Business & Tech Yep, Facebook Now Wants to Be Called 'Meta' Facebook's big rebranding reveal came on schedule today, during CEO Mark Zuckerberg's keynote address at the company's annual Connect conference, and the new name for Facebook is Meta.
SF News Attention Homosexual Who Wants to Be Miserable, Too "I just had a sargasm." "Obamafont for the win." "Yes marriage is an institution ....it amazes me people actually want to join it!" "{Update: At least this sign calls to attention how ridiculous
misc Top 5 Comments of the Week 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
misc Top 5 Comments of the Week: Oh, Behave! The signal to noise ratio, frankly, went to s***. We believe that our soon-to-be-implemented new comments system will be a big help, and most of you stayed within bounds and were a great
Arts & Entertainment David and Edie Ichioka, Makers of <em>Murch</em> What was the most surprising thing to you about Walter Murch Walter is a true renaissance man. His areas of expertise are varied and surprising. Not only is he an Oscar winning editor
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: It's All Meta at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts This is our pick for most anticipated show of the season, and the season's barely started. This multimedia performance by The Builders Association and dbox played
Arts & Entertainment The Slightly Tardy Adventures of the Superfisters starts off with an argument between Knightbat and his teen sidekick, Nightbird, both of whom bear a blinding resemblance to another superhero duo (and we're not referring to Superhorse and Supermonkey). Like many
Arts & Entertainment Review: Voxtrot Hipster posing, shoegazing indifference, emo angst, and punk anger have taken the joy out of being a rock star. A lot of bands make it seem like they would rather be somewhere else
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Meta Food Post 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
SF News Will Blog For Food In a striking turn of events, it seems that there are, in fact, paying jobs over at Bayosphere (shhhh, don't let the staff here at SFist know!). Here's the job description: The right
Arts & Entertainment Review: Architecture in Helsinki AIH’s eight person line-up showed the value of having band members who can multi-task. SFist enjoyed watching the complex rotation through instruments. We’ve always wondered how folk-rock ensembles manage to pay
SF News Searching For Kevin Bacon 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
SF News Fight the Power? San Francisco’s hep cat of a Board of Supervisor, Matt Gonzalez, made perhaps his final statement as outgoing President of the Board with his latest piece of artwork installed in his office-
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Movies This Weekend All Horror Edition If that isn't scary enough for you, how about this Saturday's Midnight Mass at The Bridge? Miss Peaches Christ brings you Reanimator, a touching tale of star-crossed love, medical school, and unwilling organ
