I saw this on a blog from GOOD magazine.  very cool magazine btw.   Someone in Toronto found use for empty flier boxes.  I could easily see this happening in Portland or Eugene.  Thought it was worth sharing.

http://www.good.is/post/posterchilds-flierboxes/

So i’m in Singapore where American sports are seldomly shown.  Growing up I’d maybe get one NBA game a week, on saturday mornings.  Instead of Superbowl Sunday, we had superbowl monday morning.

So today i was looking at scores online and I saw the blazers were playing the suns.  I scrambled to try to find a live video feed and was lucky enough to find this site:  http://www.justin.tv/

Awesome site, live tv feed without any lag or loading trouble.  I love all these free online services today that are funded by advertising.

Turned out to be a great game.  In the middle of the third quarter the blazers were down 12 and i thought the blazers were in over their heads.  Thanks to the now common heroics of Brandon Roy (52 points!) they were able to come back and win it by 5.

I’m in the middle of a six hour layover in San Francisco’s International Airport. I’m on my way home to Singapore for winter break. I flew from Portland to San Fran at 4 pm. My flight arrived a little after six. Now I’m waiting til midnight to fly to Hong Kong and then I fly from Hong Kong to Singapore. I thought I was used to this trip but this is pretty brutal. At least I’m on Singapore Airlines. Sing Air is guaranteed to have personal tv’s and food that is a step up above United or Northwest.

When I got in to San Fran, I walked almost directly to security and to the International Terminal. Big mistake on my part. Once I got into the International Terminal there was no turning back. This branch is acceptable if you have tons of cash and maybe a 2 hour wait. Being a college student with a six hour layover isn’t exactly ideal in this location. There are about three restaurants, averaging $10 per entre. I asked how much the 12 oz bottle of water was at the deli…$3.99.

In Portland I was a responsible traveler, getting to the airport 2 hours before my International journey. That being said, I had some time to wait before boarding. PDX, being the great airport it is, had free Wifi and I was happy as a clam for my hour and a half. Not surprisingly, San Francisco Int’l has wireless internet that operates through T-Mobile and you guessed it, they charge you. I might sound like a stingy complainer, but what reasonable 21 year-old can survive in this place?

It was a really nice view coming in to land in San Fran, seeing the golden gate bridge and the whole bay. We land right by the water and I was feeling very content. Now I can’t wait to get the hell out of here. I feel like Tom Hanks from The Terminal.

19 more hours of flying and probably 24 hours til I land in the wonderful island of Singapore. Tiger one, uncle.

PS both Hong Kong and Singapore had free Wi Fi. boo san fran

sunday the 24th was the fourth and final day of the AST Dew Tour’s stop in Portland, Oregon. i worked all summer as a street team intern, promoting the event throughout Portland and at various events in Oregon. after all the hours leading into it, I was excited to see the final product.

during the actual Dew Tour, i worked in helping the Action Zone. The Action Zone was a ticket people could buy for $100 per day or $250 for the entire weekend. With this, they were let into the events early, were given a tour, received a free hat and a magazine subscription. During the tours they were also given access to walking on site at each of the venues, walking side by side with the likes of Dave Mirra and Chaz Ortiz. Helping lead the tours were some of my favorite parts of the Dew Tour. It was fun talking with the various guides and chatting with the Action Zone crowd about their favorite dew tour athletes.

now that its over i’m now helping out with final recap work, compiling an overall hit list of places we distributed collateral to. I will then help out with other work done by Oregon Sports Authority, including work on their campaign to bring MLS to Portland.