misc Outside Lands: Let's Review We've been reading the Outside Lands coverage -- in particular, Akit's excellent roundup -- and we think we can distill this down to a couple key points: - Good music, though a bit
misc update: DO NOT RIDE MUNI THIS WEEKEND (or do) Update: The SFMTA informs us that they've beefed up service with nearly forty buses -- NEARLY FORTY, people. Plus, the Bike Coalition is coordinating a bunch of bike parking, which is awfully kind
misc West-Coast Puppet APB Issued The theft happened in Oregon, but there's no Portlandist so we're just going to have to post it here and try to get the word out. Tell your friends to be on the
misc Finally, a Bike Post We Can All Agree With Our neighbors to the south seem to be playing a hilarious practical joke on bicyclists here. Or is it like a guns-for-toys program, where you bring in timepieces and get a bicycle in
misc Only You Can Save Marriage Hey gay couples! You're in terrible danger. Fortunately, we can help. Well, not exactly -- SFist_Matt, to be specific, has taken a break from writing stern emails to Muni, and is now
misc Double Your Lapu View Larger Map Hey, did you know that we have a Lapu Lapu Street? It's true! Between 3rd and 4th on Harrison. What a crazy name! It's ethnic or something. (Also: is that
misc Get Covered in Blood the Fun Way These zombie flash mobs are becoming a regular summer thing here in SF, and we find that absolutely delightful. But what we'd really like to see is an evolution -- flashmobbers not content
misc Muni's Making Big Route Changes, and We've Un-PDFed the Details Or you could just jump over to our Flickr stream; we downloaded all 82 of them for you, un-rotated the sideways ones, converted them to JPEGs, and put them into a nice little
misc Cinematic Titanic Sails On Check out the trailer below, then skip over to EZ Takes to download the episode. We've had some issues with their downloady software on our Mac, so if you have your choice of
misc "Glide Quietly"?!?!?! Bobster1985 posted this AWESOME video from 1968 about the construction of BART. We had no idea that the conditions underground were so challenging -- apparently the air pressure was so different that the
SF News Critical Mass Gets Uglier in Seattle In cyberspace, "trolling" is when someone posts a deliberately controversial comment, not because they really wanted to say it but because they wanted to provoke an angry, emotional response from strangers -- kind
misc Hipster Bingo: SF Edition? For one thing, we've got so many azns in this city that it's kind of cheating to even put them on the card. And although we long to see a rcrd hat in
misc Haight Neighbors Make Compelling Argument Despite Lack of Design Skills We live just up the street from Haight and Stanyan, and the other day someone dropped off a flyer about how Whole Foods is eager to transform the former Cala Foods (now a
misc RED ALERT: The Entertainment Industry may not be as Creative as we've Been Led to Believe So: you like to watch movies on your cmputr. Good for you. You've probably noticed that it's sometimes hard to find the title you're looking for -- iTunes? Amazon? Fandango? Netflix? Hulu? InfomercialsITV?
misc REVEALED! What the Seat-Hogging Lady Was Thinking Mystery solved! Probably! Thanks our perceptive readers, we have learned what was maybe on the mind of the lady we posted about yesterday, the one who was gently blocking access to an empty
misc Stop Expending Energy Hey, stupid! Are you using incandescent light bulbs and doing your laundry at 4 in the afternoon? Christ, what an asshole. Barbara Boxer is going to box your ears. She's got a list
misc Jeff in Market for New Car, According to Analysts "If you want to sell your car, call Jeff," said a sign tacked to a Russian Hill phone pole this weekend. There's a phone number attached, but here's what's weird: a little Googling
misc Let's Go Dancing, Briefly The rules are few: primarily, they are to come and dance. Text FLASHDANCE to 41411 for SMS updates. Don't carry visible alcohol -- and don't act like a stupid drunk, lest you give
misc This Whole "Eclipse" Thing is Starting to Sound Like a Bad Idea At this point, we'd rather just stare at the unobstructed sun. But in case you can't make it to Second Life, there's also a real-life party happening at the Exporatorium, too. It starts
misc Know-It-Alls Form Taxi Group, Formulate Plan to Claim Vague Accomplishments Of course the real question is: how can you, the average Joe, meddle and interfere with this process? Well, you can't. Not much. The MTA is soliciting applications for the "Taxi Advisory Group,
misc Fast Cars and Fresh Produce The Divisadero Farmer's Market will be happening every Sunday starting July 13 (this weekend) from 10am to 2pm, at Diviz and Grove. That's right next to a BBQ joint, an automotive shop, a
misc Go Walk The Presidio Grounds As you may know, there's big plans underway for that part of the Presidio (you know, the part the nobody ever goes to). It's not just a proposed museum: they're excavating some old
misc Finally, Someone's Invented a Guitar that Even Girls can Play So, we got a press release on Friday, as sometimes happens. We have no idea why it was sent to us, but the headline is precious: "Aly & AJ Unveil Two Guitars For
misc It's a Beautiful Day to PresidiGo Fortunately, there's another bus that you can take to the Presidio -- it's free, it's comfortable (big soft comfy seats!) and it even runs on natural gas. It's called the "PresidiGo," and it's
misc Gavin Newsom to Attend to Muni's Greatest Challenge: Banging Two Pieces of Metal Together Here at SFist, we are not impressed with percussive instruments. Calling a drum circle "music" is like calling crosswalk stripes "a painting." But there's something sort of impressive about an experienced cable car
