Posts Tagged ‘san-francisco’

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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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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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 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 ...