September 29, 2006
Tony Hawk Project 8
Posted by richard ting at September 29, 2006, 10:54 AM
September 25, 2006
NIKEiD Japan - Cosplay
NIKEiD Japan goes viral with this Cosplay piece that was shot in the Akiba district, the electronics city and mecca of Cosplay.
Posted by richard ting at September 25, 2006, 12:46 PM
Smarter Agent
[from npr.com]
GPS Is Smartening Up Your Cell Phone
There's a good chance that you are, right now, carrying around a tiny device that's picking up faint radio signals from space and keeping track of your location. It's a Global Positioning System -- or GPS -- receiver, built into your cell phone. A hundred million or so people in the United States have those devices, but few, up to now, have been able to use them.
Selling the GPS Idea
Cell phone companies didn't originally want to put GPS receivers into cell phones. But several years ago, the Federal Communications Commission required them to come up with a way to locate their customers for rescue workers and 911 calls.
Some companies, such as Cingular, adopted technology that locates a cell phone by analyzing how its signal is picked up by different cell towers. Others, including Verizon, Sprint, and Nextel, decided to install a GPS receiver in every cell phone. This generally determines location more accurately, although it doesn't work as well indoors or in dense cities.
Read the full NPR article.
Check out Smarter Agent.
Posted by richard ting at September 25, 2006, 10:57 AM
September 13, 2006
WESC x Nokia 3250
Nokia’s tri-band 3250 has a three-position swiveling keypad that offers quality music transport on one side, numerical keys on the other, and a 2-megapixel camera in the middle. The 3250 also rocks a microSD slot, smartphone functionality, Bluetooth, stereo, and FM radio. WE’s involvement hooks it up with a travel guide, pre-loaded MP3s, and a couple dope accessories.
Posted by richard ting at September 13, 2006, 04:11 AM
Lil' Bush -- Original Cellphone Comedy on Amp'd Mobile
“Lil’ Bush” is a raunchy cartoon concerning the adventures of a grade-school version of President Bush and his pals, a heartsick Lil’Condi, a raging Lil’ Rummy and a Lil’ Cheney reminiscent of the Frankenstein monster. The show debuted on Amp’d mobile cell-phones on Sept. 1st. Six new five-minute episodes are to be released every week for six weeks.
Posted by richard ting at September 13, 2006, 04:05 AM
The Art of Spreadsheets
Danielle Aubert, a Detroit-based graphic designer looks inside the box for inspiration, turning Microsoft Excel spreadsheet columns into brilliant canvases. By tweaking cell colors, fill patterns, and border styles, Danielle was able to create psychedelic designs. 70 of those designs will be available in her latest book called A Year’s Worth of Drawing Exercises in Microsoft Excel.
Posted by richard ting at September 13, 2006, 03:56 AM
September 12, 2006
Dime Magazine’s Top 25 Boutique Sneakershops
Check out the August 2006 issue of Dime Magazine with Carmelo Anthony on the front page. It’s got a Top 25 ranking of the illest boutique sneaker shops in the U.S. Many factors went into their ranking system. Those factors being shoe selection, history, atmosphere, and reputation in the sneakerhead community.
Here’s the full list, but if you want the write-ups as well, then go cop the issue.
1. Flight Club – New York City, Physical Store, On-line
2. Alife Rivington Club – New York City
3. Bodega – Boston
4. Sportie L.A. – Los Angeles
5. Training Camp – New York City
6. Nort/Recon – New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Berlin
7. Undefeated – Los Angeles
8. Goodfoot – Toronto
9. Huf – San Francisco
10. Atmos – New York, Tokyo
11. Proper – Long Beach, CA
12. Commonwealth – Norfolk, VA
13. Phli – Chicago
14. Dave’s Quality Meats – New York City
15. Goliath RF – New York City
16. Just Be Complex – Portland
17. Packer Shoes – Teaneck, NJ
18. Premium Goods – Houston
19. Goods – Seattle
20. Grey One – Pasadena
21. Reed Space – New York City
22. Prestigious – Atlanta
23. Capitol 1524 – Seattle
24. St. Alfred – Chicago
25. 2 Doors Down – Springfield, MO
Posted by richard ting at September 12, 2006, 10:02 PM
SneakerCUT.com
The Sneakercut service sounds a little too good to be true. I would be interested to hear from anyone that has been subscribed to the service for a few months. Here’s the deal, you pay a $125 annual fee to become a SneakerCut Member which then gets you discounts on kicks for up to six times per month and a maximum of 60 pairs per year. The site is currently listing Air Force 1 Lows for $70 and the World Cup Brazil joints for $115. Only members can purchase from the site so be ready to drop $125 on the annual fee. However, the benefits may be worth the dough. SneakerCut carries a large stock of hard-to-find kicks and constant inventory updates so you can get to the product that you crave.
Posted by richard ting at September 12, 2006, 10:00 PM
Jeremy Fish
Jeremy Fish is a 32-year old San Francisco-based illustrator/painter who tells simple stories fusing influences like 60s and 70s Hanna-Barbera cartoons and skateboarding culture.
He’s been designing skateboard decks since he was a teenager growing up in Saratoga Springs, NY and has designed over 300 hundred decks with his four year old company, The Unbelievers. In July, Nike released the Nike Fish Classic SB.
Posted by richard ting at September 12, 2006, 09:52 PM
Rafael Lozano Hemmer at bitforms
On Friday, September 15, Rafael Lozano Hemmer, the renowned new media artist draws on surveillance and phantasmagoria for his second solo exhibition in the U.S. The exhibition is called Underscan, Relational Architecture 11. It's a large-scale public art project commissioned by the East Midlands Development Agency in England. Thousands of "video-portraits" taken in Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton and Nottingham will be projected onto the ground of the main squares and pedestrian thoroughfares of these cities. At first, the portraits will not be visible because the space will be flooded by white light coming from the world’s most powerful projector. As people walk around the area, their shadow will be cast on the floor, revealing the video-portraits. The short video sequences begin with the subjects in a still position turned away from the camera. As they appear within pedestrians' shadows, their bodies move and their heads turn to look straight at the pedestrian, potentially giving rise to an interesting range of interactions. When a shadow moves away from a portrait, the portrait likewise reacts by losing interest and looking away.
Posted by richard ting at September 12, 2006, 11:03 AM
September 10, 2006
Google Maps Mania
It's been about one year since Google Maps launched with its' open API and there are already hundreds of specialized "mash-ups" flooding the interweb. You can find "mash-ups" in all assorted flavors, from parking garages in New York to Fatal Crash Maps to Sex Offenders. A list of most of the Google mashed maps can be found on Google Maps Mania.
Posted by richard ting at September 10, 2006, 11:32 AM
September 09, 2006
UARM T-Shirts
Since 2003, UARM has been showcasing the illest East Coast street artists. The new collection is putting some shine on artists like REAS, Neckface, Faile, and Thom Lessner.
Posted by richard ting at September 09, 2006, 09:50 PM
September 04, 2006
Dave White in the MTV feature on Sneaker Pimps LA
Check out the MTV feature on Sneaker Pimps LA, which includes Dave White. The video from YouTube is shown above.
Posted by richard ting at September 04, 2006, 10:01 PM
TrueGameHeadz
Everyone should go check out TrueGameHeadz, a new blog created with the help of my friend and fellow Bronx native, David Ross. The site has only been up for a few weeks and there are already over 100 postings.
To understand where these guys are coming from, here's a quote from their website, "We have been playing games since the old age of Atari 2600 and have gathered every system and worthwhile game since! This site was actually formed based on the stress of reviewers not giving the consumers the "real" on games. A lot of reporters in the industry have either become jaded or too friendly with the developers to give a real account of games. We feel that this may have helped stunt the industry as innovation and good gameplay has been tossed to the side in lieu of sequels and exciting Hollywood or Comic book crossovers."
Posted by richard ting at September 04, 2006, 10:17 AM
NFL Mobile on Sprint
As the NFL season approaches, Sprint and the NFL have teamed up to offer NFL Mobile to Sprint customers. I haven't seen the service in person yet, but if I had to guess, my guess would be that the service is a J2ME application that customers download over-the-air(OTA)on to their handsets. The download is initiated by texting "FANTASY" to 7777 on selected Sprint phones. Some of the exclusive features of the service include same-day NFL video highlights, customizable player and team alerts, real-time game information with GameCenter, and access to the NFL Network's video-on-demand
The move to offer the NFL mobile service by Sprint is an interesting move since Sprint already provides the network for ESPN's ailing MVNO service, Mobile ESPN. Industry analysts have been calling for Mobile ESPN to shutter it's doors. Citing that few subscribers are willing to pay for it's 'premium' content. Could the move by Sprint to offer up a free NFL mobile service be a sign that the 'pay-for-content' model of MVNO's be in jeopardy? If anything, the launch of the NFL Mobile service should be a sign to the mobile industry that rich-media content should be 'free of cost' and 'widely distributed' as opposed to monetized and controlled like what the MVNOs such as Mobile ESPN, Amp'd Mobile, and Disney are doing.
Posted by richard ting at September 04, 2006, 09:00 AM
NetworthIQ Social Network + Money Blogs
NetworthIQ is a social personal finance manager designed to make monitoring your net worth easy and fun. It's a social networking site that is for money fanatics what MySpace has become for the music-obsessed. Users sign up and create profiles based on their net worth. They can then compare themselves with others by age, income, job, or geographic location, link to other users, and track their progress on a blog. NetworthIQ is the first production of Fourio, a startup based in Portland, Oregon.
Check out the site.
Also, while we're on the subject of personal finance, give these personal finance blogs a glance.
myopenwallet.blogspot.com
moneyblognetwork.com
pfblog
Posted by richard ting at September 04, 2006, 03:44 AM
Q121.com
Q121.com wants to be the place where people hook-up. It's a Web/Mobile community that invites members to download and post photos, video, music, and ringtones. Members can also play games, form or join groups, and rate others' photos. Members of the site download an average of 6.2 items per month and all downloads are free. However, the site design and the skimpy content will make this social network a tough sell in the already saturated social network realm.