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This is one of the coolest animated images I've ever seen
Yes, ICantSeeYou | September 17th 2008 by icantseeyou
Sunset neighborhood — televised history tour
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | August 28th 2008 by Sparkletack
The ubiquitous and erudite Woody LaBounty of the Western Neighborhood Project takes Brian Hackney of CBS Channel 5 on a televised history tour of his beloved Sunset stomping grounds. Just in case you’ve been missing out, the Western Neighborh read more
Today, Draganfly Innovations announced the launch of the Draganfl…
Yes, ICantSeeYou | August 27th 2008 by icantseeyou
Industrial 6-Rotor Unmanned Helicopter Provides High Definition Wireless Video and High Resolution Photographs Draganfly Innovations releases the Draganflyer X6 helicopter. This remotely operated, unmanned, miniature helicopter is designed to carry w read more
Vintage snapshots of San Francisco pt. 2: Google-mapped
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | August 18th 2008 by Sparkletack
A couple days after I passed on this alert to the amazing Charles Cushman photo collection, another reader immediately saw possibilities for this carefully filed and annotated archive of our city in the '30s, '40s, and '50s. He's created a Google ma read more
Faded time capsule — vintage snapshots of San Francisco
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | August 13th 2008 by Sparkletack
A reader alerted me to an amazing post that just popped up over at Laughing Squid. See the two photos below? The first comes from an online collection of vintage color snapshots of San Francisco, courtesy of an online gallery at Indiana University - read more
Seen the Bellagio WaterFall display in Las Vegas? Impressed? Ju…
Yes, ICantSeeYou | August 13th 2008 by icantseeyou
Seen the Bellagio WaterFall display in Las Vegas? Impressed? Just wait until you see THIS. read more
Kitchen Sisters on NPR: “Birth of Rice-A-Roni”
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | August 8th 2008 by Sparkletack
1940s San Francisco. A young Canadian immigrant and her Italian pasta family husband move into the spare room of an old Armenian woman. The result of this temporary arrangement? The boxed rice and pasta side dish which -- for good or ill -- would read more
Grandpa’s archives: San Francisco Chronicle aerial photo ca. 19…
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | August 1st 2008 by Sparkletack
My mother called a few days ago, opening the conversation with a breathless "I think I've found something that might interest you!" She was right. Her sister had recently gone through some papers belonging to my late grandfather Elmer Plett, a sobe read more
Airun Plus shoes include speed and weight sensors for the ultimat…
Yes, ICantSeeYou | July 15th 2008 by icantseeyou
Main Features Controller The Smart Technology Controller is securely connected to the right trainer and can be released quickly to view real time results on the move. Based on an input of your personal data, it calculates your BMI and... read more
A Remote Controlled Amphibious Tank that Shoots BB's, Can Convert…
Yes, ICantSeeYou | July 13th 2008 by icantseeyou
Print Tell a Friend Zoom Pictures Amphibious Tank £44.99 $91.82 / €58.43 Quantity: 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970717273747576777879808182838485868 read more
Forget Privacy - Here Comes the Starmac - The COOLEST Rotorcraft…
Yes, ICantSeeYou | July 3rd 2008 by icantseeyou
Yes, I am such a dork that I watched the whole video - and it was worth it - totally cool! Summary Movie (download the summary movie at this link: starmac.wmv; 30MB) System Overview The Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft... read more
Bullitt: the greatest car chase ever (from space!)
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | July 1st 2008 by Sparkletack
This video takes Bullitt about ten steps further. It's a side-by-side display that -- through the techno-wizardry of geocoding -- shows the schase scene's logic-defying route from space. Now you can track Steve's '68 Mustang GT turn by screeching tur read more
'X-Men' frogs sprout claws on demand - Wolverine is pissed, sues…
Yes, ICantSeeYou | June 24th 2008 by icantseeyou
At least 11 species of African frogs can puncture own skin with sharp bones At least 11 species of African frogs carry a built-in concealed weapon — they can sprout claws on demand to fight off attackers, U.S. researchers reported... read more
SFist: “A Jitney Elopement” — Charlie Chaplin’s San Franc…
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | April 30th 2008 by Sparkletack
File this — again — under “there’s ALWAYS a San Francisco connection”. A reader recently alerted me to the fact that Charlie Chaplin, America’s favourite clown (and perhaps the most influential performer in motion read more
Pacifica is back!
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | April 11th 2008 by Sparkletack
When last we encountered this goddess-behemoth, she was being blown up by the Navy at the end of the ‘39 Pan-Pacific Exposition. The mythical goddess Pacifica — symbol of the Fair — had loomed over Treasure Island for the duration, read more
san francisco steam coffee?
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | March 21st 2008 by Sparkletack
I ran across an old and beautiful (not to mention HUGE) coffee urn in front of a Portland antique store today. Just like a magpie, shiny objects catch my eye — so I stopped to check it out. It’s become a running joke that there’s a read more
1907 harrison street mainline — photographic google map
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | February 25th 2008 by Sparkletack
It’s my favourite thing, finding physical evidence of times past in the landscape of contemporary San Francisco. That’s why I was delighted when Aaron, a Sparkletack reader, sent me to a page of photographs snapped by a railfan in 1907. read more
the fog rolls in — 24 hours in 144 seconds
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | February 12th 2008 by Sparkletack
This is spectacular. Twenty-four hours of San Francisco are compressed into less than three minutes of time-lapse video, gorgeously captured from the hills above Sausalito. The city and bay spend most of the day almost buried by a dramatically roili read more
SFist — “Leg Bones for Baseball Bats”
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | January 24th 2008 by Sparkletack
Researching San Francisco history means spending way too much time sitting in the dark. In the library, I mean, staring at microfilm of old newspapers. Hours of scanning those scratched and blurry archives makes me a little punchy, so I blinked and r read more
“the good herb” — yerba buena
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | December 1st 2007 by Sparkletack
San Francisco is following me around. You know what I mean — it probably happens to you too: wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, something pops up to bring your attention back to the City Formerly Known as Yerba Buena. Which brings read more
the winnah and undisputed champeen
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | November 15th 2007 by Sparkletack
The results of the Sparkletack “favourite episode poll” are in! Okay, they’ve been in for a month already — but it isn’t as if the dominance of Emperor Norton is something that’s going to go stale … or even read more
‘39 world’s fair butterfly
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | November 10th 2007 by Sparkletack
What is it exactly? It’s built like a notebook, with a couple of sheets of green and magenta construction paper sandwiched between its plastic wings … but it can’t really be opened for writing, and on the opposite wing — the O read more
screwball time-traveling noir: the bay time detective
Sparkletack - the San Francisco History Podcast | October 17th 2007 by Sparkletack
An email showed up last week which I found impossible to overlook, beginning as it did with the words “Hail, Sparkletack!” Clearly a writer of taste and intelligence! But wait — could a person of “taste and intelligence” read more
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