the medieval and nigerian influences that go into the prints at onyj make their work stand out from the countless other streetwear clothing companies doing the “bling thing” - silver or gold full prints on muted colors. touches like a silver chain drawstring in the resurrection hoodie make the clothes even more appreciable up close.

whether cruising the strip or busting out your d20 for some dragon-slaying, these threads will catch eyes. careful you don’t rip them out.

squidfire is awesome with a capital rad. their prints are cute and creative, their wares printed on ethically manufactured american apparel garments, and their custom work meticulous and beautiful. just go take a look at the robot vans they did and tell me you wouldn’t sell your left pinky toe for a pair.

i’m ordering a hoodie with the veggie print on it. try and get a corporation to give you that level of service. really. i dare you.

in short, good stuff, small company, good people. enjoy!

It’s here! almost. Apple finally announced its long anticipated iPhone. The iPhone has a sleek, minimal Apple design with only one visible button. The most amazing feature is the beautiful 320 x 480 pixel multi-touch screen. Apple did an amazing job utilizing the multi-touch technology. The source of the technology is unknown, but similar companies have been pioneering the technology such as JazzMutant, which has had an up to ten finger multi-touch LCD product for a few years now called Lemur. The iPhone has a lite version of OS X which runs an amazing interface. Unfortunately third party development will be filtered by Apple. The phone gracefully switches between playing music, receiving calls, watching videos, visual voicemail, google maps, internet browsing and more. The two initial models will come in either four gigabyte or eight gigabytes of storage along with speaker phone, two mega pixel camera and wi-fi and bluetooth connectivity. I will be initially sold exclusively with Cingular mobile service in the United States for $499 and $599 respectively.

Personally I have a few issues with the iPhone. First the iPhone’s screen is begging you to watch videos on it, yet it seems like with only 3.5 or 7.5 gigs available once accounting for the operating system, there isn’t much room for videos and music. With today’s video and music collections, 3.5gb will get filled in a second. Second, Google Maps is crippled since the iPhone does not include GPS. Driving on the freeway or highway looking for directions can be difficult when you’re constantly moving. Third, I was disappointed with the lack of iChat AV. One of the fun features with all the new Macs is the built-in iSight and iChat AV. It would be great if people could video chat with each other, which is possible on almost ever other continent. Even worse, the iChat looking SMS is quite dated when considering many phones are AIM or Yahoo! Messenger enabled. Plus 2 mega pixels is quite low for a camera. Fouth, the lack of battery replacement will stunt business sales when considering that people may need to be on their phone all day, out of the office. If the phone dies on them, they lose money. Finally, Apple will lose a lot of potential killer apps by closing the phone to third party developers.

I’m hoping the iPhone is still only in concept mode and even if it’s not, there are still many references to other iPhone models soon to be announced. These current previews of the iPhone are scheduled to be released to the public in June.

No gas? No problem. That is unless you have a problem with going zero to sixty in four seconds in this exotic electric car from Tesla Motors. Boasting 248 horse power, the Tesla Roadster is one of the only performance electric consumer vehicles on the market. Along with the regular increasing benefits of an electric vehicle like free meter parking in many metro areas and single occupancy carpool lane access, the Tesla averages about one cent per mile with up to a 250 mile range per charge. The feather light seventy pound engine is powered by several thousand lithium-ion cells, enough to power 2,000 incandescent light bulbs at peak acceleration. Charging can take as little as three and a half hours and can be done away from home via a mobile charging kit. This green conscious speed demon can be yours for as little as $92,000, but 2007 models are already sold out and the 2008 models are selling fast in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.

If you’re trying to stay stylish and really had to have a reclining arm chair for your movie watching, football game cheering or video game playing moments in the living room, this is the chair to get. De Sede, based in Switzerland, has created uncompromised comfort and style via the DS-255 chair. The seat allows the movie watching relaxer to swivel and recline to the perfect viewing position. The leather, removable cover is sleek and durable. The chair starts at about $3000 and for ultimate comfort, you’ll have to spring another $1300 for the high-back with footrest.