Category: tech

“Pilot” for Mission-themed ‘94110’ debuts

Back in 2015, fliers popped up in the neighborhood advertising a casting call for a supposed pilot about “six leading technology executives living, learning and loving together in San Francisco’s Mission District.” KQED pegged it as a possible prank, and well it quite likely is one, but now you get to see the end product […]

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One techie’s trash …

Startup powered down? Submitted by Sandheep who says: If you were wondering whether techies have changed the Mission, look no further than the latest giveaway on Capp Street. A server rack. That’s what Missionites are throwing out these days. On Capp Street. Jesus.

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Love/hate relationship

Graffiti lobed and returned at the Dolores Park tennis courts. [Photo via @EricZ_FamilyMan]

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Bitcoin investor shows off his robot hand, hacker hostel

We’ve all been there, frantically searching for our keys on the way out the door, already late for work. No more (apparently) said Jered Kenna. In a new Daily Vice video in which the Bitcoin entrepreneur gives a tour of his Mission District hacker hostel 20Mission, Kenna reveals he has a Near Field Communication (NFC) […]

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Dolores Park by drone

I’m pretty sure I don’t ever want one bringing me groceries but, damn, this drone captured some really beautiful footage of Dolores Park. [Video by Jayson Hanes]

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Of course this happened …

Someone dressed as an Airbnb ad for Halloween. Spotted last night by @tarintowers, on 24th Street near Treat. Don’t forget to vote tomorrow!

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AirbnLee

Gotta love election season.

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‘Hacker Lairs’ visits tech hostel 20Mission

20Mission runs a retail space that accepts Bitcoin that I wrote about in August. But what’s up with its SRO-turned-hacker-hostel above it? The second installment of a video series called “Hacker Lairs” now offers a three-minute look inside. Posted to YouTube on Oct. 3, the video begins with a woman rather enthusiastically making a purchase in […]

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About that Zuckerberg security detail

SFist’s post this morning about hostile tech fliers that have popped up in the Mission reminded me of this gem spotted last week near 16th and Mission streets. I’m guessing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg won’t be calling off that huge, 24-hour security team outside his Liberty Hill home anytime soon.

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Miss Manners 2.0

Spotted near 16th and Mission. Brutal!

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