Ask HN: Where to go in Mountain View / SF?

1 points by MrMeker 12 years ago | 2 comments

I will be visiting SF and Mountain View Friday-Sunday this weekend. I am interested in computer and mechanical engineering. I would love to visit your startup. I would also like to visit a Maker Space, surplus electronics store, or something else of that nature. I am also looking for recommendations on hostels and good food, especially some great Mexican.

My email is in my profile.

Thank you

NonEUCitizen 12 years ago |

1. Computer History Museum:

http://www.computerhistory.org/hours/

2. Fry's Electronics (Sunnyvale or Palo Alto are near Mountain View):

http://www.frys.com/ac/storeinfo/storelocator/

3. Halted (Santa Clara):

http://halted.com/commerce/info/contactinfo.jsp

4. Weird Stuff (Sunnyvale):

http://www.weirdstuff.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=sunn...

[#2 has new stuff, #3 and #4 surplus]

5. Sawdust Shop:

http://sawdustshop.com/

6. Tech Shop (San Jose and San Carlos locations are closer to Mountain View):

http://techshop.ws/locations.html

andymoe 12 years ago |

Well you picked a hell of a weekend to come to SF. You may as well go watch the parade and party with the natives because it's going to be a shit show all over SF anyway - http://www.sfpride.org :)

For maker spaces in SF there is TechShopSF in SOMA and Noisebridge in the mission though I think they are renovating the later for about a month. Any of the Mexican places on 16th or 17th between Valencia and Mission...

PS. Why don't you put a bit more about yourself in your profile?