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Entries from SFist tagged with 'askjeeves'

January 18, 2008

Under the impression that SFist is a bastardized form of Ask Jeeves, a readers writes in to ask: What should I do tonight? This town sucks. Hangout at a Marina sports bar? Snort some fluffy white caterpillars? Go to your mother's? Seeing as how you told us nothing about yourself, we have no idea what you should do in this "town." But in lieu of our regularly scheduled SFist Tonight, can anyone tell this......

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February 8, 2005

Ask Jeeves bought Bloglines. Honestly, we're surprised any of these dot coms still has the cash to do that sort of thing....

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December 16, 2004

…so we can accidentally hit people as we struggle to turn the pages while standing on BART! (sorry, neighbor.) mn_destroy1.jpgLast week's cham-peen, the Guardian! Guess what the Guardian's worked up about? You'll never guess: PG&E! Also, an article providing a nice contrast to the Chron's unrelentingly pro-Newsom article series, about people falling through the cracks under Care Not Cash. Cover article: soldiers coming back from Iraq with post-traumatic stress disorder (well, sure). Annalee Newitz misses Joss Whedon. Sonic Reducer hated the new Lindsay Lohan album. Hooray For Anything got stuck directing traffic on Valencia this evening so no wank of the week. a01californa.jpgAnd to apologize for their absence over the past few weeks, the East Bay Express. Bottom Feeder gives some follow-up on the Stanford law student who became a prostitute and married one of the co-founders to Ask Jeeves.com. Apparently the law student was turned in to the IRS for tax evasion by Stone Cold Steve Austin's ex-girlfriend. A needle exchange group does one of those naked calendars to raise money. Is it just us or is that naked calendar thing getting kind of played out? People are getting botulism from a dirty batch of black tar heroin. Cover article: the dude who started dailykos.com (hey, did you hear there were a lot of bloggers covering the presidental election?). Places selling gingerbread houses, written up like real estate ads (FSBO). And hell yeah, a Jim Henson tribute band (the Dead Hensons) playing "upbeat hits" from Sesame Street, the Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and the Dark Crystal. (All together! One two three four five, six seven eight nine ten, eleven tweeeeeeeelve! The band notes that the funky guitar part in that song is actually kind of hard to play). The Weekly and the pick of the week, after the jump (let's all say it together: sorry, no Metro this week.) ...

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