A student named Chris San Agustin recently made this 15 second video on his love of our Hemlock. He’s studying Motion Graphic Design here in San Francisco and used this video as his final class project. Pretty cool.
I AM HEMLOCK from Christopher San Agustin on Vimeo.
Taska, the dog whisperer, caught this wildly tame moment. Woof.
Who’s the fairest pumpkin in Timbuk2’s patch? Is it H1N1 or something bloodier? You say jack-o-lantern, we say social commentary.
1) H1N1
2) I Ate My Timbuk2 Bag
3) Spokey
4) The Hard Liver
The costumes are rolling in and the competition is stiff. Papa Smurf may take it this year, but we have a very harry Tinkerbell in the house too . . . stay tuned for final costume reveals and voting later today. Mwuah! See more here.
Will was spotted by the paperazi (i.e. me) on his ride home last night. His red, white, and blue messenger felt like a less aggressive version of classic t-shirt. What did Will have to say about it? “Eight years and going strong.”
Will at the corner of Polk and California with his eight year old road warrior.
Be happy you ride your bike. Last night San Francisco’s 78 year-old Bay Bridge snapped a (massive!) cable during the peak commute hour. People tweeted as it was happening and some caught it on camera. Learn more here and ride your bike!
Twitpic Commentary from larfo – “Wtf is happening to the Bay Bridge? Looks like part of it fell off and hit some cars. Blocking 2 lanes wowow.”
We love your travel pics and letters! Thank you Joseph for sharing your pics and story:
Hey guys and girls,
I had the urge to write you all sooner, but unfortunately, school, work, and and a lost SD card kind of got in the way. This past summer, my buddy, his wife, and I chaperoned a trip through out greater Europe. Having never been overseas prior to this, Devon told me that I needed a something smaller than my large TB2 bag (which I received as a gift the previous year from him) to carry journals, cameras, books, maps, food, and all other daily rations. Following his lead, I built a medium messenger using your bag builder, and believe you me, this bag never left my side. From London to Paris, from the top of Mt Pilatus in Switzerland to the canals of Venice, my custom messenger took a licking and kept on ticking. Oftentimes it doubled as my pillow when relaxing in parks or on the occasional long bus or train ride. Talk about a multi purpose tool. Hitting 8 cities (London, Paris, Bern, Lucerne, Verona, Assisi, Florence, Venice, and Rome), 4 countries, and a couple of thousand miles, my bag is now as well traveled as I am. I’ve included a few pics of me and my bag abroad, 3 at the top of Mt Pilatus (7,000ft high!) and 1 waiting at the Paris Metro. Thanks again for the great bag and the incredible memories!
An ever faithful customer,
Joe
We developed the FLAP bag in conjunction with PopTech this year. But for PopTech’s conference, we developed a FLAP bag without the solar panel or LED light. This bag was given to the 700 PopTech conference attendees this week in Camden, Maine. The bag’s liner is printed with information about the (solar) FLAP project and since the flap is attached to the bag with velcro, it can be swapped out for the 4 watt solar flap.
Happy PopTechers, Mirran Raphaely and Geoff Rice, with the Timbuk2 PopTech conference bag
Linda from Plan International researches technology applications for low income people and businesses in Africa. She has learned that in Senegal, people pay taxi drivers to drive their mobile phones to charging stations because they don’t have power sources at their homes. What if they had FLAP Bags?
Hint: Enable the captions when caption this video!
Senegalese women speak about the challenge of re-charging their mobile phones.
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