Dog Poop Insurance is a product that would potentially be available for a single-premium at the time of purchasing your new shoes.
posted by gman
on Jan 23, 2012 -
15 comments
Corey Adams and Alex Craig are a tag-team of independent filmmakers probably best known for their feature film,
Machotaildrop, the fruit of having won a million dollars in a filmmaking contest held by Fuel TV. That win was on the strength of their very cool short,
Harvey Spannos. Their most recent
project features the dread "Manwolf" gang from Machotaildrop and appears to be an ad for an eponymous skate shoe model that is being released by éS. Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be Manwolfs (sic, so sic, dude.)
posted by Roachbeard
on Aug 18, 2011 -
4 comments
Eleven minutes of the most mindblowing personal collection of Nike shoes, themed rooms, backwards walking and decorations you'll ever see. Jordan Michael Geller's
Shoezeum.
posted by cashman
on Aug 2, 2011 -
22 comments
"'I am going to get rid of everything, including mosquitoes, that bothers me, anywhere in the world, and then I will be a very happy, content person.' We're laughing, but it's what we all do." SLYT: A wry two-minute teaching about avoiding pain by Buddhist nun
Pema Chodron, based on
these writings of the 8th century scholar
Shantideva. For those who don't like video, here's a
transcript (scroll down.) For those who
really like video, here's
55 minutes of Chodron with Bill Moyers. (This too has
a partial transcript.)
posted by escabeche
on Jan 11, 2010 -
81 comments
Crocs face bankruptcy! They sold over 100 million pairs of their practical, stylish yet affordable shoes to George W Bush, Steven Tyler and my overweight aunt amongst others, so where did it all go wrong? One bright note: boxed, early models are already selling on Ebay for big money.
posted by johnny novak
on Jul 17, 2009 -
226 comments
Women losing their shoes, mostly high heels, appear to be a common theme in movies and TV serials... This list one is the first, consisting of what I term “Prime” shoe loss scenes... [more inside]
posted by fearfulsymmetry
on Apr 18, 2009 -
50 comments
Wednesday, a woman jumped from the top tier of the Queens Center Mall, leaving by the railing a distraught companion, her purse,
and her shoes. At first glance it would seem a spontaneous, strange thing to do, but it was most likely a premeditated action to show her intent. Workers on the Golden Gate Bridge
use shoes as a clue of somebody about to jump, and Japan has long known that people who end their life
leave their shoes behind.
Age has little to do with it, and
method seems irrelevant, so the common bond seems to be that taking off your shoes is
the second-to-the-last decision some people make in their lives.
posted by AzraelBrown
on Apr 10, 2009 -
125 comments
"...relatives and fans of the shoe-throwing journalist, who has become a national hero, have
staged a sit-in in a park adjacent to the Green Zone, and their numbers are growing. Army tanks and helicopters surrounded the 400 protesters and demanded they disband, but authorities were apparently persuaded that Iraq didn't need its own Tiananmen Square massacre, so the protest continues. Indeed, al-Zeidi has become a
unifying figure for an Iraq split along a deep sectarian divide, with Sunnis from Samarra reportedly joining the predominantly Shi'ite supporters of the shoe-thrower. At last report, the two groups were sitting side by side eating lamb and vegetables, with the soldiers guarding them joining in."
Via [more inside]
posted by 445supermag
on Dec 22, 2008 -
77 comments
While you may not be the shoe hoarder
some people are, you have shoes in your closet you never wear and you'd like to know what to do with them. Are they just boring? In that case you could just experiment with
new ways to lace them, or find a way to
make them light up when you walk into a room. Or you could draw on the shoes with
markers or
sharpies. You could also
paint them, going with the theme of your choice:
Art Nouveau,
Picasso,
Day of the Dead, or
any of the ideas here. You could cut
motifs from fabric and glue them on to your lace-ups,
cover your flats with new fabric,
bling up a pair of strappy shoes with glitter, or
embellish your flip-flops with some yarn. Is the old upper worn out?
Knit or
crochet a new one. Want to get where you're going faster? Make
custom roller skates, or
modify your bicycle. Do your shoes hurt your feet? Put them on your face instead as
a wrestling mask, or turn them into an
iPod case. Your shoes could also become a
birdhouse, a
planter, a
centrepiece, or an integral part of a
coat rack,
bookends or
leg lamp. If you're really not up to crafting, here are
11 non-crafty ways to recycle old shoes.
But what fun is that?!?
posted by orange swan
on Oct 29, 2008 -
22 comments
Whether you want to learn to lace shoes, tie shoelaces, stop shoelaces from coming undone, calculate shoelace lengths or even repair aglets,
Ian's Shoelace Site has the answer!
posted by Blazecock Pileon
on Jun 27, 2008 -
22 comments
How you'll wear shoes in the future... "You start with a 'bone': the made-to-measure core of the shoe that cradles your foot. You cover the bone with one of many 'skins,' the shell and sole of the shoe that creates the look everyone else sees."
posted by hermitosis
on Oct 17, 2007 -
46 comments
The Aphrodite Project :
both an homage to Aphrodite and her prostitute-priestesses as well as a practical tool for the contemporary sex worker. Or, GPS platform shoes for street hos. Check the demo.
posted by Burhanistan
on Aug 18, 2007 -
23 comments
Adidas earns the love of the masses once again, this time with
racist shoes! The most offensive part of the design is taken from original work by
Barry McGee. Yeah, maybe it's taken
out of
context (of, say,
other work dealing with racism), or is it some kind of inevitable
comic artist attraction to stereotypical imagery of the past? At any rate, those
wily Asians at Giant Robot
seem to like it, and his fans
don't seem that offended.
Whether you love or hate that particularly inscrutable mascot, McGee is actually an
experienced,
prolific, and
talented guy. (He was also married to artist
Margaret Kilgallen until her
death in 2001, and is now the
single father of their daughter Asha.)
McGee once said,
"Sometimes a rock soaring through a plate of glass can be the most beautiful, compelling work of art I have ever seen". Oh, and p.s.--he's
half-Chinese, you cry-babies ;-)
More on the controversy:
1,
2,
3.
posted by ibeji
on Apr 10, 2006 -
48 comments
