San Francisco Metblogs » grenz http://sf.metblogs.com Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:21:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Welcome, SF! http://sf.metblogs.com/2007/09/29/welcome-sf/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2007/09/29/welcome-sf/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:07:01 +0000 grenz http://sf.metblogs.com/2007/09/29/welcome-sf/ After Stefan already sent some details about our stay, about Arse Elektronika, monochrom, whatever… here is my first blog post.

And it’s more than fitting:

Yesterday I met the guy who rendered the “Bit” in Disney’s “Tron”…

That’s what I call a San Francisco experience.

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More soon!

]]> http://sf.metblogs.com/2007/09/29/welcome-sf/feed/ Goodbye, folks! http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/23/goodbye-folks/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/23/goodbye-folks/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:56:57 +0000 grenz http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/23/goodbye-folks/ Today we are heading for Vienna.
And our baggage, too.
Hopefully.

We had a *wonderful* time in SF and I really enjoyed blogging for SF metroblogging! Thank you for supporting our Experience tour.

I’ll resume blogging on my home metroblog on Monday… and of course I’ll keep posting on our monochrom blog.

Maybe a last picture… I took it last week at the Fire Arts Festival. It’s just two guys creating a giant fire tornado. Nothing unusual in the Bay Area, I’d say.

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Best wishes and auf wiedersehen!

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I think that counts as a political statement.

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]]> http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/22/street-politics/feed/ Taqueria Art http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/21/taqueria-art/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/21/taqueria-art/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:21:48 +0000 grenz http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/21/taqueria-art/ Painting in display window of a taqueria on Golden Gate Street.

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Look at the stem.
Is this adult entertainment?

]]> http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/21/taqueria-art/feed/ Land Of The Free Refill http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/21/land-of-the-free-refill/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/21/land-of-the-free-refill/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:14:02 +0000 grenz http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/21/land-of-the-free-refill/ Oh yes.

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Yesterday I enjoyed reading Greg Critser’s book “Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World” while feeding myself at a Denny’s.
The book was good… although I have to admit: the food wasn’t bad either.

Cory Doctorow recommended the book to me some months ago and now I finally find the time to read it. Critser’s analysis is excellent and sends shivers down my spine/alimentary system.

Link / Amazon

]]> http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/21/land-of-the-free-refill/feed/ Semaphore! http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/20/semaphore/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/20/semaphore/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:48:20 +0000 grenz http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/20/semaphore/ semaWe are proud to announce that the folks at Dorkbot SF invited us to hold our ‘Experience The Experience Of 1 Baud’ workshop today at their monthly meet-up.

What is it all about?
The International Code of Signals serves to facilitate communication at sea. It defines the meaning of alphabetical identification codes for safety and navigation purposes. We want that city dwellers have access to pure communication! At Dorkbot SF we’ll teach the flag alphabet. And on Friday (July 22, 5 PM) we would like, in the form of a competition, to send an identical message across the city over two equally long routes simultaneously. Will it work?

The second presentation at Dorkbot SF will be Otis Fodder and TradeMark G. with “Dueling Theremin Demo and Thereoke”.

Dorkbot SF: Wednesday, July 20, 7 PM @ RxGallery.

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Location: Front window of a barber shop, Market Street, somewhere around 6th.

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Three little words: Big Brother Awards.

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…and no additional comment.

]]> http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/16/simple-question/feed/ Hurl, gadget, hurl! http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/15/hurl-gadget-hurl/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/15/hurl-gadget-hurl/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:59:42 +0000 grenz http://sf.metblogs.com/2005/07/15/hurl-gadget-hurl/ catapultTomorrow we’ll finally catapult those cellphones and PDAs!

If you want to ‘Experience The Experience of Catapulting Wireless Devices’, please join us. And don’t forget to bring your own tech stuff!

Meeting: Saturday, July 16, 2 PM @ RxGallery.

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