I’m pleased to announce that at least one company has finally designed a better butter label. Clover, the people with the silly cartoon cows, has started marking 1/4, 1/3, and 1/2-cup measurements on their wrappers, in addition to the tablespoon measurements.

As you can see, their organic butter (top image) doesn’t use the helpful new label — only the non-organic kind. Well, it’s a start!

This year’s annual Valentine’s Day pillow fight at Justin Herman Plaza. Photo by marymaddux.

The SF Chronicle reports that the city is absorbing huge cleanup costs thanks to messes left behind by recent flash mobs. Maybe mobbers should adopt a “leave no trace” philosophy, like that informally followed by the early mobs, when people would converge, act, and disappear, leaving only confusion in their wake. Leaving behind garbage, shaving cream, and feathers that clog the fountains and halt the cable cars is no fun for anyone.

Sometimes I would get distracted while doing the dishes and play these appliances as though they were instruments. Be honest: Have you ever heard a dishwasher duet that sounded so good?

Finally! Someone makes fun of CNN’s gratuitous and distracting use of multitouch technology to display data that would be much more clearly communicated through simple static displays. Thanks, SNL! (Hint: Jump to 1:30 into the video.)