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Bigfoot & Nessie 2008, Change You Can Believe In
“Bigfoot & Nessie 08, Change You Can Believe In” is a wondeful new t-shirt design submission by maxdog currently being voted on at Threadless. via Super Punch illustration by maxdog Related PostsLawrence Lessig on Change Congress & Possible Run For Congressdorkbot-sf: Jill…
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Jon Dyer Is On a Quest to Grow Every Type of Beard
Jon Dyer is on a quest to grow every type of beard, which he has been documenting on his blog. Jon is quite the beard expert, maintaining a beard FAQ, a beard type chart and he even organizes MaBeGroMo (Macho Beard Growing Month) every December. via Chris Glass illustration by Jon Dyer Related…
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The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL)
The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL) has been traveling around the US on an ambitious Typo Hunt Across America, correcting as many typos as they can. This March through May, we, sworn members of TEAL, will be taking a road trip around the country to stamp out as many typos as we can…
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Day Around the Bay
Gay actors, gay films, gay audiences: Frameline Film Festival approaches. [EBAR]Have you been cooking your veggies wrong? Shame. [CHOW]Nude in SF strikes -- more like streaks; har! -- again. [Violet Blue]Yelp poetry. Ack. [Eater]Summit still sizzles. [CBS 5]A gallon of gas is out of control,…
Yahoo board member Ed Kozel quits [Yahoo Raid]
Yahoo director Ed Kozel is leaving the besieged company's board to focus on relocating his family to Europe. (Yes, the statement says he's "spending more time with his family.") Kozel, a former CTO... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
McSorley’s Old Ale House, NYC’s Oldest Continuously Operated Bar
On my recent trip to NYC, I stopped back at McSorley’s Old Ale House, which opened in 1854 and is New York’s oldest continuously operated saloon. I hadn’t been there in over a decade, but it still looked exactly the same, sawdust on the floors, wishbones hanging above the bar and…
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Santa Cruz Wildfire Update: 0% Containment
Just letting you know that the fire -- which as of late this afternoon has consumed thousands of acres since it started at around 5:30 a.m. this morning -- is "completely out of control" as of 4:30 p.m. San Francisco firefighters have been deployed to the scene. What with the serious winds…
Bay Area Beekeepers
Bees may well be at the crux of our existence -- owing to their prolific pollinating activities. In recent times, distress in the honeybee colonies has brought the critical, ecological...
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New Executive Board Officers of Pride at Work
Tonight we had elections for officers of Pride at Work: New Executive Board Officers of Pride at Work include Claire Bohman, Co-Chair Robert Haaland, Co-Chair with Josue Arguelles and Molly Goldberg, Staffers for Pride at Work Jane Martin, Vice-Chair Vivian Crockett, Outreach…
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SFist Tonight
MUSIC: SFBG describes "March Fourth Marching Band" as "a raucous, irreverent ... take on the half-time shows you hated in high school." They are also referred to as Portland's version of Extra Action Marching Band, which means that they must be dirtier. Kid Beyond and Loyd Family Players…
Zuckerberg follows Jobs, Page, Skoll to ashram [Neem Karoli Baba]
In the latest installment of "Where in the World is Mark Zuckerberg," one stop on his tour to the subcontinent was to the favored ashram of Larry Brilliant, director of Google's entrepreneurial... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Nik Cubrilovic resurfaces at TechCrunch [Nik Cubrilovic]
In an appearance on TechCrunch today, troubled OmniDrive founder Nic Cubrilovic chimed in on Twitter's downtime issues. Good thing the OmniDrive website is working today — otherwise that would... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Teacher Appreciation Day at John Muir ES
This week, public schools are honoring teachers, paraprofessionals, counselors, librarians and principals this week. These hard-working professionals are getting much-deserved kudos from their students and parents. At John Muir ES, our hardworking teachers were given a bambo vase with flowers.…
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Joost's last, best hope nixed by Adobe [Online Video]
The latest iteration of Joost, the once-hot, now decidedly not video startup from the people who brought you Skype, will work in your browser — but only if you download a plugin from Joost. And... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Prospective iPhone shoppers hold the line in New York [Caption Contest]
Above is a picture of a line of shoppers waiting patiently for non-existent iPhones at the SOHO Apple Store as inventory dwindles ahead of the new, updated version widely guessed to be released in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
If WIlliam Morris hires wireless controversarian Peter Adderton, can they afford the requisite helicopter? [Comebacks]
Former Amp'd Mobile CEO Peter Adderton has reportedly landed a new job, says Rafat Ali, as a "key executive" at talent agency WIlliam Morris's new-media division, Agency 3.0. If Adderton got the gig,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The real Bud Cook illustrates the horrors of Facebook customer service [10 Worst Jobs]
In describing what's so bad about working customer support for Facebook, one of the 10 worst entry-level jobs in tech, we wrote: "Meet your customer: USC's own Bud Cook, class of 2010. Fratastic!"... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
WSJ Expose: Bulgarians Are Stealing Our Jobs!
(By Eyleen Tavy) Don't ask us what we were doing reading the Wall Street Journal this morning (aside: have you ever looked at Kevin Sprouls', the guy who does the Journal's portraits, other work? Love it!), but when we read this article on how those damned Bulgarians are stealing American…
Did Red Herring employees break into their old office? [Crime]
A call to Red Herring publisher Alex Vieux through his old office line, 650 428 2900, was answered today by a man with an Eastern European accent who said Vieux wasn't there. Why was anyone there to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Clone Wars, The First Animated Star Wars Film
Here’s the theatrical trailer for “The Clone Wars”, the first animated Star Wars film by Lucasfilm Animation, which will be out in theaters on August 18th, 2008. The Clone Wars takes place between “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones” and “Star Wars…
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EA buys mobile rival Hands-On's Korean arm [Videogames]
Is San Francisco-based mobile videogames startup Hands-On Mobile in trouble? That was my first thought on reading that it had sold its Korean unit to Electronic Arts. EA moved to buy Hands-On's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
TimesMachine Launches, 70 Years of The New York Times Archives
TimesMachine, a browsable archive featuring 70 years of The New York Times archives that I wrote about back in February, has officially launched. Related PostsTimesMachine, 70 Years of The New York Times ArchivesTimes Square at NightRobert & Aline Crumb in the New York TimesHelp Save…
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Expanded service for Carnaval, A's Baseball
Expanded service for Carnaval, Oakland A's baseball.
By shareholder demand, Yang now under "adult supervision" during negotiations [Yahoo Raid]
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer met with Yahoo cofounders CEO Jerry Yang and David Filo on May 3, Yang and Filo refused to come down from their $37 per share price, according to Kara Swisher's new... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Artist In Residence Program at the Dump
Before Sunday's Latin-tinged Carnaval drunkfest and the self-consciously zany Live Masturbate-a-Thon, be sure to check out San Francisco's dirty and unique Artist In Residence program happening down at the dump. DeYoung ruler/society darling/abusive stepmother Dede Wilsey you will not find…
Trinity Plaza Place: A Few New Perspectives On What's In The Works
A tipster directs us to a few new Trinity Place renderings. The portion that’s currently under construction outlined in blue above. And that's the whole shebang below. ∙ Trinity Place [trinityplace.com] ∙ San Francisco's Newest Tower Crane (For Trinity...
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Flock thumbs nose at Twitter by closing $15 million round [Venture Capital]
Flock, the social Web browser startup founded by former Mozilla business-development guy Bart Decrem, has defied its faded buzz to score an additional $15 million in funding, bringing the total... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Google's answer to antitrust concerns over Yahoo deal: [Antitrust]
Yahoo executives want to let Google serve ads next to its search results. But that would mean Google would be selling ads on 80 percent of all search queries online. Microsoft won't let that happen... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Google's answer to antitrust concerns over Yahoo deal: Whirlpool [Antitrust]
Yahoo executives want to let Google serve ads next to its search results. But that would mean Google would be selling ads on 80 percent of all search queries online. Microsoft won't let that happen... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Chron needs Better Writers.
C.W. Nevius: that's not journalism, it's opinion, so I usually ignore it. He is entitled to his rather conservative view of things (his fetish is more enforcement against panhandling and homeless people) . But today, he pens a hate column on Chris Daly. What bothers me is that Chuck gets his…
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R. James Woolsey and the rise of the greenocons [Cleantech]
How to make your cleantech capitalist dreams resonate with the hicks and hawks of Washington, D.C.? In a perfect storm of liberal guilt and heartland pandering, former Secretary of the Navy and CIA... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Kirk Janes, RIP
The name of the bicyclist killed yesterday has been released. He was Kirk Janes, founder of the American Flyer bike messenger service, and a well-known figure in the local bike messenger community. We like this quote from the Chronicle that describes the kind of guy he was: Janes had…
Startups brag about homeless Herring honor [Deathwatch]
The news of Red Herring's eviction from its office has not given the Valley's PR machine even a momentary pause. At last count, 89 press releases have hit Google News touting some startup's listing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Trying To Establish The True Secondary Market: One Rincon Hill
While the sales office at One Rincon Hill has reported great success in reselling cancelled contracts (as well as increased prices), with at least twenty five units now available for sale or assignment outside of the sales office, the...
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Trying To Establish The True Secondary Resale Market: One Rincon Hill
While the sales office at One Rincon Hill has reported great success in reselling cancelled contracts (as well as increased prices), with at least twenty five units now available for sale or assignment outside of the sales office, the...
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