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That is all.
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Nike And Vice Open Up The City
4 CommentsJanuary 18, 2010 – 10:07 pm
The makers of the best trainers in the world Nike (No, I’m not being paid to say that – I genuinely love Nike, and turn a blind eye to whatever sweatshop tactics they may use because, goddamn they’re cool shoes.) and cooler than thou magazine / film company / site Vice have teamed up to bring us a new geolocation app that allows users to find out the coolest spots in a variety of cities. – Nike True City.
It’s essentially a Google Maps mash up, showing the locations of a variety of restaurants, clubs, shops and general cool shit. Some of the things on there are pretty obvious. Yes the Natural History museum is impossibly awesome, but we all knew that when we were five. Luckily there are some genuine gems on there that would really go unnoticed. I’ve discovered that there is a proper (Not Yo, or anything like that, but PROPER) Sushi restaurant in walking distance from my house. Which is quite likely to get a visit. So, thanks Nike!
Well worth a download (It’s free, so no excuses) especially if you’re going to be jetting off to any of the other five cites featured on the app. It’s like having a polite, mute hipster in your pocket, giving you advice. Nice one.
Check out a video of the app here
And download it here
A How-To Video: Build your own Boozefort
3 CommentsJanuary 18, 2010 – 1:38 pm
Let me set the scene that will be familiar to anyone who sometimes drinks at home: several days ago I was well and truly up against it. Unopened bottles were looming from every angle, and to compound matters, I was struggling to keep focused. I knew that hard work and concentration were the only things that would ensure all my drinking was done on time, and to a high standard. To do this it would be necessary to build a massive fort in my living room using all of my furniture.
Unexplained Sky Spirals In Norway
1 CommentsDecember 9, 2009 – 1:27 pm
So, some completely unexplained spiral formations have been spotted over Trøndelag and Finnmark in Northern Norway. No-one knows what they are. There have been no rocket launches in the area and meteorologists are baffled.
What’s your theory? New Tuguska Event? Interdimensional portal? Or swamp gas lit up Venus? Or, most horrifying – is it a viral marketing campaign for a sci fi movie?
We Go Hunting With SmartBox
1 CommentsDecember 7, 2009 – 8:50 pm
Last week Electric Spectre spent a day running all over London and doing a lot of unusual stuff. Not out of the ordinary for the people involved in this blog you may say, but we mean REALLY unusual stuff.
This was all laid on by the lovely people from Smartbox - a company who specialise in experiences – rather than getting grandad a pair of socks for Christmas you can pack him off bungee jumping or to a boutique hotel in the Hebrides.
To show us journos what they had on offer they put us in teams, bundled us into a taxi and sent us out into town to do stuff. We were paired with the ace people from Flavour Mag and some civilians and sent to a south London recording studio.
