Columns

01 Feb 2018

The Scourge Of The ‘Congratulations!’ Pop-Up Ad

A despicable “Congratulations!” malware ad has been wreaking internet havoc for the last several months, and websites are confused as hell about what is happening. The ad has appeared on visits to the New York Times and Washington Post, The Verge, Vice and virtually every reputable website. A just-released report

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01 Feb 2018

SFCentric History: Some of the Coolest Things Said About San Francisco

San Francisco is an incredible city that has left a mark on almost everyone who has visited it. It is hard to put the sentiment into words, but thankfully, there are people who found just the right ones to describe what SF means to them.

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31 Jan 2018

Come Cowork with me at Covo! We Can be Coworkers!

I’ve been working from home for a long time. Too long really. So long I even made up this funny checklist of things to do before leaving the house if you work from home. Considering that my apartment doesn’t have a living room, my bedroom is not only where I

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30 Jan 2018

Celebrate the 7 Mile House’s 160th Birthday with $50 Gift Certificate on us!

While the 7 Mile House was built circa 1858 as a stagecoach stop 7 miles from the San Francisco Ferry Building. It is proudly the Bay Area’s last ‘mile house’ left standing in its original location. Mile Houses, established in the mid 1800s, served as local post offices and old stagecoach

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30 Jan 2018

Housing for SF Artists

Yo, if you’re an artist (of any kind) living in the bay or looking to move here, there’s s free seminar today on how to get affordable housing and free financial services in San Francisco.  It is possible!!  And thank the SF Arts Commission for providing the funding and MEDA for the

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30 Jan 2018

Great Podcasts For Boring Tasks

By Kelly O’Grady Thank God for Podcasts. How else would we handle menial tasks like riding the bus or sad attempts at working out. The other great thing about podcasts is that there’s no limit on what they can be about, there’s at least fifty podcasts all about the television

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30 Jan 2018

How to Tell A Killer Open Mic Story

A former producer of The Moth gives advice on how to get up on stage and tell a great story

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30 Jan 2018

The Reason There Are Honey Bears All Over the SOMA

You may have noticed walking to work this week that there are hundreds of honey bears hung on lampposts throughout the SOMA district of San Francisco. What are they doing there?  They’re a mixture of guerrilla marketing, street art, and social subversion.  The artist and his gang of conspirators didn’t

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