Results tagged “gadgets”

The younger, cooler little brother version of MySpace allows you to use "onscreen icons let you do pretty much everything one does on Facebook," according to Gizmodo. Sounds nifty, right?

You might want to wait before buying an iPhone.

--The heart of rock and roll is still beatin' -- at Stern Grove this afternoon. It's HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS!!!! The free show starts at 2, but we assume folks'll be lining up pretty early, beach towels and folding chairs at the ready. Stern Grove's at Sloat and 19th.

premiered at the Another Hole in the Head horrorfest on Friday June 1st at a midnight showing. Well, an 11:45 p.m. showing. Whatever, it was late for old fogeys like us, but the allure of Crispin Glover was too much to ignore.

For those who can't wait until next Wednesday's "Top Chef" season three premiere, Bravo is offering you a tasty appetizer (or would it be considered an amuse bouche?) tonight at 10 p.m. with a season one versus season two cook-off called "4 Star All Stars". Season one winner Harold is back, as are Tiffani (!), Dave ("I'm not your bitch, bitch!"), and Stephen the sommelier. Season two's team includes winner Ilan, Sam (the guy who should have won), Elia, and Marcel the foamer. Marcel vs. Stephen! That has potential for all kinds of awesome. We are so there.

File Under: Terminal Shopping Spring is springing all around us (Hello, Sunshine!) and while we can't afford to go on a real vacation on our salary, we can afford to dream. Which is why we love Flight 001.

Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate.

Our thoughts, sympathy, and condolences at SFist go out to the family, friends, and coworkers of James Kim.

We gobble the various food sections up each Wednesday. These are our favorite tidbits from today's offerings:

Well, it's official, or at least as official as official gets-- the A's are moving to 'the Burbs. Tuesday they held a press conference with all the official types and even unveiled a logo because as we all know, Cartesian marketing philosophy states that nothing in this world exists without a logo. The A's even dragged out Bud Selig and there's nothing like a speech by Bud Selig to make everyone all shiny and happy.

SFist interviews Craig Newmark founder of craigslist

Watching our pals over in Gotham City get all excited about the new Big Apple Store just left us feeling vaguely melancholy and nostalgic for when the opening of an Apple Store was a source of excitement here in the bay area.

Fellow Apple jihadies [sic], unite! Today Apple announced more stuff for us to buy!

The fallout from Apple's Boot Camp continues, and we in the labs are struggling to keep up.

Tech news you should be interested in this week:

The Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing, and your SFist Tech Labs would totally be in Vegas covering it, if it weren't for a certain cocktail waitress and an even more certain restraining order.

Advances in technology have permitted a slight change in the SFist Tech format: look for briefer Roundup articles on Friday, like this one. The more long-winded, dense and impenetrable posts you're used to seeing will happen throughout the week, focused on one topic at a time.

What's that? Did you say something, Apple? Sorry, we weren't paying attention; we were too busy watching full-length movies on our Sony PSP's 4.3-inch widescreen.

Big things are happening at SFist Tech, as part of our ongoing bitter rivalry against the cow-molesters at SFist A&M and those stupid frat jocks at University of SFist. This week, your researchers in the labs are in the middle of a zany mix-up involving three Bay Area companies and their wacky misunderstanding of how to market themselves, take advantage of wireless, and handle media rights issues.

We visited the Commonwealth Club for their most recent session of Inforum, a division of the Club that aims to “inspire debate around civic issues” for people in their 20’s and 30’s. Moderated by conceptual artist and local gadfly Jonathon Keats, Graffiti: Urban Scrawl or Artistic Freedom? featured a debate (er, discussion) between the following individuals: APEX is San Francisco native and former street artist; Michaela Hocter is the Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco City Attorney’s Office; Ben Morgan is the director of Quality of Life, a film highlighting the work in SF’s Mission district; Mohammed Nuru is the Director of Operations for San Francisco’s Graffiti Advisory Board; John Doffing is the founder of START SOMA + START MOBILE art galleries.

Actually, rather a lot to choose from this week. Our picks:

Washington, D.C. Federal District Court says the FCC has no power to foist the broadcast flag upon our wonderful gadgets. The forces of evil Rightsholder lobbyists shall decend on Congress. Gigi Sohn points out that constituents probably don't want their TV's f**ked with by their elected representative.

out in all the wrong places). Londonist has its own pool which is handy to keep tabs on what our readers are snapping in a city that offers a photo opportunity at every turn and that handy badge means that our blogs look fresh even if we are still writing about how Blair turned out to be a bit of a dick. Again.

Arguments begin tomorrow in the MGM v. Grokster case being heard by the Supremes. BoingBoing is all over the story -- pointing out that even the relatively conservative Economist has come down on the side of P2P apps, links to another piece which flays the music industry for misrepresenting the actual costs of swapping songs, and notes that Mark Cuban has even stepped in to fund Grokster's defense. The EFF's Fred van Lohmann will be presenting Grokster's case tomorrow -- check out the EFF for analysis and relevant documents.

Apple bowed to complaints that their Mac Mini add-ons were overpriced, dropping the cost of the Airport/Bluetooth, 1GB RAM and 80GB hard drive upgrades signifcantly [from Slashdot]. Hey, what's the point of having proprietary technology if you can't bilk people for the accessories? For those of you who thought what SFist thought when they saw the Mac Mini -- "Set-top Box" -- Engadget has a great how-to on turning your brick into a DVR and media hub for the house.

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.

But even a tacit endorsement by the POTUS isn't enough to quell the hype surrounding Steve Job's keynote address and product announcements tomorrow. Also via Engadget, two eagle-eyed Italians on a sacred pilgrimmage to the Moscone Center may have have spotted billboards being put up announcing the new flash-based iPod that everyone says isn't going to happen. Also in the realm of possible hoaxes, this may or may not be video of the new headless iMac/Media Center from Apple (via Cult of Mac). So. Much. Unverifiable. Buzz. All the more reason to attend the MacWorld Blogger lunch.

It's January, which means it's time for the long awaited Macworld SF. Nothing like gadgets and booth babes to get the geek blood flowing. If you haven't had your fee paid by your publisher or employer, or don't have the money to spend for yourself, then you can at least join Jason Shellen, Biz Stone and Eric Case for lunch at Yerba Buena Gardens. The invite from shellen dot com: