Sponsored: Learn to Love Your Office with Whisk
An office is the place we go to work. No duh, right? But when you think about it, it’s so much more than that – an office is a culture in and of itself. It’s where we learn, succeed, sometimes fail,...
View ArticleVocab for This Weekend's Weather
Ok, it's cold. For sure. And the multiple screenshots of the weather app on my Instagram feed tell me the temperature is going to drop even more this weekend. But really, is it that cold? (No.)I get...
View ArticleOne Up All Your Friends on Instagram with This Aerial Photo Kit
When taking photos, there are some scenes that look way cooler when shot from above, taken as if you were floating above your subject. Unfortunately, we just aren't tiny or light enough to hang glide...
View ArticleHand Job Academy and the Taboo of Women’s Bodies
When Pussy Riot’s three members went to prison for “hooliganism and religious hatred” – and two of them languish in the gulag yet – it was a defiant gesture in the face of an authoritarian fusion of...
View Article7 Holiday Event Planning Tips
Throwing a party can be a bit like jumping off a high dive: It's exciting to take the first plunge, but can quickly feel like you're several feet underwater. Planning can be especially challenging...
View ArticleToday's Google Fake-out Guy
The original "performance," transcribed in all its articulate eloquence:"If you guys would just move out of the way... all right? I, look! I’ve been here for six months, okay, right, and and, look, I...
View ArticleBeing Robbed at a Bank is Nothing Like the Movies
By AnonymousWhen I imagined my postcollege move to SF and my first day at my big-girl job, my fantasy looked something like a 15-year-old girl’s dream. I’d have a fabulous outfit and work in an office...
View ArticleAsk Ted Wilson – I'm Not Respected at My Job
Hello, and welcome to Ask Ted Wilson, my weekly advice column where readers ask me questions about absolutely anything, and I tell them what to do. If you have a question you would like answered...
View ArticleSponsored: Park Life's Christmas Wishlist
Park Life is a gallery and independent retail store based in San Francisco (on Clement Street!) It was founded in 2006 by Jamie Alexander and Derek Song and features unique and often hard to find...
View ArticleWatch This: Time-Lapse Animation Shot With Google Glass
Although it's hard for me to take Google Glass seriously as an accessory, I have been curious to see what kind of projects artists and designers would be creating with the device once they get their...
View ArticleBuilding-Skiing in Detroit is Insane
I grew up outside of Detroit, where the closest skiing was at Mt. Brighton – a landfill that became a ski slope in the '60s. My first time up in Tahoe was incredibly eye-opening to what actual skiing...
View ArticleSee Old Historical Photos Taken In Your 'Hood
One of my favorite things is seeing places I know on TV, in movies, and best yet, in old photos. So I was stoked when my co-worker Max passed along this link to WhatWasThere, a website that ties...
View ArticleTop Ten Innovations in THC
California’s medical-marijuana law has made the San Francisco Bay Area a global epicenter for weed innovation. Stanford alums at the company Ploom are refining “the iPod of vaporizers” in the Dogpatch....
View ArticleIs There Any Truth to Shoe Size = Penis Size?
By The Bold ItalicYou’ve probably heard what they say about guys with large feet. Yep, they wear big shoes. And they have equally large hands. (Wouldn’t it be so weird to see a dude with huge feet but...
View ArticleWin Tickets to See The Pixies + Best Coast
Hey! I’m try-in’ to meet you let you know that the February Pixies show in Oakland is sold out, but that you still have a chance to go see them the night after, on February 22nd. Now, you might be...
View ArticleBART Heads Vol. 7
Here are a few more BART Heads from this past week. These are sketches of BART passengers I draw on the train during my commute. The text is verbatim bits of overheard conversation.
View ArticleEvent Recap: Living Colorfully
When Art.com opened their first ever pop-up shop in the heart of the city we were stoked to throw them a lively bash to break in the new store. We invited some of our favorite local makers and...
View ArticleStuff to Do While Waiting for the Bus
In case you've played all your moves on Words with Friends and you've refreshed your Instagram/Twitter/FB/Tumblr feed five times in the last minute and need something else to do while waiting for MUNI,...
View ArticleSF Was Named the #1 City to Have a Baby And I Officially Don't Trust Internet...
Photo by paparutziYou know that book for new parents What to Expect When You're Expecting? Well the people behind that book have a website, and the people behind that website created a survey to find...
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