Mission Mission

Well, this is a real downer.  Last night a cyclist was struck by a Mercedes at Turk and Masonic and died from injuries at the scene.  The driver fled but was later caught and arrested.

BIKE NOPA has all the details.

Please be careful out there, folks.

[Photo by darren_mirfield]

Julian Casablancas, of Boombox fame, is seen here hanging at some gallery or museum or something right here in San Francisco. [link]

Anybody see him at Zeitgeist or Flour + Water or anything? And how was that Strokes show btw?

“I’m right by the big-ass unicorn balloon.”

[via We Built This City]

Hey, this doesn’t look normal.  Wait a minute, holy shit there’s a fire in Caledonia Alley at 16th St.  SFFD has responded en masse and are dealing with the situation.  Stay posted for updates and in the meantime stay out of the fucking way! And also pray for Esta Noche.

First they came for the Aztecky wraparound awning thing, and now for the last vestige of the former taqueria.  And with that, the conquest of Commonwealth is complete.

UPDATE!!! Says the Photographer:

Wish I’d got a better picture, but I was shooting through that chain-link fence. On which, the new menu is posted — yum yum.

[Photo and Title by Cranky Old Mission Guy]

Previously:

Commonwealth!

Unmasking the Past

At first I thought Oddfellow got those shoes up on those power lines merely by tossing them up there.  However, it is now clear that he must have some sort of hovering ability.  Whether this is the result of technological innovation or magical aptitude remains to be discovered.

Previously:

Oddfellow Shoes-On-Wire Art

Debate:  Is Oddfellow Art?

Oddfellow Says “Get Even”

Hobo Oddfellow

Jeff from Spots Unknown found this vintage image which maybe reminds us about the way things never change. Or just that we’ve always been messy. Or that they didn’t know what was coming. Or about farmers who moved to the big city and found a new herd to tend to. Or whatever.

MIT’s Copenhagen Wheel just took the 2010 James Dyson Award for the US.

Here’s what it is:

• A self-charging motorized rear wheel that fits on existing bicycles
• A trip/traffic planner that syncs with your docked smart phone
• A social networking tool (throwing social networking into everything is the new putting a clock into everything)

See the demo video for more information:

At a projected cost of $600 per wheel, not to mention a big red “steal me” target of a design, I think you’d better get a good cable lock for this sucker if it ever becomes a reality. But from the sound of things, it may be GPS equipped meaning you might be able to track it down if it gets lost.

Go ahead, purists, tell us all about how this is the worst thing to happen to cycling.

[via core77]

Meli at Bikes and the City met this MacGuyver of bike rear view mirrors. I love the idea, but I wonder how he cut the mirror or if he just found one that fits.

Quick, without peeking, what kind of beer is that cap from? Head over to Bikes and the City for the answer.

Too bad.  I wanted to go party at the Cafe in the Castro again tonight!  As did these guys, who were the first in line to be married at City Hall had the most hotly anticipated decision since Lebron’s produced the result we and Glenn Beck were all hoping for.

Looks like we’ll have to wait until next week to see what’s up . . .

[Photo by SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera via SF Citizen]