San Francisco and what to do in it

battags, steve shasta & I was hanging out w/yr smoking buddies. i got there right when tim came out of a smoke filled bathroom coughing his lungs out. he went from "guh, i don't like the boredoms, why'd you guys make me come" to "FUCK YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"

Is any SFer here on Meraki? Ad-supported P2P broadband, and they claim to have a lol hueg SF installation. I'm kinda curious whether it works.

waht

You put a little bug on the outside of yr pad and you get internet over distributed network. Self-healing, self-updating, etc. Only cost seems to be the bug.

http://sf.meraki.com/

See also http://sf.meraki.com/map/

Seems like massive coverage for my nbd (upper haight).

wau mine too

(western addition)

thanks for the burma superstar phone info, no problems getting a table (though there didn't look to be a huge line, maybe it's tapering down these days)...food was great, especially for the price

down the block from there is Q which i like for brunch they have FAT mamosa's.

If you can see Free the Net in yr list of wireless networks, then it seems you can join, and they might even send you a free repeater.

i wonder if it's accessible in the financial district at all, I need to be able to get access from outside of my office for extracurricular work...

Looks like there's some coverage near Union Square, but not much near Market + 2nd.

After reading more about this, it seems that there's no incentive to get a repeater at all. Access is wide-open for anyone who can get to the network. Also, bandwidth is 500kbit - 1mbit, not so great. Still, it seems like a cool idea and I'd put a repeater on my window if they sent me one.

It'd be ironic if the end result of this is SF-wide free internet, after Google, Earthlink, et al., pulled outta the deal after promising so much.

I still have an extra ticket for Vampire Weekend.

Okay, not anymore.

if you guys want to harass the 'lil n00b in amoeba's viddy room tomorrow's your first chance. if you really wanna fuck with me make sure to ask where some made-up title is.

I miss sf

I didn't go, but I entertained the thought and how they would entertain their audience. And if there is any place for old world apartments in the new world.

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/03/june_primary_ca.html

Prop 98 is pure fucking evil.

yeah especially considering the economy >: (

I am so not down with abolishing rent control!

When people argue that the market is the best way to regulate housing rental prices, I like to remind them that their primary home is as susceptible to fire as their rental properties.

Looks like I've found a place! Off Valencia! With a pupuseria and a sushi place and an homemade ice cream joint across the street! And around the corner from Laughing Lotus!

Protesters scaling Golden Gate Bridge to protest China's Tibet policy.

My donation hard at work!

today i heard a really weird version of what is going on in tibet and i don't know what to make of it

So I'll be out there in the Aug. 19-26 range. Not sure how many days I'll be around, but that's the general vicinity.

i heard there's some concert then

Started in 1912 as a way to lift the city's spirits after the disastrous 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Bay to Breakers is the longest consecutively running footrace in the world (other races' courses and lengths have changed over time).

"For everyone's safety and enjoyment NO ALCOHOL or NUDITY is allowed."

No running, either. And no watching, breathing, or blinking.

I remember driving down Fell after BtB and off the Panhandle there was a girl with her number still on laying down on the sidewalk, with one hand clutching the base of a streetlamp as if to insure that she didn't fall off the face of the earth. On the stoop all of ten feet away, a group of people who I presumed to be her friends were swaying about around their empty keg. The whole street looked like an alcoholocaust.

L'OMG alcoholocaust!

Having a lolocaust here.

scott alcoholocaust is the dude thats puts on a ton of punk and metal shows in sf btw

Alcohol+ 'x' comes from Wilde doesn't it? Didin't he refer to his brother going on 'alcoholidays'?

its going to be like 95 degrees on thursday

Just in time for Bike To Work Day! (also this Thursday)

Fuck biking 100 miles for work.

I bike 1 mile to work everyday. I didn't have to work today so instead I biked through the park to the ocean then over the bridge etc. it felt like 100 miles.

what do i do w/my mom this weekeend during the days? she really wants to go see frida kahlo, but it's gonna be fucking packed and i just got back from mexico city and don't care to see more stuff.

i'm thinking maybe a hike at land's end? that seems easy. maybe shopping? maybe thai brunch in berkeley?

Land's End hike is pretty mellow - not very strenuous and plenty scenic

Went to Nick's Crispy Tacos last night. Pretty good, though it would've been better if I was drunk. Off to the ballgame now.

I'll be in the Bay Area from the evening of the 17th to the morning of the 21st, if anyone wants to meet up. I haven't been to Pac Bell yet, so a Marlins-Giants game on Tues or Wed is in store hopefully. Haven't thought about hotel yet...are there recommendations for something not too insanely priced? Either side of the bay is okay -- nearness to BART is a plus for East Bay, obv.

woah. for reals?

sorry kids I'm out - anniversary weekend for me

altho a good friend of mine is putting on some cool shit for Mission Creek Music Festival Friday and Sunday nights at the Argus if yr into that kidna thing