found this on ebay. don’t buy it.

at long last, a new track from detroit’s big sean off his highly anticipated (at least in my mind) finally famous: vol.3 mixtape. download this firey rock right here.

quoted from soulland:

“We’re very proud of how well the Soulland Adler Fedora has been received in the short time it has existed. To celebrate, we’ve teamed up with our favorite crew from Alken Film and Nahm Studio and made a short film that takes you backstage and shows how the fedoras are hand crafted in a small factory in Copenhagen.”

my interpretation:

“50% new era, 50% fedora, 100% hand made, people have been psyched on the adler hat because it is, clearly, awesome. but despite the innovation and quality, they aren’t flying out the door with a hefty €200 price tag attached to them. in an effort to boost sales, we’ve put together this video to emphasize the craftsmanship that goes into each hat, justifying said cost.”

it almost worked. the video is interesting, and well done. plus, i miss hearing danish spoken.

my friend ruby came up with a humanitarian solution for all the plastic bags stashed in your kitchen. she’s been hosting utility quilt events around oregon, the next being on april 24th from 10am-5pm at southridge high school in beaverton. there you can donate bags or time towards her goal of sending 100 utility quilts to haiti! click right about here: plastic bags for haiti if you want more.

eyjafjallajökull wreaking havoc on the flight board at heathrow airport. to any stranded travelers reading this: you must be really bored.

i’m pretty jazzed on this brewing technique. it produces just about the ‘cleanest’ cup of coffee possible, and looks really good doing it. the downside: a 12oz cup of vacuum pot coffee can set you back about $10 in one of those high-falutin’ cafés (like barista in portland).

“Invented in France in the 1840s, [the vacuum pot] was favored in early 20th Century America but got muscled out by automatic drip. With the renewed interest in fine coffee brewing, the vacuum has made a comeback. The device consists of a glass coffeepot and an upper glass chamber connected by a siphon tube. Water is placed in the lower coffeepot while ground coffee goes in the top chamber, fitted with a cloth filter. When the water heats to a boil on a stove, it travels up through the tube into the top chamber to mix with the coffee grounds. When the device is removed from the heat source, coffee is pulled back down through the filter into the pot, finishing with a gurgly flourish. It creates not just a complex pot of java but also a fun show. Good for those who want to retain richness from coffee oils, have the patience to carefully monitor their coffeepot, and enjoy a good spectacle.”

my friend adam, looking well proper on his wedding day.

puma and the fuse project, saving the world. they’ve come up with a more “sustainable” way to package shoes made in china. there’s a less overly-critical write-up about this collaboration here.

always a sucker for simple, affordable denim, my next pair might be coming from sweden. indigofera recently dropped these fuzzy looking beauties. get ‘em for the price of some A.P.C.’s at scandinavia’s best online shop: c-store.