A quick update on the TAXI Blog contest. (or Blogtest if you prefer)
The deadline has been extended until next Friday. (Aug 14th)

Here are the entries so far:
(click on the images to visit the sites)

Things my dog did

Ed Hardy Hall of Famers

Words that can fuck right off

Free the Unicorns

Cats described in Spanish

(The cat one is mine and isn’t eligible to win. But I figured I’d set the bar very low, so more people will join in.

Just to recap, here’s the rules and the prizing:

• Come up with an idea
• Use a service like tumblr.com or blogger.com to create your blog (it’s free and takes about 2 minutes)
• Make at least 3 entries.
• And email the link to blogtest@taxi.ca

The Grand Prize is your choice of $250 cash and TAXI Swag.
or an evening in Steve Mykolyn’s sauna. (subsequent emotional counseling not included.)

So beautiful. Make sure you switch to HD and watch it full screen.

Amazing to see how far video on the web has come.

Official Taxi Hold’em instruction video from iSignz on Vimeo.

In one of the reviews I read, someone wrote, “if you really hold this out in NYC, it might as well just read “Steal me.” 

I saw an exhibition by Mark Jenkins at a gallery in NYC a few weeks ago. He makes extremely life-like mannequins and shapes out of packing tape and then places them in cities all over the world. Just found a link with photographs of more of his work. See it here.

In honor of the public launch of the TAXI blog,  we are happy to announce the TAXI blog contest.
Or blog-test, or con-log.

The challenge is come up with the best “single idea blog.”
What is that you ask? Well, some prominent examples are:

http://scanwiches.com/
which shows off a new sandwich everyday.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/
which features stuff white people like.

http://failblog.org/
which shows off idiocy of all kinds from misspellings to funny photos.

http://www.fmylife.com/
which puts personal tragedy in an interesting light.

There are literally millions of others out there so it seems only right to make more.

Read on to see how to enter…

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The new economic reality has caused a lot of changes in the way our friends and co-workers spend  (or don’t spend) their money. If they had a small consumer “quirk” before, it has likely become a full-blown “consumer profile.”  Here are a few catchy names that might apply…

New-Faux Riche
People who used toss a dress after one dinner party,  are now trying to pass off last year’s Prada as “vintage.” And while their social status may not have changed their lifestyles certainly have. As a result, the “new-faux riche” have become extremely good at rationalizing their new shopping habits, “Jimmy Choos hurt my feet anyway.”

Wal-Martyr
People who have reluctantly begun shopping at Wal-Mart. These folks are once again seeing the “value” in value. They are becoming comfortable with non-designer oven mitts and hand lotion that comes in a 1-litre jug.

a-Gore-a-phobe
People with a crippling fear of disappointing Al Gore. Yes, they’d like to save the world but right now they’d rather save  money. They are forgoing the phosphate-free, dolphin-safe detergent and being forced to live their green values in less expensive ways, probably by getting one of those reusable bags at Whole Foods.

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