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3 Microlog entries tagged with ‘sanfrancisco’

New papers: the San Francisco Panorama etcetera
Haven’t yet opened my own copy of the Panorama. Yet no matter how good it is as a product in and of itself, if it’s a prototype for what a daily newspaper should be it was ill-conceived from the start: there is simply no way that amount of effort, that amount of variety, can go into a daily publication. It’s a pipe dream. Now as a weekend paper, that’s a different matter. Media & Journalism   ·

Wikipedia entry for San Francisco burrito
I’d love one of those right about now. Arts & Culture   ·

The Great Quake 1906-2006
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake. I’ve spent the last few weeks reading a book about the event which, like Mat, I found disappointing. I gleaned a lot about the San Andreas Fault and seismology in general, for sure, but much less than I expected about the earthquake itself. Oh well. (See also: Wikipedia’s good introduction to the 1906 quake.) Interesting   ·

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