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Wired News by Cyrus Farivar 02:00 AM Dec. 02, 2005 PT Mad scientist Doc Brown powers his time machine by feeding coffee grounds and other biowaste into the DeLorean in Back to the Future. While time travel is still in the realm of science-fiction, carbon-based fuel cells are about to become science fact — rendering a similar scenario all the more possible. SRI announced in November that it has developed direct carbon fuel-cell technology. The process is 70 percent efficient,…

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I just discovered this site via NYT (TimesSelect), in an article about the Mission. “The Mission is the burrito vortex,” said Charles Hodgkins, who has visited every one of the city’s more than 150 taquerias – nearly a third of them are in the Mission – rating each burrito for his Web site, burritoeater.com. (Taqueria San Francisco, an unassuming neighborhood hole-in-the-wall on 24th Street, boasts the highest-rated burrito in the city.)

Anyone want to go with me? Homebrew Computer Club 30th Anniversary Retrospective: On March 5, 1975, a very special meeting took place at Gordon French’s garage in the then freshly named “Silicon Valley”. This was the first gathering of the “Homebrew Computer Club” (also called the Amateur Computer User’s Group). Now, this was no ordinary amateur group of folks but the very acorn of the great tree of the personal computing revolution to come. The hand-soldered microcomputer grew up to…

Becky and I saw TMBG last night at Bimbo’s. What a great show. Just wholesome, clean, nerd rock. Corn Mo opened for them, he’s this sort of cross between Wesley Willis and Mitch Hedburg but less crazy and with an accordion. He’s awesome. In roughly the order they played them in: Dead Istanbul (not Constantinople) New York City Experimental Film Alphabet of Nations Damn Good Times Stalk of Wheat Clap Your Hands Memo to Human Resources Drink! Older Fingertips Particle…

SF Weekly (August 31, 2005): I throw out a little heavy metal, meathead philosophy. “When I was little, I didn’t go to church. Metal was my religion!” I explain, throwing my fist in the air. “Metal concerts were my church — except, unlike the other church, I’d drink a 12-pack before attending services!” As the cameras roll, I share my decadent metal days in my former, non-Christian speed-metal band Skull Fuck! “I gave into all of the devil’s temptations. Satan…

My response to this earlier post on Berkeley pizzerias is up on Slice.

Bold means I’ve already bought tickets. Sept. 7 Bimbo’s 365 (SF) Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Sept. 11/12 The Fillmore (SF) The Decemberists Sept. 27/28 Bimbo’s 365 (SF) The New Pornographers Oct. 15 Bob Hope Theater (Stockton) Cake Oct. 25 Yoshi’s (Oakland) Arturo Sandoval Oct. 29/30 Mountain View Amphitheater (Mountain View) Bridge School Benefit Nov. 11 Warfield (SF) Death Cab for Cutie Nov. 11 Zellerbach Hall (Berkeley) Youssou N’Dour

Casual Car Pool News: Evening car pools leave San Francisco from Beale St. between Howard and Folsom. These car pools run every weekday from San Francisco to the East Bay. Between 3:30 and 7 PM, passengers and drivers can meet on Beale St. between Howard and Folsom in San Francisco. Signs are posted on Beale St. for different East Bay destinations — passengers and drivers can meet at the appropriate spot. The most popular East Bay destinations are Richmond, Hercules,…