Born in the dawn of the internet as a digital version of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, the SFGate site is now one of the most important news media in the world. In 2008, through the article by Ilana DeBare, it told the story of Angie Schmidt and her startup called Smashing Katie.

Among the products mentioned, great prominence was given to the famous Voodoo / The Ex knife set by Raffaele Iannello, portrayed in a chromed version.