In designer and entrepreneur Lotta Jansdotter’s world, sustainability is about using a product over and over again. She creates tote bags, table linens, ceramics, stationery, books and much more – all with funky and organic (yet simple) patterns. Her products [See the full post…]

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These guys have been kicking around the local scene here for about four years, and I caught them at the release party for their fourth CD. I was able to speak with Team Tomato interview before their performance. You can [See the full post…]

When Blue Cross Blue Shield was faced with the challenge of expanding their datacenter, they realized they were literally out of room, so they turned to HP and the c-Class Blade System. Learn more about HP server blades

Can cleaning and washing be a green process that actually brings beautiful products into the home? Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan, entrepreneurs and co-founders of Method (“People Against Dirty”), believe so. They have created an arsenal of health-conscious cleaners, soaps [See the full post…]

“Where would you go to fight cyber criminals? See the new thriller Phished! brought to you by the leading makers of antivirus and antispyware software”.

One of the more talked about valley start-ups in recent months is Spock. Founded in 2006 by Jay Bhatti and Jaideep Singh, Spock is a people search Web site that aims to be the most comprehensive source of information about [See the full post…]

A few weeks ago, I posted a video from the Venus Envy art show. And I got a great response from the music I used in that video’s sound track. That band was the Helium Tapes. I got a lot [See the full post…]

Every once in a while you see a band that blows you away and you wonder why you never heard of them before. The Spark Thugs are just such a band to me. I saw them the first time a [See the full post…]

Anthony Dina discusses who the leading adopters of BladeSystem, and why they’re ahead of the pack. Learn more about HP server blades

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A brush fire broke out practically on PodTech’s doorstep, burning more than 100 acres around “the dish” in Palo Alto, Calif. If you like watching a coordinated firefighting effort from close-range, this video is worth a look. Video by Rocky [See the full post…]

The Hibernauts is starting to get some good attention from the press. They say that they are influenced by bands like Pixies, Flaming Lips, Velvet Underground, The Kinks, The Turtles, Doves, Grandaddy, The Zombies, The Beatles, Rolling Stones with Brian [See the full post…]

Mark Farley and Clair Farley were born identical male twins. Six months ago, Clair changed her gender. Their story is told in a lovely, heartfelt documentary film, Red Without Blue. The film showed at Frameline 31, the LGBT Film Festival, [See the full post…]

Botnets, phishing scams, password-stealing trojans — they’re all part of an increasingly professionalized world of online crime that’s costing Americans billions every year. Oliver Friedrichs, director of emerging technologies at Symantec Security Response, tells Mercury News software reporter Ryan Blitstein [See the full post…]

Michael Ondaatje is best known for his novel, The English Patient. He has a new book out called Divisadero. I spoke with him on the San Francisco street that gives the book its name, where he told me why it [See the full post…]

Formula One racing is the most technology intensive form of racing with a long history of innovations driven by microprocessor technology. Shortly after Intel invented the first commercial processor in 1971 called the 4004, engineers at Goodyear tire were using [See the full post…]

Left Arm are from Edwardsville, Ill., and they play rock ‘n’ roll influenced by The Heartbreakers, AC/DC, The Sonics, The Stooges, The Shadows of Knight, MC5, The Animals, Zeke, Motorhead, Fatal Flying Guilloteens, The Oblivians, Bantam Rooster among others. This [See the full post…]

Join EMEA BladeSystem Business Development Manager Anthony Dina as he looks at the pulling power of blades, who is most likely to adopt and why. Learn more about HP blade servers.

Today I have another encore performance — this time from Gentleman Auction House. This band is doing really well, they released a CD last year and they’re working on another. They’re also gearing up for a little southwestern tour, so [See the full post…]

Nicole Wong, Google’s deputy general counsel in charge of compliance, is the point person for growing criticism of Google’s privacy practices. More than two dozen European privacy regulators have launched an inquiry into Google’s data protection practices. In the United [See the full post…]

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Rob Reger is enjoying the thirteenth anniversary of his character “Emily the Strange.” Reger went to the graduate program at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he says he learned to push a project beyond its apparent limits. He has [See the full post…]

Sexerati is a look at the future of smart sex. I sit down with Melissa Gira, the founder and editor Sexerati, who gives me a peek into what this future might look like. Sexerati is a blog, a video podcast [See the full post…]

Ok, I have another clip from the Southside Rock ‘n’ Roll Rave. This time, it’s a band called Bunnygrunt. They have a great power pop sound that’s pretty catchy. I also include here a clip of their performance with Bob [See the full post…]