etnies.com Relaunch January 22, 2007 3 comments
I posted the following on The Colab as well.
We launched a new etnies.com, the biggest change is having each sport’s home page better reflect the content found within the site. We put some callouts to the latest podcasts right on the home page, so the kids don’t have to search around for the content nerds hard work. We’ve stopped rotating featured product, differentiated between contests & other features, and the flash now allows you to view each promotional item we have, instead of them randomly being pulled. Even though you can go to the site & view it, We’ve enclosed a screen grab of etnies Skate below:
But who cares about any of that, when we embraced microformats! These things are the way of the future, as browsers will surely integrate what is now handled by extensions such as Mike Kaply’s Operator. The extension reads events (amongst other microformats) and creates one click access for you to add the event to your calendar program of choice. It even supports local applications, such as iCal. Below is the extension in action, picking up the upcoming events we mention on the etnies Skate home page:
Get the extension & view the entire etnies calendar to get a taste of a way futuristic, interconnected browsing experience. Check the rest of the site for some hidden micro gems as well. If any Sci Fi writings are to come true, or you just want to help advance the web as the medium we all hold so dearly to our hearts, the path involves embracing microformats!
Google Reader Trends January 10, 2007 6 comments
Google reader added trends data, a neat way to view what’s been happening with your RSS habit. There’s an area that shows least read as well, a way to remove superfluous feeds. Never remove Cute Overload of course.
“From your 188 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 1,005 items, starred 11 items, and shared 26 items.”
Beach Patrol January 8, 2007 1 comment
My sisters boyfriend is at it again w/ Beach Patrol on Court TV, Monday nights at 8 & 8:30 pm.
A Posion Oak Thanksgiving November 26, 2006
Susan & I went camping in Big Sur for Thanksgiving and two days later I went to the Emergency room in Santa Barbara, covered in poison Oak. I thought it was poison Ivy I was really allergic too, turns out Oak spreads like wildfire on my sensitive pasty white skin. Several Aveeno oatmeal baths a day, Benadryl anti-itch spray, and a prescription to a corticosteroid called Prednisone, and the itching & swelling has subsided enough for me to be somewhat comfortable again.
My fingers are no longer too fat to type, so I navigated my way over to this set of three, free & new Ricky Gervais podcasts.
MTV Spot October 28, 2006 1 comment
My youngest brother, who’s both taller and better looking than me, is in this environmentally conscience commercial currently airing on MTV. He’s wearing his favorite necklace, made of white shells. I’m no director, but why didn’t they put him in a hummer? It’s a 3MB quicktime file titled fallen-hero.mov. I grabbed this video from the director’s site, collarsup.com.
Law & Order SVU September 25, 2006 1 comment
Mark has a couple, quick lines in tomorrow nights Law & Order SVU episode titled Clock. He’s the goof in the middle right of this screengrab from the episode preview. Im assuming these are his first lines in a national program and consist of the following:
“like what”
“yeah? we already do that ”
“and electing a little girl like you is gonna get them to do that?”
It starts at 10pm, Tuesday, on NBC.
First NL East title since 1988 September 19, 2006 1 comment
“After 149 games, 91 victories and a summer of dominance, the time has come for them to be the team on top. In the second season of the Minaya-Willie Randolph regime, the Mets have taken the first step toward a possible return to the World Series and maybe even a rematch with the Yankees.” - Mets.com
I didn’t know a rematch with the Yankees was part of their ten year plan. I doubt anyone other than the media would throw that nugget in there; Sure it’d be fun, but let’s wait till next year for a subway series rematch. Luckily for me, we have both the Padres and Dodgers battling for the West & Wild Card, it’s only a matter of time before NY heads out here.
Kids on Deck, episode 3 July 14, 2006 2 comments
I never found episode two, so I’ll jump right to three. This time it’s a 39 MB download - kids-on-deck-03.mov.
Spotcovr.com June 30, 2006
Our dutch intern just launched the fruits of his labor at Sole Technology in the form of Spotcovr.com.
From Ivo himself:
Spotcovr is a place where you can explore skate spots around the world and add your own, complete with full descriptions, photos and comments from other skateboarders.
Get in there and add some spots.