The Hundreds’ limited menswear line, Public Label, is back for the label’s Spring/Summer 2012 lookbook. The range features selvedge denim jeans, chinos, shorts, tops and denim jackets and all are available at The Hundreds Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Monica and New York.  Also available online.

Check out the lookbook below:

Getting $90 or 19.22% OFF some of the most stylish shoes out there is not an occasion to be missed.  Add in the fact that there are plenty of excellent belts and shoe care accessories included in the sale to boot and you’ve got a winner.  All ship free with no minimum with free returns as well.

Allen Edmonds McAllister - $245 was $335

Quite possible the sexiest wingtip you’ll ever have the chance to lace up.  Also available in merlot and black calf.

Allen Edmonds Strawfoot – $245 was $335

“We rediscovered this exceptional shoe in 2009 when a long-time customer from Los Angeles sent in a pair we had built in the 1950s to have the soles recrafted.”

If you live in a hot climate or find yourself struggling with sweaty itchy feet these would be a godsend.

Madison Belt – $69 was $88

The walnut belt looks fantastic, bit of a splurge even at $70 though.

Calfskin Magnetic Money Clip – $12 was $15

Can’t go wrong with this calfskin clip for the price.

Brass Plated Shoehorn – $8 was $10

Stop trashing the heals of your shoes!

Full-Toe Cedar Shoe Trees – $19 was $25

Keep those new shoes looking new and free of creases.

Stackable Cedar Shoe Rack – $24 was $30

Store your new shoes in style.

Leather Shoe Care Kit – $76 was $95

Keep your shoes polished and clean.

Walnut Deerskin Gloves – $59 was $88

I know you don’t want to think about Winter right now but these gloves are warm and look great.

Calfskin Wrapped Flask – $40 was $50

All this shoe talk made me thirsty.

Everyone has heard of ’420′, we all know it has something to do with smoking pot, but when you ask someone how the day came to be you’re likely to get about a thousand different answers.

Some of the many spurious explanations include:

• It’s the number of chemical compounds in marijuana.
• According to High Times magazine the number is actually 315.
• April 20 is the date that Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, or Janis Joplin died.
• All of those are incorrect.
• The 20th of April is the best time to plant marijuana.
• Given that various parts of the U.S. occupy different USDA planting zones this one makes no sense.
• 420 is the penal code section for marijuana use in California.
• But Section 420 of the California penal code refers to obstructing entry on public land. On 1 January 2004 the Governor of California signed that state’s Senate Bill 420, which regulates marijuana used for medical purposes. But, the bill came years after the term ’420′ was associated with marijuana.
• It’s the Los Angeles or New York police radio code for marijuana smoking in progress.
• Nope.  It’s not a radio code at all.
• Albert Hofmann took the first deliberate LSD trip at 4:20 on 19 April 1943.
• Just a weird coincidence.
• When the Grateful Dead toured, they always stayed in Room 420.
• Dennis McNally, Grateful Dead Productions spokesman says no.
• Something about Hitler’s birthday 
• Because that makes total sense.

The true origins of 4/20 according to Wikipedia:

The earliest use of the term began among a group of teenagers in San Rafael, California in 1971. Calling themselves the Waldos, because “their chosen hang-out spot was a wall outside the school,” the group first used the term in connection to a fall 1971 plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop that they had learned about. The Waldos designated the Louis Pasteur statue on the grounds of San Rafael High School as their meeting place, and 4:20 pm as their meeting time.  The Waldos referred to this plan with the phrase “4:20 Louis”. Multiple failed attempts to find the crop eventually shortened their phrase to simply “4:20″, which ultimately evolved into a codeword that the teens used to mean pot-smoking in general.

Now you know.

via Snopes & Wikipedia

This awesome split screen music video for the band The Neighborhood was directed by Daniel Iglesias Jr. and Zack Sekuler in collaboration with I Versus Eye & Justin Bettman.  The video marks the second single released by The Neighbourhood, a five-man band from Los Angeles that’s gaining quick praise for their laid-back sound. Download two tracks on Nylon.

Fox Digital just launched WOLFPACK OF RESEDA, a new original, scripted web series produced in partnership with Kia Motors.  Office Space meets True Blood – WOLFPACK mixes elements of workplace comedy with the conventions of horror offering a unique take on office life, the supernatural, and “winning.”  The series sees Ben March’s mundane, 20-something life transform when he becomes convinced he’s been bitten by a werewolf in the suburban-Los Angeles sprawl of Reseda.  After forming his own “wolfpack” and becoming the alpha dog of Reseda, Ben’s moon is on the rise, but will it turn him irreversibly into the beast that will raise Hell in the Valley?

WOLFPACK’s first season of eight episodes will debut weekly on Myspace starting today.  Watch episode 1 and follow Ben’s journey from office drone to top dog: http://mysp.ac/z6sglf

He’s single-handedly taken the NBA by storm.  It’s a fantastic story.  A modest and fantastically talented player, playing his heart out goes on one of the hottest streaks in NBA history.  The Knicks were having a mediocre season, but things changed when Lin started to play well.  He’s got 6 straight games with 20+ points under his belt and he’s on his way to a record breaking season.  The Knicks now sit at 14-15 for the season with a shot at getting back to .500 if Lin stays hot.

He played his best game against the Lakers, with an incredible 38 points, leading the team to a 92-85 victory.  He lacks the flashy athleticism of a super-star player but he’s catching attention in a more important way – putting up numbers, hopefully he can keep it rolling.

He pulled off this incredible game ending three last night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xv2bl2bXRGs#at=22

Is the man unstoppable?  Probably not.  Every fire burns out eventually and Jeremy Lin’s is burning a lot longer and a lot brighter than anyone expected.  That doesn’t mean he isn’t the real deal though.  His current numbers are absurd for now eventually they’ll fall back to human-like levels but his ability to get to the free throw line and his quickness to the rim won’t be going anywhere.   No one goes on a 6 game hot streak like this on accident.  He certainly can play.

He won’t average 25 points per game if only because of Melo’s imminent return.  The decrease in scoring will be perceived as the dwindling of Lin’s bright lights, but I think Lin will be a player to keep your eyes on for a very long time and optimistically I think Melo will end up amplifying Lin’s play.  That said if Melo was playing last night you and I both know who would’ve taken that last shot.

This has been a weird week in sports with baseball holding their winter meetings, the NBA returning from their lockout, more college conference realignments and the NFL getting closer to a playoff picture.

The Miami Marlins have a new stadium and new look and seem to have found a money tree. The club signed closer Heath Bell to a 27 million dollar deal. They followed up that move by signing free agent short stop Jose Reyes to a 106 million dollar contract. For a team, who in the past, doesn’t like to spend much money they are looking more like the Yankees this off-season. The Marlins have now offered Albert Pujols a 10 year 200+ million dollar contract, but it sounds like the St. Louis Cardinals still have the upper hand in landing him. Many people thought Pujols would be the last free agent target of the Marlins, but today they have made another splash in the market. The Marlins today signed free agent starting pitcher Mark Buehrle to a 58 million dollar deal. Their front office has even stated that if they don’t sign Pujols they will attempt to sign the next best free agent first baseman in Prince Fielder.

The NFL playoffs are getting closer and closer to being set. The Denver Broncos who seemed out of the playoff picture just five weeks ago are now on top of their division and would host the Pittsburgh Steelers if the playoffs started today. The Packers remain undefeated and look to have a 16-0 season all wrapped up if they continue to play at the level they have so far this season. Green Bay and San Fransisco, the top two teams in the NFC, are also the first two teams in the NFL to clinch their respective divisions. All four of the AFC divisions could still change and potentially could come down to the last two weeks of the season that have many divisional games scheduled to be played. You can use the ESPN Playoff Predictor to set your own playoff picture.

We also saw an end to the NBA lockout and teams are getting back together, but we have also seen that very little changed in the NBA’s new CBA. There is now talk that the CBA that was agreed on may not be signed off on after all. Many players and owners don’t believe that the new deal is any better than the previous CBA. This week has also held many rumors that include superstars Dwight Howard and Chris Paul. Some of these rumors include Howard and Paul joining Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles with the Lakers. These rumors prove that nothing was fixed in the NBA negotiations. Many fans believed that the NBA lockout was mainly to bring parity and competition to the league. Moves like these, however, would make the league even less competitive and take away some of what parity did exist.

Now one of the weirdest things that is going on in sports right now. Many college conferences are attempting to make their conferences stronger by adding new teams and bringing in teams from other conferences. Currently the Mountain West and Conference USA are talking about merging together. The weirdest story at this time, however, is the schools that the Big East is looking to bring into their conference. The Big East is expanding and has officially announced the addition of the Houston Cougars, Boise St. Broncos, San Diego St. Aztecs, Central Florida Knights and SMU Mustangs. Nothing says East like the Broncos from Boise, Idaho and the Aztecs from San Diego, California. I mean how much more east can you go than California, right? I understand that these conferences are attempting to become bigger and stronger in an attempt to get more money and respect from the BCS, but this conferece realignment needs to be done in another way.

The first trailer for Grand Theft Auto V has arrived. There are a lot of disparate environments – mountains, high-rises, beach – but all centered around Vinewood, a stand-in for Los Angeles. We’re definitely getting back into some of the beloved San Andreas stomping grounds.

Our hero is a dad who says he’s trying to be a good guy, but it’s a Grand Theft Auto game, so we’ll see how that works out. My theory: Old Tommy Vercetti – Vice City – moves to San Andreas?

I was 14, a huge Cubs fan, vacationing with my family in Los Angeles, California. My Dad and I left Universal Studios early that day to go watch Game 6 of the NLCS. I was wearing my Mark Prior jersey (which still hangs proudly in my closet) and probably proclaimed 50 times that day that the Cubs were World Series bound.

The Cubs were up 3-0 when Juan Pierre hit a towering fly ball towards the left field crowd. Wrong place, wrong time.

“That could be huge.”

Steve Lyons statement directly after the Bartman play proved to be nothing short of the truth. After the Bartman play the Chicago Cubs not only lost their composure, but they also went on to lose the game and the series. For Cubs fans we all knew that Bartman had been taken out of the stadium for safety reasons and that due to death threats he had gone into hiding so to speak, but “Catching Hell” gave a chilling view of the “Friendly” Confines.

I was 14 and every sports show told me that it was Bartman’s fault and their was a period where I too blamed him, but I am smart enough to look back and see that it was nowhere near being his fault that the Cubs lost. I felt ashamed of being a Cub fan when a clip from the stadium showed Bartman being escorted to safety by security guards the following line struck me more than any other:

“Put a 12 gauge in his mouth and pull the trigger!”

Wow, I thought, the guy did what any fan would; he reached for a fly ball. Like I said before, wrong place, wrong time. Look at the play again. How many fans are reaching for the ball? At least 5-6. All of you other fans who reached for that ball should Thank God every night that it didn’t hit your hands.

If you didn’t get a chance to watch the Documentary attempt to find it on-demand or when it airs again. It’s worth the watch for any fan: (continue below for my take on the Bartman hate)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2oT7rTdgCE[/youtube]

It hurt to watch the way my fellow Cubs fans treated Steve Bartman after the play; I don’t believe he did anything wrong. The game is reffered to as the Bartman game. Why isn’t it the Gonzales game? Alex Gonzales is the player who booted a tailor made double play ball that would have ended the inning.

The Dusty Baker game? Baker left Prior in probably too long and allowed him to give up the lead even though he had already thrown well over 120 pitches.

There are so many other things that went wrong. The Gonzales play messed up two outs; Bartman only, maybe, messed up one. Moises Alou stated in an interview a few years ago that he didn’t believe he would have made the catch anyway. If that’s true Alou here is my thought:

You don’t freak out, you walk back to left cool and collected. Therefore the fans don’t see it as a big deal, the players don’t get any doubt in their minds, and I like to think the Cubs go on to win.

I’ll be honest here; I didn’t finish watching the documentary yet. When I heard Kerry Wood’s home run was in the movie I just couldn’t bare to watch it again. I thought when Wood hit that home run in game 7 the Cubs were back in the driver seat. When Alou hit a 2-run homer the next inning to put the Cubs up 5-3 it was over in my mind. Little did I know the Marlins would come back and win that game and the World Series.

It hurts me to see how Cubs fans treated Steve Bartman; I hope that one day everyone else can stop blaming Bartman. If it were up to me Bartman would have a suite at Wrigley Field every home game to make up for the way he was treated in 2003. Hell, I’d have a suite for Bartman and a family of Goats.

I would like to finish up by praising Bartman for the way he handled the situation. He just stayed in his seat, he didn’t talk back to anyone. When he was hit with food and beer he just wiped it off and continued to watch the game. He was being yelled at and pummeled with concessions and he took it with a straight face. All the best to you Steve Bartman I hope that one day the rest of Cub Fandom will forgive you and understand that it was NOT your fault.

One year your company has $45 million in funding, and the next you’ve been delisted from the NASDAQ. It’s just another day in the life of an entrepreneur. And it’s exactly what happened to Eric J. Kuhn.

Kuhn started Varsity Books, an online marketplace for college textbooks in 1999. The company received a massive amount of funding and went public, the stock market crashed and his company went from 250 employees to 14. But in 2000, Kuhn decided to pivot and Varsity Books became an online bookstore for private high schools. The company found huge success in this model and Varsity Books was and is the only company to have ever been re-listed on the NASDAQ. In 2006, Kuhn sold his shares and left the company.

So is he sitting on a yacht somewhere living it up?  No, an entrepreneur never stops.

Interview with Eric Kuhn

We had the opportunity to ask Eric Kuhn a few questions about entrepreneurship, FoundersCard and the ups and downs of being a founder:

During his ups and downs as a founder Eric Kuhn thought, “Why isn’t there a dedicated community for entrepreneurs?”

Entrepreneurs need to travel and why shouldn’t they receive the same treatment as any other CEO?  But, a lack of a corporate discount necessitates that they travel on a budget. This revelation led Kuhn to develop the FoundersCard, an organization he now successfully runs with over 5,000 members.

FoundersCard

So what is FoundersCard?  Essentially, it’s a loyalty program for entrepreneurs with stellar networking events, benefits include exclusive discounts from hundreds of businesses including Apple, Rackspace, Moo, FedEx, GigaOM Pro, Equinox gyms, spas, online shopping sites like Gilt City, hip hotels like The Standard, airlines like Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines, telecom companies like AT&T, and other great services like Zipcar, Uber, LimoRes and Roomorama.

FoundersCard hosts several networking events throughout the year in New York City, San Francisco and Miami, with Boston and Los Angeles coming soon. Members say they are an incredible opportunity to mingle with other members and cultivate a tight-knit, mutually benefitting community.

FoundersCard accepted its first application in December 2009. Membership is by invite and referral only; because of this, they tend to have a very high acceptance rate. The application is a simple process and takes no longer than 15 minutes to fill out. Membership rates are $495 per year plus a $65 initiation fee; however, ZipRage might be able to help you out on that.

Discounted Annual Rate for ZipRage readers

Not only can we get you into the referral only membership but we can also get you a pretty significant discount.

Memberships are $495, but the kind folks over at FoundersCard were nice enough to extend a 50% off discount ($249) to ZipRage readers. Just use the code FCZIPRAGE at founderscard.com/membership and you will be eligible for a $249 annual rate.

Whether you like perks, learning about new services or meeting new people in your tech community, FoundersCard has given entrepreneurs one more reason to leave the corporate life and go out on their own.

Always Panties – The Panty Parade Tumblr (NSFW)
All the Bentley’s Men: Bentley Driver’s Club 75th Anniversary – Gear Patrol
CTRL+ALT+DEL: The 15 Worst-Dressed Men Of Silicon Valley – GQ
Monitor Your Name on the Web – My Life Scoop

The best ways to rent a movie – Guyism
15 1/2 Things You Need to Know About… Dress Shoes – Park & Bond
Keep Bugs at Bay – Valet Mag
The 2011 Esquire Car of the Year Preview: Design and Technology Awards – Esquire
Pentagon’s Lightning Gun Sold for Scraps on eBay – Wired

Linkin Park – Rolling In The Deep (Adele Cover – Live) – You Tube
Whoa,Never though of this title before, Per Candice Swanepoel Fection! – Pickmeup
Meet British TV host Pollyanna Woodward who recently posed for FHM UK – GCeleb
Twelve Problems Experienced By People Living In First World Countries – Caveman

The Most Hypnotic Late-Night Los Angeles Time Lapse You’ll See This Week – Brobible
Hot 100: Sexy Asian Overload because you have a thing for Asian Girls – DJMick
Chrissy Teigen in her underwear – photoshoot for Esquire’s My in My Place – PHS
Today we’re talking Emma Frain, the beautiful British glamour model – FListed

Erin Andrews & Boyfriend Josh Hopkins At Lollapalooza – Photos – Busted
Porn Star Sandee Westgate Approved This Guide To Oral Sex For Men – COED
Six Online How-To Guides For the World’s Saddest People – SmokingJacket
Mircea Monroe is just another cute blonde actress you’ve never heard of –
SI

January Jones: Snow and ice don’t stand a chance against this hottie – Gunaxin
Chanelle Hayes makes some waves in a leopard bikini in Portugal – TeaseTDW
And.. here’s Paz Vega Looking Totally Smoking Hot in a Bikini as well – CSP
Hot Red Carpet Ladies at 2011 Teen Choice Awards, Part One – MoeJackson

Rockstar’s perfected being on the wrong side of the law, now they’re giving us a chance to solve crimes instead of commit them in L.A. Noire ($60). The game’s set in the 1940′s and gives you eight square miles of historically accurate Los Angeles to explore and work your way up in the LAPD.

Wolf Designs is generously offering ZipRage readers 40% off any non-sale item over $100 including the Viceroy 2.7 Module Watch Winder. Enter promo code: ZIPRAGE at checkout. Expires September 27th.

I don’t have the resources necessary to wear a Rolex as my daily beater, few people do.  But if you happen to own a nice automatic timepiece, you really need to house it somewhere a little more fitting than the sock drawer.  We suggest a watch winder. Not only is a watch winder an awesome whirling gizmo to keep your watch ticking. It’s also an investment to extend the life of your prized man jewelry.

Automatic watches are designed to be worn continuously and not rewound on a daily basis because it causes excessive and unnecessary stress and wear to the internal mechanics.

Wolf Designs has perfected the art of making fine watch winders over their 175 years in the business. Based in Los Angeles, Wolf Designs is best known for making branded watch winders, in addition to OEM winders from the likes of Cartier, Baume and Mercier.

The new Wolf Designs Viceroy 2.7 Module Watch Winder With Storage ($299) comes with a plethora of awesome upgrades from the 2.0 Module Watch Winders.  2.7 sees the addition of a back-lit LCD display and new control panel that allows the user to choose from uni-directional or bi-directional rotation and the ability to select from a range of 300 to 1,200 turns per day. Programming the winder is incredibly easy and the patented “snug fit” cuff accommodates large watches and locks with click so you know your watch is secure.

I’ve had my Wolf Designs Viceroy 2.7 Module Watch Winder with Storage for a couple of weeks now. The winder sports a very solid construction and the ease of use is very impressive. I literally set it two weeks ago and have since pretty much forgotten about it.

The luxury of a watch winder usually comes with a very steep price tag. With the new Wolf Designs 2.7 Module Watch Winder it’s a more affordable luxury. MSRP for the Viceroy 2.7 Single Watch Winder with Storage we tested is listed at $350, which is only a fraction of the price when compared to other luxury winders from Orbita and Underwood.

Here’s how to take a shot at getting your hands on a Viceroy 2.7 Module Watch Winder With Storage:

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