We have a question from last Friday’s open mic! Yay! It’s a kinda nerdy Web 2.0 question about ETech…
hello! i’m coming to town next week for etech and thought i should ask you guys about what was in the neighborhood of the conference. if you have any recommendations, i’d appreciate it; either email or if […]
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An anagram map of San Diego’s trolley system via BoingBoing. It appears to have been created by Tinder.
Tomorrow, the San Diego Museum of Art will be celebrating their 80th anniversary. They are rolling back their admission price to 25 cents, which is what they charged on opening day 80 years ago. Plus, they have birthday cake all day. More info on events can be found on their anniversary page.
I’ve been a member […]
Carl DeMaio of www.sandiegobudget.org and The Performance Institute sent us this:
Today the City Council will vote on the Mayor’s ballot initiative proposals to reform City Hall and restore our City’s finances. I’m sending along our press release for your review (below).
If you can make it, please attend and voice your support for bringing the Mayor’s […]
This is messed up. Seems to me existing fraud and criminal law should cover this. I hope these lobbyists fail.
Pawnbrokers try, try and try again / Proposed bill is 3rd attempt to make eBay traders, auctions report every transaction
California residents who sell goods on eBay could have to pay a $295 fee and be regulated […]
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Here’s a list of songs about Los Angeles set there, named after a location or feature of the city, named after a famous resident, or inspired by an event in Los Angeles, but what about a list of songs about San Diego? Or any songs that have San Diego in their lyrics?
Update: […]
Hey y’all. What’s happening?
Comment here with what’s happening with you this weekend!
Third Annual Del Mar TV Idol Singing Contest
Del Mar TV is looking for the next “Del Mar TV Idol”! Kids from all over San Diego County will compete in a singing contest in two age categories 10-14 for “Junior Del Mar TV Idol” and 15-18 for “Del Mar TV Idol”. One-minute a capella auditions will […]
MiraCosta College Letters Department and
Friends of the Library present an evening with
California’s new Poet Laureate
Al Young
Room 204, San Elijo Campus
3333 Manchester Ave., Cardiff
Friday, March 3 • 7:30 p.m.
An educator and a man with a passion for the arts, Young began publishing poems, stories and articles in his early teens. He has taught […]
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | State-of-the-art shoes aid migrants
Artist Judi Werthein has walked smack into the middle of this controversy.
She is hoping to leave her footprint with a special “crossing trainer” she has designed to help illegal immigrants negotiate the sometimes deadly terrain they encounter when crossing the border from Mexico to the […]
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Sharing the George Polk Award for Political Reporting will be Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer of Copley News Service and Dean Calbreath of Copley’s flagship paper, The San Diego Union-Tribune. Their reporting exposed bribery and influence peddling by Representative Randy “Duke” Cunningham, the once-powerful Southern California congressman, who now awaits sentencing after […]
Anyone who’s ever lived in Los Angeles or has ever been to our fair neighbor to the north has probably been to Tommy’s Hamburgers.
For the uninitiated, Tommy’s offers a one-of-a-kind experience. To call it a “chili burger” is a disservice. In the interest of full disclosure, I’m a reformed vegetarian. I’ve eaten Tommy’s burgers […]
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William McRae suggested some MoveOn.org political events on February 22nd. Possibly of interest to the politicos in the audience. And anyone concerned that I’m posting these to the detriment of less lefty events, well, you didn’t submit your right-wing event, did you? So you have zero right to complain then.
Jeeni Criscenzo is hosting a Funeral […]
San Diego Serenade: Tom Waits High School Yearbook Sells for $288.24
Tom Waits High School Yearbook Sells for $288.24
Got any of this Idyll High School Class of 1966 yearbooks lying around the house? Well now’s the time to dust them off and turn them in to straight cash homie! One of of the above pictured yearbooks […]
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Note the involvement of SDSC:
Cyberinfrastructure Technology Watch | Technology News Daily
The Cyberinfrastructure Partnership (CIP), a joint, NSF-funded effort of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), this week launched Cyberinfrastructure Technology Watch (CTWatch, http://www.ctwatch.org/).
CTWatch is an online source of news, analysis, and commentary that aims to keep the […]
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Prosecutors Seek 10 Years for Cunningham - Yahoo! News
Prosecutors on Friday asked that former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham be sentenced to the maximum of 10 years in prison for his “stunning betrayal of the public trust” by accepting bribes.
“Cunningham used his status as a war hero to get into Congress, and then he used his […]
Just got this press release… looks interesting, the music sounds really good…
2nd Annual
The BIG Saturday
Celebrating Black History Month
February 18, 2006
The Arts and Entertainment Center (3026 University), Gallery 504 (3041 University), and The Andrea Rushing Fine Arts Gallery (3803 Ray Street), all located in close proximity in North Park on […]
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Over on Valleywag:
Valleywag: Bill Gates won’t talk to students
Bill Gates went to a school way down in San Diego to tape a show with Oprah Winfrey. (Cheatsheet: Bill is the richer one, Oprah’s the thinner one. Today, anyway.)
So he’s down there, upsetting the whole schedule. Apparently, when he donated $11 million, he thought he was […]
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TONIGHT: Third Thursday Word Play at Book Works bookstore, Flower Hill Mall, Del Mar. Hosted by Jill Badonsky. $15 word play workshop.
This weekend… Feb 17-20 San Diego Writers Conference, a place to pitch your book. There will be agents and publishers and other professionals with tips on publishing your work, as well as workshops on writing. […]
The 25th annual Bob Marley Day festival featuring Matisyahu, takes place next Monday at the Sports Arena. The Wailers, Gregory Issacs, Freddie Macgregor and Barrington Levy will also appear at the show, a benefit for San Diego’s nonprofit World Beat Center.
