We thought you might like to know that SFist shot a photo of your protest sign on Saturday, which landed on the front page of Digg yesterday. As of this posting, it has gotten 5,563 Diggs and has been viewed 214,384 times on Flickr. Your sign brought up some great dialog. Our favorite comments: more ›

We're both flattered an saddened by our witty betters at Gawker -- flattered that they stole our idea to spotlight comments (not that we're especially innovative in doing so, but still); a little saddened that theirs is already so much better in its execution. Depressing, yet we soldier on, because many of your thoughts deserve to be read a second time. Here's this week's top 5. more ›

Folks, we gotta be straight with you -- this probably should have been the "Top 5 Douches of the Week," because there were a hell of a lot more memorably nasty comments than good ones. Even so, there were some gems this week, some high-level discussion where people brought the insight, the knowledge, or the funny--for everyone's betterment. more ›

SFist interviews David and Edie Ichioka, makers of the documetnary "Murch" about film editor Walter Murch, now showing at the San Franicsco International Film festival more ›

Last week's winner, the SF Weekly: Gosh, the Chron seems awfully enthralled with that Zodiac movie, doesn't it? Also, more on the Leno/Migden throwdown, quoting Paul Hogarth from Beyond Chron (who now supports Leno). Cover article: An awesome piece about mentally ill dogs. Who knew bordie collies got OCD? Meredith goes to the Presidio Social Club; SFist Ced gruffly concedes maybe she's been doing a good job lately. Let's Get Killed laments the new boring indie rock. Speaking of rock, why's the Clipse so into cocaine? And another independent magazine (Arthur, an indie rock anarchist publication) bites the dust. more ›

Theater about technology about theater, sexy performance art with a message and more theater about theater. more ›

a tooth-grindingly good job making lemonade out of lemons for the write-up. Tooth-grindingly good! Also, we are tres into the "Best Meta" award, which goes to Aardvark Books, who will now have to take down their homemade "Never Been Voted Best Anything" sign. And congrats to the SFPartyParty, who won Best Fighters For Your Right To Party. We'll see you guys at the Best of the Bay shindig! Other highlights of this week's issue: they also point out that last week's SF Weekly and EBX cover articles were the same. SFist Eve's horoscope: your blog will win best local blog this week! We made it up -- but it's true! more ›

, about a disillusioned sidekick. more ›

SFist reviews Voxtrot and Kiss Me Deadly at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco more ›

Eric Rice posts the transcript of Lawrence Lessig's recent chat in Second Life, which could just be the most meta-geek thing ever. Niall Kennedy, Caterina Fake and Josh Kinberg build an ego-bot for bloggers, Whuffie Tracker, in just a few hours. Sex.com sells for $14 million -- after the legal fees, there might just be enough to take the family to In-N-Out. And wondered why that new Apple ad looked like an old Postal Service video? Same directors. more ›

We are living vicariously this week, but those who do get to eat belong to four different media, in some kind of meta-food marathon. On the menu: a newspaper article, a magazine, a book, and a TV show. The book first: Peter Mayle and Gérard Auzet's "Confessions of a French Baker." The title is saucy, but do not judge the book by it, it will teach you no dirty secrets about French boulangers. What it will teach you is how to make your own baguette. We haven't tried any of the recipes in it, we would have had to source the right flour and some baker yeast and such, but for those into this kind of things, we can only recommend this little cute fascicule. Peter Mayle weaves a few introductory chapters with the light and elegant prose which made him famous, and the book them moves onto recipes for all kind of breads: baguette, pain de campagne, olive bread, and so on. Gérard Auzet is an actual baker, so the book is kneaded by good hands. There is no link to SF, besides Peter Mayle visiting the city last week, but we are French and we certainly miss the bread such as the one described in there. more ›

The right person deeply understands customer service as well or better than they understand how to attract attention to themselves. They can deal with newbie questions, delicate community issues, start-up conditions, and minor, local-celebrity status. And, they will still think this still sounds fun. more ›

SFist reviews Architecture in Helsinki more ›

We've been reading up a storm this week, as several books we've been pining for on our However, our blissfully empty weekend is almost within reach, which means a trip to one of our online reserve list came through for us. What books are you eagerly awaiting, either from the library or to purchase at one of our fine local independent bookstores? Let us know in the comments. more ›

Image is everything. It's not a matter of looking like the most intelligent, cultured, and radical person who ever walked the face of the Earth, it's just a matter of looking like you are and you're already in. That's our theory. It's only more heightened on the internet, especially on social networking sites such as the new Yahoo 360, where users fill out questionnaires, stick pictures of themselves up, and type up a witty biography of themselves to get people to notice them in the hopes of finding a soul mate. Or Kevin Bacon. more ›

SFist is all about the free, which is why we love to reserve books at the San Francisco Public library. We're even scouting out the City for free copies of this book, so much are we fans of the free. However, if we can't find one of the copies stashed around EssEff, we'll pick up a copy at one of our fine local independent bookstores. more ›

As a member of the Board, Gonzalez has often held art installations in his office, for artists well known and unknown alike. Along with McGee’s bit of graffiti (and by the way, when does graffiti become art? When it’s inside an art studio and not on the 38 Geary? When it’s a little better than your everyday basic “Metallica Rulez” graffiti? When it’s done by white people?), this month’s installation includes the work of another graffiti artist that involves the hanging of five televisions, each showing a different video of young Latinos showing off their tattoos. Roll over DaVinci! Gonzalez has said that once he and his staff moves out, they’ll use their own time and money to paint over the walls which seems fair considering City Hall has been deemed a historical landmark. Either way, here’s hoping Chris “Mad Dog” Daly doesn’t get any ideas from this. more ›

Even if this weren't Halloween weekend, we'd be a litle bit psyched about seeing Saw, a violent and gory thriller starring The Dread Pirate Roberts and Detective Murtaugh. Meta comedy aside, this movie about genius serial killers and hand saws looks seriously creepy. Then again, the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (interestingly enough, the original is also referred to as "Saw" by ardent fans) also had a kick-a** trailer, and we all know how crummy that one was. We're willing to take our chances and make it our big budget pick of the week. You can catch it at any of our fine Bay Area metroplexes. more ›

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