The Hopp Stop

• Marijuana Hotbed Retreats on Medicinal Use – NYTimes.com
  Interesting article on California weed usage and growth. Apparently 1 in 5 homes near Humboldt State are used for weed growing.
  (tags: california)
• McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Classes My Top-Tier Law School Should Have Offered as Warnings About the Profession.
  Very funny for the lawyers in the crowd. Thanks to Mr. Yip for these.
  (tags: humor law)

• Fantasy Baseball Owner Rips Team In Media | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
  (tags: sports humor)
• » Baseball Players Who Like Baseball Joe Posnanski
  Nice take on the Blue Jays GM slamming of Adam Dunn for not liking baseball.
  (tags: sports)

• Megan McArdle (June 18, 2008) – Inherit the wind
  Notes on a study showing that the cognitive effects of upbringing evaporate over time.
  (tags: science)
• Michael Bauer: Between Meals : Food costs squeeze restaurants, diners
  Bauer has some numbers on the cost increases for food staples.
  (tags: food sanfran economics)
• Adblock Plus: Installation
  Highly recommended Firefox plugin that blogs ads on web pages.
  (tags: tech)

• What to pack for Denver — The Hardball Times
  Statistical analysis of how Denver’s thin air affects pitch movement and speed at Coors Field. Interesting if you’re a stathead.
  (tags: sports)
• mgoblog: The Michigan Stadium Renovation From The Inside
  Kinda wild to see these changes after the big house has looked the same for my whole life.
  (tags: sports)

Nice win last night to finish up a strong showing against the Lakers. It’s a bit frustrating to see Boston win, though, given that I think the Pistons should have been there instead. The ‘stones have let at least a couple championships slip through their finger tips. Also, this win should settle questions of whether Western Conference has the best teams. The west is a lot stronger top to bottom, but the best two teams were in the Eastern Conference.

• sf real estate buzz » Blog Archive » The State of the State of the San Francisco Rental Market
  Some notes on the rental market from a real estate agent. Not scientific, but interesting.
  (tags: sanfran)
• Fisher’s awkward location for Presidio museum – SF Gate
  The Chron’s architectural analysis of proposed contemporary art museum.
  (tags: sanfran)
• It has to get better than this – The Boston Globe
  Bob Ryan questions the quality of play in the NBA Finals. I’m in agreement–I haven’t enjoyed the games I’ve seen.
  (tags: sports)
• AllHipHop.com Daily News – : It’s Official: Bone Reunites With All Five Members
  The article made me LOL several times. E.g.: Group broke up because one guy got arrested for threatening people with a loaded AK-47. They all seem to have “bone” in their names. They can’t reunite until a member is released from prison.
  (tags: music humor)
• Spencer Pratt: David Letterman Heroically Bitch-Slaps Spencer Pratt For All Of Us
  Amazing! Awesome! Go Letterman!
  (tags: humor)