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Comment by JupiterPluvius: A "film about an adorably dorky, chubby, bespectacled, thirteen-year-old Chinese-American boy who works at his family's sleazy roadside motel and... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To-do Tonight: Or TP Mike Arrington's House (He's on vacation, anyway)

    • For a quarter-million partiers from in and out of San Francisco, it's Halloween in the Castro!!! Um, or maybe not. Beware, the SFPD will be cracking down on revelers tonight, so don't, don't, drunkenly hit on that sexy cop.
    • Stay home and geek out — carve a Mac O'Lantern. Pictured: more Woz than you can handle.
    • Enjoy one of the greatest horror films ever made. Evil Dead 2 plays tonight at the Red Vic Movie House (1727 Haight Street, SF). Showtimes are 7:15 and 9:15.
    • The Zend/PHP Conference and Expo is overpriced at $1195 (one day for $650) but we think you should try to crash the Facebook After Hours party anyway. It's Halloween — go in costume. Wear footie pajamas and bring a teddy bear. Tell everyone you're founder Mark Zuckerberg and refuse to budge until someone offers you $2 billion.
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    10/31/06
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    By Nick Douglas
  • to-do

    To-Do tonight: Besides eating that whole bag of Fun-sized Snickers

    • Discover why you should care about social bookmarking. SF Tech Sessions holds a meeting tonight from 7-9pm at CNet in San Francisco. Ma.gnolia founder Larry Halff, David Galbraith from Wists, and Kaboodle CEO Manish Chandra are slated to speak. $5 at the door gets you all the pizza and bottled water you can carry. [SF Tech Sessions]
    • A neuroscientist explains how aging brains work, at San Francisco's Bazaar Cafe. Given the city's average adult age, "aging" here means "past 30." [Ask a Scientist]
    • Just move to the Bay Area from Beer Country? Pay $60 for this San Mateo event and learn what wine goes with what food. Hint: Everything goes with salmon. [Local Wine Events]
    • Update: Sold out. Hear a man even more full of himself than a Silicon Valley bigshot: Evolutionist author Richard Dawkins speaks in San Francisco. [Eventful]
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    10/30/06
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    By Nick Douglas

    Comment by ray johnson: Richard Dawkins: The Southern Baptist Evangelist of Evolution God bless him! more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To-Do tonight: Frankly, English-language haiku is overrated

    • WebGuild Silicon Valley Annual Conference Reception: The conference's keynote speakers (Midas-like venture capitalist Ram Shriram and Google VP Marissa "Mountain View Barbie" Mayer) may have gone home, but you could sneak in after 5 PM without a pass and chat with attendees about this year's tedious theme, "Web 2.0 — the new Web."
    • Stylehive launch party: Social shopping site Stylehive launches. Marina residents rejoice. Though the site doesn't say, the party's at 685 Market Street in the courtyard atrium. Come after 6 PM.
    • SF Beta (at DaDa, 7 PM):
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    10/19/06
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    By Nick Douglas

    Comment by Blackjack: How about some cash? My site's very Web Two Oh TechCrunch likes it too. more » | Other threads

  • jangl

    To-Do tonight: Jangl up some filet mignon and free booze

    • Best. Party. Ever: At Jangl's bash tonight at San Francisco club Mighty, not only is there a menu including filet mignon and salmon mousse (longer menu after the jump), a hosted bar, and a live jazz performance by members of the company, but thanks to Jangl's service — an ID you can hand to strangers instead of your phone number — you can flirt without consequence!
    • CANCELLED: Artificial Intelligence superstar Marvin Minsky, co-founder of MIT's AI lab, gives an "intimate conversation" at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Ten bucks at 6 PM. [Eventful]
    • Hey there hard charger, before you try a polyphasic sleep schedule, better learn how sleep works at this lecture by a fellow of the Stanford Sleep Clinic. [Eventful]
    • Dogster celebrates its 300,000th user tonight from 6:30-9 at its offices in Potrero Hill. Expect milkbones and tummy rubs, if you've been a good boy. RSVP to russell (at) dogster (dot) com.
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    10/18/06
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    By Nick Douglas

    Comment by VanOwen: the chicks will still be hotter at Yelp parties, especially after the $10m from Benchmark. thank god for VC, otherwise Web... more » | Other threads

  • pixar

    To-Do tonight: See embarrassing pre-production Pixar sketches

    • Startupper Kevin Burton's so proud of launching Version 2 of his Tailrank news aggregation site that he'll let you buy yourself a drink. Join him (and his core crew of cynical Web 2.0ers) at 21st Amendment, 7 pm. RSVP to burtonator at gmail.
    • Should someone be proud of holding "a slew of interim CEO gigs" at the 90s startup incubator idealab? (Hint: No.) Go heckle Bill Trenchard ($15 in Palo Alto at 6:30) as he shares the lessons learned as a serial entrepreneur. [Upcoming]
    • Oh sweet! Pixar talks about the making of Cars at San Fran's Academy of Art, just $9-12 for the public. [Upcoming]
    10/16/06
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    By Nick Douglas
  • to-do

    To-Do this weekend and a warning about Oracle's block party

    • San Francisco's de Young Museum turns 1 this weekend (no "young de Young" jokes please), and it's just five bucks to dance from 9 to midnight after spoken word performances and a book signing. [Thinker.org]
    • Friday nights are Geek Comedy Nights at the San Francisco Comedy College Clubhouse. "If you see gaming as a lifestyle choice," says the site, "or spend most of your time working in a cube, this is definitely the show for you." [SF Station]
    • On the other hand, if you're an incorrigible suit, hit up the B2B Power Exchange down in the town of Milpitas, for "entrepreneurs, consultants and biz dev pros who sell to senior decision makers at companies with $10M or more in annual revenues." Guess all you startuppers will have to fudge your numbers. [Eventful]
    • San Francisco's mayor decides to close traffic for nine days on the heavily-trafficked street that divides the Moscone Center, so Oracle can construct a giant tent between the West and East centers during its OpenWorld convention. The street will close for nine days starting next Thursday. [KCBS]
    10/13/06
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    By Nick Douglas
  • to-do

    To Do: Halloween on Friday the 13th

    Friday: More »
    10/13/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by raincoaster: Yeah, I'm not seeing the "Burning Bridges" thrash anywhere! more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: Megazines, Goodie Bags, or British Boys

    • Magazine freaks and design nerds alike flock to the Megazines exhibit, a collection of magazine covers throughout the years. [Visionaire World] More »
    10/11/06
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    By Jessica
  • to-do

    To Do: Comic Relief, Girls Club, or Nixon

    • Join Matt Groening, creator of the The Simpsons and Futurama, and Gary Panter, former set designer for Pee Wee's Playhouse, as they discuss the art of silliness. [Upcoming] More »
    10/10/06
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    By Jessica
  • to-do

    To-Do: Here, Piggy Piggy

    Valleywag party correspondent Megan McCarthy says where to throw down tonight and tomorrow. More »
    10/10/06
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    By Nick Douglas

    Comment by martini34: Here's a link to Ryan Junell... in case you'd like to delve deeper as a journalist... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: Adaptations, Canadian Pop, or American Pop

    • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the novel turned Broadway play turned movie turned TV series turned off Broadway revival, features Cynthia Nixon as the eclectic Scottish schoolteacher. Have fun finding tickets. [Paper] More »
    10/09/06
    39
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    By Jessica

    Comment by juniperpearl: some points for anyone taking cues from the linked post: 1. it's islands, not the islands. 2. J'aime Tambeur has, sadly, left... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do, This Weekend: Because the New Yorker Festival Sold Out in 2 Seconds

    Friday: More »
    10/06/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by jf635: Hellooo, Renaissance Fair at the Cloisters on Sunday. It's free and there will be a medieval market, human chess... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: Broadway, Millionaires, or the Fever

    • A Chorus Line debuts on Broadway after a 16-year hiatus; ticket scalpers are able to pay rent for the next three months. [Paper] More »
    10/05/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Leon Freilich: News item: Biographer sees Bob Woodward as a nonjudgemental medium. BOB WOODWARD REFLECTS I am a camera, ... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: Media Shocker, Animals, or Dandies

    • New York EIC and Elvis Costello imposter Adam Moss joins Time ME Richard Stengel to remind you that the media can be slightly inaccurate. Hold on to your seats for this one. [NYSEC] More »
    10/04/06
    47
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Cynful: Ooh, bad writing: Deborah Harry has never had to make a comeback. She's one of the few talents... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: Laughing or Listening

    • Remember the first time you had sex? At Fresh Meat, comedians share their first jokes, which are almost as bad as the night you lost it. [Comix] More »
    10/03/06
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    By Jessica
  • to-do

    To Do: No Happy Medium Between Brazil and New York

    • Curumin, the Brazilian singer/producer, plays the guitar and drums to hip-hop and jazz beats. The more influences, the better. [flavorpill] More »
    10/02/06
    39
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    By Jessica

    Comment by BrianVan: Oh, I disagree. Brazil is definitely the kind of movie that you smoke up for. Not that it makes the... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To-Do this weekend: Que honda, guero?

    • Tonight through tomorrow, go to Yahoo's campus for Yahoo Hack Day to hang with coders. Oh, and Beck. [Upcoming]
    • Beck and people who sound like Beck play at the Download Music Festival tomorrow in San Fran. [Download Festival]
    • Our Silicon Alley brothers can hit up the Wired NextFest in New York City. Picture the Chicago World's Fair plus Bruce Sterling. [NextFest]
    09/29/06
    175
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    By Nick Douglas

    Comment by j-c: Did anyone get pics of Beck's puppets? more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do, This Weekend: Film Festival, Anime Festival, or Suburban Sex Fantasies

    Friday: More »
    09/29/06
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    By Jessica
  • to-do

    To Do: Clap Your Hands Say Takka Takka

    • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah hit Central Park with Takka Takka, where they'll play for those rare bloggers who have enough money to buy the $32-plus-fees ticket. [Paper] More »
    09/28/06
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    By Jessica
  • to-do

    To Do: Theater, Jersey or Kosner

    • Forest Whitaker and Gillian Anderson star in The Last King of Scotland, based on the regime of a former Ugandan dictator. Expect a lot of history buffs who happen to own all nine box sets of The X Files. [flavorpill] More »
    09/27/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by bohammer71: You can't charge 20 bucks to park at the Garden. more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To-Do: I'm serious about the signed chest thing. I'm bringing a Sharpie.

    • There is only one event tonight that we should even mention. That's the kick-ass Revision3 party, held by the dudes who did Digg to celebrate their new video site's launch. First person to get their chest signed by me, Digg's Kevin Rose, columnist John C. Dvorak, and the three visiting hosts of Tiki Bar TV gets their photo on Valleywag. The party's free, natch. [Upcoming, Photo by Thomas Hawk]
    • How can you tell a conference is really only good for its lobbycon (the practice of ditching the actual talks and schmoozing with other "attendees")? When the organizers go out of their way to pimp the attendees' demographics. So it goes for the Momentum Growth Conference on Wednesday. [Momentum Growth Conferance]
    • Up in San Fran, tomorrow is the second day of the Intel Developer Forum. Watch CEO Paul Otellini try to be relevant again. [Eventful]
    09/26/06
    133
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    By Nick Douglas

    Comment by Anonymous: In a related way: I read about a woman who had Dale Earnhardt Senior sign her shoulder and then... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: Gay Americans, Models or Trippy Tribal Dancing

    • Last week Jim McGreevey hawked his memoir to desperate housewives on Oprah. This week he hawks his memoir to desperate college students at The New School. [Paper] More »
    09/26/06
    419
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Hot Johnny: It must be tough for the Jim McGreevey's of the world to come up with an Act II, what with... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: Mexican Movie, Charity Dance or Comedians

    • While you were rocking the Aquanet or, if you're a bit younger, the snap bracelets, acclaimed Mexican director Alfonso Cuar n was busy directing his first film, S lo con Tu Pareja. Fifteen years later, the film, about a "yuppie and womanizer falsely diagnosed with AIDS," finally makes its American debut. [flavorpill] More »
    09/25/06
    135
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Leon Freilich: ARSE LONGA The recipe For longevity? Authority Is all at sea. Mentality? Sexuality? Genealogy? Finality'- s a mystery. Whom to see? Nobody. more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: Preachers, Sculptures or Childish Games

    Friday: More »
    09/22/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by lefty: WTF is right. more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: 'Good' Party, Better Movie or Bestest 'Coop

    • The well-meaning, good-hearted, trust-funded kids at Good magazine take a break from saving the planet in order to pound a few PBRs. Grandmaster Flash hits the turntables and everyone proceeds to party like its 1982. [flavorpill] More »
    09/21/06
    167
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    By Jessica

    Comment by raincoaster: Man, she looks like she was caught by the camera just after lifting the laptop from the house and before... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To-Do tonight: Social news battle royale

    • The American Institute of Graphic Arts presents Lucasfilm artist Troy Alders, speaking tonight at the San Francisco Apple store. [AIGA]
    • Twitter, WAPtags, and TextMarks present at tonight's edition of the SF Tech Sessions, a monthly introduction to startups. [SF Tech Sessions]
    • The truly brave can try to sneak into cocktails at 5 PM after local Internet consultation/development firm Adaptive Path's "Designing for Interaction" seminar. But that may annoy everyone who paid $495 to attend. [Adaptive Path]
    • Hear the founders of Digg, del.icio.us, Wink, and StumbleUpon explain why their social bookmark/news services are hot. It's just twenty bucks for the panel and reception. Ask each speaker, "You're the Reddit guy, right?" [Silicon Valley Web Guild]
    09/20/06
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    By Nick Douglas
  • to-do

    To Do: Sex, Music or Mugshots

    • Sex columnists such as Rachel Kramer Bussel, Laura Leu, and Jamye Waxman gather at Happy Ending to share dating mishaps that led to a not-so-happy ending. Comfort food is conveniently provided to make up for the lack of action. [Paper] More »
    09/20/06
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    By Jessica
  • to-do

    To Do: French Indie Pop or Your Pick of Aging Rockers

    • Nouvelle Vague is a lovely little French group that performs creative, interpretative covers of classic post-punk and new wave hits. Go and hear the Buzzcocks like never before. [flavorpill] More »
    09/19/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by the earl grey: saw aerosmith in 76 & 78 and the who in 78/79 both at the garden . more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To-Do today: Prepare to be boarded!

    • Yarrr, talk like a pirate today. Especially if you work at Bittorrent. [Talk Like a Pirate Day]
    • Take the afternoon off to see TechReach International demonstrate rapid communications deployment in a simulated emergency situation. Starts at 1 in Intuit's parking lot. [Upcoming]
    • Are you the kind of sicko who goes to Stones concerts to see if Mick will finally have a heart attack on stage? Then get a front seat for MobiTV's talk at the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab, "Television Breaks Out of the Box: The Mad Rush to go Mobile." When will MobiTV's founders realize, "Holy shit, I just got another $70 million in financing, and I have to give my investors at least a double return on that," causing their brains to spontaneously combust? Maybe onstage, and you'll be left to tell the tale! [MIT/Stanford VLAB]
    • The dull title of "New Trends in Media Distribution" belies the fun that videoblogger Irina Slutsky (of Geek Entertainment TV) and GigaOM tech blogger Liz Gannes bring to tonight's panel in downtown San Francisco. [Upcoming]
    09/19/06
    55
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    By Nick Douglas
  • to-do

    To Do: Henri Bendel, the Middle Class, or Brit-Hop

    • Henri Bendel hosts a one-month sweater sale; fashion editors proceed to spend .05% of their annual salary on items that will be used as presents for their very unstylish relatives. [WUNYC] More »
    09/18/06
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    By Jessica
  • to-do

    To Do: Books, Bluegrass or Things Not in Brooklyn

    Friday More »
    09/15/06
    53
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Leon Freilich: BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL Free-wheeling, free-living, free-versing Walt Whitman Was Brooklyn's literary fit man, A colossus bestriding... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: Three Incarnations of Geek

    • Legions of nerdfans flock to Mormony Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings, who shares from his memoir, Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs. Single females ages 21 to 34 are encouraged to attend. Please. [Ken Jennings] More »
    09/14/06
    20
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    By Jessica

    Comment by curtis: Consider yourself invited to come play our game, Urban Reversi, at Noon on Saturday. All the details are posted... more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To Do: Hate Hipsters, Love Hipsters or Hang With the Jews

    • Hipster Handbook scribe Robert Lanham cautions against mullet-sporting conservatives as he reads from his latest satire, The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right. Appropriately, the reading is at a church. The afterparty, also appropriately, is at a bar. [FreeWilliamsburg] More »
    09/13/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Ray Wert: I think you may mean G-d. more » | Other threads

  • to-do

    To-Do: Mars Invaders

    • NetSquared, a company that teaches non-profits about the social web (blogs, YouTube, that sort of thing), holds its monthly Net Tuesday at Papa Toby's Revolution Cafe in SF. [Upcoming]
    • If you can charm your way in without being on the guest list, head to San Fran's Mars Bar for the 8:30 party thrown by web hosting company Media Temple. [Directions]
    • Media Temple's bash is a prelude to tomorrow's Future of Web Apps summit at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater. Do what we all do — skip the $295 charge for talks by Wordpress founder Matt Mullenweg, Digg founder Kevin Rose, and Google Calendar creator Carl Sjogreen, and hang out in the lobby for free. (I'm not kidding, people do that.) [Summit]
    09/12/06
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    By Nick Douglas
  • to-do

    To Do: Talk Fashion or Listen to Music

    • The New York Public Library celebrates fashion week by having the fashion elite discuss fashion. Speakers include Vogue queen Andre Leon Talley, People queen Martha Nelson, and Project Runway queen Tim Gunn. Only those carrying "4 pounds" of Vogue are guaranteed admittance. [Paper] More »
    09/12/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Gabe: Bah is right - peezesss - two more Starbucks shutdowns 100th and Broadway and 98th (?) too - guess they... more » | Other threads