“valleylist” v56 r.1 – - what to do between 2am and the morning commute

valleylist (sm) friday 02.13.2009 v56.0 r.1   high tech products companies consumers       > content    newsgroup     NING     subscribe      unsubscribe       > rss     yahoo     google        HOT NEW PRODUCTS  

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 + Bank bailout could cost $4 trillion    – - don’t a lot of those banks need to close instead of bailout + Intel to Invest $7 Billion in U.S. Manufacturing Facilities   WHAT TO DO BEWEEN 2AM AND THE MORNING COMMUTE and most people are already asleep. for some people it’s pretty much anything other than sleep. it’s high tech all the time. i was on the phone. i had to program my cell phone again. it was really dead on the internet nobody was around. television and the rest of the cable entertainment was very bad. i didn’t rent any dvds so it was just a very calm moment of video games and high tech time wasting. that’s what people really do. however where to go to have fun is a very brief list of things that involve dealing with people and spending money. for example is it club motif and then a stop at safeway for late night food on the way home. > area newspapers and lists of places to go to have fun in silicon valleynbc 11 bay area news entertainment guideSan Francisco Bay GuardianMetroactive entertainment guidemercury news late night places ”valleylist” lists of fun places to go – -newsletter “valleylist” v9 edition – - a late nightnewsletter “valleylist” v13 edition – - low life clubs venuesnewsletter “valleylist” v26 edition – - sonic burger & othernewsletter “valleylist” v47 r.1 – - neighborhoods and retail areas> run to san Franciscosan francisco night clubssan francisco chronicle list of after hours clubs and places to stop here’s a list of 24 hours joints in san francisco or nearby

1. Au Coquelet (2000 University Ave & Milvia, Berkeley)
2. Baghdad Cafe (2295 Market St)
3. Sparky’s (242 Church St)
4. Silver Crest Donut Shop (737 Washington & Stockton)
5. Lucky Penny (2670 Geary & Masonic)
6. Denny’s (495 Beach St)
7. Denny’s (1700 Post St)
8. International House of Pancakes (2299 Lombard St)
9. King’s Diner (1390 Mission St)
10. Mel’s Drive-In (1050 Van Ness & Geary)
11. Lori’s Diner (336 Mason St)
12. Orphan Andy’s (3991 17th St & Castro)
13. Pinecrest Diner (401 Geary St)
14. Video Cafe (5700 Geary Blvd)
15. Cafe Mason (320 Mason St)

 don’t forget the real hot spots – - all night food Denny’s Safeway near youwalgreensif it’s really impossible to sleep try – -watergardens – - gay baths san joseSteamworks - – gay baths berkeley  or stay home and try a few fun facebook group things that kind of fill in the picture.- – you know you are from silicon valley when- – another version is what to SAN JOSE: DOWNTOWN DWELLERS!- – toon yourself for the fun of it- – fantasize it’s time to move    Screw College, Let’s Move to Cali!!   MAYOR OF THE WEEK patricia mahan keeps the high tech capital of santa clara on top in very turbulent times. in fact santa clara doesn’t need to take the hit from the bush boondoogle. it is the real high tech capital for silicon valley. the city of san jose and the reed / davis administration continue to want to exploit the poor. let’s mess around with the “hood” . serious politicans should invite the santa clara mayor to a special “how to” session so that the san jose city hall can get a first hand analysis of what makes high tech work for the city of santa clara. is it people still listening to David Byrne and humming “still waiting” for leadership to take charge in san jose. NEWS NEEDS TO BE NEW (sm) with a much larger service in the pipeline. i am seriously soliciting new sponsors with big plans for ”valleylist” world wide. in the meantime lots of new information for “valleylist” fans – -   facebook news needs to be new (sm) ning ”spin the bottle” application- – http://networkcreators.ning.com/group/designers/forum/topics/new-application-spin-the  yahoo groups “valleylist”- – problems reported to yahoo and still need new listserv new ning content “reign of terror” - – http://valleylist.ning.com/group/reignofterror    NEW FEATURE EVERY WEEK finds “valleylist” keep entertained with stories from a history of modern computing by paul e. ceruzzi.a few interesting historical firsts – -  the first pc “the Micral” 1973 - - built by Thi T. Truong sold in france for less than $2000  languishes praise on the Altair 1975- – $400 kit purchased through magazine “radio electonics”- – inventor H Edward Roberts credited with first personal computer Apple II 1977- – was among the first in the united states- – designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak1940′s saw the invention of the the electronic calculator1940′s ENIAC invented eckert / machley for military-industrial1951 UNIVAC invented by eckert/machley stored program computer1952 IBM dominant force in the computer industry with the IBM 701 based on punched cards and the corporate culture of        Thomas Watson, Jr.1957 digital equipment corporation comes up with truely interactive computing – - DEC VAX Historythe mousexerox PARC palo alto – - where the mouse was invented Stanford University - – had every computer in the world   most important to computing was the invention of Ethernet which set a new standard for data transmission and i/o that established a need for desktop computers to improve processing power.the internet and Marc Andreesen and Jim Clark with Netscape as the first internet company listed on the stock market. i remember the newspaper companies miamihearld Los Angeles Times SF Gate: San Francisco Chronicle and the Hearst Corporate really taking the first step into interactive publishing. the browser was a great step towards commercialization and the big business response started driving everybody crazy.early adopters like myself remember dialing into ARPANET way before the real internet got Gopher or WAIS and trying to find something – - anything other than an enormous waste of time editing my own documents in a non-interactive environment.then the world went totally interactive.additional resources- – - – - – - – - – - – -NING - -  Penguin Lounge Penguin Lounge In The Club INDUSTRY Night Club  Night Skewl: Entertainment Starts Here! Beautiful place for beautiful people anyplace.ro SourceForge After Dark Psyport e-beatz  YAHOO GROUPS - – diveclubSV diveclubSV HappyHoursClub hemp_user trust_your_instinct2002 cnetwork-dance bayarealinedancing dancecircle bayarea_nightlife bayarea_nightlife SF_Culture_Club FCD-Broadcast bay_area_salseros            youtube - - Orange Allstars – Afterhours Club SKYY – SHOW ME THE WAY (after hours club remix) Crazy Town @ the Cactus Club, San Jose San Jose Police welcome new club New Dynasty Entertainment Performance San Jose Club Toons Latin Rhythm Boys @ Club Rio in San Jose San Jose Live! in Downtown San Jose 311 – Beautiful Disaster – The Blank Club – San Jose, CA  Drunk thrown on street by police Palo Alto Small Engine Club night club in palo alto ca  “Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club” Flyover Tour palo-alto Flying from Palo Alto over the San Francisco bay   greg mckennapublishervalleylist2910 stevens creek blvd. #109-503san jose ca 95102   sponsor rates $4,600 a week or $165,000 first yearspecial editions – - new product actions – - custom mailings negotiable  consulting $65 an hour   greg mckennapublishervalleylistvalleylist_news@…