The creative blogosphere might be a crowded space but there is absolutely no denying CoolHunting as the premiere mothership. We’re huge fans of just about anything these guys touch and their Holiday Gift Guide is no exception. Tons of great gift suggestions like bacon-flavored dental floss and “fuck the rain” umbrellas.

I cruised over to Facevalue yesterday to say whattup to Vince. The guy pours his heart and soul into his shop and it shows - he’s got a great selection of hoodies, shirts and sweet kicks. And sure enough, I had to throw down for a pair of limited edition jack purcells. Damn I’m a sucker for chucks! Here’s a pic of my new kicks or click here to see a certain someone at the shop yesterday.

The good people of Sanctuary143 asked me to make a mixtape for their weekly podcast. It was totally fun and I love what they’re doing over there so turn yer speakers up and enjoy the jams. Listen here.

With the recent Criterion DVD release of Bottle Rocket, The A.V. Club sat down with our most admired, gifted, recognized and dare I say significant director of our generation, Wes Anderson. It makes for a great read.

Our good friend Jason spends his days designing websites but at night is when the real magic happens. He’s an incredible musician who goes under the moniker, Goddamn Electric Bill and we’re happy to see him featured in today’s daily paper. If there were ever a sound that more accurately defined the chillaxin vibe of San Diego, it’s G.E.B.

Rock only with the best. 10 Spot punches out this Prizefighter tee with “Victory” across the back. CMYK print with water-based inks to give that sweet vintage look.

Freshbump is web 2.0 for the new creative class. It’s a design-oriented, visualized Digg that’s community driven and prioritizes based on the collective view (aka bumps) of its users. The UI is excellent and within minutes, I was addicted (and inspired). Designers, photographers, advertisers…take note because FreshBump beat you to the punch.

It’s official, Twitter is bigtime. One of my favorite bloggers just name-dropped Twitter and dinner guests in the same sentence. Sorta reminds me of when the Flaming Lips performed “She Don’t Use Jelly” on 90210 and we all pretended like we were over it. Well, it’s still a damn good song and that’s kinda how I feel about my relationship with Twitter. Thanks to the super useful notification service Twilert, I don’t have to sit in front of a Twitter page for hours on end just to see if someone says something remotely interesting. Twilert is basically a google alerts for twitter, and if you don’t know what that is then you should probably start here.

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After three months in beta, First On Mars officially launched today. They’re supposed to be a personalized guide to network TV on the web (similar to TV.com and Hulu) but the design is all over the place and reminds me of video websites from 2005 that rushed to the marketplace instead of focusing on a clean, design-friendly user experience. Can’t say I’m all that impressed but they’ll be offering new features every two weeks so we’ll keep em on our radar and hope they turn it around.