7x7 actually published a piece I liked last week talking about the absurd amount of foodie coverage in the SF bloggernets.  I couldn't agree more.  Take today's BREAKING NEWS:

1. Sunday at 3:54pm, Mission Mission mentions that Arinell pizza is now open until 3am on weekends.  Recognizing the relative unimportance of this news, Andrew labels it “breaking news.”
2. 5:14pm - Mission Loc@l covers the story in “Today's Mission.”
3. Monday 9:30 AM - Eater SF runs the story as a headline.
4. 2:45pm - SFist runs the story as a headline.

This isn't even counting sites like 7x7, SFoodie, Urban Daddy, Inside Scoop or any of the other countless sites in the SF blogging echo chamber that I don't read anymore due to redundancy.  And, of course, this was really the most trivial of all SF dining news (if you really want to look at the absurd, look at the blogger circle jerk regarding Mission Chinese Food).

So, dearest Uptown Almanac readers, please ignore the irony of reblogging 7x7 and tell me:

1. Are there too many SF blogs? Alright, we already know the answer to this one.
2. Is #Team_UppyAlmy doing a good job of avoiding the blogger circle jerk?
3. Do we post  too much street art?
4. Do you want to see more news/BREAKING FOOD coverage?
5. Should we just abandon the SF blogging ship and let people who live in Ann Arbor blog about the Mission?
6. Should we start writing about cool kid culture/technology/the flickrnets in general and abandon our regional focus?
7. Are hyperlocal blogs dead?

Some startup bros recently made a 'helpful' map for aspiring entrepreneurs telling them where they should plant their next VC-funded failure.  The idea behind the map isn't necessarily bad, but the descriptions of each location demonstrates a basic lack of familiarity of San Francisco and some really fucked up low-level racism.  For example, how could some “<3” the Mission but not include anything east of Mission or south of 24th on the map?  Because it's dangerous at night?  Gringo, please.  Just because there are more brown people and hookers east of Mission doesn't mean it is particularly dangerous.  In fact the Mission, if anything, is safer than all the other fun neighborhoods.  Also, “hipsters on Valencia sometimes obnoxious”?  Really?  Maybe they look obnoxious, but I rarely see “hipsters” just running around trying to directly piss people off.  To me, it just sounds like you were just the kid no one ever invited to the party.

My iPhone caught me using the land line last night.  Fuck off, I need my space.

Say what you want about the external antenna.  I had to watch a YouTube tutorial to figure out the exact way to hold the iPhone 4 to make it lose bars.  Believe me, It wasn't easy and was very, very uncomfortable.  The only people this “flaw” could possibly affect are mutant lefties with highly trained kung-fu grips.  And if that's how you hold a phone, you're definitely not somebody that I want to shake hands with. 

However unnecessary or limited it may be, Face Time is rad.  Seriously, this shit is going to revolutionize being pervy on ChatRoulette.  Once we have an app for that, you'll be able to connect, look at my face, and then switch to the back camera for a surprise shot of me wanking it.  REVOLUTIONARY. 

Ladies?

Epic find!

(photo by d-tw)