Falling Whistles Fights for Free and Fair Elections in Congo

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Falling Whistles Fights for Free and Fair Elections in Congo

by daniel on April 4, 2011

Falling Whistles is a company founded for the sole purpose of bringing attention to, and seeking to alleviate the plight of child soldiers in the war-torn African nation Congo. To that end, this week Falling Whistles, in partnership with a slew of other non-profits and non-governmental organizations is seeking 200,000 signatures for a petition calling on the President and the State Department to appoint a special envoy to oversee this fall’s Congolese elections to ensure that they are free and fair, a much needed step in ending decades of war. To that end, today they’ve put a full-court press online, producing the above video, putting in calls to all their retail partners (like TruckerDeluxe.com) and blitzing Facebook, Twitter and every other possible online outlet to try to drum up support for the petition, and the cause in general. To learn more about the Special Envoy and the upcoming Congolese elections, read a blog post from FW founder Sean Carasso here, and if that gets you motivated, do your part and sign the petition online here. You can also check out Falling Whistles on TruckerDeluxe.com, including the Nickel Plated Gun Metal Whistle (below). As you might have surmised, proceeds from every purchase of a Falling Whistle go directly towards helping child soldiers in the Congo.

Kenneth Cole Fails at Twitter

by daniel on February 3, 2011

In Egypt, protesters and those trying to follow the fast moving events despite government blackouts of the internet, cell phones and other media, have been turning to Twitter, using the #Cairo hashtag to find pertinent information. In America, Kenneth Cole is using Twitter and the Cairo hashtag to shamelessly plug their spring line, which will doubtlessly be available at a Ross or TJ Maxx near you soon. And we wonder why the rest of the world hates us…

Space, Man

by daniel on December 29, 2010

Here are some pictures taken from space, which in and of itself is pretty badass. Because it’s space, and its far away, not to mention filled with AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF FOREVER. But what’s even crazier about these pics, taken by US astronaut and current commander of the International Space Station Colonel Douglas H. Wheelock is that they were all posted on Twitter. That’s right: while you were posting pictures of your lunch, or your cat, this dude was in space, commanding the space station and snapping pics of the world. FROM SPACE. Then posting them on Twitter alongside your misspelled trending topic hashtags and shameless begging for celebrity retweets. Man I remember a couple years ago you couldn’t even get the internet on damn plane, and now they got wi-fi on the space station? The future is finally here. You can follow Wheelock’s Twitter account here, and check out more of his amazing pictures after the jump. [click to continue…]

The Future of Footwear: Facebook x Adidas Superstars

by daniel on November 30, 2010

First things first; put your sneaker boner away, these shoes don’t actually exist so you can’t buy them anywhere, let alone here. But if they did exist, it’d be badass. These fantasy Facebook kicks were dreamt up by designer Gary McKay who also just so happened to design a sick pair of Twitter superstars as well. Dear Adidas, make these shoes. Love, Everybody.

ALERT: Eva Longoria is Single!

by Kat Cruz on November 17, 2010

Rumors have been flying around all weekend that Eva Longoria was filing for divorce from her NBA husband, Tony Parker. Well today her Tweet made it official:

“It is with great sadness that after 7 years together, Tony and I have decided to divorce. We love each other deeply and pray for each other’s happiness. “

Sources say Parker was having an affair with teammate Brent Barry’s wife. The affair had been going on for a year and apparently Eva found all of the text messages to prove it. What is up with NBA players? Poor Eva! Who would ever want to cheat on her hot ass?

TruckerDeluxe Interview: Connetic x Kwong Lee

by Kat Cruz on October 13, 2010

Here at TruckerDeluxe we are bringing you first-hand cool shit all the time. Good ole Brandon is sportin’ the Meditation tee with a Connetic black hat (available online soon!). Can you see the guy meditating in the tee? Check out this exclusive interview with Connetic owner Kwong Lee.

First off give me a brief history of how you got into fashion and design?

I’ve always been into fashion and a fan of art for as long as I can remember. I grew up in the skateboarding scene in the 80′s and 90′s. Most skaters back then were into speed metal, but there were a select few of us that were into hip hop. I’ve created a brand that is based on what i know, and that is the skateboarding and action sports culture that is influenced by hip hop.

How did you hookup with Luke Winter at Trucker?

I got hooked up with Luke through one of my good friends Tony D. Tony had really good things to say about Luke and his shop. He also thought that Connetic would be a great fit in Trucker. So here we are.

A lot of your designs are SF staples, does this mean you are from the Bay Area?

Yes, we are based in the bay. Not all of use were born here but we’ve all been residing here for over a decade.

Where do the inspirations for your other designs come from? Trucker currently has in-stock: Bob Marley, Mr. T, Astronaut, Geisha, Willow tree and San Francisco tees.

Our inspirations come from our past and present experiences. We use the SF theme because we call the bay our home. All of our Music artist shirts are Tributes, it’s our way of paying respect to that artist. The Mr. T shirts is a character that we grew up watching when we were kids. It’s called the meditation because if you look carefully there is another character in there meditating. We use the tree with a deep root system because our slogan is “STONG ROOTS” because we at Connetic think it is very import to understand your heritage and be proud of where ever you came from.

Where can we find you, what social media outlets?

We are on Facebook. We will be on Twitter and Youtube soon.

What should we expect in the future?

More cool shit!

Hear it here first. Support fashion and rep the Bay. Go Giants! Go Sharks! C’mon 9ers.

50 Cent Don’t Take Out The Trash

by daniel on August 27, 2010

Just in case the “getting his tattoos lasered off and losing 100 pounds to play a cancer patient in a movie” thing had you thinking 50 Cent was still super hard, he’s been blowing up Twitter the last couple days with the details of his gangsta lifestyle, such as being forced to take the trash out by his grandma and how he’s hungry but he can’t eat because “it’s to late at night.” He also issued a warning: “Man when I figure out how to use the spell Check on this motherfucker you niggas in trouble.” Better watch out. Or not. Follow 50 on Twitter for your daily dose of bad punctuation and hollow internet threats, and then follow TruckerDeluxe on Twitter for your daily dose of awesome.

Celebrity Plastic Surgeon Drives Off Cliff While Tweeting

by daniel on August 18, 2010

Dr. Frank Ryan, the plastic surgeon to the stars responsible for the surgical monstrosity that is Heidi Montag among others, was tweeting about his dog just seconds before driving off a cliff to his death, near his Malibu home on Monday:

Dr. Frank Ryan, plastic surgeon to Heidi Montag and other celebrities, was sending a Twitter message about his border collie just before his fatal car accident, his ex-girlfriend tells PEOPLE.
“He lived up in Malibu on a tiny street and he was texting while driving and he accidentally went over the cliff,” Charmaine Blake says. Blake, a celebrity publicist, says Ryan’s family was told by investigators that the Tweeting caused the wreck on Monday. The dog, whose name is Jill – Blake’s middle name – was in the car at the time of the crash and survived injuries to the head, eye and paw.

The moral of this story is, of course, don’t live anywhere where there’s cliffs. Those things are dangerous!

Kid Gets 26,000 Text Messages After Justin Bieber Tweets His Number

by daniel on August 16, 2010

Justin Bieber may look like any other lesbian working in a Portland coffee shop, but he is in fact an evil genius. After some kids hacked Bieber’s friends phone to get Bieber’s number and then tried to contact him, Bieber posted said hacker’s personal phone number to his 4.5 million followers on Twitter under the guise of it being his own number and encouraged his adoring adolescent and pedophile fanbase to call him or text him. As the video above shows, what ensued for Kevin Kristopik, the kid whose number Bieber posted was an epic shitstorm:

He reportedly received 26,000 text messages — here’s hoping he has the unlimited text messaging plan, though that wouldn’t necessarily protect his phone bill from expensive international texts. Kristopik’s father was quoted by the Free Press saying, “If it costs us $2,000 or $10,000, it’s out of line.”

Moral of the story: don’t fuck with Bieber, man. Dude is cold.

Landon Donovan Won the Game, and the Internet

by daniel June 24, 2010

The game-winning goal by Team USA’s Landon Donovan in today’s do-or-die World Cup soccer match against Algeria caused the second-largest internet spike in history, which you probably noticed if you [...]

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Hayley Williams from Paramore Gets Her Twitter “Hacked,” Topless Pics Posted

by daniel May 28, 2010

When you play with fire, you get burned. In this case, fire is the internet, more specifically, sending topless photos of yourself to your boyfriend via the internet. It’s dangerous [...]

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