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At present, I am in the market for a new bag. It must be able to hold my laptop, a fair stack of paperwork, deal with Chicago's temperamental weather, and travel -- lots of travel. My current bag is serviceable…
Continue Reading →Stupid Devil
No, I'm not trying to get you to join the next Hale-Bopp cult. Stupid Devil is an art label that sells t-shirts, art prints, and vinyl toys featuring some crazy characters drawn by the artist Bard. Nothing too serious though;…
Continue Reading →Manystuff
Online creative communities have been surging to an all-time high. Our friends over at Behance have started their new network, Virb was mentioned here a while ago and Humblevoice is another relatively new one. But they all have the stigma…
Continue Reading →Easyglider
The Easyglider, dubbed a "sports vehicle", is designed by a company of the same name out of Bern, Switzerland. The heart of the vehicle is the battery powered front wheel; it's controlled via a motorbike-like interface on the long handle…
Continue Reading →Chocolate. Gorilla. Phil Collins.
While I hesitate to go so far as to call this an ad -- Cadbury themselves call it a "piece of content" -- it's definitely, well...different. And weird. And entertaining. I mean, who doesn't love to see a gorilla absolutely…
Continue Reading →Mumble Magazine
Somewhere in my weekend web travels (and to start your week of the same), I stumbled across Mumble Magazine, an e-zine dedicated to street & contemporary culture, particularly within the realm of skateboarding. The clean layout and simple graphics really…
Continue Reading →BoardRideTv
Here's a good way to get my attention: show a guy on a surfboard getting towed by a Jet Ski right into the teeth of a giant effin' wave, then continuing to ride that wave against all odds for another…
Continue Reading →Beautiful Losers
This isn't a drastically belated post about the Beautiful Losers exhibit. It's not even a post about the book (which I hope to death you all have, because it is amazing -- amazing); this post is about the film documentary,…
Continue Reading →Faceball – Your Face, Our Balls
It's refreshing to see large companies that still know how to have some company sanctioned fun. As innovative and hip as Apple and Microsoft may be, the extent of their sense of humor or youthfulness usually is constrained to hyperactive…
Continue Reading →Tweaker Zine
I had a blast this afternoon flipping through the "pages" of the new London-based online skateboarding magazine Tweaker. I have to admit, I usually like to have paper-in-hand to get the best reading experience out of a magazine, but Tweaker…
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