Earlier today this year’s Webby Award winners were announced. This years winners include a lot of old favourites but it is still worth taking some time to check out the winners and nominees if you are looking for design “inspiration”…
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“Internationally famous sneakerographer” “Al Cabino”:http://operationmcfly.blogspot.com is fighting for your right to wear sneakers inspired by the film “Back to the Future Part II.”:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096874/ Cabino launched a petition requesting that Nike release a shoe modelled after the grey moon-boots worn by Michael J. Fox in the 1989 movie. Nike originally created the sneakers for the film, but they were never made available to the public, something Cabino is hoping to change.
*One Degree:* “Al, why do you want to own Marty McFly’s sneakers from Back To The Future II and how is the Internet helping you achieve your dream?”
*Al Cabino:* That’s an excellent question.
Everyone dreams of walking in a movie star’s shoes. The McFlys are the Holy Grail of movie sneakers. The McFlys were created just for the film, never worn beyond the silver screen, and I’ve always been fascinated by them. There is a sneaker legend that says that in 2015, Nike will come out with them. But I’m not going to wait 9 years. There are a *lot* of people who don’t want to wait 9 years.
Mother’s Day is only a few days away (ahh!) and we’ve decided to talk a bit about our Moms. Our Moms and the Internet that is (this is One Degree after all).
I got the idea for this feature when “Kate Baggott”:http://www.katebaggott.com/ of “globeandmail.com”:http://www.globeandmail.com/ contacted me about _my_ mom. She’d read my blog post from last year about “my Mother’s poem on using the Internet”:http://kenschafer.typepad.com/opinions/2005/02/my_mother_the_p.html and was (justifiably I must say) impressed by her attitude.