For some time now Alta Bikes have had a handle on the business of supplying simple, single-speed bikes for urban inhabitants. Despite the practicality of their pedal-able product, one thing has gotten in the way of the Norwegian bicycle manufacturer's…
Continue Reading →Now that summer's in full swing, it's pretty much a given that there's going to be a lot of grilling going on. If you don't have a gas grill, odds are you might have to employ the traditional combination of…
Continue Reading →Look at him. Look at your freeloading baby, with his onesie and his carefree drooling. It's about time someone devised a way to make him pull his weight around here. Or at least give him the impression that he's doing…
Continue Reading →We know you're a regular prodigy on Final Cut and Photoshop. You've got all of the shortcuts down from A to Z. The problem with that: all of your friends know you do, too. Thanks to your speed on the…
Continue Reading →People who know me, know I love my art -- and with art, it's always important not just explore the picture from afar, but examine the excruciating details that make a print, painting or piece exquisite. I recently received a…
Continue Reading →We keep killing our plants. It's nothing personal, but remembering to water them just doesn't rank as high on our list these days as making sure we're home in time to watch women's rugby. Thankfully we can finally buy the…
Continue Reading →Frequent JoshSpear.com readers know that we're big fans of the Jawbone since way back in '04. It's hard to imagine how Aliph could improve on an already solid product, but the Jawbone 2 sports a new design, a footprint about…
Continue Reading →As promised, here are the winning entries for our Tokidoki Mimobot contest: Winner, Timothy Nakayama This is my story, about what happened to my friends and I, the day when our island sunk into the realm of dreams and almost…
Continue Reading →On the odd occasion we find ourselves perusing our personal library via candlelight, we usually have the misfortune of spilling hot wax all over our hands (and our leatherbound books). If you face a similar situation -- or you just…
Continue Reading →If you've ever found yourself in the rare, but nonetheless frustrating predicament of needing to eat sushi while you have only your glasses on you, Brad Gressel's got an inventive solution. The American industrial designer's STIX eyeglasses give you a…
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