Shoes Archive

  • OMG! Fake Five Fingers appearing everywhere

    OMG! Fake Five Fingers appearing everywhere

    Posted on April 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Just when you thought it was safe to buy some nice VFFs for your wedding, Chinese pirates are creating knock-off five fingers with names like Mupuk Five Fingers. While I’d normally say live and let live when it comes to Chinese piracy – after all, what can we do about it? Cry? – I’d recommend [...]

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  • Dost thou love tires? Then do not squander tires, for that is the stuff homemade shoes are made of

    Dost thou love tires? Then do not squander tires, for that is the stuff homemade shoes are made of

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Craft has instructions for making your own retro shoes from an old tire and a pair of jeans. While I don’t think these will hold up to the heavy duty running I do (at least two miles a year), they might be a fun weekend project for those so inclined. The question, however is whether you [...]

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  • Remeber that post about the wire shoe thing?

    Remeber that post about the wire shoe thing?

    Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Exciting news, friends. I've just come back from the future, and I have some news to share. In the year 2050, the United Nations will hold a "Remember Blogging?" panel, and it will be chaired by the encapsulated head, à la Futurama, of Cory Doctorow. There will come a time in the panel when Doctorow's head turns and says, "Now, blogging wasn't all shits and giggles. Some of it was truly dreadful. Par example..." This will all be done in Mandarin Chinese, of course, which replaced English as the lingua franca of the world in 2035. Anyhow, Doctoro's head will say, "You see, I seem to remember a post on reasonably popular tech blog CrunchGear that described some sort of wire-frame shoe. It was rubbish."

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  • Reebok’s ZigTech likened to ‘an energy drink for your feet’

    Reebok’s ZigTech likened to ‘an energy drink for your feet’

    Posted on February 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Oh-kaaay. So Reebok has developed something called ZigTech – basically a zig-zag type foam for running shoes that’s supposed to ease the load on your leg muscles. And one of the first snippets from the press release is, “ZigTech allows your key leg muscles to do less, so you can do more. Simply put, it’s like an energy drink for your feet.”

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  • Video: There’s a lot going on in this Star Wars Adidas commercial

    Video: There’s a lot going on in this Star Wars Adidas commercial

    Posted on January 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Star Wars sneakers from Adidas are coming. Fair enough. This new commercial features what looks like a scene from Indiana Jones at the very beginning, then we’ve got a random shot of Snoop Dogg, Darth Vader, and then Daft Punk looking at Darth Vader as if to say, “That guy stole our shiny helmet look.” [...]

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  • Shoes feature Bluetooth and GPS

    Shoes feature Bluetooth and GPS

    Posted on October 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Finally, a pair of shoes with built-in Bluetooth and GPS connections. Pair them Bluetooth-ily with your cell phone and the shoes can update your location directly to your Faceboook account or send your location out as a text message to five other phones.

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