WillKhitie

I'm too lazy, can anyone point the way towards proxy-ing a pair?

Anyone looking to grab a pair I'd recommend going 1/2 to a full sz down

 

1/2 size down from my usual AF1 size? 

do we hack it?

^ I perfectly understand why that's the case–my recent trip was with a person who had "diet constraints" and it was difficult to say the least. Go into sushi place, ask if they can cook sushi, is there a non raw option, can you torch this more until it's cooked? Go into yakiniku place, ask for no medium rare, cook well done but make sure it doesn't have any burn marks, is the meat grass fed? can you not use soy? Is this sea salt? do you have olive oil? (all of this was happening in pantomime aided English)

 

Tried to just build a wall of patience and respect around it, but resent still managed to find its way through. I can imagine how much more of a problem this could be with wypipo, 1st worlders, etc. (Sorry for the rant, I just needed to get that out of me.)

^ Curious to know where Acronym sits relative to this–upstream or downstream?

They rerelease every two years or so. If not this year or next I would say they are for sure brought back for their anniversary in 2017.

 

Speaking of via@gwarizm

 

Funny paradox bet. how the jeans fade slowly and the probable consensus that everyone is getting into them for that washed out look.

^ thank you for the affirmation, I promise to never feel guilty about that thought again

<– classic augmented counter terrorism operator

I had bad "specialty" coffee the other day. As the thoughts formed, I realized what a dick thing it was to come to that realization.

How are you filtering the cold brew once it's done brewing in your mason jar?

 

As far as a sub-$250 grinder, i have this and i love it: http://www.amazon.com/Baratza-Virtuoso-Conical-Coffee-Grinder/dp/B00LW8I45C

 

I run it through an aeropress on paper filters. Moderately decent body for cold brew. The only pitfall is that you can't make more than 20g/200g portions. I imagine this could work well via pourover if you've an excellent grinder.

 

The Virtuoso seems to be the unanimous recommendation. I feel a song coming on...

 

while we're on the topic of aeropress, what's everyone's method?

 

Permutations of these: http://worldaeropresschampionship.com/recipes/

 

Somehow stuck permanently at 20g coffee, and water at varying proportions from 83~93c.

 

 

Works for most, but I'm speaking from the POV of somebody partial towards Ethiopia/brighter stuff. Makes for a simpler problem of just having to reduce acidity, find fruit, and balance the body.

 

 

Lately been doing a 20g version of this with a Kalita (whatever isn't the Wave) model: 

 

I've had this several times over the last week and it's good, albeit slightly too watery. 

 

 

You can make a full immersion cold brew with 1:10 proportions in a mason jar. Been playing with bloom temp but higher (93c) seems to reduce acidity/degas best. 

 

If my Porlex is cooperating, this method provides the best results. Lots of nuance, and plenty wired after.

 

 

That said, I'm looking for a not so ridiculous grinder to run the gamut of methods above. Any recommendations? My ceilng would be 250usd.

Air Rift GoreTex Boot Sock

I think the sock darts would've been a better sneaker to tweak from, or some of the SFB boots as pointed out above. 

 

Yes, imagine they could slap those buckles on Air Rifts / Sock Racers and call it a day.

Speaking of the Lunars, is there any new-er news for the people that want them?

^ Actually. My above argument is flawed in that sense, I mean what stops somebody from just using wool or linen. i.e. I'm just like the people trying to waterproof denim (make it what it's not)

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned anything about Y-3's yearly forays with Warehouse (yes, denim daddy Warehouse) into the realm of techdenim.

 

Guessing that it's primarily because of its absence from the internet/PR but anyone who's curious about should definitely dig that direction. (I remember them doing a nanosphere execution 1~2 years ago that worked well in its in-store state.)

 

I always found it amusing that people's definition of "techwear" begins and ends with the premise of whether or not something is waterproof. It's this odd logic spiral that makes for some awfully peculiar products. (i.e. the majority of kickstarter denim)

 

If you look at denim as material, water proofing isn't necessarily it's shining quality, and trying to impose that alongside its natural wear properties sounds like a square peg–circle hole situation.

 

So til we harness quantum computing and make a giant waterproof denim leap forward, I'd rather see more solutions that deliver other tech-like results (breathability, temperature control, insulation, etc.).

 

I've two pairs on opposite ends of the temp. spectrum:

 

1. SEXSC06 – I've a 7yo pair and it's still the most ridiculously breathable pants I have to date. It's colder than some shorts I own and works in the kind of humidity that you can make a sandwich with. I've tried wearing ACR–CH for a day, in dryer heat, and I only have two words, baby power.

 

2. Y-3 produced by Warehouse (prob. from FW11?) – Fabric is a 7% cashmere blend raw denim developed together with Warehouse. Imagine the point of the fabric is to insulates well without it having to be remotely heavy, which it does so in spades (prob 14~15oz at best). Cut is mildly techy also, YYPH fit (P15 volume with a tapered hem). Features an interesting double pull cinchback and a 6th pocket hidden behind the right rear pocket.

 

Had mild hopes that the brief ACR x YY exchange trip would give birth to more products similar to the latter but I don't think there's signs of that happening anytime soon. 

Do friends want to proxy? The Pool crossover looked good too.

That AF1 looks like it's straight out of Babylon A.D., in both good and bad ways.

^ is this a subversive marketing ploy? I seldom feel like I'm being sold to here, but this is dangerously close. It wouldn't be all unlikely to discover something like that is already happening.

 

No-context impressions of Akio:

 

Something about it is off by not trying to be anything particular (look & price wise). It has that problem, more than a brand like Common Projects. It feels as if you've to go balls deep nowadays, esp. in small brands/budgets.

 

*Knock on wood* my case study would be Hender Scheme's early niche successes. They just really went for it product and pricing wise. You know what it's trying to say and people buy it because they stand for that. Hender Scheme FW15 now available at your superfuture affiliate shops. 

 

(P.S. Imagine unbranded 800 EUR cuben fiber repros of Half Cabs made in Berlin? I'd think about it.)

about design jobs: there are good jobs to be had in japan in terms of work life balance. Tokyo jobs pay best, but cost of living is 30% more then anywhere else in JP.

 

getting a foot in the door is super super tough. you really must play hard and grind before things start to happen. also forget sending resumes by yourself if it is not some boutique style shop. usually you should get some agent that pitches you.

^ sounds interesting–more often than not, talent exported from here has always been via a headhunter that pitches on your behalf. 

 

Investor Visa seems the way to go tho. 

I heard William Gibson personally has his own subnet inside the subnet hence subnet 'mask'  

 

You mean, deepnet.

I've washed my Polyant 8TS a couple or three times.  Removed strap, inner pocket module, & white vinyl liner, handwashed in a gallon bucket with Grainger Gore-Tex cleaner, rinsed four or five times, hung it to dry.  Slight degradation of the silkscreening on the inner lid, but no other visible negative consequences.

 

Did this with regular sensitive detergent–worked like a charm / exactly like you mentioned (degradation included).

Very...very...very nice website and execution. Mad jealous, with a mad branding envy boner, thank you for that.

 

And now that we've got the deep set envy going, I wanted to take the time to ask how the design/creative/fashion job scene is like in Tokyo? AFAIK, from inquiries with people who work in Fashion PR, there's this sort of inane subjugation of lesser Asians–even if you do speak their language.

 

I'm not sure if this holds true with my whiter brothers but I've spoken to 4 separate Filipinos at different rungs and it seems to be the case. (The only exception is 1 Japanese-looking Filipina who studied college in Tokyo and can speak it at a business level.)