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more about #sanfrancisco more comments → MaaseyRacer: I say keep it closed. Downtown is so nice with out all the traffic. Plus it helps to reduce the bridge and tunnel douche effect on the weekends. #br... more » EBone: Brian Lam channeling his Tonto Halloween costume already? #bridge more » G.O.B.: Come on!: Why it breaking? :( #bridge more » Kaiser-Machead: SF bridge not like gravity #bridge more » P3nnst8r: That would be a long ass walk to work every day. more » Gary_7vn: I don't see any provision here here for sewage or water, which also increase the "load", so to speak. more » Gary_7vn: Just build a freaking floating city. We're all going to be in water world, so now is a good time to get some practice. Bangladesh, it was nice to kn... more » Noobs-R-Us: They should turn it into a park like in NYC. more » loslosbaby: These architects must not be licensed or something...wow, stoooopid: 1) the loading per-square-foot with these usages would be HIGHER than being used... more » skierpage: It's nice the article mentions "Virtual Light". In William Gibson's novel, after German engineers use nanobots to build a replacement tunnel under th... more » The Lab: That pool seems to be about 5X the height of one of the figures or about 30 ft. deep. These architects are either sloppy or they like really, really ... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Uhm, didn't a really large chunk of this fall down in the last big quake, which is WHY they're replacing it. "Sure, let's build apartments where the ... more » infmom: I would just love to see where the contents of that swimming pool end up after the next earthquake. more » screemname: The funny thing is, this replacemnt bridge originally was going to be a skyway, but the moron's in the bay area didn't like the "asthetics" of such a ... more » Skeptic: Well, aside from the "so dangerous we had to replace it" part and the lack of drive on access for apartment dwellers or emergency services, there is t... more » -
#architecture
Bay Area Architects Seek to Re-purpose Bay Bridge as Park, Apartments
The Bay Bridge is falling down, falling down, so that a bigger, better bridge—one less prone to falling down during an earthquake—can be erected in its place. If two architects get their way however, it might become this: More » -
#sanfrancisco
San Francisco Sets An Example, Opens City Data For Anyone To Use
SF Mayor Gavin "Handsome" Newsom just announced via Techcrunch that the city will start placing crime, health and other city data online for people to use. What's it for? Think iPhone apps that show restaurants' health code ratings, for one. More » -
#apple
Hula Dancers Mob San Francisco Apple Store
Not Hulu…Hula! As in the Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu dancers. A crew of 40 started a hit and run Hula at Pier 39 on Saturday, made their way downtown, and paid a fun visit to the Apple Store: More » -
#wtf
T-Mobile Stages Random Aerial Marketing Assault on San Francisco
I have no feezing clue what staging a massive airshow in San Francisco has to do with the myTouch 3G or how T-Mobile expected people to connect the two — oh wait, because now I'm writing about it! More » -
#green
San Francisco to Provide Home for New UN Global Warming Center
San Francisco and Supermayor Gavin Newsom announced plans to take the pollution-mired Hunter's Point Shipyard and build a $20 Million, 80,000-square foot UN Global Compact Center, which will serve as a "climate change think tank and green tech incubator." More » -
#security
Unsecure Electronic Parking Meters Can Be Hacked For Infinite Money
Two presenters at Black Hat 2009 just demonstrated their ability to hack into parking meters in San Francisco (and theoretically anywhere with this kind of system) to give unlimited money on their parking payment cards. More » -
#thecrazies
Irony Alert: Unabomber's Stuff to Be Auctioned Off Online
A San Francisco court ruled that the writings and possessions of Theodore Kaczynski, the famed Unabomber and enemy of internets everywhere, will be sold online to pay restitution to his victims' families. Ah, the irony. More » -
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#3g
SF and Bay Area 3G Data Test: AT&T, Sprint and Verizon
SF intern Andi Wang set out to test over three afternoons, covering a wider range than most testers by hitting not just SF but Marin and a good bit of Silicon Valley. More » -
#sfhackerstrikesagain
San Francisco Hunting For "Mystery Device" on City Network
San Francisco is continuing to untangle the mess created by the notorious Terry Childs after his attempt to bring down the city network. According to estimates, the cleanup has cost taxpayers $1 million so far, with an additional $800,000 set aside for unforeseen problems. The latest development in the saga occurred late last month when investigators discovered a mysterious hidden networking device referred to as "a terminal server" that appears to provide remote access to the city's Fiber WAN network. The password is unknown—but the login is accompanied by a warning message stating: "This system is the personal property of Terry S. Childs." More »
