Archive for February, 2010

by max on February 28th, 2010
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Bakers Beach is one of my favorite beaches in San Francisco on a sunny day.  Of course, it’s famous as a nudist hangout. I guess yesterday, when the tsunami warnings were in San Fran, some gun rights activists came out of nowhere to carry their guns visibly in Bakers Beach: The men – an ...
by max on February 27th, 2010
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David Perry just alerted me on raffle the city’s 2nd Annual Yerba Buena Center for the Arts “Dream House Raffle”. Basically each raffle ticket is $150 and odds of winning something (even if not the house itself) is 100 to 1. Not bad odds at all when you consider you can have a chance of w ...
by max on February 27th, 2010
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Well, I got summoned for jury duty here in San Francisco.  Not surprisingly parking is NOT provided for jurors nor are they reimbursed.  I think the city should at least pay for parking, especially for people like me who don’t live near the City Hall.  Oh well, that’s one thing I wou ...
by max on February 27th, 2010
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Seriously, people who want to have pillow fights in San Francisco should be more aware about environmental issues, this isn’t acceptable: Honestly, I think they should ban the event or at least hold it inside a building, having this kind of flash mob isn’t going to help us hard-working ...
by max on February 27th, 2010
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Tsunami is about to hit Hawaii as a result of Chile’s recent 8.8 magnitude earthquake! My prayers that it’s not too devastating! As some of you well know, earthquake has hit Chile earlier today, an 8.8 magnitude, one of the largest earthquakes in history of mankind. My regards for peop ...
by max on February 27th, 2010
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San Francisco gets its Tsunami warning due to Chile’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake earlier today.  I can actually see ocean beach from my apartment here and starting to see some really huge waves. Forecasted waves are going to be 2.5 feet in height so it shouldn’t really affect San Francis ...
by max on February 26th, 2010
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Here’s some great news for gadget lovers out there, Sprint will be rolling out 4G (WiMax) in San Francisco by the end of this year.  For one, I have experienced 4G speeds at CES 2010 this year in Las Vegas and it certainly is about 10-20 times faster than regular 4G. What does this mean for ...
by max on February 26th, 2010
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It seems like one of San Francisco’s favorite review sites Yelp, has been sued for fraud by local business that claim Yelp would remove negative reviews for paying advertisers. I have been using Yelp for several years now and I would have to say in general Yelp is pretty darn accurate when i ...
by max on February 26th, 2010
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For those of you who want to watch the Chinese New Year street fair, you will want to head down near downtown tomrrow between 10am to 4:30pm and also 9am to 5pm on Sunday.  More details here. February 27 – 28 Saturday 10:00am-4:30pm Sunday 9:00am-5:00pm Chinese New Year Community Street Fair ...
by max on February 26th, 2010
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Today’s weather was pretty freakin’ crazy, wasn’t it?  At first it was windy like hell in the morning, then the showers came for couple hours, now it’s bright and sunny.  I can see the ocean from my apartment here and it has cleared up rather nicely! Tomorrow should be a be ...