Author Archives: Kent

New Merch and Design Work

I’ve been pretty busy lately with design and web and there’s quite a bit to show for it.

bcc_logo There’s three different places you can currently find and purchase merchandise featuring artwork I’ve done for the Bike Commuter Cabal, an informal bicycle commuting group on Google+.

First up, I launched a Redbubble store to sell t-shirts, sweatshirts, stickers and iPhone and iPad cases. Response has been pretty good and I’m donating a portion of any proceeds to bike-related charities. In special recognition of the month of May being Bike Month and also hosting Bike to Work days in many larger cities, I’m donating 100% of all proceeds from May to World Bicycle Relief. Popular sellers have been t-shirts and stickers.

Also related the The Bike Commuter Cabal, some months ago during the winter, the group held an impromptu contest of submissions for jersey designs to be produced at a later date. I’m glad to say my design was one of the three finalists, and I also just completed the Bike Commuter Cabal Shop where preorders are going on for the three jerseys from now until June 7th.

Finally, as a special request for one Cabal member, I set up a design for personalized frame decals for The Bike Commuter Cabal through a third party vendor, VeloInk.com. Although it was initially a one-off, for one specific member, they’ve turned out to be very popular with a bunch of other folks ordering sets up as well.

On other fronts, I’ve completed a number of web design projects recently which have turned out pretty well.

A few months ago I completed a new redesign and launch of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick website and I’m currently working on helping them with the French version. I also worked with them on a mini/sub site within that for SlimeWatch, a program to monitor algae growth in the Bay of Fundy.

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Finally, just a week ago, I launched the redesign of my buddy Ross Neilsen’s website to coincide with the release of his new album, Resurrection. It’s very good and Ross and the boys have done an excellent job on it, I encourage you to check it out.

The Return of Green Day?

Ok, so pursuant to a thread last week on my Google+ page about Green Day records, for the past week I’ve been checking out their latest ‘trilogy’ for lack of a better word, Uno! Dos! Tré!.

I remember being nonplussed when they started releasing these. I have to admit that my first reaction was, they’re releasing THREE records? WTF? Ok, they’ve finally jumped the shark.

The records were released to relatively little fanfare, especially after BJA’s on-stage blow up and subsequent rock star cliché ‘admission to a substance abuse program’ both overshadowed the records themselves and also caused the cancellation of the majority of the live shows that were in support their releases.

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Surly Pugsley First Ride Impressions

So back in October of last year I officially put in an order for a Surly Necromancer Puglsey. Having wanted one for years, I’d finally managed to save up the scratch to get one. My goal was to bomb it around all winter, but also to hopefully commute through most of the winter up here on it. I’ve commuted winters past on my Cross Check, running studded tires, but once the snow really flies and the old railbed-now-trail that I usually commute on is covered with 2 feet of snow, I was forced to slice and dice with the cars and logging trucks on the backroads. Quite frankly, after a few years of near misses – and a few not misses at all – I decided I’d had enough. But I didn’t want to give up commuting in the winter.

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Pumpkin Cross Race Report: It’s All About the Lebuckskis.

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Rode my first cyclocross race today and it was a blast. A quick recap.

I missed out on the holeshot at the start due to a huge group of riders in front of me at the start. I decided to start way at the back to make things more interesting. I enjoy the challenge of fighting up through the ranks and it makes things much more engaging for the fans at home watching on tv. ‘He came from the back of the pack’ has such a great ring to it and looks fabulous in print.

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