When and where did hardcore pornography spring forth into glorious existence? You’ll find the answer in the (NSFW) documentary The Smut Capital of America. Spoiler: The Smut Capital is San Francisco! And as a bonus you’ll find out the difference between the Beaver and Split Beaver subgenres.
We can finally calm down about San Francisco effectively destroying childhoods by banning Happy Meals. The city’s major, being a reasonable man, has decided to veto the Healthy Meal Legislation because “parents, not politicians, should decide what their children eat.”
San Francisco has done the unthinkable. Not win the World Series. It’s effectively banned happy meals.
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Sounds crazy (wood + fire?) but the SFFD’s one of the few to still use wooden ladders – they don’t conduct electricity – which they build with Douglas fir that’s been matured for 15 years.
San Franciscans are among the likely folks in America to take to WiMax 4G. So why’d they have to wait so long to get it, despite indications that it was pretty much ready to launch months ago? Hooray, bureaucracy!
Sci-Fi author Rudy Rucker is one of the folks behind the cleverest wireless ISP serving San Francisco. He and his team have set up a system to provide customers with reliable 10-30Mbps download speeds for a mere $US40 per month.
Fifteen acres of San Francisco suburbs have been reduced to burnt rubble because of a glitch in the massive US natural gas pipeline infrastructure. How did this happen and perhaps more importantly what exactly is going on down there?