July 23, 2004
Have your cake and drink it, too
Krispy Kreme take their donut to the next level. Thanks to Ozé for pointing this out.
Safety in numbers
On the hourlong trip from Mountain View to San Francisco yesterday evening, I was multi-tasking: using an AT&T GPRS modem (in the form of a PCMCIA card), I was doing some work, while watching video clips from yesterday's breath-taking Tour de France time trial, and watching the fog roll over San Bruno Mountain.
A fellow sitting across from me started talking about Macs, and free wireless access points in San Francisco, and sent me a white paper from the Bay Area Wireless Research Network.
Walk at your own risk; this is California
According to the Senior Action Network, and as reported in the faithful San Francisco Examiner, the most dangerous intersections in San Francisco:
19th Ave. and Holloway 19th Ave. and Taraval 24th St. and Potrero 3rd St. and Palou 4th St. and Folsom Bayshore and Arleta Columbus/Broadway/Grant Diamond and Bosworth Geary and 6th Ave. Geary and Divisadero Geary and Gough Geary and Masonic Geneva and San Jose Market and 5th St. Market and Castro Market and Church Market and Van Ness Mission and 16th St. Mission and 30th St. Mission and Geneva Mission and South Van Ness Ocean and Junipero Serra Silver and San Bruno Turk and Hyde
Use it or lose it.
Thinking more about unused green space and its worth to the community, I read an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle about celebrating the Great Outdoors: claim lots from "urban oblivion" and provide shared, community space for neighbours to enjoy together.
This happens in Chicago: parklets, small previously-vacant lots turned into vegetable gardens, walking paths, or landscaped areas with benches.
