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• Commented on Previously On San Francisco: 40 Days and 40 Nights
  Isn't that the Potrero bus yard? HOLLYWOOD LIES! By the way, Josh Hartnett was in another dot-com period piece, August, set in New York circa 2001 and produced in 2008 (!): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470679/ Just in case you can't get enough Josh...
• Commented on Video, Slideshows: Liveblog Of Oscar Grant Trial Verdict, Response
  The EBX is reporting that the Alameda County DA says Mehserle could get up to 14 years thanks to the "gun enhancement" on the involuntary manslaughter conviction. http://www.eastbayexpress.com/92510/archives/2010/07/08/mehserle-faces-up-to-14-years-in-prison But that depends on what sentence the judge hands down -- for...
• Favorited Service Disruptions Possible: This Time, We're Not Talking About Muni on The Alley
• Commented on "Former Homosexual" Claims Witches Handle SF General Admissions, That He Was A Local "Club Celebrity": Have You Ever Heard Of Him?
  As you well know, Eve, ritual goat sacrifice is illegal in San Francisco. Also, I hope when Jesus was at SF General he was covered by Healthy San Francisco -- otherwise, we're going to have to pick up the tab...
• Commented on Hell on Two Wheels: A Modest Proposal For C.W. Nevius
  So he did! And he even updated his story to clarify that it was all the pedestrian's fault! Brock is right, like a bicyclist at a stop sign, you can't help but roll with this dude....
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: A Modest Proposal For C.W. Nevius to Culture/Entertainment
  Longtime San Francisco Chronicle columnist C.W. "Chuck" Nevius is back to actually living in the city that he writes about after years of commuting...
• Commented on In The Yard: Easy As Hell Lettuce And Strawberries
  Yay, gardening column! Thanks, John! Only thing I'd add is that once your lettuce "bolts" or starts to grow a tall central stalk and flower, then it's time to pull it up and plant something new. If you're looking for...
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: The Bike is Back to Culture/Entertainment
  Today is the annual Bike to Work Day, so roll up that right pant leg and hit the pedals for your commute. Yes, it...
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: No Money Down, Low APR on Bike Loan! to Culture/Entertainment
  I've been a bit under the weather lately, so in lieu of a full column, just wanted to pass along a hot tip for readers...
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: Let Me Google That Bike Route For You to Culture/Entertainment
  Last week at the National Bike Summit, the surprise appearance of Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood was big news. But the possibly bigger news was...
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: Making It Harder To Get Your Bike Stolen to Culture/Entertainment
  I'm not one to avoid "bad neighborhoods," on my bike or otherwise. But on Saturday I rented a ZipCar to help a friend move...
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: Is Cycling *Really* Getting More Dangerous? to Culture/Entertainment
  While aimlessly hunting around the local blogosphere shortly after my last column, I noted a post on The Oakbook titled "Oakland Bicycle Accidents on...
• Commented on Muni Joins Twitter For Real This Time, But Won't Offer Service Alerts
  "[E]mployees lack reliable access to computer terminals and the Internet." I hear Twitter even lets you update the service from your phone! With location data if it has GPS enabled! Also, I love how Nat Ford can't just buy a...
• Favorited Hell on Two Wheels: Another Critical Mess on Culture/Entertainment
• Commented on Hell on Two Wheels: Another Critical Mess
  Ha, like San Francisco would invest in renovating infrastructure! That said, the streets are plenty heinous enough as it is, even if cyclists have been lobbying for smooth, paved roadways since practically before the automobile was invented. Rolling over a...
• Commented on Hell on Two Wheels: Another Critical Mess
  I agree with you, Greg, and I would definitely like to see the tactics re-evaluated -- lord knows, it's not like anarchists (or socialists, or progressives) aren't riven by splinter groups. Why not use that tendency to the advantage of...
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: Another Critical Mess to Culture/Entertainment
  Police Chief George Gascon has gotten a new round of controversy rolling around San Francisco by kicking the tires of Critical Mass. "If you...
• Commented on The Bugs in Mayor's Open Source Software Announcement
  Agreed, but in this context I referenced the GPL as the most widely-known of the licenses less relatively restrictive than the license agreements provided by corporate, proprietary, closed source software providers. It's still the standard. That the city's open source...
• Commented on The Bugs in Mayor's Open Source Software Announcement
  Thanks, Xenu, I added a note of clarification....
• Posted The Bugs in Mayor's Open Source Software Announcement to Business/Tech/Real Estate
  Popular technology Web site Mashable took a break from rewriting press releases and just published one directly from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom touting...
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: Winterize to Culture/Entertainment
  It looks like we're going to have some wet and wild weather for at least the next week, if not two, or even three...
• Commented on Updated, With Onboard Video From All Angles: See The 19 Polk Accident Happen
  To help the folks at the Weekly and Chronicle out, the executable file sent by Muni included Verint's LWX viewer and all the video data for each of the five cameras (I didn't use every single camera angle in the...
• Commented on Updated: Prop 8 Trial To Be Posted On YouTube
  The fact that the court is producing the footage should mean that it's in the public domain, so fire up your copies of Final Cut Pro, kids!...
• Commented on Today's Muni Accident Was Caught On Camera, But Will You Get To See It?
  I, for one, would subscribe to that channel on YouTube....
• Commented on Muni Dead Pool: Will Your Line Be Cut Next?
  Small point: Gavin doesn't drive an SUV, he has an SFPD chauffeur drive it for him....
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: Year End Clearance to Culture/Entertainment
  So, that's over. The year, the decade, whatever it was. And it didn't entirely suck. In fact, if anything, it was pretty good times...
• Commented on Guerrilla Graffiti Temporarily Reveals Secret Bike Box
  Funny, it's kind of like the bike light at Fell and Masonic. And, well, it's almost as though I predicted as much in an early Hell on Two Wheels column. That said, what kind of paint to they use to...
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: Ladies Night to Culture/Entertainment
  Last night's annual Winterfest fundraiser for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition was full of pretty people looking fit and happy making bids on art,...
• Posted Hell on Two Wheels: The Gavel Goes Bang to Culture/Entertainment
  Three years ago, the Board of Supervisors and Mayor Gavin Newsom approved a plan to improve amenities for cyclists on San Francisco streets, including...
• Commented on Poll: If The Mayoral Race Were Tomorrow, Who Would You Vote For?
  I, for one, have neither moved away nor gotten a better job....