October 28, 2010 • 4:30 pm • POSTED BY anna hartley
Sticky-fingered children have Disneyland. Travel junkies have mountaintop temples in Nepal. Elvis impersonators have Graceland. Comic book nerds — as well as a lucky few from 160over90 — have Comic Con. Comic Con, a mecca for anyone who’s ever picked up a comic book, figurine, or video game console, attracts tens of thousands of fans and fanatics [...]
October 11, 2010 • 1:59 pm • POSTED BY jbigas
Phillies postseason is fully underway with one series already swept and lots of celebrating to be had. And although its hard to pay attention to anything other than the game, I’m always surprised and intrigued by what marketing tactics sports seasons bring out. For instance, one bar had these pretty awesome non-traditional coasters out promoting [...]
October 7, 2010 • 2:37 pm • POSTED BY jbigas
I recently stumbled upon this map while scrolling through my favorite gossip blog (shown below as a small island floating in the Sea of Opinions). Naming almost every single social network, blog, file sharing platform, online game, communications tool and inside joke that the internet has to offer -and then mapping them out in a [...]
October 6, 2010 • 11:27 am • POSTED BY Tammo Walter
The San Francisco based designer Johnny Selman creates a poster a day for 365 days based on news headlines taken from the BBC website. His initiative is a reaction to online media becoming the number one medium for Americans to consume any sort of content or news and his desire to create more awareness for [...]
October 4, 2010 • 3:53 pm • POSTED BY Tammo Walter
A short film done by Mickey Smith and Allan Wilson with some amazing footage from the Atlantic coast in Ireland and the UK shot in Super 16 mm and digital with a Canon 5D Mark II. Although the film is not completely shot with the Mark II it still is another example of how amazing [...]
October 1, 2010 • 12:24 pm • POSTED BY dblackman
Our very own Justin “Angel Kisses” LaFontaine participated in the Jakes Food Challenge at 1:30pm. To say the least Justin didn’t make it through the huge meal, but it was an amazing treat watching him try. For those of you that don’t know what the challenge is, it consists of two-foot sandwich (cheesesteak, pork, or [...]