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Amazing. The BBC will today screen remarkable footage of penguins flying as part of its new natural history series, Miracles of Evolution. Telegraph TV: Watch footage of the flying penguins Camera crews discovered a colony of Adélie penguins while filming on King George Island, some 750...

We all got problems, and we all know things in the world just aint right. But we also all got something to be thankful for. Have a great Thanksgiving everyone. But rather than just make this some bullshit post, drop a line about something you are thankful for. Personally, I am chillin at my...

Why is it almost nobody seems to come out with solo albums? Of course the costs are enormous, but this used to be the bread and butter of Bay Area music. Now the Bay Area is all mixtapes and collabos. Sure they are cheaper, but they just arent as solid. No one can deny one of the things that...

I have some crazy shit going on where the play button doesnt work but at the same time it just randomly turns itself on and off unless I lock it while its playing. Anyone know how to 1. reboot and 2. completely erase / reload an Ipod. Help me fix my possessed ipod.

Edward M. Gomez, a former U.S. diplomat and staff reporter at TIME, has lived and worked in the U.S. and overseas, and speaks several languages. He has written for The New York Times, the Japan Times and the International Herald Tribune http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=15...

It's a little early to start talking about strength of schedule and conference, but I have to say so far this year the PAC-10 has had one of it's best conferences in the past 10 years or so. The SEC is more often than not the strongest conference in football, but I think this year the PAC-10...

Hey I was curious what websites you guys used for your Fantasy football leagues? I havent played in a couple years but used to use Yahoo. I found it relatively easy to use. Now I am using ESPN for Fantasy Baseball, its also seems relatively easy to use and a little more flashy. however, they...

If you watched the Democratic Presidential debate the other night there seemed to be a lot of consensus regarding most issues. One issue that seemed to be different all across the board was US policy toward Sudan / Darfur. Should the United States use military force in Darfur? If so, what type...

I mean is this dude REALLY that tight? I thought dude was a little original and was making some cool moves working with other artists but EVERY song he's on he uses that damn synth on his voice and every song is about buying drinks and bartender and all this other club shit. I guess its not...

I’ve been listening to Hip Hop for 15 years and got tired of most of the trends a long time ago. Bay Area Hip Hop was always refreshing, energetic and new, but for the first time I have to say I am incredibly bored with the genre the dominates this board. I have not heard anything new or...

I am all about local music but I have not heard/seen one album that has even remotely interested me this year. I want a solo album or group album containing all the rappers from that group on every track (ie a real group). I also want the album to be an official release that the artist...

That new album Heroes in the City of Dope is easily one of the top 3 albums of the year and anyone who heard it can attest to that!!! You gotta open your ears and move past the ghostride the whip shit! Real recognize real and this shit slaps. Beats off the hook and good subject matter too...

"A New Middle East", Robert Malley in The New York Review of Books 21 September 2006 The New York Review of Books 1. On June 25, members of three militant Palestinian organizations, including the governing Hamas, attacked an Israeli military base, killing two soldiers and seizing a third. On...

“Hip Hop is Dead.” So says Nas, and so says many others. I grew up on the 1990s hip hop. My best friends auntie used to slide us her own car mixes with E-40, Eazy E, Dru Down, and a number of other early to mid 90s rappers. The first CD I bought was Operation Stackola. In the beginning it was...

FROM NPR RADIO ROBERT SIEGEL, host: We’ve been featuring a variety of views on the fighting in the Mid East. Commentator Adeed Dawisha is an Iraqi-born American, a political science professor at Miami University in Ohio. He says one result of the war is increased satisfaction among Arabs...

The following dispatches are qoutes taken directly from government and leadership and news media in Iran, Syria and Lebanon. *WARNING* This is a very informative read but will take at least 15 min. To view this Special Dispatch in HTML, visit...

On a short list of American Renaissance men of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, George Shultz's name would inevitably appear. Past holder of three cabinet posts under two presidents, Shultz is presently a business professor at Stanford University and a fellow in international affairs at...

Text of document found in al-Zarqawi house By The Associated Press Thu Jun 15, 6:03 PM ET Text of a document discovered in terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's hide-out. The document was provided in English by Iraqi National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie: ___ The situation and...

Special Dispatch-Iran June 13, 2006 No. 1184 Ayatollah Khomeini's Grandson: Grandfather's Revolution Devoured its Children, Strayed From Original Course To view this Special Dispatch in HTML, visit: http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD118406 . In an interview with the Al-Arabiyya...

In response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's May 9, 2006 letter to U.S. President Bush, the well-known expatriate Iranian satirist Ibrahim Nabavi published an open letter to President Ahmadinejad, in the online Persian daily Rooz. The following are excerpts from Nabavi's letter: (1)...