misc When Apple Sends You a Lemon, Make Lemonade We had been a proud, satisfied owner of an Apple PowerBook for a little over two years (and a blue-and-white G3 for five years before that) when it all went quickly downhill last
SF News Gimme: Google Developing Phone! Google has developed a prototype phone that they're currently showing to cell phone manufacturers -- eee! -- a product that some say could rival the Apple's iPhone. Sure, rumors about it are already
SF News Ask a Muni Security Guy If I'm not mistaken, 1 dog (must be muzzled) on a vehicle at a time. I like suckafree's idea of the kiosk. Maybe not at every stop, but every so often or at
SF News SFist Blotter The SFPD arrested the guy who murdered the anti-crime activist in the Haight, Joe Konopka, in an S&M session gone wrong. They believe Konopka, who was found handcuffed, choked to death
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Why Bother Learning About Wine--Use Technology! We're all for technology that simplifies and informs, but sometimes we see a new service that sounds a little silly to us. eWine Match, a service of Foster's Wine Estates in Napa, allows
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Paperwork The City Attorney's gone through all the residency documents that beleaguered Burlingame boy and erstwhile supposed San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew provided last week, and ---- baaaaaaaaahmp -- (that's supposed to be a
SF News How's Carole Migden's Driving?: Pressing Charges Migden was found at fault not only in rear-ending the other car, but also in hitting a guardrail earlier in the drive due to an unsafe turning move. Migden's cell phone use was
SF News BART Testing Wifi? We had just opened our laptop this evening on our ride back across the Bay when a dialog popped up: "None of your usual wireless networks could be found. Do you want to
SF News How's Carole Migden's Driving? Call 1-800-TELL-CHP Hey, remember last Friday when State Senator Carole Migden got in a fender bender in Fairfield? It was the same day that Ed Jew's office got raided, so you might have forgotten. So
SF News Day Around The Bay --Whoa, Ed Jew! See below. Aaron Peskin told the I-Team that the FBI was searching Jew's City Hall office for "$100 bills with specific serial numbers listed." That does not sound good at
SF News Your Commute: "People Love To Talk About MUNI" Guess who's back talking about MUNI for the ABC 7 I-Team?????? (4:33 on the video). Since Gavin hasn't done anything outrageous lately, Dan Noyes turns his attention to the perennial favorite of
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Critical Mass, April 2007 The rolling Rorschach test that is Critical Mass once again delighted and frustrated those in S.F. tonight. We saw pissed-off bus riders, but also a few delighted hotel guests. We saw some
SF News Snitching-- Not Just For Witnesses to Shootings Anymore The bill calls for the DMV to set up a special toll-free number and/or e-mail address for people to report carpool crooks. And hey, that way people who see them will have
SF News The Three Face of Giants fans Editor -- Peter McGowan should pass an edict that all vendors at AT&T Park must take a knee when Barry Bonds comes up to bat, as nothing gets my ire up
SF News Love on The Run: Crush or Flush Just similar in design to speed dating but specifically designed for the cell phone, Crush or Flush™ displays a picture and personal descriptors (tags) for each person that you can peruse with just
SF News Naomi Campbell's In Town Drew Altizer generously passed along some pictures he took of Naomi Campbell, who was in town yesterday (maybe also today, we can't find any information about her itinerary online). Man, Gavin is kicking
SF News Political Junkie: Gav Gets Mad As we've mentioned, better watch this clip (or upload it to YouTube) before ABC 7 takes it down -- media hound Dan Noyes from the "I Team" (we think the I stands for
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Comet Hunter - Crikey! C/2006 P1, known as Comet McNaught to friends, viewed at sunset from Twin Peaks towards the west, "over" the Farallon Islands Look at the size of him! The brightest comet in the
Arts & Entertainment Actual Celebrities Come To San Francisco! Yeah, we know, we're stuck here at SFist fetishizing weirdo wonks like Gavin Newsom and Ross Mirkarimi because we don't have any actual celebrities in town that we can follow around and talk
SF News Update On The Kim Family Nothing definitive yet on the missing Noe Valley family. Parents James and Kati Kim were traveling back from Washington in the family station wagon (license plate DOESF) with daughters Penelope and Sabine when
SF News It's Monday-- Do You Know Where Your Sports Team Is Called? But there's also some techy news to this story too as Cisco, the company which owns the property the proposed stadium will be built, plans to go all Cypberpunk on the stadium, turning
SF News Your Commute: Down on the Upside First up is MUNI which is now using the 1 California to test out a new system to ensure busses are on time. Why the 1 California? Because Gavin got in a tiff
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: SF For Democracy Remember those heady days of 2004, when the Democrats thought they might have had a chance to take back the White House with Howard Dean? Well, we all know how that turned out.
SF News American Football Spectacular: The 2006 Battle Of The Bay Preview * Oakland vs. San Francisco Sunday, October 8, 2006. 1:15 PM, PST. Week 05 The 2006 Battle Of The Bay Raider versus 49er matchups in the NFL regular season are a thing to
SF News This Week's BART Screw Up Today's problem-- train stuck in the Transbay Tube for over an hour. Ouch. That's gotta suck. There you are, stuck in a train, somewhere deep underneath hundreds of feet of water, thinking that
