"NOTE: Homicide data is temporarily unavailable."
"NOTE: Homicide data is temporarily unavailable." is a tiny little by-line when selecting the types of offenses one would like to plot on the San Francisco interactive crime map.To understand my...
View ArticleBathroom in the mission part 2 and pictures from the Google office
Looks like toilets on the street are becoming popular in 94110:The views from the Google SF office are pretty amazing:[where: 94110]
View ArticleDoes Dianne Feinstein support the new FISA bill which will give immunity to...
Here's the response that I received from Dianne Feinstein when I told her that I didn't support legal immunity for telephone companies wrt to the new FISA that's being voted on in the senate today.Dear...
View ArticleDid I really get an 8G iPhone or is Apple just mocking me?
Seems like they're mocking me. Seriously, how many bytes are you saving me Apple? What's worse? You can't bulk delete the text messages, you must delete them one by one. Very lame indeed. Secondly, if...
View ArticleDon't wait for the SF Government for free WiFi order your repeater from...
Pretty sweet deal Meraki is creating a wireless mesh network with a bunch of repeaters. They're blanketing lower haight & the mission right now. Sign up here: http://sf.meraki.com/ to receive a...
View ArticlePhoto of the day on SFist made me laugh...
Someone else in the Mission has a sense of humor too... Check out the post at sfist: http://sfist.com/2008/01/03/photo_du_jour_19.phpSome dude or dudette is sticking American flags in pooh they find on...
View ArticleSFGate 2007 Homicide mashup
SFgate put together a mashup of homicides and geography around the city for 2007. Check out the homicide map. Kind of sad, and shows I should move considering that 3 of the homicides were less then one...
View ArticleBART escalators, what's the deal?
I've been amazed at how many times the BART escalators are broken. I've tried to snap photos of the normal escalators I see on a day to day basis. I only go between two stations daily: 24th &...
View ArticleWhy does ATT care about copyright infringement?
If you haven't been paying attention AT&T a week back said that they're working with the RIAA on a network based solution to the copyright infringement problem. Why would AT&T be destroying...
View Article"The Prosecution Of Governor Siegelman" from 60 minutes
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View ArticleNew toilet in the mission on 23rd and Harrison...
New porta-potty in front of my house this morning. Lisa just finished using it when I snapped this photo.[where: 94110]
View ArticleThe smarter plan for the Google and Yahoo 3% Search Monetization Traffic Test...
Yahoo is going to start using Google AdWords to monetize 3% of searches. Which searches are they picking? What would be the best strategy for Yahoo and Google? Read on...Yahoo and Google are now...
View ArticleMicrosoft really wants to burn its money...
So today Microsoft announced that they'll be paying searchers to purchase goods using their product search engine (in the form of cashbacks). This is what Google did with "Google Checkout"; this is...
View ArticleiPhone complaint number 1001
For work I get hundreds of text messages from our monitoring system. The system sends alerts via SMS. This seems fine doesn't it? Well guess what happens to your iPhone when you have too many (200+)...
View ArticleYogurt is the new black
Organic yogurt shops are popping up everywhere in SOMA (otherwise known as 94105)! What's the deal? Are the founders of TCBY Yogurt like locusts? They show up every 17 years or so? Just a few months...
View ArticleDid you know the iPhone headphones have a mic?
I've owned 3 iPhones (one lost, one bricked, and my current one). I didn't know until today that the iPhone headphones that Apple gives you with your phone actually has a microphone. Here's a picture:...
View ArticleLack of Feedback Loops in Healthcare
I just saw a doctor and got some advice for my hip problem a few weeks ago. How do I trust this new information? How do I know he's up on the latest information? What if he picked up the wrong things...
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