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Glumbert - Ski-gliding the Eiger

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:52:23 -0700

If you saw this in Warren Miller last year - you know it was the best segment of the film. Here is a little more insaneness on Ski-Gliding.

Um, Yes Please.

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:43:02 -0700

Um, Yes Please.

We love art. Art is clutch. Public art, doubly so. Check out...

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:02:27 -0700

We love art. Art is clutch. Public art, doubly so. Check out this amazing animation done using public walls in Buenos Aires. Unbelievable.

(Via BluBlu.org)

Baseball was, is, and always will be America’s Pasttime. ...

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:42:51 -0700

Baseball was, is, and always will be America’s Pasttime. As new ballparks are replacing the very few original parks in existence, it becomes all the more amazing to watch a game from Fenway. But what does it look like to watch those watching a game at Fenway?

Check out this amazing time-lapse of an entire game played at Fenway Park. It’s breathtaking, it’s beautiful, and it highlights just how quickly it is all passing. Who knows, Fenway might be the next to go.

Clay Shirky’s talk on the “cognitive surplus”...

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:42:34 -0700

Clay Shirky’s talk on the “cognitive surplus” at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco was Genius. Check it out, its worth your time.

Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival: Tom Sellecks | Creativity Online

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:41:34 -0700

Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival: Tom Sellecks | Creativity Online: Marketing like this amazes us. As does Tom Selleck’s mustache.

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the next Jimi Hendrix…well in...

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:38:34 -0700

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the next Jimi Hendrix…well in about 10 years or so. Actually, the dude RIGHT NOW is so good I am frightened to think how good he’ll be when he IS 21. Yeah, you heard right, the kid is 11.

His name is Sungha Jung and he’s from South Korea and we’ll be damned if the kid can’t groove. It’s funny because you see a lot of little kids playing some form of musical instrument on YouTube and most of the REALLY good ones look like they are just playing verbatim from memory. No emotion, no style, no grace and no groove. This little kid grooves and you can tell he’s feeling it.

Now you should all go check out his other amazing covers. I am particularly fond of his rendetion of U2’s “With or Without You.” Rock on Sungha Jung….we’ll keep watching.

When it comes to Flickr Photographers and an absolute grasp of...

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:46:59 -0700

When it comes to Flickr Photographers and an absolute grasp of HDR photos, look no further than Kris Kros. The man just gets it right, and as the popularity of HDR Photography begins to absolutely fly through the roof, it’s amazing to see someone at the forefront of it all.

For those of you who do not know, HDR stands for High-Dynamic Range and accodring to Wikipedia, it is basically:

“a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI [the I stands for Imaging] is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows”

His stream is unique, multi-faceted and filled with great images that range from the aforementioned HDR’s to just down-right awesome photos of the life around him. Head over and check it out, you won’t be sorry, you will be inspired.

Speaking of swapping out stuff in your office for far more...

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:15:58 -0700

Speaking of swapping out stuff in your office for far more Clutch things, what about the conference table itself? Yeah, it’s tired, it’s lame and it hasn’t really been changed for a century. Until now.

Swap out your boring mahogony table for one of these Musical Furnishing Musical Rumba Series tables and I guarantee you’ll feel a whole lot better about your next meeting. Now, just shut the guy up on cowbell so we can emphasize our point with the tambourine. Got it?

We hate flourescent lighting. In fact, flourescent lighting...

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:51:05 -0700

We hate flourescent lighting. In fact, flourescent lighting should go down with the cube, the water cooler, and everything else that makes office life lame. To live a clutch life at work, you have to have the right lighting. Schott’s LightPoints are about is close as it gets to awesome in the lighting world.

We’re calling facilities as we speak to make sure our conference rooms are swapped out immediately.

Interactive Architecture dot Org » LightPoints - SCHOTT

Clutch is being able to watch full-length television shows and...

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:57:56 -0700

Clutch is being able to watch full-length television shows and full-length movies online with little to no advertisements getting in the way. That’s right, replace 4 minutes of commercials every 10 minutes with two or three fifteen second ad’s and you have Hulu.

Basically, they define it as being able to “Watch your favorites. Anytime. For Free.” I don’t think I can sum it up any better than that, but what I can say is, in all my testing of it, the shows are lightning fast, never cut out or re-buffer, are tack sharp and clear, and the audio is perfect.

If you haven’t yet, head over and check out Hulu. You won’t be sorry.

Every single day something happens that subtly reminds us that...

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:28:15 -0700

Every single day something happens that subtly reminds us that it’s starting to be the Future we once dreamed of as kids reading Asimov, Vonnegut, and Philip K. Dick. Today’s future-ish reminder comes in the form of this amazingly frightening video of new robotic technology.

Don’t know about the rest of you, but if we saw one of these running after us, we’d be absolutely convinced that we were either 1) Inside Blade Runner, Terminator, or the Matrix or B) hallucinating. The two actually go hand-in-hand. That said, it’s scary what it can do…pay special attention to when the sadistic scientist tries to kick the poor thing over. Are we the only ones that felt a pang of empathy for the robotic dog of terror?

- Tyler Knott Gregson -

(Image from Ecoble) We...

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:27:59 -0700

(Image from Ecoble)

We all need to do what we can to be green. We’ve said it before, Green = Clutch. One of the things I think a huge majority if people have a massive surplus of, is clothing. What do you do with all the clothes you no longer wear? So far, you are probably taking mass quanities to Salvation Army and Goodwill, but what if you wanted something else? Something more?

I just found this company called Volksware that is doing amazing, green, and just plain FUN stuff to recycle. Check out their “clothes carpet” and head over to see all their other amazing designs that help put a positive, stylish spin on recycling!

- Tyler Knott Gregson -

Sorry to double up on you with videos but this one is just too...

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:54:23 -0800

Sorry to double up on you with videos but this one is just too amazing to pass up. These women, these icons, these fixtures in American Cinema have shaped the landscape of film for the last 100 years and are a far cry from a huge majority of the ‘actresses’ we see today. These women are style, class, grace and the very definition of clutch.

Watch them morph…it’s unreal.

Ahh The Buddha in the Barrel. I’ve not yet had the...

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:33:14 -0800

Ahh The Buddha in the Barrel. I’ve not yet had the distinct pleasure of attempting to surf Pipeline, and if I’m honest, I might never work up the cojones to do so. Watching a video like this is amazing because it shows you surfing’s Mecca at a time when it was still so raw. The waves are still raw today, but by all accounts, the tourists have taken over.

Nevertheless, Gerry Lopez was, is, and always will be clutch.

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a..."

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:27:26 -0800

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”

- Anonymous - A reminder. Be yourself. Be your dreams. Be clutch. Always.

(Image from Idle A While) Flickr is littered with amazingly...

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:43:30 -0800

(Image from Idle A While)

Flickr is littered with amazingly talented photographers. The sad reality is, it is also littered with a bunch of terrible snapshooters as well. Lucky for us, every now and then someone pops up with a true eye, and a true talent. Canada’s own Idle A While is one such talent.

Check out her rendition of the famous Afghan Girl photo that graced the cover of National Geographic. Head over, tell her we sent you.

- Tyler Knott Gregson -

When we look at how the best brands in the world deliver their...

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:41:52 -0800

When we look at how the best brands in the world deliver their message, we have high expectations. Mercedes-Benz knocks one out of the park with their new series of TV media.

With an intense focus on the things that make Mercedes Mercedes: intense quality in product, engineering, and safety. With the almost arrogant but always confident overtone. Doesn’t get more authentic. Or, more clutch. Than that.

2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class: Why

The Pops is on RedSox.com! What’s beyond clutch, to me, is...

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:09:27 -0800

The Pops is on RedSox.com!

What’s beyond clutch, to me, is the simple fact that my Dad is on the front page of RedSox.com today. How cool is it that the dude half responsible for bringing me into this world is rocking it on the front page of the 2007 World Series Champions? Very cool my friends, very cool indeed.

Head over to RedSox.com and check it out.

- Tyler Knott Gregson -

I don’t know about you, but with the price of gas...

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:52:28 -0800

I don’t know about you, but with the price of gas drastically increasing every single day, the prospect of getting into my car to go, well, Anywhere just bums me out. That said, I am one of the lucky Green few to own a scooter, and while it’s not quite as green as hopping on your bicycle, the ability to motor around town at 35mph is pretty rad.

My 2006 Honda Metropolitan gets about 125 miles to the gallon and I’ll be damned if it isn’t a lot of fun to ride. Thing is, how do you ride, stay safe, AND be clutch at the same time? Simple, you strap on a lid like the one above that I just bought. Jeff Spicoli would approve.

Helmet City, Inc. have a whole line of retro helmets that come in all sorts of finishes and rad designs. Best thing, they are all DOT certified. Believe it.

- Tyler Knott Gregson -