Shop partner newsletter out again. Unfortunately authoress of newsletter (self) brilliantly forgot to give an address for answering the competition question. The answer to that question: winner at spreadshirt dot net. The newsletter: over here.
Archive for June, 2006
In time for summer, the roller (and inline, and quad) in Camberley and beyond, the Camberley Skaters website. With info on nutrition, training, skates, and “inline basketball rules” (!). And where to skate, and upcoming events. And some gear for enthusiasts:
Sorry for the spotty postings. But I was in transit. On the way to my home 1.0: in the US. In Virginia, on a dairy farm, where I grew up. There’s proof, if you don’t believe me:
Since I’ve arrived it’s been pouring rain. And plans to continue for the next week. What’s the weather like where you are?
In honour of the RoboCup 2006*, which just ended yesterday, we offer this selection from nerd.ws:
There are many many more brilliant shirts, belts, bags. Really, this selection is not close to a fair representation. Other designs include: WILL HACK FOR FOOD, COFFEE INSIDE, PHREAK, IT’S NOT A BUG IT’S A FEATURE.
* According to the website: “RoboCup is an international joint project to promote AI, robotics, and related field[s]…The ultimate goal of the RoboCup project is By 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world champion team in soccer. In order for a robot team to actually perform a soccer game, various technologies must be incorporated including: design principles of autonomous agents, multi-agent collaboration, strategy acquisition, real-time reasoning, robotics, and sensor-fusion.
How this is related to nerd.ws? Um, total total fluke.
Ok, so FIFA’s fussing causing you to lose some nice designs from your shop was annoying enough. But at least they didn’t take your trousers. Or did they? Any of our Dutch friends watch the game in your oranje keks?
Apparently a lot of students use Google to help them write their papers. Who could’ve guessed? The Guardian says “[m]ore than half of all university students believe their tutors would fail to spot work plagiarised from the internet, a new survey has revealed.” And there is a quote from professor Sally Brown, who says that ignorance of what plagiarism is, is part of the problem. She defines current students as “postmodern, eclectic, Google-generationists, Wikipediasts, who don’t necessarily recognise the concepts of authorships/ownerships”.
In writing a comment for the derby blog, I got sucked into the google search world. And learned:
- There are 164 Starbucks in Manhattan (which equals one per .35 square kilometers)
- Grafton Street in Dublin “is the sixth most expensive street in the world“
- Copenhagen’s the 8th most expensive city (in the world), and 12, 13 and 14 are New York, Milan and Dublin
- There are 118 Pret a Mangers in Greater London (which by my calculations means every 14.45 square kilometers)
- McDonalds has over 31,000 restaurants worldwide
Don’t you feel smarter? Or smaller?
We’re looking for cool shops/clothing labels in London UK for an upcoming event (more as things unfold). Do you have any favourites or know anyone running a great one? If so, please write me directly: sfc @ spreadshirt.net
In related-ish news, the first offline Spreadshirt shop opened in Berlin. It’s the Derby shop (winning designs of the Derby). And it looks pretty brilliant:
A radio discussion about youtube’s birth and wild success and cultural implications.
The shirt I most wish I thought of:
While we’re at it: My top 10 World Cup viewing gripes from Ben McFarland at blogs.guardian.co.uk/worldcup06/. Including “Angola’s tactics”, “Not enough fouls and fisticuffs” and “Mars advert”.
And Top Microsoft blogger to resign: the “unofficial corporate voice” of Microsoft, blogger Robert Scoble is leaving to join up with PodTech.Net.
