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Pi Bar, Pizza & Beer in The Mission

Tonight Doctor Popular introduced me to Pi Bar, new restaurant in The Mission that serves wonderful New York style pizza with a great selection of…

Jason Scott at Arse Elektronika 2009

At this year’s Arse Elektronika 2009 sex and technology conference, noted computer historian Jason Scott gave an excellent talk, where he discussed the early history…

Raging River Squid in Hong Kong

photo by Michael Folmer Hansen Michael Folmer Hansen recently came across the squidastic Raging River Squid while at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. It looks…

Sweet Frown by My First Earthquake

“Sweet Frown”, the latest music video by My First Earthquake from their first full length album Downstairs, features a rockin’ reenactment of Marie Antoinette and…

EFF Presents The 18th Annual Pioneer Awards

Electronic Frontier Foundation presents The 18th Annual Pioneer Awards on Thursday, October 22nd during the Web 2.0 Summit at The Westin San Francisco. An annual…

Alamofire & Gowalla Headquarters in Austin

photos by Scott Beale Last week I stopped by the headquarters Alamofire, who have a beautiful office in downtown Austin. They are the awesome folks…