• The Giants bounced back from Monday's embarrassing loss to the Pirates by trouncing Pittsburgh 6-0 last night. Aubrey Huff had an RBI double and a solo homer, Chris Stewart had his first home run in the big leagues and hey - Madison Bumgarner didn't look too bad striking out 10 either. [CBS5]

• BART is still trying to figure out what went wrong with their computer system, causing the whole system to shut down Monday evening. They think there was a problem with one of their network routers. Don't they know they just need to unplug it and plug it back it? [KTVU]

• Willie Brown won't return the Chronicle's phone calls. [TheSnitch]

• Leah Garchik remembers John Toomey, the jolly Lefty O'Doul's Santa Claus. [Garchik]

• Spotted around town: Tony Bourdain. All over the Lower Haight, just not down Zeitgeist. [GrubStreet[

• Berlin-style ping-pong returns to the Secret Alley this Friday. You should go, it's immensely enjoyable. [Mission Mission]

• Muni thanks you, apologizes and asks you to put out in exchange for fare. [MuniDiaries]