June 18, 2009 @ 11:33 am
This spectacular VIP package goes on sale tomorrow at the Mute Math online store. It’s hard to tell from the image, but it looks like you get an Armistice T-shirt, a vinyl record of the album, a CD (with a digital version…?), a concert ticket, a ticket to an exclusive Mute Math mobile listening party, and a “First In Line” pass.
Grab this whole deal starting tomorrow (Fri)!
PS: If you haven’t already, you should check and see if Mute Math is coming to a concert venue near you!
December 23, 2008 @ 10:28 pm
UPS Delivery By Bike! Salem, Oregon from nwduffer on Vimeo.
Oregon has long been known as one of the most bike-friendly places in all of the US. I always hear about forward-thinking initiatives for bicyclists coming out of Oregon and this one is no exception. Apparently, UPS has enlisted the help of local cyclists to deliver holiday packages to their intended destinations. The move is no doubt a great one for the environment and for UPS because it allows them to distribute more packages to more neighborhoods without putting more vehicles on the road. [via]
Pacific Pedalling caught up with one of their guest writers, Tina Brubaker, who just so happened to be a UPS delivery woman by bicycle. It turns out that people like Tina help UPS deliver anywhere from 25-70+ packages a day while on a bike. Their 200-pound load is attached to their bicycle via a cart and their garages are used as hubs for picking up more packages for delivery.
November 23, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
Flo brought over 4 packs of “America’s new favorite cookie” (I made that up, pay me if you use it) and I was able to compare the white US-package design to the brown-Australian package design.
The first thing you notice about the different Tim Tam packs is their color. I personally prefer the brown packaging because the cookies themselves are chocolate. I mean, the white packaging has the Tim Tam on the cover too, but the chocolate swirls on the Australian packaging are more salivating.
Other than the exterior packaging, the cookies are basically the same. They come in the same quantities per pack and are packaged inside in the exact same way. Anyway, to kick off the American launch of these babies, all Tim Tam cookies are currently on sale at Target. RUSH RUSH RUSH!
October 28, 2008 @ 7:48 pm
Hmm, so it seems that the Pepsi cans with the new Pepsi logo that were spotted in the wild were actually part of a larger effort by Pepsi to get people to talk about their brand new look. The packages contained 3 smaller boxes filled with 5 cans of Pepsi each — one with 5 cans with the logo from 1898 to 1950; another with 5 cans with the logo from 1962 to 1998; and the final one with all 5 cans sporting the newest logo.
The thing I don’t understand however is how they didn’t see the beauty that is the white can with one of the old script logos. Seriously, I think a move to put these white cans on store shelves would probably be better than continuing on with that ugly generic blue can that they’re going with. I mean, how many other companies can you name with white soda cans? I think that’s just brilliant and gorgeous!
I understand their need to stand out from Coca-Cola, but I think the two logos look different enough that most people would be able to tell them apart even from far away. If they were going to only slightly revamp a logo they’ve used before, I think they shoud have worked on the Pepsi script logo. That would have been killer.
