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Josh Spear: I'm a frequent-flyer-mile-collector trying to visit every country in the world, sushi addict that loves omakase and active investor. Since 2004 this site has been a place for me to share highlights from art, culture, technology and global trends that I care about.


JB Classics 2006 Preview

Posted on April 12, 2006 Under Fashion

JB Classics Lab just launched a handful of new and extremely-hot sneakers for their Summer 2006 line. You can check out a preview on their site, they will be in very select stores this summer. These are the Vahala 540H's…

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2006 U-Boat Collection

Posted on April 11, 2006 Under Fashion

I raved about the U-Boat Watches for sale though WatchUSeek back in January and since then have become quite a fan of my Left Hook Watch purchase. The 2006 U-Boat collection is now out to drool over and available for…

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Japonais Chicago

Posted on April 10, 2006 Under Travel

I'm in Chicago right now for a quick presentation--unfortunately not long enough to check out much more than a few places. I did however get a chance to eat at Japonais, an exceptional Japanese restaurant right on the Chicago River.…

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iAlertU Beta

Posted on April 9, 2006 Under Gadgetry

iAlertU is definitely the first ever remote controlled and motion sensitive alarm system for a laptop computer that I've ever seen, and an excellent execution to boot. A video floated around the blogosphere this past week of it in action,…

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Listen to me on CBC Radio One

Posted on April 7, 2006 Under Press

Want to hear a quite possibly very entertaining interview with yours truly on the radio? I did an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that's airing this Saturday on the 'Definitely Not The Opera' show with radio host Sook-Yin Lee…

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T5S VS. KDU Event

Posted on April 7, 2006 Under Fashion

If you're in New York City on April 27th, you should surely check out the opening reception party at Triple 5 Soul in Brooklyn-- It's for a project Triple 5 Soul has called T5S VS. The KDU has helped to…

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Vaja Cases Giveaway

Posted on April 6, 2006 Under Gadgetry

I've been a longtime fan of everything Vaja has been up to-- their Vaja Choice program is the best luxury custom iPod case solution available, not to mention a beautiful site to match the cases. The folks over at Vaja…

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Space Gallery Denver: Theilke

Posted on April 6, 2006 Under Art

Anyone in the Boulder/Denver area should hop over to Space Gallery at 765 Santa Fe Drive to see a Jason Theilke's show 'INHABIT'. The artist reception is running from 6-10 and he'll be there signing autographs, selling artwork and fielding…

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Grass Armchair

Posted on April 6, 2006 Under Design

I know this made a little splash earlier this week in the Blogosphere, but it was too good to pass up. The Grass Armchair is a self assembled pack of 14 corrugated cardboard frames, and a 100g pack of grass…

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Apple Runs Windows: Boot Camp

Posted on April 5, 2006 Under Gadgetry

All I can really say is, wow. Only a few weeks ago a pair of computer-nuts won $13,854 for successfully getting the new Intel based Mac computers running Windows XP. Today Apple introduced what they're tentatively calling Boot Camp, the…

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