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2011-02-17T22:04:00.001-08:00

Home Intrusion, SF Style

2011-01-09T22:45:00.001-08:00

From a real police report:

"700 block of Haight St. 2:45 pm Trespassing A commotion awoke a woman and she found a stranger in her apartment's living room. The man appeared to be drunk and claimed to be home. The man then left the apartment. The woman reported the matter to the police hours later and Officer Kavanagh investigated. She interviewed the woman's upstairs neighbor and found that he matched the intruder's description. The woman identified the neighbor as the trespasser. He admitted to drinking heavily the night before. Officer Kavanagh found that the intruder's door key opened his neighbor's apartment door. The case was closed with an apology."

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Church and 30th St. San Francisco MUNI Construction

2010-10-16T19:57:00.001-07:00

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What a view!?!?!?

2010-10-01T15:39:00.001-07:00

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Product Testing Institute - Toddlers

2010-09-22T16:53:00.001-07:00

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Where DPT vehicles go to die...

2010-09-13T13:54:00.001-07:00

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Fresh Mullet Daily!

2010-09-12T13:59:00.001-07:00

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From the department of unfortunate signage. This time from Pensacola Florida.

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Red Eye

2010-08-18T11:43:00.001-07:00

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Beautiful Sunset from the Presidio

2010-08-15T19:57:00.001-07:00

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Prong 3 - Custom Built - Jay Leno's Garage

2010-08-04T22:28:00.001-07:00

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Way to go Hong! When are you going to make the model that takes a carseat? :)

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Tripit Christopher walken

2010-07-21T20:54:00.001-07:00

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This needs no commentary.

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Neal jumps on his toes

2010-07-21T18:16:00.001-07:00

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If you want to work in TripIt Engineering you will need some serious skills.

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Semantics and Travel

2010-07-07T18:17:00.001-07:00

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I delivered this a few weeks ago at the Semantic Technology Conference here in San Francisco. Enjoy!

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This is one of the ways RIM is going to beat the iPhone and Android « Boy Genius Report

2010-06-28T22:59:00.001-07:00

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Ouch!

A traffic app out of 1995. Yes, it’s a beta leaked application, but does that really even matter? You can clearly see their thought pattern. Plus I’m not sure a 4 year old could make something as ugly in Xcode for iPhone if they tried.

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The Poop : Children's TV show characters that need to be fired

2010-06-27T21:02:00.001-07:00

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Particularly amusing:

Sir Topham Hatt ("Thomas & Friends"): Considering that Sir Topham Hatt seems to be more of a robber baron/dictator than a CEO, who has enslaved a bunch of anthropomorphic trains on his secret island, I'm thinking a firing might not go far enough. He really needs to be tried for war crimes. In any event, the Island of Sodor railways are so badly mismanaged and filled with preventable accidents, that it makes Muni look like the shining jewel of transportation safety by comparison. I'm especially annoyed by the fact that Sodor appears to have the broken-down infrastructure of a Third World country, but everyone dresses like English royalty. Fire Hatt!

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Bi-Rite Coming to Divisadero

2010-06-10T17:44:00.001-07:00

Flickr/Italy in SF

In very important and potentially delicious Lower Haight-adjacent news, the Chronicle's Inside Scoop blog has a new post confirming that Bi-Rite Market is opening a second location -- on Divisadero.

Plans for the market are still shaping up, but the location will be 736 Divisadero, between Grove and Fulton (and just west of Alamo Square, conveniently).
They're apparently aiming for a vibe similar to their 18th Street location, but beyond that, details are scarce. We'll keep you updated as this story develops!

via haighteration.com

Whooohooo!

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STAR WARS I-PAD BRIEFING

2010-06-02T16:14:00.001-07:00

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Google TV gets official and Promotes TripIt, sorta...

2010-05-20T13:53:00.001-07:00

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TripIt gets a bit of free press in a BGR article on Google TV because it's currently featured in the Android Market. Thanks guys! :)

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Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010

2010-05-12T23:40:00.001-07:00

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Amazing video, beautiful country.

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California can learn from Japan's Shinkansen

2010-05-12T21:28:00.001-07:00

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"The Shinkansen, as the speedy train network is known in Japan, is not considered futuristic, fancy or for the elite, as some critics of California's high-speed rail plans have scoffed. Rather, it's part of the fabric of daily life, something not so much taken for granted as relied upon. The sleek trains - better known outside Japan as bullet trains - shoot through much of the nation almost unnoticed every few minutes, efficiently hauling more than 300 million riders per year."

I've ridden the Shinkansen many times and this article is dead-on. The system is amazing. If done right it will revolutionize transportation in California. Doing it right though requires more than just the high speed train. As this article points out there's a highly networked system of local trains and subways that connect with the Shinkansen. Those systems are what really prevent people from needing cars. We got a lot to learn...

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Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint

2010-04-27T23:11:00.001-07:00

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This article is just full of priceless quotes and shows that our Generals are actually some pretty smart, no-nonsense guys. Now only if the politicians could figure that out...

"When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war" -- General McChrystal

"PowerPoint makes us stupid" -- General James N. Mattis

"It’s dangerous because it can create the illusion of understanding and the illusion of control, Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable." -- General McMaster

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BeetleCam: Safari via remote control :: Photocritic photography blog

2010-04-23T22:57:00.001-07:00

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I want one!

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More from Eyjafjallajokull - The Big Picture

2010-04-19T22:29:00.001-07:00

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More incredible pictures from the motherland! I know this is wreaking havoc with air travel in Europe and costing the world billions but it's also a hard reminder that mother nature is actually in charge on this beautiful blue ball and we're just guests.

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Hrikalegar eldglæringar og sprengigos í Eyjafjallajökli í nótt Eyjan

2010-04-19T20:45:00.001-07:00

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Wow!

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Answering the iPad's Call

2010-04-15T15:18:00.001-07:00

It's a little heavy but very answerable.

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