Jim Ruck x Pin Scale
We like our usual scale just fine. It tells us our body fat percentage, so we know when it goes near 25, it's time to cool it with the brie. For those of you who dread what the LED reads,…
Continue Reading →Celebrating 5000 Posts
We've just put up our 5000th post on JoshSpear.com. Pretty rad, right?  We think so too, so we're celebrating by giving away a little special something -- a trip to NYC. Here's the deal: I'll fly anyone in the continental United…
Continue Reading →Handmade Nation
Tonight the San Francisco Film Society will play host to a screening of Handmade Nation, a documentary about the work and connections between independent artists across the country. Made by first-time filmmaker and craft blogger Faythe Levine, the film focuses…
Continue Reading →Vanilla Ice Apologizes
Is Vanilla Ice trying to make his third (or is it fourth?) comeback? From "Ice Ice Baby" to his brief hardcore rocker image, to appearing on the Surreal Life, Robert Van Winkle has made a career out of, well, pretty…
Continue Reading →Mark Your Calendar: The 99% Conference
Behance believes there are too many ideas in the world, and not enough action. The name is inspired by Thomas Edison's famous quote, "genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." The conference is for people that already have great ideas,…
Continue Reading →Twitter Backlash
Hoards of people are currently using Twitter to say nothing, so it isn't surprising there are more than a few who are anti-tweet. One of my favorite visual Twitter kiss-offs comes from Josh Holland via JoyEngine. Josh "cannot wait until…
Continue Reading →Nike 6.0 Splashcast
Nike's latest outreach to action sports aficionados comes in the form of take-home video, slow motion shots, and the elements. In conjunction with the marketing agency Nemo Design and director Jared Eberhardt, Slow-Mo spots captured surfers Dusty Payne and Casey…
Continue Reading →Obama in Our House
Between hosting foreign dignitaries, raising kids in the White House, and, oh yeah, trying to do something about the economy, our newly elected President doesn't have much time to visit average Americans where they live. But that didn't stop Jon…
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