Month: August 2012

  • False alarms: how the city should have responded

    On Sunday, the entire city heard the warning system (“air raid” siren”) that’s normally tested on Tuesdays at noon. Apparently this was due to human […]

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  • Sad note

    I noticed this sad handwritten letter stuck to the side of a building on Clarion Alley the other day. It reads: My friend died last […]

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  • Bark bombing

    Remember yarn bombing? Yeah, that’s sooooo 2011. It’s played, man. Get with the times. Now it’s all about bark bombing. Not enough trees in your […]

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  • Ubuntu as an OS X TimeMachine server

    One of the best features of Mac OS X is TimeMachine, a ridiculously easy to use backup system. The downside to TimeMachine is you either […]

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  • Alley Barrel’s new rules

    Last week, I posted a photo of Alley Barrel’s rules, which notably contains a tongue-in-cheek provision banning hipster conversations. After some local coverage, several major […]

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  • A look behind Obama’s Mars teleportation scandal

    Thanks to whistleblower Andrew D. Basiago, many news outlets picked up the story of Barack Obama’s early 1980’s jump gate to Mars teleportation scandal in […]

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  • Alley Barrel rules and regulations

    Four Barrel’s back alley — aka Alley Barrel — hosts a weekend-only coffee service with occasional street food vendors. Recently they posted a rule sheet, […]

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  • Lisbon’s Super Mario Bros. obsession

    As mentioned in the previous post, Lisbon has a Super Mario thing going on with its street art. Someone must be nostalgic for the 8-bit […]

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  • Lisbon street art

    Lisbon is one of those rare places that looks just like the postcards. Even the street art is beautiful. Above are the best of what […]

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  • Lisbon vs. San Francisco

    I spent the last week in a small seaside city that seemed eerily reminiscent of home. Everywhere I looked, there were these little moments of […]

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