Cycle-Through Windows Emerging

Posted by Johnny Cat in Car & Vehicle on September 27, 2009 at 4:09 pm

While it seems most establishments with drive-thru windows are in agreement that bicycles are forbidden, and refused service, Washington-based restaurant Burgerville is leading the way to change that.  All 39 of their stores now allow cyclists in their drive up lanes, giving free smoothies to the first batch earlier this month.

The intention of our Bike Friendly Service program is to create a consistent policy and experience for our guests in the drive thru.  To support this program, a cross-functional team, including members from Hawthorne Burgerville and community members from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, have designed and are beginning the implementation of the first phase of the program.

Link via BikePortland

 
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Adidas and Puma to End 60-year Feud

Posted by Miss Cellania in Everything Else on September 18, 2009 at 10:34 am

The two sportswear companies Puma and Adidas, based in Herzogenaurach, Germany were founded by Adi and Rudolf Dassler. The two brothers made shoes together beginning in the 1920s but split apart during World War II, probably over politics. Sixty years later, the two companies on either side of the river will officially end the feud on September 21st.

When the brothers set up their separate companies in 1948 the town was also split, with residents loyal to one or other of the only major employers.

In a joint release, the two companies said they were making up to support the Peace One Day organisation, which has its annual non-violence day on Monday.

They say that the events will be the first joint activities held by the two companies since the brothers left their shared firm in 1948.

Adi and Rudolf Dassler went to their graves without settling their differences, and their descendants do not control either of the public companies. Link -via the Presurfer

 
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Disney to Acquire Marvel Comics

Posted by Miss Cellania in Cartoon & Comic on August 31, 2009 at 10:23 am

The Walt Disney Company has agreed to buy Marvel Entertainment, which includes 5,000 comic book characters, including Spiderman, Captain America, the X-men, and the Fantastic Four.

Under the terms of the agreement and based on last week’s closing price of Disney, Marvel shareholders would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own.Based on the closing price of Disney stock on Friday, August 28, the total transaction value is $50 per Marvel share or approximately $4 billion.

Get ready for plenty of speculation on what this will mean for the comics. Link -via Fark

 
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Dark Stores

Posted by Miss Cellania in Pictures on August 28, 2009 at 10:35 am


Photo: Brian Ulrich

Photographer Brian Ulrich has spent the last few year examining “the peculiarities and complexities of the consumer-dominated culture in which we live.” His latest project captures the beauty and sadness of empty stores and failed businesses.

Most recently a new project began in 2008 entitled Dark Stores, Ghost Boxes and Dead Malls. In the recent economic downturn some of the very stores I photographed at the beginning of the project are now emptied and laid barren in the hulking empty architecture of the big box, mall or store.

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Not Fooling Anybody

Posted by Miss Cellania in Architecture on July 20, 2009 at 11:20 pm


The site Not Fooling Anybody is a gallery of business conversions that retain the ghosts of past architecture. For example, this chiropractic office used to be a …you know. The big bucket still on the sign post should be a dead giveaway. You’re invited to submit your own photographs. Link -via mental_floss

 
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Even More Creative Business Cards

Posted by Queuebot in Everything Else on January 23, 2009 at 3:07 am

The web seems to be filled with design fans but the creatively innovative business card is the opus of many designers – something that shows off their skills to potential employers, colleagues or contractors.

The collection linked below, however, has to be one of the most thorough fully-sourced lists out there (though there are plenty of other awesome ones too).

Business cards are cards representing company or individual bearing business information like company’s or individual’s name, address, e-mail, telephone number etc. Usually business cards are simple – black text on white background – including just main information and company’s logotype, but there are many other creative business cards standing out and really taking attention.

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The Great Torontoist Pun Hunt

Posted by Miss Cellania in Pictures, Travel & Places on January 14, 2009 at 12:24 pm


Inspired by the collection posted last year on Best Week Ever (previously at Neatorama), the folks at Torontoist decided to scour Toronto and find local pun business names. They found (and photographed) more than 60! Link -Thanks, David Topping!

 
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