misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Half a human brain at Saturday's TEDxBerkeley, a "gathering world-leading thinkers, makers, and doers at UC Berkeley to discuss doing the unprecedented."
misc Photos: Wondercon 2010 at Moscone Center Scores of comic aficionados converged on Moscone Center this weekend to attend the annual Wondercon, our annual comic book, science fiction, and motion picture convention. Folks dressed up in colorful attire, emulating characters
misc Video: The Tenth Annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race The rain couldn't stop the Tenth Annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race that went down today on Vermont Street in Potrero Hill. It looks like the slick pavement provided an additional challenge.
misc SFist Out and About Do people still go to tanning beds anymore? Especially in SF? Although, it doesn't sound half bad on a day like this.
misc Week Around the Ists Gothamist was aghast at the cruel April Fool's Day joke where pranksters told New Yorkers that an In-N-Out Burger was coming. Torontoist tooka brief tour of a 300-square-foot house. Yours for only $179,
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. The Tablehopper's Guide, providing restaurant recommendations and helping thousands of diners find the right place for the right occasion
misc SFist Out and About Blick Art Supplies is moving from their current location on Van Ness into a much bigger spot along the "liveliest" stretch of Market Street this summer, just a couple of doors down from
misc Photo du Jour 607 Tourists at Fisherman's Wharf watch as master baker Fernando Padilla makes holiday sourdough bread shaped like a bunny for Easter at Boudin at the Wharf in San Francisco. The historic bakery will be
misc Photos: St. Stupid's Day Parade Yesterday, the 32nd annual St. Stupid's Day Parade bumbled and stumbled starting in Justin Herman Plaza, expertly spreading "annoyance to several financial institutions throughout the financial district Here are some photos from yesterday's
misc SF Mice Heading to Outer Space Next Monday, reports BCN (via SF Appeal), 16 San Francisco-based mice will be blasted into space to test the furry little critters' immune system response to zero gravity. The sweet 16, if you
misc Video: Stephen Colbert Demos the iPad The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Stephen Gets a Free iPad www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform It gets released to the public
misc SFist Style: The <em>Chron</em>'s 'Personal Style' Picks Are Hardly Hurting for Spending Cash The Chron kicked off a new feature this past Sunday called "Personal Style," and their inaugural picks for the column are two museum dudes who writer Franklin Melendez suggests are a "pair of
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Muppets Do "Stand By Me" Just in time for Easter, a dark little video from the Jim Henson folks featuring one of the lesser known Muppet monsters, and a bunch of bunnies. All we can say is YES!
misc Just Awesome, SF's Board Game Store, Reopens by Amy Crocker Today at 3:30 the grand re-opening of Just Awesome, devoted to classic and new board games, goes down.. The store first opened in Noe Valley in December 2008 and
misc Look Who's Visiting Twitter HQ Today Today at Twitter headquarters, Will.i.am (the Black Eyed Pea who beat the shit out of Perez Hilton) stopped by to say hi. He's sporting sunglasses inside, too. What fun. Previously: Miss
misc Adoptable Pets of Week: Willow & Anya Willow & Anya 2 month old pit bull gals All puppies are adorable, don't you think? And we sure are stellar examples of cuteness! We'll entertain you with our puppy antics and enthusiasm.
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls" If Dakota Fanning's bone-shatteringly electric portrayal of Cherie Currie in The Runaways has taught us one thing, it's this: drunk girls are shockingly entertaining. So, it should come as little surprise that LCD
misc Photo du Jour 604 Frank Lostaunau, 67, a retired psychotherapist and a member of SNAP (the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) holds up a sign during a demonstration in front of the Archdiocese headquarters in
misc Photo du Jour 603 "Taylor Street." From the 2007 series The Streets of San Francisco... But Flat by Dan Ng
misc Week Around the Ists LAist introduced readers to The Entryway, a photojournalism website done by a pair of white reporters who embedded themselves with a family of eight undocumented Mexican residents in LA's MacArthur Park neighborhood. Gothamist