Author Archives: Stan Flouride

This styrofoam hammer will soon be replacing the old 2D hammer on the sidewalk sign for Roberts Hardware.

German and British scientists have discovered a fossilized ancestor of modern snakes that still has its four legs. The snake, named Tetrapodophis amplectus, lived during the Early Cretaceous, around 110 million years ago. At the time, South America was united with … Continue reading →

If you had tuned into BBC Radio One on May 20, 1979 you would have heard David Bowie DJ his own two hour show, “Star Special,” playing his favorite records and jovially chatting up his audience. Track listing The Doors, … Continue reading →

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News and photo via Hoodline Bob Smith, the Robert in Roberts Hardware [family lore is that his immigrant German father didn’t know or understand English possessive grammar and hence there is no apostrophe] ran the family-owned Haight Street hardware store from 1960 until … Continue reading →

Today on my tour I had a woman’s whose cousin was on Millionaire and was in the Hot Seat right before me! She mentioned the question her cousin missed and I remembered it. The correct answer was “Hamburger University” and … Continue reading →

Over the last few weeks I have been creating an 8’x8′ (2.6mx2.6m) QR code mural on the 1200 block of Masonic Ave. next to where I live. Today I finished it and it works! The code will take you to a page … Continue reading →

So Donald Trump tweeted this image: Notice what’s wrong? Let me enlarge the lower part to see if that helps: Not enough? How about viewing the original iStock photo of wehrmacht soldaten: Of course they blamed it on an intern: Thanks … Continue reading →