The Rolls-Royce of Tree Forts
Perhaps you had a tree fort as a kid...
Perhaps you had a tree fort as a kid. Metal cans filled with Big League Chew and packs of matches, a sole, damp cigarette, pages from an older brother’s mag he knows are missing but will never report, that type of thing.
Bet it never looked liked this tree fort we came across on Dwell.
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Star Wars Relativity
What do you get when you combine M.C...
What do you get when you combine M.C. Escher, Star Wars, and the imagination of a 16-year-old boy? A one-cubic-foot model of the original Star Wars Trilogy made entirely our of lego, obviously!
Aptly named ‘Star Wars Relativity V2,’ Paul Vermeesch spent 6 months creating his structure which re-imagines the entire story of Episodes 4-6 (very loosely of course) if viewed in a counter-clockwise manner.
Survival 401: Turn Your Dead Car into a Working Motorcycle
Ever since reading The Hatchet for a 3rd grade book report, I’ve had years to ponder how I would fare in a survival situation...
Ever since reading The Hatchet for a 3rd grade book report, I’ve had years to ponder how I would fare in a survival situation. While I’ve devoted no actual time to developing any of the skills I imagine are necessary to make it out of a life-and-death scenario, I have wasted plenty of time pondering and mentally cataloguing said skills: improvisational shelter construction, an intimate knowledge of plant and animal life, imperviousness to the natural elements, and of course, handmade rabbit-slaying boomerang craftsmanship. The list goes on.
Nowhere in this survival rolodex did I leave a slot for spontaneous vehicle reconstruction. Why, you ask, would I suddenly be inclined to do so? Enter Emile Leray. An electrician by trade and self-proclaimed tinkering expert, the Frenchman found himself in a unique survival situation many years ago, and only by virtue of his unique skill set was he able to make it out alive. The story goes a little something like this…
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Field Trip: Mission Workshop
Mission Workshop’s headquarters and flagship store defies the golden rule of retail: location, location, location...
Mission Workshop’s headquarters and flagship store defies the golden rule of retail: location, location, location. It’s easy to miss, diagonally athwart the otherworldly burrito joint Pancho Villa, and tucked inside Rondel, a sleepy sidestreet in San Francisco’s Mission District. But once inside, you quickly realize the well-caffeinated folks at MW wouldn’t have it any other way.
In anticipation of MW’s debut on Huckberry – part of a special sale curated by our buddies at Cool Material – founder Bart Kyzar and Lyle Barton, Int’l Head of Sales, were kind enough to have us over for a tour of the place. For those unfamiliar with Bart, he’s bag royalty, having previously founded Chrome Bags in his 20s with a bunch of buddies in a warehouse where they lived, worked, and partied, and not always in that order – a lifestyle we can certainly appreciate.
Oscar Pistorius & His Notorious "Legs"
Oscar Pistorius has no legs. Oscar Pistorius has no legs, and in the time it takes to make a Hot Pocket, Oscar Pistorius can run a quarter mile...
Oscar Pistorius has no legs. Oscar Pistorius has no legs, and in the time it takes to make a Hot Pocket, Oscar Pistorius can run a quarter mile. Oscar Pistorius has no legs.
The four-time Paralympian gold medalist sprinter was born in Johannesburg in 1986 without a fibula in either leg. The doctors amputated everything from the kneecap down when he was 13 months old. And now, he is The Fastest Man on No Legs: a defiant dervish-cum-folk hero who will run the 400m for South Africa in London next week. But not in the Paralympic Games. Oscar Pistorius will race against the world’s most fleet-footed Olympians, all of whom — to a man — have feet.
A Shipload of Boats
It started innocently enough: a one-off Facebook post about a pile of ship. Then, Huckberry reader Andy Mowrey noted that the ship carrying all of those ships was recently carried by another ship...
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It started innocently enough: a one-off Facebook post about a pile of ship. Then, Huckberry reader Andy Mowrey noted that the ship carrying all of those ships was recently carried by another ship. Pandora’s Box (aka The Google) was opened, revealing a whole host of incestuous relationships between planes, trains, and automobiles. Herewith, a post cataloguing a few of our favorite finds.
How many ships could a ship ship, if a ship could ship ships?
Did Gillette and Mad Men Kill the Beard?
Of course, no single person killed the beard. The transition from beards to a clean-shaven face lasted decades and was more than the sum of its parts...
Of course, no single person killed the beard. The transition from beards to a clean-shaven face lasted decades and was more than the sum of its parts. Yet, when we think about how we got here – a culture that is just now remembering that hirsute men shouldn’t be ashamed of their face sweaters – one suspect rises to the top: Gillette and its cadre of clean shaven, Madison Avenue ad men.
A $5 Girlfriend
You love five dollars. Love the way it sounds, love saying it like “fie dolla.” You love the numerical value of five dollars, which is somewhere between chump change and useful currency...
You love five dollars. Love the way it sounds, love saying it like “fie dolla.” You love the numerical value of five dollars, which is somewhere between chump change and useful currency. A five dollar bill feels so at home in your wallet compared to its more aloof cousin, the hundo.
Well, there is a new marketplace emerging on the internet, a different way to spend your cincos: on imaginary versions of real things. Things like friends, for instance. Sites such as Fiverr and the creatively named GirlfriendHire are creating a marketplace of dreams, because people now sell colorful fantasies at a pretty reasonable rate. (It’s not what you’re thinking).
Summer Reading
It’s hot. Damn hot. You were productive through June, but now it’s mid-July and you’ve nearly sweated yourself skinny...
It’s hot. Damn hot. You were productive through June, but now it’s mid-July and you’ve nearly sweated yourself skinny. We think it’s time to shut down the computer, pour a cold one, and sink into a hammock with a new book.
To help you with the latter, we’re launching the first of several installments of Summer Reading, a series where we’ll be asking some of our favorite designers, photographers, writers and all-around-interesting-people to share their favorite summer reads.
Google Street View: Antarctica
Google just took couchsurfing to a whole new level.
Equipped with nothing more than a pair of boxers, a Coke Zero, and an internet connection, you can now explore remote and distant corners of...
Google just took couchsurfing to a whole new level.
Equipped with nothing more than a pair of boxers, a Coke Zero, and an internet connection, you can now explore remote and distant corners of the world thanks to Google’s World Wonders Project. The project utilizes Google’s Street View technology, allowing you to explore famous world heritage sites – such as Versailles, Pompei, and Hiroshima – in a 360 degree, panoramic fashion (the behind the scenes video is pretty cool in and of it self).
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