Failing the Midterms: Press overplays election results
Republican candidates won gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday; meanwhile, Democratic candidates won two special elections for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York and California. But it was very clear which set of elections corporate [...]
The phone lines to the offices of two Democratic holdouts from the San Joaquin Valley have been tied up all day.
Reps. Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza have not yet committed to vote for the...
One problem with making lots of neat projects is that you need a place to display them. And, where could be better than on a table that you built yourself? A nice place to start might be this tutorial on building a folding table, by the [...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has just declared that health care legislation will pass the House tonight, following President Obama's visit to the House.
"We will be making history with our vote,"...
President Obama is arriving at House Cannon Building any minute to plea with Democrats to pass the biggest health care legislation since Lyndon Johnson created Medicare and Medicaid in 1964. House...
A few more products were added to the Maker Shed lineup this week. We finally have more Danger Shields back in stock, along with a bunch of other new products. Earlier in the week, we posted another 45 second in the Maker Shed [...]
It's a bit ironic that Gourmet magazine has published its last issue the same month it has a PBS program premiering, but (former) editor Ruth Reichl has to do something with her newfound free time,...
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Yesterday afternoon I arrived home to see a box on the doorstep. The return address was from the Maker Shed. That could only mean one thing: The Chumby has landed!
My daughter had to draw first blood on the package. We cracked the box and [...]
It’s Saturday! That means that it is time for Burbed’s book of the week!
Amazon.com: The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: It’s Not About the Money…It’s About Being the Best You Can Be! (0639785388333): Gary Keller, Dave Jenks, Jay Papasan, Gary Keller, Dave Jenks, Jay Papasan: Books
The Millionaire Real Estate [...]
http://www.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/photoblogfl/2009/10/27/SUNSET_BRANCH_0011a624x396.jpgPredictably, I love Fridays. The first hour on the desk today was, true to form, outstanding. The late opening time should make people crankier but instead I tend to have the loveliest patrons. One thanked me no less than ten times. Ten times! And because I am trying to break [...]
A demo on how to create an 11-piece MIDI drum kit using Rock Band and Guitar Hero drum sets together. It includes velocity-sensitive triggers and a high-hat open/close pedal.
Create a full MIDI Drumset with Guitar Hero and Rock Band Drums
Neighborhood
or District
Property Type
Price Range
Avg $/sq.ft.
at Peak Value
5/1/09 –
10/30/09
Change from
4/1/09
Today
Bayview*
House
$300k – 800k
$507/sq.ft.
$280/sq.ft.
- 5%
- 45%
Ingleside/ Hghts / Oceanview*
House
$400k – 800k
$580
$444
- 1%
- 23%
Excelsior/Portola*
House
$400k - 800k
$600
$450
- 1.5%
- 25%
Central/Outer Richmond **
House
$700k – 1.4m
$569
$488
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- 14%
Inner Mission**
Condo
$500k - $800k
$621
$496
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- 20%
Central/ Outer Sunset**
House
$500k – 900k
$626
$501
- [...]
So did you catch Dan "Gavin's Worst Nightmare " Noyes' piece on KGO-Channel 7 the other night. He reviewed how much is being spent on CHP officers protecting the state's top officials.
Dan's...
Here's an interesting take on a coil gun, by Russian YouTube user fuckertrezv. Not content to simply make a high-power electromagnetic device, he designed his to be portable and run on batteries. Once charged, he claims it is capable of accelerating metal rings to over 200 meters per second. It [...]
We had a great contest this year, with tons of awesome projects, and frankly we had a heckuva time picking winners. But the votes are all in now, and with the scores finally tabulated, I am pleased to announced the winners of the Make: Halloween Contest 2009.
The [...]
I’d like to thank Savoy Software for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed to promote Spots, their Wi-Fi hotspot directory app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Spots is a wonderful app, with a gorgeous visual style and thoughtful UI. It works offline (essential for use on an iPod Touch), [...]
MISUNDERSTANDINGS—Earlier today, Jacques Pepin stated he'd hooked up with 10,000 cooks and bartenders in his career, and now he's in the comments to explain: "...I must be too old and not "hip" enough to understand that the TRUE meaning of "hooked up with" now means'" [...]
Carla Fiorina's been (officially) on the campaign trail for, what, three days and it's like she's already wearing the GOP Senate crown. Boxer, Boxer, Boxer, Boxer, Boxer. That's the only opponent...
I did that thing the other night, Halloween actually, where you're invited to a party and can't decide exactly what to bring. At first I said I'd bring a hearty salad of some sort, but as soon as I heard the word salad leave my mouth, ideas for' [...]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi did what she could to sabotage the single payer health care position of her own party in her own state
By Norman Solomon
(Norman Solomon is co-chair of the national Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign, launched by Progressive Democrats of America.)
In Washington, “healthcare reform” has degenerated into [...]
["Keeping Watch," via Curbed SF Flickr photog Some girl named Jen]
· Stanford's building boom: 87 projects, totaling $1.5B [SJ Merc]
· Richmond neighborhood watch: a hippo missing [Richmond SF]
· Empire State Building to retrofit its way to green [SFGate]
· [...]
We saved our best for last!
Details on Penthouse Home 2212:
• Downtown San Francisco views
• High ceilings
• One-bedroom / one-bathroom
• Limestone finishes
• ~650sq.ft.
• Limited-time price: $610,000
Living beautifully no longer requires living beyond your means. This penthouse home at the SOMA Grand has been designed to allow you to live, work and [...]
The apartments are long dead at 690 Stanyan, and as was confirmed back in May, Mark Brennan, owner of the former Cala Foods lot in the Haight, has instead settled for a regular ol' Whole Foods. No homes, no mixed-use, just a parking lot and a' [...]
Earlier today, President Obama signed new legislation extending the deadline for the home buyer tax credit into 2010 and expanding it to include current home owners who are looking to buy a primary residence.
The Basic RequirementsYou qualify for the tax credit if the:
Home you’re buying will be your [...]If you are unable to make this weekend’s open house, our agents would be happy to setup a private appointment for you, call us today. We also have many other listings for sale and for rent that are not open this weekend. Contact a showing agent for [...]
posted to: www.jungle-life.com | posted by: jungle lifeFuck yeah, our dudes are everywhere right now! We caught J. Cole showing his ®S.O.P. swagger yesterday with The People's Choice New Era fitted, and today we have Naledge of [...]
David Pogue, writing for The New York Times, which puts at least two blinking, animated ads on every page of its site, including this one:
Second, and more important, I don’t think advertisers should be blinking, animating and distracting in the first place. If I’m interested in the product, I’ll [...]
To file under FiDi Lunch Alert: Next week, Kearny Street's year-old Chill will cut the cord on the whole dessert cafe concept and reopen as a more lunch-centric eatery with some help from a well-known three-star chef. On this upcoming Tuesday, Urban Picnic will roll out a [...]
Democratic strategist Steve Maviglio is a big name in Sacramento for taking on the big guns -- Arnold, Bush, Rove. But this week, he's an ethnic hero for whacking a major fast food chain's...
The shenanigan-fest continues at CitiApartments First Apartments, which is now referring deposit seekers to the management company that took over its sunken properties. Laramar, which now manages a number of CitiApartment's former complexes, is being saddled with the responsibility of paying back those deposits — even when [...]
