Well, the Cardinal bested the team from Carnegie Mellon with their tricked-out autonomous Volkswagen nicknamed Stanley on Saturday in the DARPA Grand Challenge. The stock Tuoareg was modded with all sorts of high-tech guidance and obstacle avoidance technologies, and averaged around 19mph as it crossed over 130 miles of terrain varying from dry lakebed to tunnels and a rocky pass. Carnegie-Mellon's Red Team and their two modified Hummers came in a close second and third. CalTech's Alice team, though, veered off course towards some spectators at the 8.3 mile mark and was shut down. more ›

Though SFist can't possibly imagine why, there are in fact human settlements outside the immediate vicinity of the city. Life is rough out on the frontier, but these terraformed colonies all enjoy the basic necessities of life -- potable water, M-class atmosphere, and copious art shows. And if you think you can tear yourself away from your precious Mission neighborhood for just one day, we heartily recommend a trip up the 101 to A Street Gallery in Santa Rosa for a show entitled "Bright Lights," featuring some pretty froody artists. more ›

We're only getting to this story now because it takes four days for magazines to travel across our great lands to us yokels out here in the Western hinterlands -- the New Yorker deigns to focus its little monocle on the far end of Democrat-Blue America and presents a rather one-sided hagiography of our boy wonder mayor, Gavin Newsom. more ›