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International container shipping volumes…not what you might think
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged China rising, china shipping container volumes, chinese imports, containers, Growth of China, made in china, ocean frieght, shipping containers, us exports, us imports on June 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I found this graphic in a Harvard Business Review article titled “what the west doesn’t get about China. This graphic represents millions of 20 foot shipping units… ie containers. Most big containers are 40 footers… and thus would be 2 units… but there are a lot of 20 footers as well… thus the unit. ANYWAY… notice [...]
so which is it?
Posted in shoe designer nerdiness, Uncategorized, tagged bell bottom, fashion trends, flares, peg leg, pegged, the sartorialist blog on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Flares…. or Pegged… which is it? from theSartorialist blog It’s raining today… so I’m digging around looking at fashion trend watching sites. Fun stuff.
Exactitudes: an amazing distillation of trends
Posted in art, Uncategorized, tagged cool hunting, cultural anthropology, fashion, hipsters, music fashion, non conformists, punk, styles, trend forecasting, trendforecasting, trends, trendwatching, trendy on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Exactitudes is a site that cuts straight to the center of things. Distilling various trendmongers down into clear and exact categories. Sometimes with audio if you choose their “slider view”. Everyone thinks they are being so different… yet we are all just conforming. I dare you to be truly unique… it’s quite difficult. “Technohippies” shown [...]
Eric Meyer… Simple Shoes… and how much of history is wrong?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eric Meyer, Genealogy, History, history is wrong, History of Simple, History of Simple Shoes, incorrect history, incorrect information on the net, Simple, simple shoes, Simple shoes founder, the movement on December 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This post doesn’t really match up to my stated topic for this blog… so feel free to ignore it and move on…. but my Dad died two weeks ago and I miss him. He was an interesting fellow… a 1940′s and 1950′s Modernist architect… and a real Beatnik. (Although he would hate me calling him that… [...]
antique futurist clock
Posted in architecture, Uncategorized, tagged clock on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
because digital is soooo 2000′s nixie clock
How do we fix this?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Assets of the US… per citizen: $240,000 Liabilities of the US… per citizen: $344,000 from: usdebtclock.org
This must mean something… I don’t know what… but something…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
a hot walker for the cubicle… the “walkstation”
my favorite ad
Posted in shoe designer nerdiness, Uncategorized on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You have to read the fine print under the shoe. It’s circa 1993 or so… Rolling Stone magazine. We wrote over 500 different ads between 1991 and 1996… crazy.
Big Air in Los Osos… circa 1979
Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I kinda wish I still had those socks. From the “Extra” page in the back of Action Now magazine… in the early action sports years.
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