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Here Are the 20 Dumbest Bay Area Crimes of 2012

The year 2012 was a pretty stellar one for San Francisco. If you doubt us for a second, just think no farther than the San Francisco Giants World Series win. But amid the remarkable (sweeping baseball) moments -- like when the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence crashing Sheriff Joe Arpaio's dinner in ... More >>

Supervisor Scott Wiener Calls for Hearing to Stop Cellphone Robberies

Now that he's put an end to public nudity, Supervisor Scott Wiener wants to put an end to cellphone robberies in San Francisco. With cellphone robberies on the rise, Wiener is hoping to meet with cops, merchants, and the District Attorney to talk about how San Francisco can stop these often violen ... More >>

Ballsy Thief Attacks, Robs Multiple Drivers Stopped at Intersection in Portola

The thief lurked around the San Bruno and Silver Avenue intersection Saturday night. Over a two-hour span, from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m., the thief snatched a handbag, an iPad, and a wallet from three respective victims, who ranged in age from 47 to 59.His strategy was brazen and consistent: Approach the ... More >>

Dumb Crooks Steal iPad, Crash into News Van, Become Today's News Story

CBS News brings us this insane report about another iPad robbery, and this is one story reporters didn't have to chase.The incident started at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, when an unidentified man hopped out of a Mercedes SUV and ripped a backpack, with an iPad inside, from a woman sitting outside a Peet's ... More >>

Gonzalez Guzman, Drunk and Stranded Club-Goer, Off the Hook for Burglary

Now here's some good fodder for an anti-drinking campaign.A San Francisco jury acquitted a 20-year-old man today of burglary charges and instead convicted him of petty theft and receiving stolen property after he convinced jurors that he was just a drunk, not a crook. Gonzalez Guzman and his buddy, ... More >>

Del The Funky Homosapien on His Favorite Old-School Rappers, New Album Attractive Sin, and His Very First Live Show

It's a weekday afternoon, and Del the Funky Homosapien's mom has just left his house. She was passing through to pick up an iPod the rapper had bought for her -- but left empty-handed, as she wasn't confident about being able to use Apple's dinky little music player. "She's gonna come back in a coup ... More >>

Buy Local — Mostly Beer

It's a weekday afternoon, and Del the Funky Homosapien's mom has just left his house. She was passing through to pick up an iPod the rapper had bought for her -- but left empty-handed, as she wasn't confident about being able to use Apple's dinky little music player. "She's gonna come back in a coup ... More >>

Don't Worry About the Future of the Cookbook

Is this the future of cookbooks? (Cross your fingers.)​Yesterday, the New York edition of Grub Street published a great essay by Hugh Merwin on the bright future of cookbooks, even as more and more readers are switching to e-readers and bookstores are flailing. Cookbook sales are still strong, an ... More >>

Music Links: Ty Segall (Literally) Kicks Ass, Budget Rock's Final Installment, and More

Ty Segall jumps off a Cleveland stage to kick the ass of some shit-starting bros. [Mission Mission] Some background on the mind-bending that will take place at Frisco Freakout. [SF Gate]

Rock Is Dead: Slim's Does Pop-Up Dinners

Food is to us what rock 'n roll was to baby boomers. Can there be better evidence than this? Slim's, the music club, will host pop-up dinners on Monday nights starting next week. Before​ After​Slim's has had a challenging year. Its liquor license was suspended for 10 days in March becaus ... More >>

Bay Bridge Explorer App Lets You Drive on New Bridge

​The ever-changing shape of the San Francisco Bay Bridge is about shift again over Memorial Day weekend as part of a larger effort to retrofit one of the world's busiest bridges. And as you might recall, drivers don't adapt well to the  abrupt changes. Remember the confusion and crashes on th ... More >>

Apple, at $153 Billion, Unseats Google as World's Most Valuable Brand

Secret weapon​A surge in estimated valuation from sales of products such as the iPad has landed Apple at the top of a survey of the world's most valuable brands, displacing fellow Silicon Valley juggernaut Google.Financial-research company Millward Brown set the company's current brand value at $1 ... More >>

A Ban on Live Chicken Sales, Protection for Your iPad Cookbook

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. No more sales of live chickens. SF Appeal and other sources report that, after years of protest, a group named LGBT Compassion has managed to get Raymond Young Live Poultry and Bul ... More >>

Steve Jobs Mocked on South Park, Introduces "HumancentiPad" (Video)

The humancentipad still feels something out of a horror movie​If there is anyone who can make Steve Jobs obscene, it's Trey Parker and Matt Stone -- the creators South Park. Staying true to their art, they have created an offensive version of the Apple CEO who introduces the revolutionary "Humance ... More >>

So Is Anyone Else Kinda Thrilled About GarageBand for iPad?

​Among the numerous not-quite-revelations Steve Jobs breathlessly announced today about the iPad2 -- faster processor, thinner case, two cameras -- one especially caught our attention: Apple is bringing its amateur-friendly music production software GarageBand to the tablet computer. (It's also br ... More >>

Meet Appetites, an Interactive Cooking Show for the iPad

​It's been 10 months since the iPad launched, and companies are still figuring out how to tailor apps to the notepad computer. Many have simply enlarged existing, text-based iPhone apps or have treated the iPad as an electronic version of a glossy magazine. A new generation of iPad apps is finall ... More >>

iPad Miracle: Political Mover and Shaker John Whitehurst Saved

You're about as likely to be able to do this with an iPad as you are to get it back when you leave it on BART​There are two hard and fast rules on Bay Area public transportation: Any unidentified liquid is urine, and if you leave the vehicle without your high-priced electronics, you're not getting ... More >>

Apple Sued for Privacy Invasion -- Again

What does he know about you?​The number of iPad and iPhone users that claim Apple has passed around their private information is growing by the day.In December, two separate groups of iPad and iPhone users sued Apple, Inc., claiming the company had created apps that distributed personal informatio ... More >>

San Francisco Hacker Charged with Stealing E-mail Addresses from iPad Owners

iHack​San Francisco is home to some of the smartest and most tech-savvy inventors -- and hackers. Federal authorities arrested Daniel Spitler, a San Francisco resident, on suspicion of stealing and distributing the e-mail addresses of more than 120,000 iPad owners. Spitler, 26, and Andrew Auernhei ... More >>

Del the Funky Homosapien: Show Preview

iHack​San Francisco is home to some of the smartest and most tech-savvy inventors -- and hackers. Federal authorities arrested Daniel Spitler, a San Francisco resident, on suspicion of stealing and distributing the e-mail addresses of more than 120,000 iPad owners. Spitler, 26, and Andrew Auernhei ... More >>

SF's Retronyms Taps Into Your Inner FlyLo

​When they're not taking board games out into the real world or bringing cocktail-hour amusements to your phone, San Francisco startup upstarts Retronyms are hard at work making the best of music-geek technology available and enjoyable to the masses. See DopplerPad, electronic composition software ... More >>

Black Angels: Show Preview

​When they're not taking board games out into the real world or bringing cocktail-hour amusements to your phone, San Francisco startup upstarts Retronyms are hard at work making the best of music-geek technology available and enjoyable to the masses. See DopplerPad, electronic composition software ... More >>

What's the iPad for? Music Apps Prove Surprisingly Popular

Nielsen.comMusic apps are among the most popular of all paid apps for the iPad​Music-related apps are the third-most popular paid apps for the iPad, and come second on a list of frequently used apps for both iPad and iPhone, according to a new study from Nielsen research.This is somewhat surprisin ... More >>

All Season Springs to Life, PIQ a-Booms Into Berkeley

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Paolo L. of Inside Scoop leads today's roundup with the news that the Diamond Heights Yet Wah has become All Season [no -s] Seafood Restaurant (5238 Diamond Heights Blvd., 282-8883, allseasonr ... More >>

Video: Is the iPad an Amazing Musical Instrument, or a Tool of 'Orchestral Destruction'?

There are many amazing uses for an iPad. Among the device's potentially revolutionary applications, as I wrote back in April, are those related to making music. As several musicians told me, having a 9.7-inch multi-touch screen attached to a fast computer with an audio output opens up a crazy univer ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

There are many amazing uses for an iPad. Among the device's potentially revolutionary applications, as I wrote back in April, are those related to making music. As several musicians told me, having a 9.7-inch multi-touch screen attached to a fast computer with an audio output opens up a crazy univer ... More >>

iHelp for Autism

For autistic children, the new iPad is an effective, portable device for teaching communication and social skills. It’s also way cool.

Baylinks: iPad Security, Dope Tax, Vermin

sfappeal.comTarget says sorry for targeting gays...​Target promises to think twice before endorsing homophobes. Again. [NBC Bay Area]Apple to put a plug in the iPad [CBS5]San Jose will ask voters if the city can tax their weed [Bay Citizen]

iPad Owners Sue Apple In Class Action Suit

Steve Jobs -- and vampires -- need not worry about taking the iPad out in the sun...​If Steve Jobs has been slamming his head into the wall over the iPhone 4 "Antennagate" debacle, here comes another legal slap from unsatisfied customers: A trio of iPad owners are suing Apple in a class action law ... More >>

Pad Try: Are iPad-formatted music releases a new frontier or a distraction?

Steve Jobs -- and vampires -- need not worry about taking the iPad out in the sun...​If Steve Jobs has been slamming his head into the wall over the iPhone 4 "Antennagate" debacle, here comes another legal slap from unsatisfied customers: A trio of iPad owners are suing Apple in a class action law ... More >>

In Print: Francis & the Lights' iPad Album, Sammy Hagar is a Joke, All Shook Down Fest

Francis Farewell Starlite​Does the album matter anymore? Does anyone care? Do you know what a CD is? Okay, kidding on the last point (kinda), but clearly the music industry is looking for some new, marketable format to sell to music lovers. After all, CD sales ain't what they used to be, and it do ... More >>

Michael Jackson's Dance Moves, Pandora's iPad Ads, Blog Love for Ty Segall and Safe

Safe's Christopher F. Edley III​Michael Jackson's dance moves make for new video game. [Daily Swarm]Pandora's iPad app pairs music and videos with ads from Starbucks, Lexus and Budweiser. [Digital Music News]Pitchfork gives Ty Segall's Melted a 7.5, says "it seems in some ways like his first prop ... More >>

The Case of the Missing iPad Cover: What to Do While Waiting for "the" Case

They're selling for twice the price on eBay.​How can you define your status as an Apple fanboy/girl/hermaphrodite without the official Apple iPad case? With its sleek simple design and unique texture...

iPad Hackers: Obtaining Emails Not Illegal, We Will Fight If Charges Are Pressed

​ According to reports, the FBI is currently investigating the AT&T iPad leak because of the sensitive (read governmental) nature of the data revealed, and Gawker Media is now under pressure to provide information on the legality of the breach, casting Goatse Security, the hacker group that la ... More >>

Apple's Latest Hot Mess: Prominent iPad Users' Personal Info Exposed

A window to your soul​Think Facebook's got privacy problems? Just wait till you get a load of the latest scandal at Apple, which has apparently allowed some very prominent users of its iPad device -- think White House prominent -- to have their personal information exposed in an AT&T security ... More >>

Baylinks: Porny iPads, Baby Collision, & Election Day

​Freedom From Porn pwns Apple iPad ads. [Uptown Almanac]Help the cops track down some jerk who stole a special needs child's bike. [Streetsblog]And it turned out you can't use pastry the same way you use your bank card at an ATM. [The Tens]

USA Today Duped by iPad Steering Wheel Hoax

Stories about a website hawking steering wheel mounts for iPads that would enable drivers to do their reading en route started popping up all over the interwebs. The idea, or course, is a safety proponents nightmare, and as one might imagine, it's most likely a hoax. Jalopnik did some rudimentary re ... More >>

iPhones and iPads revolutionize beatmaking, piano playing, and symphony conducting

Stories about a website hawking steering wheel mounts for iPads that would enable drivers to do their reading en route started popping up all over the interwebs. The idea, or course, is a safety proponents nightmare, and as one might imagine, it's most likely a hoax. Jalopnik did some rudimentary re ... More >>

Baylinks: Conan, Cats, & Dogs

​How to use your cat as an iPad stand. [Laughing Squid]Even MORE Banksy in San Francisco! [Uptown Almanac]Conan O'Brien pays a visit to Twitter. [SFist]A uniquely San Franciscan budget dilemma. [City Insider]If your dog isn't licensed, he's costing the city money. [Pawesome]

iCat: Best Cat With iPad Video Ever

While you've probably all seen "Cat Meet iPad" in all its iterations, the overwhelming appeal of cats and iPads is not a new phenomenon. Here's the original "When Cats and iPads Collide" video above, with a gratuitous link to "World's Fattest Cat" thrown in for good measure. Note to Steve Jobs: If ... More >>

Baylinks: Cat Cargo, Neighborhood Names, & Coastal Rivalries

​How to take your cat on BART. [Pawsome]S.F. vs. N.Y. via Lonely Planet writer. [Spots Unknown]"Units departed from the site of the reprehensible atrocity."  [The Underbelly]How to keep your iPad from getting snatched on Muni. [Muni Diaries]Watching the seasons change via fashion: Sunny days ... More >>

Baylinks: Big Wheels, Bacon Street, & Prim and Proper

Andre Harmann​Thrilling video of the Bring Your Own Big Wheel Race. [VidSF]Does anyone know what Muni "data collection" officers actually do? [SFAppeal]BART and iPad theft: When will the inevitable occur? [SF Citizen]Brits call us "prim and proper" because of sit/lie law. [City Insider]Eff Easy St ... More >>

iPillow Mom Makes iPad Cover

In what is probably the most tech savvy mom situation we've seen since @dabootysmackmom, Drew Olanoff's mom Lynda Harrison -- formerly of "Mom Lovingly Crafts iPhone Pillow for Son" -- has now created an handmade quilted iPad case for her own iPad. As her case was iPad ready for Saturday's releas ... More >>

You Know What Would Be Cool? If the iPad Was Also a Hoverboard.

Yeah, we can't believe the damn thing came out before the hoverboard either.​ We're not among the privileged few that received advanced review iPad units, nor among the prepared few that put in their pre-orders. We're not even part of the contingent of brave souls like Robert Scoble, who had the ... More >>

Baylinks: Birds, Cats, & Halved Hawks

Merowr!​Cat fight on Yerba Buena Island! [Pawsome]A California Academy of Science employee slices open a hawk. (Video!) [SpotsUnkown]Giant iPad attacks San Francisco. (Pic) [The Tens]The Twittersphere yawns at SFMOMA's short list of architects for expansion. [Curbed]Yes! A solution in sight for th ... More >>

SuicideGirls, In Defense of the App Store Ban: 'Bummer for Apple, We Get It'

Missing the opportunity to do so at San Francisco's Goldman Sachs' tech conference earlier today, Apple has yet to clarify guidelines as to why over 5,000 apps were removed from its App store this weekend. As is the case with most news about Apple, the Internet has responded to the most easily acces ... More >>

A Tablet By Any Other Name: Anything is Better than iPad

Like many other people who failed junior high gym but got straight As in everything else, we were lucky enough to touch the future of the Internet earlier today at the Apple Event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. And much like junior high, we too heard the snickers when it turned out that the cov ... More >>