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MAKE Magazine: DIY electric car: Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:00:00 -0500

Looking for the ultimate DIY gift for the holiday season? Yeah, me too! How about building your own electric car? It won't go more than 55 mph, and the seats happen to be green lawn chairs, but it will save you some money at the pump.

Anyhow, here's a' [...]

MAKE Magazine: In the Maker Shed: Pololu 3pi robot

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:00:00 -0500

The Pololu 3pi robot is a high-performance mobile platform based on the ATmega168 micro-controller. This fully assembled robot features two micro motors, five reflectance sensors, LCD display, buzzer, and 3 user push buttons. The 3pi is capable of speeds exceeding 3 feet per second! Check out our How-To [...]

A Cappella News: The Sing Off: Conference Call with Nick Lachey

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:00:00 -0500

Realitywanted Nick and executive producer Joel Gallen spoke to reporters in a conference call about The Sing Off and what viewers can expect. Q. How did you select the groups for The Sing Off? A. Joel: We went through an... [...]

MAKE Magazine: Synth Britannia - BBC video of the birth of synth music

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:00:54 -0500

Incredible... Synth Britannia - BBC video of the birth of synth music. It starts off with Kraftwerk with interviews from OMD and whatnot... Thanks Jason! Parts 2 through 9 in the related videos on the YouTube page.

MAKE Magazine: Solar noisemaker from IKEA desk lamp

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Jan Van Nuenen made this solar-powered strobe-opto-theremin-synth-thing, the Sunnan Synth. Built using a $20 desk lamp and a couple dollars worth of electronics, it lets you get your beeping and bleeping in while away from the grid. Want to make your own? The schematic [...]

Jana's Journal and Sketch Blog: Rubber Tree: The gift that keeps on giving

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:50:04 -0500

Number of comments: 2
I just needed to sketch something, anything, yesterday, and this rubber tree plant outside my studio window was glowing in the sun. My son Robin gave it to me as a housewarming gift 10 years ago when I bought my combo home/studio (a duplex; one unit is my house, one [...]

Eater SF: EaterWire: Details on Valencia's Heart, Plus More 2010 Trends

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:38:22 -0500

THE MISSION—Lady Hopstress—who has given her site a nice lil' facelift (complete with a gift-giving guide!)—gets a few more details on Heart, that new wine bar/gallery that we mentioned in September: it's a 1,600-square-foot space that will be outfitted with communal tables and a' [...]

MenuPages Blog :: San Francisco: Delarosa Brings Beretta to the Marina

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:39:29 -0500

Spinoff restaurant offers similar menu and drinks on the other side of town. [...]

Curbed SF: Linkage: The Inner Sunset's Copper Condos, Four Seasons Goes Blog Crazy

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:30:00 -0500

["Museum Collision," via Curbed SF Flickr photog Benjamin Heath]

· Gavin's too busy, Scott Street greening takes a raincheck [SF Citizen]
· The Four Seasons' overly aggressive marketing overtures [SF Appeal]
· Those copper condos in the Inner Sunset: ready for eyeballs [Inside' [...]

MAKE Magazine: LED Throwies - "Invented at Thinkgeek" ?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:03:59 -0500

I received the new ThinkGeek catalog today, I really like them and their stuff - they're one of the best geek culture curator shops online, as well as developing their own merchandise. That said - I was surprised to see ThinkGeek claiming they invented LED throwies' [...]

Curbed SF: CurbedWire: Extraordinary Homes: Book-signing alert: "Extraordinary Homes California" celebrates...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Book-signing alert: "Extraordinary Homes California" celebrates it release on Thursday at Waterworks. "The impressive 240-page volume includes more than 200 color images that showcase California’s architectural diversity: Spanish-inspired estates with Old World character, Mediterranean vineyard villas, contemporary residences made of indigenous materials, sustainable homes, and more. ..." [...]

MAKE Magazine: Jake von Slatt's Gift Guide

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Our pal Jake von Slatt has a great gift guide up at the Steampunk Workshop. Now, all you steampunk haters out there can calm down. This isn't a steampunk gift guide, just a guide from a maker who happens to work in the style of steampunk (as' [...]

MenuPages Blog :: San Francisco: Tablehopper Re-Launches with New Look, Same Scoops

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:59:58 -0500

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Bay Area Vegetarians: Nature’s Express – coming soon to Berkeley

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:54:53 -0500

From this months Marin Veg Newsletter

Nature’s Express, a new vegan restaurant for people in a hurry is planning to open mid-January in Berkeley. To read about the founder, an oncologist of all things.

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Eater SF: Hurdling the Red Tape: Charles Phan thinks there needs to...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:43:43 -0500

Charles Phan thinks there needs to be a change with regards to the insane red tape involved with food trucks, but also that the system needs rules and shouldn't be a free-for-all. So, he's playing ambassador and helping to save the world: "Phan said food trucks'" [...]

Daring Fireball: Michael Gartenberg on the Future of Nokia?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:38:21 -0500

Count me as a Nokia pessimist. I think their leadership lacks the balls to move ahead aggressively.

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: Firehouse 44: Listed In 2008, Withdrawn In 2009, Returning In 2010?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:30:00 -0500

As we wrote in October: It’s been on the market since May 22, 2008. And during that time the asking price has dropped from $6,375,000 to $5,175,000. And no, 3816 22nd Street (a.k.a. Firehouse 44) isn’t in contract. But... [...]

Curbed SF: Rent Check: Daniel Solomon-Designed Apartment in North Beach, Circa 1980

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:30:00 -0500

An '80s flashback: architect Daniel Solomon designed North Beach's 55 Vandewater way back at the start of the glam decade. This 1-bed, 1-bath unit's got an open floor plan, two levels of windows, and remodeled kitchen and bathroom. The rest of the building, tucked away on a' [...]

MAKE Magazine: Doug Repetto's Walking Tables workshop at MoMA, this Friday!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:30:00 -0500

This sounds like so much fun, I'm tempted to drive up to NYC for the day to attend. As part of MoMA'a amazing Bauhaus exhibitions, events, and workshops, Douglas Repetto (Dorkbot founder, artist, and teacher at Columbia) will be doing a workshop, called "Walking Tables and Wrestling" [...]

homesick home: So....

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:13:00 -0500

Number of comments: 6
There's a job open at my company in New York, that I really want -- I mean, really, REALLY want, as in, I want to do the actual job.

Plus, I really, REALLY would love to live in New York.

We wouldn't have to pay a fortune to' [...]

Daring Fireball: Microsoft Says Windows Security Updates Not to Blame for ‘Black Screens’

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:11:30 -0500

They seem to have no idea what’s causing the problem, but deny changing the registry key that’s been blamed. So it looks like the whole story is bogus.

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Curbed SF: Interview With the Book Man: William Stout's the dude with a...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0500

William Stout's the dude with a mustache that was probably fantastic like that before they just became ironic. He also owns the renowned architecture bookstore by the same name in the FiDi, and he just opened a new one in SoMa. In an interview with The [...]

MAKE Magazine: SPARK Project #3, Post #3

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0500

In my previous post, I described how I was able to program an iCop eBox to transmit date using an XBee wireless link. The program was written in Visual C++ and executed serial port commands to send data to a host computer. I [...]

I'll Flip You. Flip You For Real.: i always get lost in there anyway...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:51:00 -0500

I will never be allowed in the Four Seasons San Francisco again thanks to today's See Spot Write... [...]

: The Montgomery Moves To Sealed Bids To Sell Last Three

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:40:00 -0500

The latest from The Montgomery (74 New Montgomery) sales office by way of a tipster: The Montgomery is pleased to announce a special Minimum Sealed Bid Program for all remaining homes. If you are thinking of buying a new home... [...]

MenuPages Blog :: San Francisco: Inspections Holding Up Encuentro

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:29:25 -0500

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Eater SF: The Dish: Explosion of Openings Led By Frances, Baker & Banker, More!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:14:40 -0500

Beretta's new sibling Delarosa already rolled out over the long weekend, and today, the first of the month brings a veritable cornucopia of significant restaurant openings. As always, if we've missed one, do let us know.

Click the image above to view' [...]

Curbed SF: Rendering Reveal: On the Ground at the Cathedral Hill Hospital on Van Ness

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Click the image above to view the full photogallery.

Presented with the caveat that things may change in the approvals process: the Cathedral Hill Hospital on Van Ness! But more specifically, what it's supposed to look like on the street when the 555-bed hospital and [...]

MAKE Magazine: Lovecraft Elder Thing sculpt

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500

From ConceptArt.org user Jiangzu (who says "I am so addicted to sculpting that I forget to eat half the time") this awesome Sculpey-and-wire rendition of one of Lovecraft's master baddies from At the Mountains of [...]

Daring Fireball: [Sponsor] VMware Fusion 3

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:41:07 -0500

VMware Fusion 3 makes it easier than ever to run Windows applications just like Mac applications… without rebooting.

Combine a Mac native user experience with an all new 64-bit native engine designed to deliver peak performance running on Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard. VMware Fusion 3 is the best [...]

Gastronomie: Party Potatoes Make a Nifty Shepherd's Pie

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:31:32 -0500

Number of comments: 5

When I first wrote about Colin's grandmother's "Party Potatoes" a few years ago, it was without much expectation. It's true that they really are the most amazing mashed potatoes I've ever eaten, but how many times has someone said that? Potatoes, dairy, more dairy and butter (What?! Butter' [...]

: SocketSite's San Francisco Listed Housing Inventory: 12/01/09

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:15:00 -0500

Inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco fell 6% over the past two weeks and is currently running 23% under 2008 levels on a year-over-year basis (down 28% for single-family homes and down 19%... [...]

Daring Fireball: Consumer Reports: AT&T Cellphone Service Last in Customer Satisfaction

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:14:27 -0500

Shocking.

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MAKE Magazine: Turning unsightly cables into design

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Not sure what to do about those unsightly cables that are strung about your abode? Well, instead of hiding them, why not feature them prominently on the wall? That's what Maisie Maud Broadhead decided to do with her cable drawings project. Just be sure you really [...]

Bruce Blog: Editorial: U.S. out of Afghanistan

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:52:45 -0500

Now is more important than ever for the movement that swept Obama into office to get back into the streets and oppose his Afghan escalation policy

EDITORIAL We knew President Obama wasn’t going to be perfect. We knew he was a lot more of a political moderate than the [...]

Bruce Blog: Trillin: Lieberman on the public option

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:47:00 -0500

CALVIN TRILLIN: DEADLINE POET

Senator Joe Lieberman
and the public option

If public option's in the bill, Joe says,

He'll work to make a filibuster stick.

If so, insurance giants then will cheer.

The poor will think of Joe when they're sick.

The Nation (11/30/09)

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Curbed SF: On the Rocks: Joe Cassidy's 113-Unit Upper Market Project Is In A Bit of Trouble

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:45:00 -0500

And just when the 113 residences at 1844 Market St. started seeing some movement again: last Friday's SFBT brought news that the development, which was taken under developer Joe Cassidy's wing, is now "up in the air." Again. The development was financed by United Commercial Bank, [...]

MenuPages Blog :: San Francisco: Acme Chophouse to Split in Two

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:40:06 -0500

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Eater SF: Giveaway Extravaganza: Win Hotel Stay, Passes to South Beach's Wine & Food Fest!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:30:41 -0500

This time of year, who doesn't like to get stuff for free? Lucky for you, the annual Eater Giveaway Extravaganza is underway, starting right ... this ... second. Until we run out of merch, while supplies last, for a limited time only, by special engagement, etc. etc., check this space' [...]

: Life At The Hamilton (631 O'Farrell): A Plugged-In Reader's Report

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:15:00 -0500

Add another item to the list of things we like about the Hamilton: its community (and a plugged-in reader’s inside report). I live in this building and can help to answer some of the questions. Overall it is a great... [...]

MAKE Magazine: Mystery Box assembly video

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:15:00 -0500

I made this short video to demonstrate the assembly of the laser-cut Mystery Box. While there is an instruction sheet packed in with the kit, this seemed like a nice way to show the particulars.

In the Maker Shed:

Mystery Box Kit - The [...]

Daring Fireball: Google Zeitgeist 2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:09:10 -0500

Not sure why they release these at the start of December.

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Eater SF: Switcheroos: Tonic Guys Officially Take Over Bar Johnny, Rename It Bullitt

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:00:37 -0500

News about Tonic's takeover of Polk Street neighbor Bar Johnny first came out back in June, but the deal is finally done and the new regime has officially taken over. What's more, the new name of the place is now Bullitt, taking inspiration from the arguably [...]

Curbed SF: Getting to Know You: Take the Curbed Reader Survey, Please

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:00:07 -0500

Dear readers, we've got a favor to ask of you: if you enjoy reading Curbed (hell, even if you don't), please consider taking a few minutes to fill out our annual Curbed Reader Survey. The questions are mostly demographic things that potential advertisers tell us [...]

MAKE Magazine: dataMorphose: spatial information visualization

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Christiane Keller created an incredibly rich environment where people can interact with information as if it were present in space:

dataMorphose is an interactive installation which projects data into real space and visualizes it three-dimensionally. Information is represented by spanned and moving sails directly in the room. [...]

Fashionist: Amelia and Susanne - Dolores Street, SF

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:57:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Amelia: "I don't know about this outfit, I just threw it together this morning, but usually I like late 70s punk stuff. So that pretty much shows through my style."
Susanne: "I kind of like simple stuff to'" [...]

MenuPages Blog :: San Francisco: Smuggler's Cove Rum as Elite as the Staff

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:20:08 -0500

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Eater SF: Eater Book Club: Eater National takes a cursory look...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:00:35 -0500

Eater National takes a cursory look at Knives at Dawn, the new book by Andrew Friedman about the American quest for culinary glory at the 2009 Bocuse d'Or competition. Included in the book—along with everything you ever wondered about the Bocuse d'Or— are tons of fun [...]

Curbed SF: Defriending: Confusing and weird that the California...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0500

Confusing and weird that the California High Speed Rail Authority would continue to explore terminating the state's fast train anywhere other than the planned Transbay Transit Center. And probably a little frustrating— which is why the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency is voting today on a resolution [...]

MAKE Magazine: The new CRAFT

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:59:50 -0500

Today marks the launch of the new CRAFT site! Natalie rounds up the best features in her announcement post:
Here it is -- our new web site! We hope you enjoy visiting us here each day to catch up with our blog as well [...]

: CityPlace Community Meeting Five W's (If You Count Wednesday)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:30:00 -0500

What: CityPlace community meeting with the development team for "the proposed new value-based retail project for the Mid-Market neighborhood." When: Wednesday, December 2, 6:00pm Where: 901 Market Street Why: Learn more about the proposed development. And perhaps report back...... [...]

MAKE Magazine: Scratchbot robot navigates with whiskers

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:30:00 -0500

Interested in sensing things without using sight? So are the researchers at the University of Sheffield and Bristol Robotics Laboratory, who have developed the Scratchbot robot that can navigate by waving around a set of 18 whiskers.

To design their sensors, they began by reverse-engineering a rat's whiskers using high-speed [...]

I'll Flip You. Flip You For Real.: the home turf was usually antioch...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:18:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
I'm a big fan of local television, mainly because it's so easy to get on it. Recently, I was remembering an '80's Bay Area Saturday morning show on KRON called "Home Turf." Home Turf was gritty and urban as evidenced by it's opening credits which employed a friendly graffiti [...]

Curbed SF: On the Market: A 'Rarely Available' Mint Collection Condo, Purple Included?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:10:00 -0500

Click the image above to view the full photogallery.

Which one is this: the bedroom of a really annoying set of Disney Channel twins, or a designer gone mad on the Real World? In any case, Unit 602 is a "rarely available" condo in the Mint [...]

Eater SF: Game-Changers: Acme Chophouse to be Reborn as Public House and Mijita

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:03:43 -0500

Breaking white hot off the EaterWire is the news that Traci des Jardins will reinvent Acme Chophouse as not one, but two new restaurants in time for the 2010 baseball season. Acme will turn into two separate eateries: Mijita and Public House. Mijita will obviously be a [...]

DailyCandy San Francisco: Goodie Mob

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Goody Goodie Cream & Sugar Cookies

Once you moved past algebra, math was kind of a wash.

But here’s an easy ratio to remember: four to one.

As in, the ratio of fillings to dough that baker Remi Hayashi Girouard uses in Goody Goodie Cream & Sugar cookies. The confections, which [...]

Eater SF: Meanwhile in Jack London Square: The big food-centric overhaul of Jack...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:53:47 -0500

The big food-centric overhaul of Jack London Square is still slated for 2010, with that mega-market and at least four restaurants (including Daniel Patterson's Bracina) en route, but an anchor of the area, the 33,000 square foot Barnes & Noble, has announced it will [...]

Doggy Style: Loneliness — Don't Catch It!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:51:00 -0500

A study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology says colds, swine—I mean, H1N1—flu, and STDs aren't the only things that are contagious, loneliness is too. They found that lonely people “infect” or “transmit” their feelings of loneliness to their friends, who in turn become lonely. They recommend' [...]

MAKE Magazine: Tic Tac mini synth

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:30:07 -0500

Unigamer points out Andy Gadget's Instructable for building an ultra-portable melody/beat box - super cute!This tiny box will give you hours of fun composing your own tunes. You can vary the tune tempo and switch between a pentatonic and blues scale as well as producing a variety of percussion [...]

emptyage: The Short, Strange Trip of Nathan Abbott: A Cautionary Tale | Autopia | Wired.com

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:06:46 -0500

Ideas often seem better from ten-thousand feet. But even at that altitude, as his plane tracked across the sky from Atlanta to Oregon, 38-year-old Nathan Abbott knew he was embarking on a fool’s errand: A 25-day, cross-country motorcycle journey in November and December. It would be a grueling trip, even [...]

Eater SF: Listage: Ode to In-N-Out; The Plight of Soul Food Farm

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:00:27 -0500

On the set of the Top Chef finale at Brix, filmed a few weeks ago. [Photo: Eater SF Flickr Pool]

· The Plight of Soul Food Farm Gets Some National Attention [NYT]
· Early Take on The Republic: Promising Burger, Popcorn Emulsion! [Bunrab]
· [...]

Curbed SF: Transit First: Developers to Start Paying for Transit, Biking, and Walking

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:48:06 -0500

A tweak to state law is going to make it so that developers would pay into a transit/bike/pedestrian fund, rather than make piecemeal payments to fix roads. The changes to the California Environmental Quality Act (the first in forty years) would allow San Francisco to take another [...]

A Better Oakland: Remember This: Champions for wasting money

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:32:35 -0500

Number of comments: 10

This afternoon, the Oakland City Council’s Community and Economic Development Committee will be asked to grant $182,000 of redevelopment funds (PDF) to the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Foundation to help them pay the costs of building a house-sized monstrosity and plopping in on top of downtown [...]

MAKE Magazine: Symphony of Science: Our Place in the Cosmos

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:30:00 -0500

Every now and then we all need a break from making things. So sit back, relax, and enjoy "Our Place in the Cosmos" by Symphony of Science. [via MilkandCookies]

Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more [...]

Daring Fireball: Android Developer Challenge 2 Winners

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:15:26 -0500

A few of these sound interesting; most of them need serious help with their icons. (And Tasker’s icon seems oddly familiar.)

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Culinary Muse: The State of Pastry, San Francisco Style

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:13:58 -0500

Luis Villavelazquez, Executive Pastry Chef, Absinthe Bar & Brasserie

William Werner, Executive Pastry Chef, Quince

Elizabeth Falkner, Executive Pastry Chef and Owner, Orson and Citizen Cake

Bill Corbett, Executive Pastry Chef, Michael Mina

Jessica Battilana, Associate Eat + Drink Editor, 7x7 - Moderator

Tonight at the Commonwealth Club. Complete information here.

See you [...]

Daring Fireball: The Great iPhone Death Watch

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:09:33 -0500

A cornucopia of iPhone claim chowder. Update: Changed the link to point to the original list at AAPL Investors.

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Daring Fireball: Nook Ship Date Slips to January 11

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:05:23 -0500

The dangers of pre-announcing products.

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MAKE Magazine: Cupcake Periodic Table and MASSIVE Periodic Table roundup

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:00:55 -0500

Have your elements and eat them, too! This is the only safe way to consume those delicious heavy metals, the cupcake Periodic Table! [via Rachel's Twitter]

MAKE's bi-annual MASSIVE Periodic Table Roundup:

Periodic table

Periodic Table Sweater

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DailyCandy San Francisco: Seal the Deals

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500

All right, folks. Let’s wrap this up.

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Bay Area Bites: Free, Whole, Foods

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:30:59 -0500

Number of comments: 2
The free samples -- cheese cubes with toothpicks, tiny paper cups of soup, chips with dips, and so forth -- make shopping for groceries a lot more fun than trolling malls for mattresses, knee braces, and power tools. You know this because -- at least from time to time -- [...]

MAKE Magazine: Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: MAKE's Toolbox Gift Guide

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

All of us here at Make: Online have banded together to produce this guide. Each of us has submitted at least one review of a favorite tool, which hopefully, will help to inspire many of you who are still looking for gifts for the makers on your list. [...]

Living in the O: Donate to the Blogoaksphere Virtual Food Drive

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:27:59 -0500

Number of comments: 2
For this holiday season, V Smoothe at A Better Oakland has created a way for Oakland bloggers and the blogoaksphere community to join together to help the Alameda County Community Foodbank provide meals to those who need them. She’s set up a virtual food drive, that as of this posting [...]

MAKE Magazine: Affordable grid sequencer looks ripe for hacking

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:00:06 -0500

Wow, not sure how I missed this one - the Bliptronic 5000, a relatively low-cost (aka hackable) melody grid sequencer from ThinkGeek. The 50-dollar device sports 8 casio-esque voices, tempo control, and can be linked up with additional units to play longer sequences. CDM posted an interview with [...]

: Will Golden Gate Fields Follow In Bay Meadows’ Missteps Footsteps?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The bankruptcy related auction of Golden Gate Fields over in the East Bay has been scheduled for February 25, 2010. The 130-acre property has been unsuccessfully targeted for development a number of times. Residents in Albany, a city of... [...]

DailyCandy San Francisco: 24 Secret Santa Gifts for $30 or Less

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Cheap thrills to fill all stockings.

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MAKE Magazine: Volpin Props Bioshock "Big Daddy" on eBay

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The amazing "Big Daddy" costume build from Volpin Props that we covered back in September is up for auction on eBay. The listing closes just after 9:00 AM PST on December 3rd which, incidentally, is my birthday (hint hint hint). [...]

Burbed.com: Hordes of buyers waiting on the sidelines….

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:37:40 -0500

326 CASTILE Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080 | MLS# 80950128
$1,250,000
326 CASTILE Way South San Francisco, CA 94080

Beds: 4
Baths: 3
Sq. Ft.: -
Lot Size: 0.28 Acres
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Style: Contemporary
Stories: 2
View: Green Belt
Year Built: 1999
Community: South San Francisco [...]

MAKE Magazine: Multicolor PCB experiment

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:03 -0500

Though it's understandably not a high priority for most electronics manufacturers, the aesthetic quality of a circuit board can be pretty important to those of us hacker/maker/experimenter types who often end up using electronics sans enclosure. Seeed Studio pushes the envelope a bit with their multi-solder-mask [...]

MAKE Magazine: Therething: Open source MIDI Theremin thing

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:00:00 -0500

The Therething is an open source MIDI controller based on an Arduino. OK, so it's not a true analog Theremin, but it sounds pretty good, and it's enclosure is awesome! Check out the link for more information, including the source code and more videos.

Ultrasonic sensors are used [...]

JMG-Galleries - Jim M. Goldstein Photography: EXIF and Beyond: Lightroom 3 Q&A with Tom Hogarty

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:39:36 -0500

The 32nd episode of EXIF and Beyond has been released (duration 41:48 min.)

This episode of EXIF [...]

David Lebovitz: Menu for Hope 6: Call for Prizes!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:04:28 -0500

This year I've been tapped to be the European host for Menu for Hope 6, an annual event to raise money for the UN World Food Programme's Purchase for Progess campaign.

The auction will go live on December 14th, with participants from all' [...]

Mystical Photography by Frederic Larson: Riding Rodeo

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:00:00 -0500

http://www.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/photoblogfl/2009/11/28/MARIN_HEADLANDS_SUNSET_0476a624x298.jpg

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A Cappella News: Announcing Primarily A Cappella Radio

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:00:00 -0500

After several years of wishful thinking and a couple of false starts we are finally ready to launch Primarily A Cappella Radio. This is a 24/7 live streaming audio feed that can be listened to for free using all... [...]

A Cappella News: BYU heads to NBC

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:31:00 -0500

Salt Lake Tribune (UT): Although Utahns have had much success in televised reality shows, it is still noteworthy when people from the relatively small Beehive State land on a prominent network reality series. Especially if you're Noteworthy. Noteworthy, an award-winning...' [...]

101 Cookbooks: Heirloom Beans & Seitan

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:50:00 -0500

A few weeks back Wayne and I spent three days visiting Palm Springs. The weather was hot (in a good way), and the weekend was set against the backdrop of a piercingly clear blue sky. We visited date farms, browsed vintage furniture shops, brunched outdoors under giant umbrellas, [...]

CityMama: Dear Santa 2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:24:38 -0500

Number of comments: 0
I shake my fist at you and your commercials, PBS Kids Sprout!!! [...]

Daring Fireball: Give Retweets a Chance

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:17:27 -0500

Atebits support FAQ on Twitter’s new-style retweets and Tweetie’s support for them.

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MAKE Magazine: Breaking glass with sound

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:00:11 -0500

Breaking glass with sound...

Rubbing the rim of a wine glass with a wet finger will cause it to resonate at its resonant frequency. The glass is placed in front of a speaker playing a sine wave, created by the function generator, of this same frequency. When the amplitude is [...]

MAKE Magazine: Minimum wage machine

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Ever feel like you are just cranking away and not getting anywhere in life? Well, at least with Blake Fall-Conroy's Minimum Wage Machine, you are guaranteed to get paid as long as you crank. The idea is that you generate [...]

Living in the O: Temescal Produce Market fills neighborhood grocery store gap

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:18:33 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Recently, I’ve been thinking pretty seriously about moving closer to the middle of Temescal. Right now, I’m technically in Temescal (at least, according to some), but I’m many blocks and a freeway overpass away from 51st and Telegraph and all the great stuff in that area. But there was one [...]

Daring Fireball: Bart’s Blackboard

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:17:03 -0500

“I do not have power of attorney over first graders.”

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San Francisco Art Music Style Fashion Culture - Jungle Life: T.I.T.S. x Tera Patrick

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:13:33 -0500

posted to: www.jungle-life.com | posted by: jungle life

Ladies and gentlemen... Miss Tera Patrick.

TITS Brand is proud to announce the completion of the collaborative project with Iron Cross Entertainment featuring adult film star Tera Patrick, a series that [...]

Eater SF: EaterWire: Monk's Kettle Does Beer Dinner, "Soggy Pork" Invented

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:08:44 -0500

FINANCIAL DISTRICT—As noted by the Weekly, there will be a panel discussion tomorrow night to discuss "The State of Pastry in SF" featuring local pastry stars like Luis Villavelazquez (Absinthe), Elizabeth Falkner (Citizen Cake) and William Werner (Quince), among others. Tickets are still available; more info [...]

SFGate: Politics Blog: After major same sex marriage research, liberal CA org says: "We do not see a path to victory."

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:37:41 -0500

The effort to get same sex marriage on the California ballot in 2010 took a hit Monday. Rick Jacbos, the leader of the 700,000-member Courage Campaign just told us that after spending more than...

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MenuPages Blog :: San Francisco: Il Cane Rosso Goes Family-Style Nightly

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:33:14 -0500

Weekly menu was too popular to leave to Sunday nights. [...]

Curbed SF: Linkage: Neon Coke Sign in LED, Another Embarcadero Resto On the Way

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:30:00 -0500

["Enjoy Coca-Cola," via Curbed SF Flickr photog Troy Holden]

· The neon Coke sign's getting an efficiency revamp [Biz Wire]
· Another Embarcadero pier fixed up, turning resto [SF Examiner]
· Stocking stuffers: John King's architecture book list [SFGate]
· Nation's superproject [...]

Married ...with dinner: Hope on the horizon

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:16:31 -0500

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We’re in the initial planning stages of Menu for Hope, the annual food bloggers’ charity raffle that benefits the World Food Programme. If you’re a blogger, check out [...]

MAKE Magazine: MakerBot Sumobot

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Will Langford, the Tufts student who created printable shop glasses on his MakerBot and rendered Thom Yorke's head in 3D, has now printed a Sumbot chassis for an Arduino-driven sumo. Nice work, Will!

It's so cute!
Will's page on Thingiverse

More:
Print your [...]

Curbed SF: The Timeout Approach: The Tenderloin's community court is all...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:50:00 -0500

The Tenderloin's community court is all hugs and kisses for the neighborhood's minor-infraction offenders. The court's modeled on a similar one in Manhattan, and is meant to help people get on their feet and help themselves, rather than repeatedly jailing them. Do well and get a $10 Safeway gift [...]