What says me

The time has come to unveil what I’ve been busy working on for the last 6 months…

SpecialtyTiresUSA.com is the sleekest tire store online, selling all sorts of tires, wheels, and accessories for specialty vehicles; there’s ATV tires, golf cart tires, lawnmower tires, wheelbarrow tires… lots and lots and lots of tires. The website is built on the open source Magento Commerce framework, which gave us an awesome foundation that allowed us to simplify the typically complicated process of finding the right kind of tire.

There is still lots of refining and polishing to do as we learn more and more about visitor’s experiences, but overall the webstore presents a lot of character compared to the rest of the market, which hopefully will help us float to top!

I’ve got to give a huge thanks to my beloved code-warrior Jonas Franke, the Hamburger that made this wonderous magic happen! Also, a mighty thanks to Anthony Mineo for the naming & SEO help, and to Devon Hong for his graphic design help! However, the biggest thanks of all has to go to my girlfriend Kelley, for not getting too mad at me for all the long & late hours.

Now, I know what you’re all thinking… “Now he’s just going to try to get us to buy some tires.” And I can’t believe that you would think such a thing, because you’re absolutely right! There is no better time than Christmas to shower your loved ones with all the specialty tires they need! Turf tires, ribbed tires, knobby tires, sawtooth tires, all kinds of tires! Jack up your golf cart with a lift kit and slap some big custom assembled wheels on there so your sweetie can roll right through those snow drifts! And don’t forget those chrome lug nuts - they’re a great stocking stuffer!

Last night it snowed half a foot or so, and this afternoon I finally got to go play in it… It sorta makes me wish I was hanging around here this winter for snowboarding at the world’s best kept secret, Grand Targhee! Er… I mean, the world’s worst ski resort, in the worst state in the union. Stay far, far away!

Good night and good luck.

Mit h4ck3r spr3ch3n plus Deutsch und scheisse.

Schoen und sehr guile! Meine freundin ist wunderbar!

Shleek - www.k3ll3y.com

In rewind, from Akwissasne to home, Kelley and I decided to bypass those crazy Canadians, although we did revisit those wacky Minnesotans for a short crash landing at Minniami Ad School. Eventually, after stopping at Mount Rushmore and rekindling our patriotic ferver (WOOO!) we found ourselves back in our hideous birthright, which you should never visit - Wyoming.

Going through the mess that this summer made on my desktop, several photos floated through from our various travels…

Gloucester, Massachusetts is a strikingly beautiful seaside… deeply affected by humanity’s incredible ability to shit where it eats. When I was a kid I would spend hours playing in the tide pools here, poking star fish and sea annenamies, digging wherever the sand bubbled for clams, and chasing crabs as they scuttled about. Now it’s 15 years later, and everywhere is completely lifeless. Oh, except for brown, goopy algae, and a proliferation of humans in motorboats. But, hey; look! It’s still beautiful… right?

We recently squashed a Norse Warrior uprising at the local Nordic skiing fundraiser… it was found that they were easily pacified with cookies and apple juice.

The Teton Nordic Club is a nonprofit organization that provides after-school nordic skiing programs for kids…

This year, if the board of directors gets their $#*% together, we’re mixing it up a little with some Norse Mythology rebranding, from visual identity to general rediculously-coolness, like the FIERCE FACE CONTEST, which resulted in an awesomely mean-looking little warrior getting a prize package and a picture in the local newspaper.

Volunteer work is fun, as long as you can play with it and have fun!

Kelley and I are caretaking my family’s vacation rental place in the Adirondack Park near Sacandaga Lake in upstate New York this summer.

Akwissasne, as it’s called, is a small Great Camp that was built by my great-grandfather in the 1920s. He used it as an escape from the city where he and his friends could hunt, fish, and relax. My mom grew up there, and when I came about we’d drive across the country for a couple weeks of lakeside vacation each summer.

I’ve had some fun working on propaganda. I’ll get the website done sooner or later; for now check out our brochure at www.akwissasne.com/Brochure-Web.pdf if you’re interested!

While we were in NYC, we ventured forth to an old family friend’s bakery on 5th Ave and Bergen St., near Atlantic Station in Brooklyn… Blue Sky Bakery - Google Maps

Holy North Dakotan cow, do they make incredible muffins! We had a chocolate banana muffin, a blackberry nectarine muffin, and a whopping glass of milk. The muffins were perfect - totally nutritious tasting, with just enough sweetness, and big, gooey balls of delicious fruit on the inside. An excellent breakfast, and a great atmosphere to chill out, chat, and read a newspaper. Just like any other review you’ll read, they’re highly recommended!!!

Check Blue Sky Bakery out online, www.blueskybakery.net

Kelley and I crashed our cousin’s apartment in Brooklyn and did the big tourist thing last weekend. It was much fun; Times Square, Broadway, the Empire State building, Central Park, Museum of Modern Art, Wall Street… we just about dun did it all. I was also given the chance to peek into the advertising agencies The Ito Partnership and Anomaly - a couple of cool, creative places. Highlights were Monty Python’s Spamalot on Broadway and an incredible orchestra/film show in Prospect Park, Philip Glass - Powaqqatsi.