Views by the Bay

Golfer’s errant shot goes into rough. Next swing hits a rock. So far, so familiar--what follows not so much. Spark produced from club hitt...

We served 70 people last Sunday. The new guy was so hungry that his whole body shook. He wolfed down the chicken and rice as I ladled it...

CBS surveyed potential viewers to find out what they wanted from a Hawaii Five-O remake. ‘I want to see the crime-fighting, I want to see ...

The craving became overwhelming after two weeks, and I gave in. I cracked open a couple of eggs and cooked them over medium heat. This morni...

I largely gave up the morning newspaper when we got home wi-fi. Clicking on the laptop enables me to view up-to-the-minute share prices in...

Cartoon from the Mercury News Below are the top ten driving pet peeves from Mercury-News readers. Their number one irritant was bad merg...

If you only have a few minutes and happen to be near Golden Gate Park, stop by the bison enclosure . It’s in the western end of the park, fa...

When making my own personal financial decisions---like the doctor who won’t look after his own health—I find it hard to gain the motivation ...

As if unemployment and a double-dip recession weren't enough, we must add the Hindenburg Omen to the list of economic worries: The Ome...

The distance from City Hall (A) to Treetops Restaurant (B)  is 5 miles, according to Google Earth. The lush vegetation is fed by constan...

The bad news: the icemaker on our 7-year-old Samsung RS257 (superseded by the RS267 ) refrigerator malfunctioned and leaked all over the flo...

iPhone 3G (left), Nexus One (right) I’m entering the Google ecosystem during the next few weeks.  The catalyst: someone gave me an unencu...

Wired reveals that Apple has filed a patent for a smart-bike: [Apple] has imagined a smart bicycle system that would let users communicate ...

Table from WSJ (rectangle added) Baseball, the sport that has more statistics than you can shake an ash-or-maple stick at, says that man...

The New York Times confirms the good news that others have been saying for weeks: The government is expected to announce on Wednesday that ...