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San Francisco is full of uncommon fixtures but perhaps the most unknown is the “Tuesday noon siren.” Officially called the “Outdoor Warning System,” or OWS, it consists of 65 sirens located throughout San Francisco, including both Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands. Every Tuesday, at noon on-the-dot, the sirens scream out in unison for 15 seconds. [...] Life is full of things we take for granted and, often, we don’t realize how much we need and rely upon them until they disappear. Thousands of people got a dose of harsh reality on April 9th when vandals sabotaged AT&T telephone cables in the Silicon Valley. Yes, that’s right: vandals and sabotage. Apparently, whoever [...] I often have random thoughts. The jury’s out on whether this is a good or bad thing. While randomly thoughting the other day, I had the idea that Dungeons and Dragons could be of benefit to the National Transportation Safety Board. While the two seem completely unrelated, D&D could be a useful tool to give [...] Bacon themed gifts The very first official BaconCamp hit San Francisco on Saturday and was quite a success. An offshoot of the bacon Internet meme, BaconCamp aims to be in the same vein as BarCamp (or any of the other *Camp events) and showcases all things bacon. There were bacon-based foods of every variety, [...] I’ve attended many, many social gatherings in San Francisco, most of them technology related, but some of the most fun are thrown by the Lunch 2.0 folks. Lunch 2.0 is an informal migration of technology people to various hosting companies world-wide in order to enjoy food, drinks, and conversation. These events tend to be fun [...] As an anti-war protest was taking place in downtown San Francisco, numerous news helicopters hovered overhead to capture the action. Let me just preface this post by saying I have the utmost sympathy for what Natasha Richardson’s family must be going through and I mean no disrespect. That said… Am I the only one that views the media coverage of Richardson’s ailment as a bit like Schrödinger’s cat? We never seem completely sure of whether [...] Today, Apple demoed their new, 3.0 version of the iPhone software, containing numerous features that, frankly, should have been in the product to begin with. The most notable addition is cut/copy and paste support (FINALLY) and the most notable oversight is the (continuing) lack of sanctioned video-capture. Other new features includes “push” notifications for applications, [...] After 146 years of continuous, daily publication, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, more commonly known as the P-I, will print its last paper edition tonight for distribution on Tuesday. This is likely the first of many conversions from old- to new-media as newspapers across the country (and likely world-wide) discover that most people are getting their news [...] The Sci Fi Channel, known for its geek-friendly programming, has inexplicably decided to change its name to “Syfy.” I can sum this move up in six words: dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb. I can only imagine this is related to trademarking, as “Sci Fi” isn’t really unique, but the new name is just, well, [...] |
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