From Blue To Green Denim Drive

Posted on April 11, 2008 Under Fashion

Throwing away jeans is kind of like throwing away a kidney--it's a part of your body, you use it every day, but lets be honest...you have two. If you have to toss a pair, the most karmically responsible thing you…

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Art is Fundamental

Posted on March 12, 2008 Under Art

Reading, writing, and arithmetic are certainly essential components of a child's education, but too often the importance of the arts to a child's development gets lost in the shuffle of all of those other subjects. Recognizing the need for kids…

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South By Southwest: Brazil Showcase

Posted on March 6, 2008 Under Music

As Brazil's totally unofficial pop culture diplomat, I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate a post to telling you about some of the Brazilian bands playing at South by Southwest that no doubt a few of you will be…

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TED 2008 Coverage: Recommended Reading

Posted on February 29, 2008 Under Life

Okay, I admit it. I've been selfish. I've been shying away from live blogging this year at TED, and mostly been twittering overheards and interesting things throughout the conference-- it's a lot easier, and lets me truly focus on the…

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Kluster's 72 Hour TED Challenge

Posted on February 27, 2008 Under Life

Kluster, founded by friend and young punk Ben Kaufman is in full force here at TED. The former iPod accessory entrepreneur recently (ie: last week) launched his new platform to allow groups of people (just like you and me) to…

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Spearlocator: TED 2008

Posted on February 25, 2008 Under Travel

It's that time of the year again, when I pop out to San Francisco and the Bay Area for a few days before going to the incredible TED conference in Monterey, California. This years speaker lineup aims to answer questions…

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Campus Party: Sao Paulo

Posted on February 13, 2008 Under Life

As I'm writing this, 3,000 nerds "” and I say that in only the most complimentary way, naturally "” are having the best geek-out party ever in Sao Paulo's equivalent of Central Park, Parque Ibirapuera. Campus Party, a marathon digital…

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Dude. . .Sweet!

Posted on February 6, 2008 Under Art

While your wall is no doubt adorned with many posters boasting all of the experiences you've held to be sonically pleasurable, we know they've been enjoyable to your auditory senses in different ways. However you could probably sum them up…

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Tycho x Iso50: Chill Out Momi

Posted on January 28, 2008 Under Art

As we've previously mentioned, our pal Scott Hansen a.k.a Iso50 has quite the penchant for producing premium prints. Okay, now that we've got all of the alliteration out of our system we can tell you that he's also one hell…

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Lord Of The Rings Symphony

Posted on January 28, 2008 Under Music

The Munich Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ludwig Wicki will be bringing the award winning score to Lord of The Rings into the concert hall in a few months for a handful of lucky folks. Howard Shore's amazing score will be…

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