Random Facts About San Francisco

• It is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous in the United States.
• Alcatraz means “pelican” in Spanish, and was a military fort before it became a prison.
• “Baghdad by the Bay” will soon be visited by the five members of the Womp Team, as well as myself, as we were selected to represent the MDM program at the Game Developer’s Conference this weekend, a great honor and opportunity for all of us.
• The Chinese fortune cookie, denim jeans, chop suey and Irish coffee were all invented in San Francisco.
• The city has never had me as a visitor, despite all the times it has heard me talk about it.
• The original Spanish name for San Francisco was Yerba Buena, meaning "good herb" or "good grass".
• According to the show, Star Trek Fleet HQ is located just north of the city.
• Only three cities in the world, New York, Moscow and London, have more billionaires in its city limits.
• The Game Developers Conference, the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers, is held in San Francisco every spring. It attracts 17,000 attendees annually, and is the essential forum for learning, inspiration, and networking for the creators of computer, console, handheld, mobile, and online games.
• The Golden Gate Bridge, which links San Francisco with Marin County and the Redwood Empire, is continuously painted all the time. That’s because by the time the paint crew gets from one end to the other, it’s time to start over again.
• The default wallpaper on Windows XP of a rolling hill against a blue sky is a landscape shot from the Napa Valley.
• On August 29, 1966, The Beatles played their last concert for paying fans at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park.
• The San Francisco 49ers, with five Super Bowl wins, are behind only the Pittsburgh Steelers (six) for most all-time.
• Frank Gore (49ers RB) is a beast, and I can’t seem to wrangle a trade for him in my fantasy football league. I tried offering Cedric Benson and LeSean McCoy for him last season, but no, that wasn’t good enough for team Croatian Sensation. Well, I’m not doing better than that, Rich, so if that’s your tactic, it’s not gonna work. Just wait till I pick up Glen Coffee and we’ll see how quickly you’re ready to deal. I know you want Cedric and he’s not coming cheap.
• And here’s another thing Rich, I can’t believe you didn’t take that Ladanian Tomlinson and Terrell Owens for Owen Daniels deal. Seriously, what were you thinking?
• I digress. This is supposed to be about the ‘49ers. Oh wait, no, San Francisco. Right, I was doing the thing with San Francisco to kinda lead in about the GDC stuff. Right.
• Ahem. San Francisco's War Memorial and … wait. Did David Carr just sign with the 49ers? Well, good for him. He had some good years with the Texans, he deserves another shot at starting. And oh man, is Alex Smith rubbish.
• San Francisco 49ers QB Alex Smith is rubbish.
• I mean awful, just a really mediocre player. I started him in fantasy once and he burned me. I lost by 6 points, and just because Donovan McNabb was out. Man, he stinks.
• Um, that’s all I know about San Francisco. Look for a blog from the floor of the GDC next week!

Nick Lewis is a 1st year MDM student. The reason this blog is so slapdash is because he wrote a whole other one and thought it was boring and then did this one. Not that it's much better.