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Zero Dollar Bill by Brian Romero
Los Angeles artist Brian Romero has designed a worthless Zero Dollar Bill (larger). Inspired by high oil prices and a devalued dollar, I set out to make the zero dollar bill! Did you know the U.S. dollar is fiat currency? Or that the Federal Reserve is a private bank, whose board members and…
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Reminder: Prink Triangle Needs Volunteer Help
Photo by MadeIn1953/Flickr Starting today, homosexual pride fans, the Pink Triangle folks need help setting up that large, pink, equilateral triangle on one of the hills of Twin Peaks. Won't you help them? This year's promises to be the biggest yet, with girth like you've never seen before.…
The Chron's Rorschach Test.
John McCain's relation with the press is strange. He's the great proof of the superiority of the blogger-in-pajamas coverage of politics. McCain's coverage in the media, and in the Chron in particular, goes like this: he's a friendly guy, he may remember Carla Marinucci's name, he gives her…
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Video of Simpsons Map for Quake 3 Arena
Here’s a video of an extremely detailed Simpsons Map for Quake 3 Arena. via Waxy Related PostsThe Simpsons MovieCreate Your Own Simpsons Avatar (Simpsons Character)Live Action Version of The Simpsons Opening SequenceStephen Hawking Talks About The SimpsonsThe Simpsons Matched Up With The…
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Day Around the Bay
Levi's may go Oakland. [Curbed]Pamper your ass, after kicking some. [SFBG]Bitterness goes online. [Valleywag]You can get laid on Craigslist? [East Bay Express]David Beckham in three questions. We didn't exfoliate for him, either. [SF Chronicle] Photo by Flickr/jurek d.
New Garage at Pleasant Hill Station
New parking garage opens at Pleasant Hill Station.
Step One: Stop Ingesting Them First....
Guy Smoking A Cigarette While Drinking A Beer: "You should go jump in the pool if you're so hot!"Girl Smoking A Cigarette While Drinking A Beer: "I can't. I need to sweat all of the toxins out of my system!!!"OVERHEARD BY HEATHER
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Jerry Yang's $45 million private jet for sale? [Mine Flies Higher]
A tipster points us to a used Bombardier Global Express for sale in Oregon, similar to the one pictured here. Owned by JAY Aviation, it's likely Jerry Yang's private jet. And before you start... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Julia Allison and Dave Winer share love of un-conferences [Geek Love]
A reader writes to us concerned that the apocalypse is nigh. Why so scared? Because wantrepreneur Julia Allison (who was not fired from Star magazine) and cranky RSS guru Dave Winer are now link... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
No, we're not MySpace Tom, but here's our advice anyway [Great Moments In Customer Service]
Dear Valleywag reader Hannah M.: It's true that sometimes that Valleywag writes about News Corp.'s social network MySpace. This does not make us MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson, however. We apologize... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
American Airlines Jet Makes Emergency Landing at LAX
American Flight 442, bound for Miami, made an emergency landing at LAX today after the pilot "reported smoke and the smell of fuel in the cockpit." Egads. All passengers are safe, according to CBS 5/AP, but it seems that "the plane was carrying hazardous material in its forward cargo area,"…
Vacationing Valleywaggers show each other the love [Caption Contest]
Yes, everyone in the comments have been clamoring for Valleywag's Owen Thomas to come back. While he told me to ignore the rabble, I figured I'd treat his fans to Thomas and Very Special... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Lock up your daughters, because David "Talin" Joiner is on the loose [Superficial]
At a birthday party for game developer David "Talin" Joiner hosted by former Powerset CEO Barney Pell, the guest of honor provided guests with $5,000 to spend any way they collectively wished. What... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Alex Albrecht's top secret new project has a name: Project Lore [Exclusive]
Diggnation co-host Alex Albrecht has been working on a new project behind the scenes for months now, and it could soon be coming to a browser near you — a tipster pointed us to projectlore.com,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
George W. Bush Sewage Plant Momentum Grows
Photo by Steve Rhodes Next to the bloody weekend we had, there were Obama bake sales adoring almost every Bart station on Saturday. Also, the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is still out there, in case you forgot, gathering way more signatures than they anticipated. While…
Our Ritz-Carlton Residences Monday Morning Redux: The Update
From a trusted plugged-in tipster on the heels of this mornings post: I've heard that one-third of the Ritz units fell out of escrow. I gather some buyers were upset that the retail space, which was supposed to be a...
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Peter Thiel showing Wall Street how it's done at Clarium Capital [Private Equity]
Known best in the Valley for co-founding PayPal and serving on the board of highly-valued Facebook, on Wall Street Thiel is becoming better known as a hedge-fund wunderkind — Clarium Capital,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Boing Boing TV on Virgin America
Speaking of Virgin America and The Internets, here’s a photo I shot of Boing Boing TV on Virgin America, one of the programming options on Red, their interactive in-flight entertainment system. The photo is from my “virgin” flight on Virgin America back in March and overall it…
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Jerry Brown demands California ISPs create Internet blacklists [Politics]
Former governor and current Attorney General Jerry Brown says that New York's blocking of Usenet groups and other Internet censorship isn't harsh enough, as a few independent Internet service... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Steve Jobs ruthless, Michael Eisner clueless according to new Pixar history [Books]
Pixar, the computer animation company and digital film studio, was undervalued by everyone in Hollywood, from George Lucas who formed the original team at Skywalker Ranch to Michael Eisner and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
SFist Tonight
All '90s edition! Killer, dude! MUSIC: Liz Phair returns to the Fillmore, but this time she's performing her glorious debut album -- the surprisingly still catchy Exile in Guyville (1993) -- in its entirety. Oh my God, is right. 9 p.m. // The Fillmore (1805 Geary) // $25 CLUB: Monday is…
Bill Gates, Paul Allen reunite with employees from original Albuquerque office [Microsoft]
As co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates prepares to soft-retire from Microsoft, he indulged in a feel-good photo op with his former business partner Paul Allen and the remaining staff from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
You’ll Have To Pardon Us If We Avoid Swapping Any Spit (125 Mono)
While we had been waiting for the website for 125 Mono to go live, a plugged-in reader simply reports: Just went to the open house on Sunday and it is truly one of the best modern "dwell-like" houses in...
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17 mistakes startups make -- the 100-word version [Silicon Valley Users Guide]
In 1999 John Osher started Dr. John's SpinBrush to sell a $5 electric toothbrush. In 2001, he sold the company to Procter & Gamble for $475 million. Here are his "17 mistakes start-ups make" in 100... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!…
Pownce 1 Year Anniversary Party
Pownce is having their 1 Year Anniversary Party this Friday, June 27th at the Justin.tv headquarters in San Francisco. If you plan on going, you need to RSVP in advance and you should show up early if you want to make sure that you can get in. photo by Mark Trammell Related PostsBohemian Carnival…
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Google's Android promises are coming up empty [Developers, Developers, Developers]
Last fall, Google said third-party devices sporting its Android mobile OS would hit the market by the second half of 2008. With that deadline approaching, Google now says the fourth quarter is more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Skateboard Club Gets Artsy for a Good Cause
(By Travis Jensen) The S.F. Skate Club, a youth skateboarding program dedicated to providing children with skateboarding lessons and mentoring, hosted an art show last Friday in Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi’s office at City Hall. The show featured a series of hand-painted skateboard decks by…
Employee at NBC contractor fired for network on Russert death [Internet Broadcasting Services]
When Meet The Press host Tim Russert died, NBC held the news so it could inform Russert's family first. An employee at Internet Broadcasting Services, which provides web services for some of NBC... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Road Rage Cause of Excelsior Shooting Deaths?
As we reported earlier today, three people were shot to death while driving in the Excelsior District yesterday, What's been revealed since the last post is that the three murder victims were a father and two sons returning from a family barbecue in Fairfield, says the Gate. Identified as…
Joshua Schachter joins exodus from Yahoo [Exits]
Del.icio.us, along with Flickr and Upcoming, was a Web 2.0 darling acquired by Yahoo a few years ago. Also like Flickr and Upcoming, Del.icio.us hasn't rolled out much in the way of new features... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Is the beloved Jerry Yang no longer beloved? [Bleeding Purple]
Yahoo started as Jerry's List and through good times and bad, its employees have held a special spot for co-founder Jerry Yang in their purple-bleeding hearts. Till just about now, it seems. Says one... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Photo du Jour 153
Photo by WhatImSeeing Muni meltdown: Here's a fresh shot from 7:45 a.m.. this morning, where the T-Third and N-Judah lines were backed up from the tunnel to Townsend in both directions. Happy Monday, everyone!
Barry Diller, IAC, kick out third-party ad networks [Online Advertising]
After selling its premium advertising inventory, the 63 companies that used to make up Barry Diller's IAC sell the remnants to third-party ad networks, which pay $1 or $1.50 per thousand pagviews.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Tour of the Current Headquarters in San Francisco
Last Friday Mario Anima, director of online community for Current, gave me a tour of their San Francisco headquarters. Current is an internet and television news and culture network started by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt in 2005 that encourages collaboration with their audience through their VC2…
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LiveJournal now even more Russian [LiveJournal]
Russian publisher Kommersant acquired half of LiveJournal parent company Sup, giving the blog operator control over its news site Gazeta.ru in exchange. Gazeta.ru editor Mikhail Mikhailin said the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Godwin's Rule Squahes Effectiveness at Berkeley Anti-War Protest
Photo by zombietime Saturday's woefully ineffective war protest in Berkeley looked like all sorts of fun! There were ladies sporting furry pink outfits, large signs with lots of small text making incomprehensible messages of protest, flag-waving bikers, Melanie Morgan speaking, privileged…