Articles by Team StickerGiant

Articles by Team StickerGiant

• February 12, 2013

  Your Greatest Source of Learning?

  Before founding Microsoft, Bill Gates and Paul Allen had a different venture. While still high school students in the 1970s, they formed a company, Traf-O-Data to read the data from traffic data recorders and create reports for traffic engineers. Looking back, the business seems like it was from another century (which it was). The old data recorders used paper punch tape ... a rather arc...
  by Team StickerGiant

  Posted in: Technology

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• February 11, 2013

  Vassago - Back from the Brink!

  At the Vassago Bicycle Company, it's been "Nothing But Big Wheels Since 2005" ... Vassago went through its share of trials and tribulations, but they've returned, “under completely new ownership and management, and badder than ever! Saved from the brink of extinction (or worse… becoming a mail order house brand) by a group of passionate riders, racers and builders Vassago is poised for a...
  by Team StickerGiant

  Posted in: Sports

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• February 6, 2013

  Mike Has A Special Delivery For You

  I'll sign for that! Never mind Victoria's Secret. The roots of Mike Shampine's perky illustration style run back to the days of his youth in Alaska, where legend has it, he drew (literally) inspiration from stacks of comic books and Sears lingerie ads. I may be totally off, but I see a hint of Vaughn Bode in Mike's work. His WWII aircraft nose art pin-up renderings literally pop off the ...
  by Team StickerGiant

  Posted in: Makers, Designers and DIY

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• February 4, 2013

  FlixMaster - Video Editing in the Cloud

  Boulder, Colorado-based FlixMaster [Editor's Note: FlixMaster is now Rapt Media. We've preserved the sticker story for posterity.] brings enhanced interactivity and “branching” to online video. With traditional video, a storyline follows a path from start to finish. Branching allows viewers to choose the direction of the story, influencing the twists and turns. Added interactivity ropes in ...
  by Team StickerGiant

  Posted in: Television & Film

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• February 3, 2013

  Film Festival Celebrates 15th Year

  Founded in 1998, the RiverRun International Film Festival screens over 120 films in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, every year and has grown to be one of the most important film festivals in the southeast. At last year’s event, more than 140 films representing 25 countries were shown and over 15,500 tickets were issued. This year’s event will be held from April 12th through the 21st...
  by Team StickerGiant

  Posted in: Television & Film

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• January 28, 2013

  Three Barrel Brew

  Colorado

  We recently printed these awesome labels for the Three Barrel Brewing Company in Del Norte, Colorado. Tuesdays might be all about trivia here on the StickerGiant blog, but there's nothing trivial about Skeleto Smoked Porter. Just don't get scared off by its complex oaky texture, vivid whiff of smoke, and dark structure. It's merely one of Three Barrels many fine seasonal "artisan crafted br...
  by Team StickerGiant

  Posted in: Beer, Wine & Spirits

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• January 24, 2013

  Grab a Beer at Gravity Brewing, Buy a Fridge Next Door

  Colorado

  Researching this post about the The Gravity Brewing Company instilled a insatiable thirst. Insatiable because the only beer in the fridge at the moment happened to be left over from the holidays: a mass-produced pedestrian lightweight brew - which shall remain nameless - incapable of quenching any thirst of substance. Nevertheless, I cracked an aluminum can open hoping to find inspiratio...
  by Team StickerGiant

  Posted in: Beer, Wine & Spirits

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• January 21, 2013

  San Antonio Hash House Harriers? Tag That!

  The San Antonio Hash House Harriers are a 21-and-older social walking/running club based in - you guessed it - San Antonio, Texas. Needless to say, they're not your typical group of fitness fanatics. So you're thinking ... "what is this hash, they speak of?" "Does it have something to do with breakfast? Or an illegal substance of some sort?" Well, you're in luck, seeing that this is T...
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  Posted in: Sports

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• January 20, 2013

  Greatful Dead Dancing Bear-a-Palooza

  [Dear Readers, we no longer offer retail buttons, but we do offer an awesome website to order your own custom sticker.] StickerGiant has more Dancing Bear buttons and stickers than you can shake a stick at Sugaree. Just don't tell them that you know me. Check out these American Beauties: Dan Morris Dancing Bear Dancing Butterfly Rainbow Dancing Bears Jumbo Night Day Bear...
  by Team StickerGiant

  Posted in: Music & Performances

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