Archive for February, 2010
With the release of Google Buzz, our favorite 4-colored search engine has spoken and they have declared that they want it all. Google has declared that they want to have world domination. Google Buzz looks to destroy both Twitter and Facebook all at once swoop. And with Buzz being built into Gmail and it’s user base of nearly a gazillion people – it has a strong chance of doing just that.
If you feel like showing some Google support and love then check out I’m Feeling Like World Domination in the FAIL Shirt Shop. It comes printed on a white American Apparel tee and is available now for $23.99.
Posted on 11 February '10 by Coty, under T-Shirts. 2 Comments.
I absolutely adore this shirt from New Zealand based Cuppa T-Shirts. It’s called Moon Property and is a mix of 50′s advertising and World War II propaganda.
“Introducing our freshest design “Moon Property” In true Cuppa-T-Shirts style this shirt embraces the future and is generations ahead of itself! We all know that over-population or destruction of our Mother Earth means that one day we will have to colonize the Moon and possibly Mars.”
Moon Property is available now from Cuppa T-Shirts for 55.00 NZ ($47 US) and be sure to check out their Facebook fan page because they are holding a contest in which you can win the Moon Property T-Shirt.
Posted on 11 February '10 by Coty, under T-Shirts. 1 Comment.
The classic RUN DMC tee is one of my all-time favorite tees and so when I spotted Run Free by Fee Clothing I just had to share it. The shirt features the classic RUN DMC look, including the iconic red bars. Run Free does add a splash of color to the design, which is normally just black and red. You can pick up Run Free from Free Clothing for $18.
Posted on 11 February '10 by Coty, under T-Shirts. No Comments.
Skeptic is the perfect shirt for the inner skeptic in you. I’ve always taken things with a grain of salt. As a scientist I’ve been taught to to question everything, to test and then re-test and to never be satisfied. That was the impetus for Skeptic, a FAIL Shirt original and an alternative to Palien! It was actually inspired by a close friend of mine and colleague who teaches a course in Paranormal Psychology – he’s by far the biggest skeptic I know.
For the record, I think Aliens are very plausible. I just don’t think they look as funky as they do in the movies!
You can pick up Skeptic from the FAIL Shirt Shop over at Skreened for $23.99 and it is available in a variety of T-Shirt options and as a tote. Full Disclosure: I run the FAIL Shirt blog and I designed this shirt.
Posted on 11 February '10 by Coty, under T-Shirts. No Comments.
The newest tee from artist Glenn Jones of Glennz Tees is a hoot! It’s called Silncer and features a seemingly docile silencer for any clown that loves to pull gags. It would also make for the perfect shirt to wear to the library. It would be especially useful during finals week, when the libraries are packed and there are groups of people who can’t just seem to keep it down.
Silencer is available now from Glennz Tees for $19.95.
Posted on 10 February '10 by Coty, under T-Shirts. No Comments.
Posted on 10 February '10 by Coty, under T-Shirts. 3 Comments.
It never ceases to amaze me how far a T-Shirt can go even once it has passed its prime. We all have one (or maybe a few) tees that we just can’t bare to throw out. How about repurposing them as a sleeve for your MacBook Pro? That’s exactly what Hello Rewind does with their new service. They can turn your favorite T-Shirt into clothing for your laptop!
The process is quite simple:
- You purchase a laptop sleeve in your laptop size (13″, 15″ or 17″)
- We mail you a pre-paid envelope to send in your chosen t-shirt
- We sew a custom sleeve using your t-shirt
- Within 4-8 weeks, your computer will have something new to wear
Sweet! How much does it cost, you ask? The Hello Rewind service is priced at $49 across the board. What’s even cooler is that Hello Rewind is very passionate about … sex trafficking. They are interested in working with women formerly sex trafficked in New York City so they can learn new skills and support themselves. Every sleeve purchased goes to help Hello Rewind achieve this goal.
As a T-Shirt blogger I’d love to give one of these sleeves a try!
Posted on 9 February '10 by Coty, under T-Shirts, Technology. 2 Comments.
I love writing for this blog and I love discovering new and awesome T-Shirts every damn day. What can I say, T-Shirt art inspires me. However, one of the side effects of being a prolific (yes, prolific) T-Shirt blogger is that in my never ending quest for the world’s most awesome T-Shirt, I occasionally stumble upon its worst.
FAIL Shirt is my newest blogging venture and to say it started on a whim is a gross understatement. A few weeks ago I registered at Posterous just so I could snag my URL of choice: cotygonzales. And that was that, I didn’t think I’d make much use of this new platform since I am already a WordPress power user (yes, power user) and have grown adept to using the very simple Tumblr (check out Tumblr Trends) on a regular basis.
This all changed last Friday night. You see, for the longest time I’ve been wanting to incorporate a section on this blog that showed off some of the Internet’s worst tees and ones that I encounter in the offline world. The problem was that I didn’t know how to incorporate it into this blog. I didn’t want to clump the awesome stuff with the not-so-awesome stuff. Enter FAIL Shirt (again). That got me thinking about Posterous and how it’s so easy to use with email being the only requirement to use it. In less than 5 minutes, I had the FAIL Shirt blog up and running on Posterous. A few minutes later I snagged matching Twitter, Flickr, and Facebook accounts. And a few minutes later I purchased the domain name.
Now, whenever I see a tee that I consider to be a FAIL Shirt, I simply email the photo as an attachment to the designated email address with a brief description and BAM – it’s on the FAIL Shirt blog, Twitter, Flickr, and anywhere else I want it to post to. Posterous is so easy a caveman could use is it.
So, if you’re a Posterous user I recommend that you check out the new FAIL Shirt Blog over at FAILShirt.org (yes, the .org is in homage to the original and still awesome FAILBlog.org). If you’re not a registered Posterous user that’s OK because you can still view the blog and leave comments by using either your Twitter or Facebook account.
FAIL Shirt is not just about featuring OMG BAD T-Shirts but it’s also about suggesting T-Shirts that are less tacky than the FAIL Shirt as an alternative. OK, sometimes the alternative might be just as tacky but the execution will be much better.
I’ve also set up a FAIL Shop store! At the FAIL Shop you’ll be able to find excellent alternatives to the FAIL Shirts and in some case, exact replicas of the best FAIL Shirts. Feel free to browse the FAIL Shop. I’m using Skreened for the printing service so you can have the designs printed on your choice of T-Shirt and T-Shirt color (they use American Apparel).
And finally, if you’ve come across shirt that you think is worthy of being a FAIL Shirt or spot one in real life (snap a pic!) then please send it to FAILShirt at gmail dot com.
Thanks a million for reading and for supporting this blog! I hope to see some of you over at FAILShirt.org some time soon!
I’m not sure what the worst part about this T-Shirt is, the god awful slogan or the fact that you can see the incredibly tacky iron-on. FAILShirt!
Posted on 9 February '10 by Coty, under Site News, T-Shirts. 4 Comments.
Every day I come up with a new witty Threadless TypeTees Slogan in hopes of earning a Threadless Alumni Club Medal of Honor. At the end of every week I post a round up of that weeks slogans here on my blog. What can you do to help the cause? Vote! Just click on a slogan (preferably all of them) and then vote by click “I’d Wear It!” – it’s that simple! If you want to see and vote for all of my slogans then just click here or on that photo of me with the Rockband guitar. Vote for me and I will bake you your own burrito if ever we meet in real life.
Week 5 (January 29, 2010 to February 4, 2010):
I was listening to someone talk about biochemistry and this slogan popped up in my head! Would make a good Valentines Day TypeTee, Threadless staff **Wink, Wink**!
Especially for those who like to write things like FTW! or WIN! – you know these people and you might even be one. Slogans FTW!
OK, you need to be both a web geek and a Threadless geek to get this one. Before Twitter made 140 characters an iconic cultural limitation, OMG Clothing (later to become TypeTees) made 65 characters the max you had to get your thought across. In my opinion, 65 is so much harder to do than 140.
Skipping? Pfffftttt. Real geeks tab.
People inherently want more, and more, and more. But the key, no matter what, is always moderation. Want more advice? Knew you would.
Step 1. Find yellow and green marker. Step 2. Color yourself with said markers until your entirely green. And there you go – BAM – GREEN! Now go worry about your carbon footprint.
Really, it should! If cameras can do it then why not the eyeball! Imagine if you could zoom in and out using your MIND. That would be insane. I want that!
Posted on 8 February '10 by Coty, under T-Shirts. No Comments.
I’ve been a fan of The Dept. and their sci-fi-ish tees for a while now. And so I was excited when they released three new tees a few days back. The Android character might not be present in any of these new shirts but they still do retain the futuristic vibe. Clean line art and brash colors along with text worthy of being on any promotional science fiction movie poster have always defined the shirts over at The Dept. And these three new tees don’t deviate much from that winning formula.
The new shirts featured below can be purchased from The Dept. for $22 a piece.
Posted on 7 February '10 by Coty, under T-Shirts. 1 Comment.
