Archive for September, 2006
I’m always on the look out for a shoe that’s as comfortable as a sneaker, is passable as kind of dressy, and is not totally dorky. Admittedly, my standards for dressy are pretty low, and dorky is kind of subjective, but as far as comfort goes, these shoes are a no-brainer. The company espouses what they call “The Hybrid Life,” which involves balancing an outdoor lifestyle with social responsibility, and innovation. Cool, comfortable shoes that aren’t evil - the perfect combo!
- Randy
September 27th, 2006
A friend of mine just turned me on to this site. It’s an online company that helps you produce custom merchandise at a resonable price. It is really easy - once you have a design created, you upload it to the site, then you can decide if you want to put it on a T-Shirt, coffee mug, button, virtually anything. Plus, if you really like what you’ve done they’ll let you sell what you make afterwards!
Cafepress.com will let you open shop on their site — you supply the design and they will facilitate the orders, handle processing, billing and customer service for you. No joke! Here is one of my favorites from the marketplace… click here.
- Jess
September 14th, 2006
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I know most sophisticated bottled water drinkers would laugh at a taste test between two mass market bottled water brands—owned and distributed by Pepsi and Coke. This demographic has moved beyond Evian to Fiji water and even more exotic bottled waters. After all, both Aquafina and Dasani water are bottled purified water—not natural water from springs. But I have to admit that after drinking many exotic brands of bottled water, I believe that Coca Cola’s Dasani brand is the best tasting mass market bottled water—much better than more exotic brands priced at 3-4 times its price.
Pepsi’s Aquafina brand advertises its water as “Pure Water—Perfect Taste”. Aquafina strips out all minerals and other substances to create its “pure” water. It’s pure “purified“ water and easy on the palate. Coke’s Dasani is “enhanced with mineral for a pure, fresh taste”. Note how “pure” appears in both brands taglines—stripped of minerals (Aquafina) and enhanced with minerals (Dasani).After numerous blind tastings, I found Dasani to be bright, bracing and great tasting bottled water. I don’t know what mix of minerals is re-introduced to the purified water, but maybe the secret blend is locked in the same vault containing the magic ingredients of Coca Cola. Try it!!!!
- Peter
September 11th, 2006
