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Silicon Valley takes on Steve Jobs acid trip
This exchange in Silicon Valley’s 3rd episode may sound familiar: Erlich: Richard, take Aviato. That’s not a name that I found, it’s a name that found me — on a vision quest. Something that you should do.Richard: No, no, I’m not going to eat a bunch of drugs and sit out in the desert and…
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BART to the future fleet
Today BART launched the first of several workshops with a full-scale prototype of their new train cars. They’re looking for rider feedback before finalizing the design. Most of it seems pretty nifty: BART says their new trains will be quieter on the inside and have better air conditioning, but these features weren’t part of the…
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Ugly building in “Silicon Valley” show
Mike Judge’s new show “Silicon Valley” satirizes Bay Area tech culture. From Peter Thiel paying kids not to attend college to unconventional social norms to strange business practices, the show has some pretty easy targets to mock. One of my favorite aspects of the show is the unusual architecture it highlights on the Peninsula. From…
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Perplexing wood box installed on utility pole
Sometimes in life there’s questions that don’t seem to have concrete answers, like who shot JFK or the career of Shia LaBeouf. Today another such question popped into existence in the form of a perplexing wood box installed on a utility pole at 16th and Guerrero. It’s the kind of thing one wouldn’t notice easily,…
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Clarion Alley updates
Here’s a few new pieces that caught my eye in the always-changing set of murals in Clarion Alley:
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Sign proclaims that spring is over
While the weather outside may lead you to believe that spring is just beginning, let’s not be so quick to judge. According to this sign in the Financial District, spring is over. Deal with it.
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BART station side hatch
This morning I arrived at the 16th Mission BART station only to find the entry was blocked by a steel gate! Oh no! How would I get to work? Turns out a detour through a secret passage was necessary, as documented in the photos below.
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New BART trains don’t address boarding issue
The new BART train cars will have lots of improvements over the current ones. But there’s one boarding issue that they didn’t quite tackle. See what’s missing from their design, as pictured above? You may have to take a step back, so to speak, in order to notice. Consider how people board BART trains: commuters…
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Proof that Mitch Hedberg never rode BART
“An escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. You will never see an escalator out of order sign, just ‘escalator temporarily stairs — sorry for the convenience.’” – Mitch Hedberg While he may have taken Muni Metro, it’s clear that Hedberg never rode BART.
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E-Team investigates what’s causing innocent bystander deaths
Dan Nayez, Chief Investigative Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (KGG) — In San Francisco, simply stepping near bullets in mid-air can be deadly. Five people have been killed standing around San Francisco this year. It is a tragedy unfolding at an alarming rate. The E-Team wanted to see what is causing the spike in innocent bystander deaths.…
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