Archive for February, 2009
Congratulations Kevin! We’re very pleased that your work is getting out there! You deserve it, big time.
For our blog readers: Kevin penned the cover story in our current issue entitled, “Capturing the Stare,” which documents Kevin’s world travels, photographing over 30,000 people staring at him.
If you’d like to… Read the rest
If you’re not already sold on base jumping, this video should do it.
[Via: BLiNC Magazine]… Read the rest
It’s not entirely clear why cyclists would want want to wear a reflective safety vest that displays their speed in gigantic neon lights on their back, but that didn’t stop musician and bizarro-fiction author Mykle Hansen from engineering one anyway.
The SPEED-VEST sounds like it could be something out of… Read the rest
Progressive San Francisco just got a little more progressive thanks to the recent announcement by Mayor Gavin Newsom that city departments will have to declare how much money they spend on air travel as well as pay 13% of their air travel costs into a carbon offset program, overseen by… Read the rest
We reported earlier this week that China had banned foreigners from entering Tibet in preparation for the anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s exile. That ban reaches even to the mountaineering community, according to ExplorersWeb, who confirmed this week that the Tibetan side of Everest will be closed to climbers until… Read the rest
With a name like “Never-Summer” we had to choose this photo as our last one for February’s snow day theme. Photo props go to Kate Calder who captured all the action of the Colorado slopes and the incredibly sunny day in this excellent shot.
Ready for another Friday Photo contest?… Read the rest
If you enjoy traveling — and by traveling I don’t mean on a luxurious cruise ship with staff that is at your service 24/7, I’m talking nitty-gritty-really-get-to-know-a-culture kind of stuff — then you need to be following our friends at Matador Network. With various websites all devoted to traveling —… Read the rest
Most surfers in the world have heard of the legendary break in Tahiti named Teahupoo, which is bro-referred to as ‘Chopes.’ Chopes is a perfect left hand reef break that breaks below sea level and is probably the heaviest wave in the world. Take a look.
The reason its so… Read the rest
All throughout the presidential race we kept hearing the phrase ‘clean coal.’ Theoretically, you could burn coal and filter out the emissions that are filled with global warming agents and pollutants such as mercury. Theoretically. But, no one is doing it, and no one plans to. Companies all over the… Read the rest
With a derailleur to ease your bike powered washing experience, I wonder how many hipsters will want to clean their skinny jeans in this contraption?
All jokes aside, the washing machine was developed by Mayapedal, a cool non-profit in Guatemala that recycles bicycles to build bike-powered machines.
[Via: Homegrown Evolution]… Read the rest
Here at Wend, we just signed on to Save Our Wild Salmon’s letter calling on President Obama and Oregon Senator Merkley for solutions on the Columbia-Snake River Basin. Here’s the official press release via Save Our Wild Salmon (you can learn more on the SOS blog):
Today, more than 100 … Read the rest
Wondering what to pack for that trek across Central Asia? Why not get some computer-generated help from The Universal Packing List, an online program that was developed to help users generate a custom packing list for any journey.
In 1988, Mats Henricson, a computer programmer, spent months compiling lists of… Read the rest
Have your business meetings grown as stale as the office coffee? Do your employees stare listlessly at the squirrels outside instead of paying attention to your thoughtful PowerPoint presentations? Why not stop fighting the inevitable and take the entire group for a ride outside on a brand new Conference Bike?… Read the rest
I came across this today over at the Goat Blog, stoked these guys have made an inflatable surfboard travel bag. A friend of mine started talking about a bag like this a few years ago in Nicaragua, bummer they beat me to it.… Read the rest
