Phonebooth

Pea coat laden yuppies cruised by typing on their Blackberry's and iPhone's, avoiding these phone booths like a half frozen puddle or a homeless person. It dawned on me; who uses pay phones? With cell phone penetration over 85% in 2007, they are merely taking space and I assume cost more to remove than to maintain. Out of the fifty or so photos I took in my stint at the Coffee shop, I like this one because it shows life passing by the phone booths. Like any transitional technology, these phone booths will soon be relics, like laserdiscs or fax machines. Look for phone booths next time you're out and about and you will be surprised at how many you see.

Thanksgiving Break: Trecking the Eastern Sea Board

For the next nine days i will be on Thanksgiving break. I plan on spending a couple days in Boston, and then hopping on a flight down to Philadelphia for a couple days, and then up to Manhattan for a night or two and then back to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving and then finally back to Maine. I plan taking a lot of photos and hope to find some cool things for the blog.

Netflix Watch Instanatly: Gems

Ever since Netflix opened up its Watch Instantly feature to Macs two weeks ago, I have been sifting through the 10,000 titles looking for gems. Unfortunately, most of the movies are pulled from Showtime's B grade content. Just think Waterworld at 4:30 am on a Tuesday and you will get the idea. Here is a link to the an Engadget article describing how to sign up for the Beta. Here are some quality titles that have kept me from my work over the last two weeks...

Rushmore, No Country For Old Men, Ordinary People, and last but not least, Red Dawn.

Trip To Burton Factory: Part 2

As a recovering shoe addict, I head strait to the footwear section of any store I enter. The Burton store was no exception. Pulling multiple, "no thank you, I'm just looking," Heisman on salesmen, I headed strait to the shoe section to assess the situation. All of Gravis', Burton's street wear sub brand, looked disappointingly familiar...

Recognize this shoe?
Well maybe this will help...
This is a well worn, Nike SB Verona, purchased at Exit Real World in Portland Oregon in Spring of 2007, which Gravis photocopied. Note the red ascents and same sized cement print.

Burton has amazing design talent at their finger tips. This season, Burton teamed up with Futura to create limited edition outerwear and with Head Porter to create some beanes. Former veteran Burton designer, Hiroki Nakamura, has recently gained substantial following through the success of his brand Visvim. Why doesn't Burton leverage their knowledge of manufacturing, design, quality, and quality to create interesting footwear?