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 ...
by max on December 24th, 2009
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Mayor Gavin Newsom and city of San Francisco will be proposing that all cellphones sold in San Francisco to be labeled with levels of radiation.  I, for one, think this is a great idea and should be done all over the country.  Radiation can have dramatic affects on humans and other nearby consumer ...
by max on December 19th, 2009
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In a recent event, a San Francisco woman punched a parking officer for giving her a parking ticket.  Of course, I can understand the frustrations as sometimes parking officers in San Francisco can be really annoying as hell, especially if they write you a ticket even though you are there at the las ...
by max on December 12th, 2009
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One of the things I admire about San Francisco is the lack of pollution and abundance of natural gas-powered/electric buses.  Well, San Francisco’s landmark building the Transamerica just got certified by LEED as a “green” architecture, bringing San Francisco to the lead as the g ...
by max on November 21st, 2009
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Today, I went to Fort Point and took some photos using my new Canon 7D DSLR camera, here’s the results: (Golden Gate Bridge Close-up) (Golden Gate Bridge near Fort Point) (Another shot of Golden Gate Bridge near Sunset) (Wide shot of Golden Gate Bridge) (Shot of the Pier at Fort Point, a ...
by max on November 19th, 2009
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UPDATE: I just talked to my real estate expert friend and he says this chart is a fluke, there’s still a ton of foreclosures and the market isn’t going up! According to SocketSite.com, SF real estate hits its high for this year at a median price around $690k. Have we hit bottom yet?  T ...
by max on November 15th, 2009
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The other day, I had the pleasure of using my new Canon 7D DSLR camera to record SF Exploratorium in 1080P HD.  Watch these vids! Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Scre ...