Mission Mission

Don’t forget, as Ariel mentioned before, the Secret Alley gang is looking for new members.

[via Talent Is An Asset]

Mission Local caught it with its door open just a crack yesterday, and it looks as though it is possibly filled to the brim with a gargantuan pile of trash.

Click through for a closeup.

It’s the one on 22nd Street outside Fabric8.

[via scapegoat]

This project is known as San Francisco Pinball Flippers. They seem to be pretty on top of what’s out there, and they’re quite responsive if you alert them to shortcomings:

[via Satellite Tourist]

Has anyone else ever jumped on the 8x at 6th and Harrison thinking it was like, a 9 or something? I’ve done it twice now, once four years ago and another time yesterday. It immediately starts changing lanes, and then your heart sinks as you realize it’s getting on the freeway. In the end, I made it to my destination (Dear Mom) in about 45 minutes, so it wasn’t too bad. But you can imagine how powerless I felt.

Also, the bus driver laughed at me.

Dang! What a shame! UPDATE: It’s back to normal, thank goodness.

Yet other — some might argue lesser (and surely less grassy) — area parks remain verdant:

Why this is?

[Reader Steve D. submitted this story via our Facebook wall.]

There’s this weird slide at the Franklin Square playground. It’s got no sides, so you have to stay on it by gripping it with your thighs, as demonstrated above. It’s pretty fun.

[via Ruby in the Dust]

Think you have the chops to build your own parklet? This progress video for Fabric8′s parklet gives you an idea of what’s involved.

[via Curbed SF]

Viral locksmith marketing hits the streets! Although this one’s location has slipped my mind, there’s another at 19th and Guerrero.

I wonder how one might actually embed something like this into the asphalt?