Email Author Michael Leaverton

2009 Stories by Michael Leaverton

• Gleaming the Cube

  published January 14, 2009

  Smart people use the "Fridrich Method" instead of a hammer to solve the Rubik's Cube. Developed by Jessica Fridrich, it requires people to... More >>

• Headliners

  published January 14, 2009

  Many rock posters are better than the shows they promote. For example, take Chuck Sperry and Ron Donovan’s poster promoting Bush’s 1997... More >>

• Bike-to-Park Day

  published January 14, 2009

  Jared Blumenfeld wants you to ride your bicycle to a park. No surprise there: Blumenfeld is the new director of the city’s Department of the... More >>

• Climactic Change

  published January 14, 2009

  Typical long-range thinking about climate change finds the Earth, at some tipping point in the future, bursting into flame, with everybody on it... More >>

• The Nature of Technology

  published January 14, 2009

  Humans are a feeble lot. We rule over two worlds, the manufactured and the natural, but we understand neither: We’re as lost in the... More >>

• Houseboats? Houseboats!

  published January 14, 2009

  It used to be called Shit Creek, and not fondly — the shit was real, thanks to the city’s questionable talent for sewage treatment in... More >>

• He’s Got Your Card

  published January 14, 2009

  In his one-man show Devil in the Deck, Paul Nathan spins tales about Jack Swindle, a devilish con man who travels the world... More >>

• Here Come the Funny People

  published January 14, 2009

  Every year, we stand agape at the lineup for SF Sketchfest, wondering who thinks San Francisco comedians are rock stars (we know... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for January 7-January 13, 2009

  published January 7, 2009

  Artists' Television Access. "California Fo Sho": Music-related video by Aaron Rietz and Bob Thayer. Fri., Jan. 9, 8 p.m. $6. Selections... More >>