• Nah nah nah, kids are circumventing anti-Myspace filters by setting up their own proxy servers from home and accessing them at school.
shoes
The Adicolors of the Rainbow
By 5.12.06
The first two minutes are a touch slow but then the panda and the fish start playing russian roulette.
Don’t Want No Uggs
By 4.3.06
Showcasing a penchant for dorky punnery and thereby winning our hearts, Kelley writes:
BUY: Cheap Man Shoes
By 3.27.06
Get some new kicks this Spring. You don’t want to be stuffing your foot up The Man’s ass with those boring old Keds, do you?
Converse Lets You Design Your Chuck Taylors, Just Like Big-Time Rap Stars!
By 2.22.06
If you’re possessed by an attraction towards nostalgic ankle-breakers, you may enjoy designing your own “Chuck Talyor” aka “Chucks” aka “Converse All-Star” shoes here.
Morning Deals Round Up
By 1.19.06
• Get the Rogue Hawaiian Soprano Ukulele for just $26 shipped at Musicians’ Friend. Ukulele is the new Strat knock-off, hipsters. [via Dealnews]
Morning Deals Round Up: Kind of Skimpy Edition
By 1.9.06
• Buy.com has a clearance sale running through the 14th. We didn’t find any particularly fantastic deals, however, so shop carefully.
World’s Most Expensive Shoes for Women
By 1.3.06
Ladies love them shoes, says fashion watchdog Forbes.com.
Cohen estimates that shoes costing $1,000 and up account for less than 1% of total women’s fashion footwear sales (fashion footwear is defined as anything other than athletic), but he acknowledges a growing group of women willing to pay more for their shoes now than they ever have been before. “It changed as early as a year-and-a-half ago but picked up steam in the past six months. Women consider footwear their signature item now.”
Oddly enough, we consider women’s feet our signature item, although we’ve been advised to stop wearing them to Sunday School.
The Dark Winter of Our Soles
By 12.29.05
We got this frightening portent in our Gmail accounts today from shoe retailer Zappo’s. The mukluk menace mushes on.
Hopeless Petitions: Back to the Future Nikes
By 12.22.05
We know the chances of this actually working are slim-to-none, but as burgeoning sneaker junky, we’ve got to mention it. Someone has created an online petition requesting that Nike create the future high-tops worn by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future II. They look strangely hip these days, and it’s actually possible to affordably recreate the glowing Nike logo from the movie. (The powered lacing might be a little bit more difficult, but it’s probably not unpossible, either.)
Morning Deals Round-Up: Shoes, MP3 Players, Games
By 12.22.05
• The clothing clearouts are getting nicer. The code holiday2005, for instance, will get you 40%—and sometimes free shipping—at Timberland.com.
Morning Deals Round-Up: Instrument Memory Shoe Blood
By 12.19.05
• Sam Ash has a 10%-off ‘Friends and Family’ promotion going on today and tomorrow. In-store only, and you’ll need this coupon.
