Boing Boing has an interview up with a 22-year-old UC Davis student going by the name of W, who was one of the students sprayed in the now infamous pepper-spray attack last Friday. W explains that during the various protests last week leading up to Friday's incident, the students had previously taken part in some good dialogue with Lieutenant Pike, the officer seen flagrantly spraying the line-up of students with pepper spray. more ›

Just in case you thought you were over it, you're not. Not by the longest shot, kiddo. Because the Violet Blue vs. Boing Boing is far from finished. This most recent attack comes to you in convenient Twitter form, via Boing Boing comments moderator, the loopy Teresa Nielsen Hayden, who calls Blue a fibber and accusing Gawker Media of an all out attack. (?!) And then there was some sort of linkage freak out. Someone's hair was pulled. Maybe. It's all very confusing, but Valleywag fills you in on all the savory details right here. more ›

As former SFist editors Eve Batey and Jackson West have already asked, just what in heaven's name happened to former SFist contributor Violet Blue's posts on Boing Boing? It seems that they have deleted her from their archives. West suggest that she might have "rubbed someone at Boing Boing the wrong way," which seems likely. But that? Also seems strange for any site to do to content, especially if said content is ripe with traffic-baiting sex talk. And Blue herself? She hasn't a clue. Do you? more ›

Claiming that his California Street Victorian was "part of his own personality" and that its "roots went all the way to Hell," it's fitting that Church of Satan founder Dr. Anton LaVey's black house turned into one ugly-ass condo. Don't get us wrong. We're not on some transplant-ish rant about the evils of condominiums or condo conversion; we'd gladly give up our drafty, earthquake damaged Victorian for some central heating, wall to wall carpeting, and choice views of all you peons below. But this? Is butt. more ›

Speaking of Boing Boing, they have word that Electronic Frontier Foundation - the "first line of defense" in our right to free speech, privacy, awesome innovation, and consumer rights - is having a birfday party. For those of you unfamiliar with EFF, ahem: more ›

Shamelessly pilfered from Valleywag, we came across this footage, above, of Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin frying cell phones at Machine Project's Fry-b-que. more ›

A photo of the soon-to-be-terminiated Panhandle Bandshell more ›

Photo of s sign prohibiting photography in Russian Hill more ›

Boing Boing tips us off to this awesome short 1961 film about juvenile delinquency, and how gangs can help curb the trend towards teenage lawlessness. And by "gangs" we mean "clubs," as that's what they're called here. The most awesome thing about this video? It's all in San Francisco. And you'll probably need a jive dictionary to translate the narration. more ›

When this SFist attended a recent press sceening of the animated feature ). It was an exchange that left this SFist glowing like we do after an especially good massage. There's nothing that brings people together like self-righteous mockery, what? more ›

Sure, we write about Muni a lot, but a lot of the reason for this is that Muni just gives us so damn much material! more ›

This week saw contention between Google and the US Department of Justice, as the Bush Administration asked a federal judge to force Google to comply with a subpoena for search records. (Link to CNET News.com; they've also aggregated their complete coverage of the story). The records are intended to be used to support the validity of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. AOL, MSN, and Yahoo were also asked to turn over records, and those three companies complied with the request. more ›

The series was a must-watch, especially in our house on Martin Luther King Day and during Black History month at school. It looks like copies of the box set can still be had from Amazon, although at a cost prohibitive to individuals and small institutions. The idea that we won't be able to sit our own children down to watch this is rather troubling. more ›

You can have one custom built with the above features and more. NAO Design also has less spendy items including high-design lighting, furniture, t-shirts and at least one other transportation device obviously intended specifically for someone tripping on 2CB. more ›

Thomas Hawk, local San Francisco photo/blogger, posted an interesting essay on his experiences taking pictures at different private cultural venues around town. EssEffist found the link on Boing Boing, which often covers issues related to freedom of speech, expression, media and fair use. more ›