by The Editors on October 7, 2008
Nearly 3,000 pairs of “fake Vans shoes” were seized by the Philippines’ National Bureau of Investigation in Pasay City on Monday according to a story on Inquirer.net.
Raided were the sales outlet of Wintelo Merchandising located at Stall S-23, Bagong Milenyo Wholesale Center, F.B. Harrison Street, Pasay City. . . . Agents of the NBI Intellectual Property Rights Division also swooped down on the establishment’s stockrooms located at Unit B-43, Bagong Milenyo Wholesale Center; and at the 3rd Floor, LEY Warehouse, Russel Avenue, also in Pasay City.
Sounds like someone missed a bribe payment.
[Link: Inquirer.net]
by The Editors on October 6, 2008
Whenever we hear about things like someone skateboarding around the world, or across the country we always have the same question: who would actually do something like that?
Then we see picture of the guy and usually it all makes sense.
Take New Zealander Rob Thomson for example. He has “skateboarded” 12,000 kilometers across three continents in the past 462 days and from his photo he looks like just the kind of guy who would do something like that. Doesn’t he? Wooo hoooo! Yeeeooow! Uuuh Huuh! That’s right!
Asked why he had undertaken the journey, Thomson said: “I struggle with that question sometimes as well.”. . . But the main reason was that he had wanted to push himself. “I took a couple of years of my life to put myself outside of my comfort zone,” he told National Radio. “I’ll take something away from that in my life to come to just keep trying to learn, to keep making sure I push myself past my comfort zone and continue to learn.”
That fact that he wasn’t doing it to raise money for charity makes it a little better, but come on.
[Link: Stuff.co.nz]
by The Editors on October 6, 2008
by The Editors on October 6, 2008
by The Editors on October 5, 2008
We rolled by the Etnies Skateboard Park in Lake Forest, CA on Saturday afternoon to check out the festivities. Early on it looked like the weather was going to shut the entire 2008 Etnies GVR contest as rain totally slicked out the park only moments before the official start. The crowd ran for cover, but they didn’t leave.
After some deft squeegee and leaf blowers work the skatepark crew got the entire street course dried up and back in action.
It was a great Saturday in the park. Bad Religion brought back all kinds of memories while Hyper Crush made us think back to the future.
Click here to see all the photos.
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by The Editors on October 5, 2008
All our photos from Saturday in the park. Click on the images and see them full size.
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by The Editors on October 4, 2008
We know full well that Goofy-footed skaters have always been the best in the world, so there’s really no need to have to prove it . All you have to do is check the list of riders at the etnies GvR ’08 website and you’ll see exactly what we mean. But prove it the goofy-footers will today and tomorrow at the etines skateboard park in Lake Forest, CA.
The live webcast starts at 11:30 am PST today (October 4, 2008). Check it out by clicking the link. And there’s still time to show up in person. Click here for directions.
[Link: GvR Live Stream]
by The Editors on October 3, 2008
Thanks to “a new mezzanine and high-tech, three-level pick module designed and implemented by Tompkins Associates, Sole Technology is utilizing vertical space, and this “vertical change” has doubled the company’s capacity while increasing processing volume and lowering labor costs” at it’s 315,000 distribution center. God, what a mouthful of business blather that was.
Working with Tompkins Associates, we were able to design and implement a brand new distribution center in 12 months,” added Theo Song, vice president of supply chain at Sole Technology. “The new facility is helping us support our growth needs, as well as better satisfy our customer requirements. The overall process, or implementation, was actually quite smooth, and the new DC is performing well beyond our expectations.”
That warehouse looks pretty impressive, no? We’re guessing these Tompkins Associates people could work wonders with our garage as well. Maybe we should call them.
[Link: Supply & Demand Chain]
by The Editors on October 2, 2008
You know things are tough when a story gets written about a magazine insert because it has 18 advertisers. But that’s why Media Daily News just wrote up EXPN magazine.
One reason that EXPN may be prospering is its 12- to-29-year-old male target, which seems to have disposable income during the economic downturn. “They’re as unaffected by this as you can be,” said Steven Binder, vice president of ad sales at ESPN The Magazine.
Unaffected? Sounds like something only a VP of ad sales could say. You know, someone riding high on 18 “pospering” pages of advertising.
[Link: Media Daily News]
by The Editors on October 1, 2008
The Burton Corp wants to sell Analog product so badly they’re willing to exploit a homeless man’s genitalia.
In the October 2008 issue of Blisss magazine, Analog’s ad features a homeless man laying on the front steps of what looks like a church with his pants undone and his penis out. To Analog this is apparently hilarious. “Please Use Buttons,” they joke.
They really should be nicer to him. He’s probably one of the few people in the world who would wear Analog without getting paid.
