6-8:30pm at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of the current exhibition “Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon”. Related PostsRobots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon at San Jose Museum of ArtArtCar Fest 2005 - Part 2Super-Con San…
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Elbow’s Room: Artisanal Chocolates
A couple of weeks ago, I met up with my oldest friend in the world to mind her three-year-old while she had her hair cut and dyed. As a reward, she said, she would buy me chocolate. Fine, I thought. I’m not a chocolate freak, so she’d be getting off rather cheaply, in terms…
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One Laptop Per Child project proves to be about ego, not education [One Child Per One Laptop Per Child]
MIT Media Lab director Nicholas Negroponte had a vision: Millions of third-world children lacked laptops and therefore the means to learn of his greatness. He founded the One Laptop Per Child Project... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Online ad take bigger than that of radio, cable and broadcast television [Online Advertising]
Online advertising grossed $21.2 billion in 2007, beating cable ($20.9 billion), radio ($19.8 billion) and broadcast television ($19.2 billion), according to a report commissioned by the Interactive... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Tales Of Mere Existence "The Various Kinds Of Jobs You Can Get"
(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE) "Tales Of Mere Existence" By Levni Yilmaz Z.O.G. Buy a Comic/DVD set from Lev! http://www.ingredientx.com/buy/main.htm For more comics, animations and correspondence, kindly visit http://www.ingredientx.com If you gravitate towards isolated, obsessive nerd…