Archive for October, 2006

Headed to New York

Monday, October 30th, 2006

I’m headed to New York for a week for a little vacation and CMJ Music Marathon. I will be returning on Monday November 6th so The Opine will be blank for the next week. I will have plenty of music and fun stuff to write about upon my return. Cheers!

37 Signals manifesto ebook, Getting Real

Friday, October 27th, 2006

"37signals’ manifesto and eBook, Getting Real, is available for free as an HTML site. The book details 37signals’ rapid prototyping and web-app
development process with the goal of showing you “the smarter, faster,
easier way to build a successful application.” If you’re familiar with the company’s  Backpack and Basecamp, the ebook essentially answers the question, How’d they [...]

Beck: Cellphones Dead Video

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Josh Spear says
"Beck’s always a little bit ahead of the curve when it comes to his music videos–
one thing is for sure, he’s not afraid to take a risk or two and stray
from the norm. This music video for Cellphones Dead was directed by
none other than über-talented (yes I just said Uber) Michel Gondry
(Dave [...]

The Book of Cool

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Want to learn how to spin pens on your finger? Do mad Frisbee tricks? Flip bottles behind the bar? Bust a Kickflip? Breakdance like a street champ? Reverse bank a pool shot? Well then the The Book of Cool is for you. There is "cool" trailer on the website that is definitely worth checking out. 

The Dude abides hoodie

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Obviously they borrowed a little er all of the design inspiration from OBEY, yet the Dude does abide.
We missed the east coast Lebowski Fest again, but just got an email from the organizers telling us about their new Abide Hoodie ($35) and T-Shirt ($15). There’s no real explanation as to why every man should have [...]