Via: The Wooster Collective - Skullphone hacked 10 L.A. billboards last week owned by clear channel. He placed his Skullphone image into the ad-rotation and the images are super. Check out more images here
Image Source: Supertouch

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Daniel from Sumner Farms in Sumner, Maine wins the prize (bragging rights) for the first farmer at the Wednesday’s Farmers Market for a second year running.
I do have to point out that Simone from Thirty Acre Farms, and Daniel from Freedom Farm have been making bi-weekly deliveries all winter. So they definitely win the year [...]

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It is still winter up at Wildcat Mountain which reports receiving 212 inches of snow this season - that’s like over 17 feet. Of course you will not find 17 feet on the ground, unless you head across the street. Mount Washington sits in the background.

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This Thursday at 2pm at Maine Green Building Supply, the City of Portland will hold a press event regarding the release of the Sustainable Portland Taskforce Report and Brochure (Port City Studios did the editing and design for the brochure). From the Press Advisory:
This Thursday, the Sustainable Portland Taskforce will release its Sustainable Portland Report. [...]

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Peter and I are on the event committee for the First Annual Portland Indie Biz Awards– a fundraiser for Portland Buy Local and the Portland Independent Business & Community Alliance (I am on the Board).

We’re asking that everyone and anyone nominate their favorite Portland Businesses for an award. The awards will be presented on May [...]

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I’ve been working with ILAP on the planning committee for CeleSoirée, their annual fundraiser, a “celebration of immigration through the arts”. The event is this Friday night and will include great food, a silent auction (including a rare opportunity to get your hands on some Tamworth Farm yarn) and some music and other entertainment. It [...]

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We’ve been busy little bees up here in Portland Maine, with not a lot of extra energy to make our regular posts. This spring is a doozy, with Peter’s (as-yet-unnamed) store opening in May, moving our office, work with PDD on Downtown Portland’s Pedestrian Wayfinding program, a few design jobs, not to mention taxes, and [...]

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This one comes to us via: Vigorous North. As it turns out, you can train crows to collect change using reward behavior principles - drop change into the vending machine and peanuts dispense bellow. The interesting economic piece of this invention is that according to its inventor, americans loose $250 million of change annually. With [...]

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Just in case the excitement about the potential monthly Pong Night at our new storefront hasn’t hit the newsstands yet, I will refer you to our new organizer – Cneal.
Cneal (of: Vigorous North & Rights of Way) posted an amazingly hilarious, but attention grabbing comment about our new space. He suggested finding a free ping [...]

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Over a hundred people attended a recent transportation planning session organized by the City of Portland’s Transportation Committee. The committee recently launched a Peninsula Transit Study to evaluate potential methods and benefits of expanding and optimizing a transportation system for the Portland Peninsula that emphasizes public and human powered transit as a preferred feasible alternative [...]

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The Space Gallery’s current installation Arcade: An Interactive Environment opened on Friday for the monthly Art Walk. They event was a big draw, attracting hundreds of nostalgic 70’s and 80’s Atari and Nintendo fans. Visitors were able to play games like Super Mario Brothers and Space Invaders - projected on big screens. They also had [...]

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