Don’t Pee on Fellow Runners and Other Things to Know About the Bay to Breakers Race

The world’s most unorthodox foot race is this weekend — you can’t prepare for something like this, so here are a few things to at least be aware of.

No pee sign

Nowadays, there are Tough Mudders, and marathons, and all sorts of other types of races out there—from 1Ks to 5Ks to 10Ks and more.

I say screw ‘em all: I’m a Bay2Breakers kind of guy.

Bay2Breakers

Bay to Breakers

San Francisco Bay to Breakers

You’ll be hard pressed to argue my point. I mean, the race has been around for 101 years. Also, it was named by ESPN as one of the top things every sports fan must do before they die.

Those are two pretty strong points, but here’s the best: this race attracts all sorts of participants, from runners to walkers to some of the most outrageously dressed — and undressed — runners this side of the West Coast.

Naked runner

Simply put: San Francisco’s Bay to Breakers race is more than another fun run — it’s a party in motion.

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Have a gambling problem? Let us make things worse for you.

Taxi company and casino get together for a fun / potentially dangerous way to get guests to the gambling grounds

Casino taxi roulette game

More often than not, casinos don’t have a problem getting people to come to them. One casino, though, does have a problem, and they’ve decided to do something about it, something almost as drastic-look-at-me as Time’s choice to put a mother breast feeding on the cover of their magazine.

Casino taxi gambling service

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BoomBotix Dream Bike

We at BoomBotix live for biking, and as summer rolls around and we bust out the mountain bikes more often, we decided to put together our dream bike and dream ride and see what you think of it. We’ve compiled a list of our dream frame and components, plus some of the best trails in the area that we would shred. Of course, with a BoomBot bumping over every roller, berm, and drop.

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Bamboozle 2012: The things you need to know on how to survive an entire weekend of kick-ass awesomeness

The East Coast’s biggest music festival is next weekend . . . here’s everything you need to know.

Bamboozle 2012

The Bamboozle Festival is celebrating its 10th year of kicking ass and taking names and boy oh boy, do they have the band lineup to celebrate. Headliners range from Skrillex to Foo Fighters to Jon Bon Jovi and believe it or not, their undercard performers are ten times more impressive than the three listed here.

Festival gates open this Friday, May 18th at 5:00 pm and on Saturday and Sunday, the gates open at 2:00 pm.

But that’s the basic stuff. Here’s everything you need to know on how to survive this weekend of kick-ass awesomeness, from what you should bring to Bamboozle to how to get there and more.

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The reason hardware companies are failing

Walkman

The consumer electronics market has quickly deteriorated into a case where it is Apple and everyone else.  Everyone else includes Sony, LG, Panasonic, Toshiba, Motorola, RIM, Logitech and Samsung.  Of these major companies, all except Samsung have seen decreased sales and loss of market share.  Why are these companies failing to get me lusting for their products?

Mostly because my gadget arsenal consists of an essential list including a Macbook Air, and iPhone, and Boombot speaker.  If you tap into my audio, I have some Sennheiser headphones and a Yamaha component system.  I could live without the Yamaha system, but I couldn’t even pull $200 on Craigslist for it… so it stays.  Having said that, the essentials include a smartphone, laptop, headphones, and portable speaker.  If you are hardware company not successfully manufacturing and marketing one of these four hardware items, your company is dying.

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