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Two Reluctant Dieters Choosing Between Chef's Salad And Salad Bar
"The problem with the Chef's Salad is that it's so finite." OVERHEARD BY CLAIRE
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Twitter's real scaling problem revealed [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To]
Twitter developer Alex Payne recently posted a long discourse attempting to explain why Twitter keeps going down, and why throwing more machines at the problem won't solve it. But we find his... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Jeff Bezos just wants his shareholders to know he's still having sex [Quotable]
Attention, Amazon.com shareholders! Your money is not, repeat not in the hands of a sexless technomonk. Jeff Bezos took a moment to share some evidence of this at his annual shareholders meeting in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Liz Hickok: Jell-O Artiste
Preferring the medium of Jell-O as the best way of expressing herself, Liz Hickok tells Current TV exactly how she made that San Francisco Jello mold recreation thingy. She also reveals that she makes her Jell-O just like "everybody else does at home." Strange. We thought for sure she used…
Day Around the Bay
Photo by Jim Herd SF Republican party recruits in Cow Hollow, uses ironing board. Aw. [SFCitizen]Cyclists whine that Google doesn't have bike routes. [SF MetBlogs]SF's Better Streets Plan tome released. [Curbed]For some reason we cannot stop looking at NBC 11's Breakfast Blog. (Tip: Brent…
Bill Gates last move at Microsoft is to replace Steve Ballmer with robot [Developers, Developers, Developers]
newVideoPlayer("ballmer_bot.flv", 494, 277,""); Speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Orlando, Florida, Bill Gates said some stuff about Internet Explorer 8, blah blah blah. More importantly,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Who's On First?
We've been to a couple of Giants games this season and our usual reaction upon hearing the announcement of the starting lineup is "who?" Brian Horwitz? John Bowker? Jose Castillo? Just who are these guys? As a Giants fan, of course, we are expected to root for Emmanuel Burriss despite the…
Sarah Austin plurks the road [Deathcasters]
"Everywhere I go on Twitter everyone is talking about Plurk right now!" exclaims tireless neo-camgirl Sarah Austin, the videoblogger formerly known as Sarah Meyers, and before that Sarah Austin. In... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Interview with Konrad Zuse, inventor of first functional computer [History Lesson]
In the 1930s, Konrad Zuse, a German scientist, invented the first functional computing device, an electromechanical beast that used relays as logic gates. In this interview from The Machine That... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Natali Del Conte explains it all [Caption Contest]
Natali Del Conte looking more Fashion Week than Internet Week in a black dress and pearls, speaking at the New York Media Information Exchange Group meetup. Can you suggest a better caption? Do so in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Veoh raises another $30 million [Venture Capital]
Veoh, the YouTube also-ran, has raised another $30 million, bringing its total funding to $70 million. We hear Google's looking for a way to make money with YouTube. If only they'd come up with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Israel to jail online brothel owners in actual prisons [Sex Trade]
Good news for Second Life! Israeli legislator Zahava Gal-On has been so taken in by the illusion of sex offered in fake online worlds that she's proposing mandatory five-year jail terms for the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SFist Tonight
FILM: Cold Case Files meets Camelot with the documentary RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy, featuring new footage from of the night he died (see above), eyewitnesses interviews, Kennedy accents, crackpot theories, and much, much more. Exciting stuff, folks. 9:20 p.m. // Roxie…
New funding for New York wantrepreneurs [New York, Minute]
Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of some city on the East Coast with good nightlife but lousy conditions for startups, has unveiled a $2 million fund for companies doomed to failure by their... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Michael Birch's first social networking sellout a blowout [Ringo]
In 2003, social networking was not yet faddish. Michael Birch sold his self-admitted Friendster clone, Ringo, to online dating site Tickle for a pittance. He came to see that as a mistake, and went... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag alumni watch [Self-referential]
Jordan Golson has landed at The Industry Standard, quippy as ever. On Nancy Pelosi's call for the Valley to throw cash at solving the world's problems: "I'm not sure why Pelosi is asking for help... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Behold the Hayes Valley Exploding-Head, Rusty Public Art Sculpture
Photo by bikelikeme/Flickr Worthy of your love or a tetanus shot?
Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller and Jack Black turn social media experts [Online Video]
Forget searching Technorati, pitching bloggers and creating Facebook pages. Know what helps a video go viral? It's easy! Launch it on MTV and cast Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Alice in Wonderland Tea Party, Croquet Tournament & Trunk Show
The Alice in Wonderland Tea Party, Croquet Tournament and Trunk Show takes place this Sunday, June 8th at the San Francisco Croquet Lawns at Stern Grove. Visit Eternal Springs Productions for more info and tickets can be purchased in advance. Come in costume, play croquet with the Queen of Hearts…
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Cookie Monster No Want To Delete Cookies?!
Cookie Monster no want to delete cookies?! (original version). comic by Super Punch comic by Gegen Den Strich Related PostsCookie Mongoloid HalloweenCookie MongoloidFlying Spaghetti Monster Google LogoMonsterHoodies, Turn Yourself Into A Cute MonsterHi Fructose Release PartySHARETHIS.addEntry({…
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ABC tops online, with CBS a comer [Stats]
ABC has the most popular television network website, just a shade more popular than NBC.com among the six broadcasters sampled by HitWise. But both websites are down in their relative share of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Facebook's widget security? You could throw a sheep through it [Your Privacy Is An Illusion]
Linking up social websites, as proponents of "data portability" would have us do, can be hazardous to your privacy. And Paris Hilton's, and Lindsay Lohan's. But even the widgets on a single social... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Anyone by Ryan Fedyk
“Anyone” is a wonderful animated short by Ryan Fedyk about isolation and detached communication. via Nick Douglas Related PostsSupr.c.ilio.usSLOMO Horror Festival Call For EntriesFree Google Wi-Fi in San Francisco1979 Kirby Hunting TrophySilicon Valley WordPress Meetup at…
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SFist Votes (?)
It's Part Two of the California Primary, where the state in its struggles to be "relevant" in the presidential primary by moving its election date up to the first possible date that you could set without having to go through a horrible shouting Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting on CSPAN…
YouTube money-hunter Shashi Seth's stealth publicity campaign [Great Moments In Pr]
Perhaps my weekend sojourn in Hollywood left me jaded. But an email anonymously tipping Valleywag about YouTube's "head of monetization" and former Google Web search lead Shashi Seth leaving the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Obama Takes It
According to the Associated Press, "Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday." Is it done. The tally was based on public declarations from delegates as well as from another 15 who have confirmed their intentions to the AP. It also included 11…
Sunset on Mars
As part of their Image of the Day series, NASA posted a beautiful image of a sunset on Mars sent by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on May 19, 2005. via Buzz Andersen image via NASA Related PostsTwitter Updates of NASA Phoenix Spacecraft Landing on MarsWar of the Worlds from a Martian…
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Carl Icahn's $2.5 billion question [Yahoo Raid]
Details of Yahoo's poison-pill employee severance package, designed to deter a Microsoft aquisition, were revealed with the release of documents from the shareholder lawsuit pending in Delaware... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Lehman Brothers's online ad forecast [Online Advertising]
Lehman Brothers analyst Doug Anmuth told the crowd at the EconAds conference in New York that the search market will grow 27 percent to $11 billion in 2008. Display advertising will grow 25 percent.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Photo du Jour 141
Photo by Seven Morris Well, wait no more. Both ends of the Bay Area felt two quakes this morning. Minor 2.1 and 2.2 movers. That's all. But the tiny ones, of course, are good reminders to get prepared. Because we're not sharing our Aquafina with you.
Disco Ball in the Brewery of 21st Amendment
Last Thursday at our Meet The Tentacles event, I shot a short video of the disco ball in the brewery of 21st Amendment. The beer in there is really having a good time, no wonder it tastes so great. Related PostsThe 4th Annual San Francisco Beer OlympicsReverend Billy Arrested While Reciting The…
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Rocchi's Retro Rental: Running for the Life You Didn't Know You Had
Three Days of the Condor (1975) I got to cover the Toronto International Film Festival back in 2002; I was at the opening night screening of Heaven , a film by Tom Tykwer, and as I made my...
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Hans Reiser case to be salaciously exploited by "48 Hours Mystery" on CBS [Crime]
The verdict is in — guilty — but that won't stop television producers from trotting out hoary "clues" to make Hans Reiser's murder of ex-wife Nina Reiser as mysterious as possible on CBS... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Bid for relevance [E-commerce]
Through higher fees and other changes, eBay is trying to push auctioneers off its site, as consumers favor fixed-price purchases. [BusinessWeek] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Photos of Growing Up Star Wars: 1977-1985
Glen Mullaly, Mike Middleton and Todd Franklin created great Flickr pool featuring photos of Growing Up Star Wars: 1977-1985. via Cynical-C Blog photos via Tom and Carolyn & Todd Franklin Related PostsSilent Star WarsTiny Pixelated Illustrations of Star Wars ToysStar Wars & Marvel Comics…
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Microsoft kicks Amazon.com's spandex-clad butt in bicycling to work [Green With Envy]
Microsoft employees have logged 2,605 days of riding their bikes to work, with an average commute of 19 miles in a day, since the start of the year in a contest sponsored by the Cascade Bicycle... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Gay Marriage Ban Initiative to Show Up On California Ballot?
Hold on there, June brides. The Secretary of State announced yesterday that an initiative to re-ban same-sex marriage in California has qualified for the November ballot. Uh oh. The California Marriage Protection Act needed 694,354 petition signatures to get on the ballot. It 1,120,801…