In December, the good folks over at Blank Label invited me to try one of their custom men’s dress shirts.
Blank Label is a Boston-based startup that allows its customers to create their own custom dress shirts online.
I went ahead and used their online custom shirt creator and waited for my shirt in the mail. Now that I’ve worn the shirt a couple times now, here are my thoughts.
Overall, I’d say Blank-Label is really on to something here. They’ve created a nicely designed site which allows any Joe Shmo like me to easily create a custom dress shirt online. And I’ve got to hand it to them, the shirt fits almost perfect. It fits exactly the same if not better than the shirt I bought at Cafe Coton off the rack and had taken in at the local tailor. The difference though was that with Blank Label, I never left my apartment. Read more »
Do you like to celebrate Valentine’s Day?
I’ll go have a little dinner with my wife, but not much more than that. Don’t get me wrong, I love my wife, but sometimes the juice isn’t worth the squeeze because Valentine’s Day is sorta forced.
Valentine’s Day reminds me of this study done on monkeys. It might be a little off but bare with me because I’m paraphrasing something my friend told me.
Researchers took a monkey and gave him a treat every 8th time he pulled a lever. After a while the monkey stopped pulling the lever because he got bored. They did the same thing with another monkey but randomized when he got the treat (it wasn’t every 8th time). That monkey kept pulling the lever for way longer because he didn’t know when it was coming next (kind of sounds like slot machines haha).
Basically, when it’ predictable, it is not as enjoyable. I’ve never liked Valentine’s Day for that reason.
We’ve talked about why we like Boxee before here on Ploomy. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Boxee has just unveiled one of my favorite pieces of hardware coupled with one of my favorite pieces of software.
What is the Boxee Box?
Boxee is the best way to enjoy entertainment from the Internet and computer on your TV. Boxee is launching their IPTV set-top box powered by the Nvidia Tegra 2. This is the big brother to the Tegra that powers the Microsoft Zune, and several other upcoming Windows Mobile 7 phones.
Rather than using the traditional content provider model, Boxee is a rather unique IPTV solution in that they are a portal to content providers. This is great because it allows for almost any video content on the Internets to be accessed. Read more »
Buying a custom made suit can burn a hole in your pocket quickly, but what about a custom designed dress shirt?
Last week, I was pleasantly surprised when the good folks over at Blank Label asked me if I wanted to try one of their custom designed dress shirts on for size.
If you’ve ever treated yourself to a made-to-measure suit, then you can probably appreciate the importance of well-fitting clothes. I’ve had a custom suit made for a wedding once and I still look forward to wearing it every time the occasion calls for it.
With Blank Label, you can easily customize and design almost everything about your dress shirt including the fabric color, collar, cuffs, placket, buttons, pleats, collar inseams, etc. You can also monogram it with your initials in a few different locations. Read more »
Whisky Tasting Tips from the Godfather of Whisky Dan Tullio
Whisky is the quintessential winter warmer and what better way to learn about the spirit than from a man who lives it, literally. Director of Canadian Club’s Brand Heritage, Dan Tullio has been with the whisky distillery for a quarter of a century. He’s traveled the world drinking and talking about Canadian whisky, leading taste tests and has even played a prominent role in Canadian Club’s Damn Right advertising campaign (that’s Dan the ladies man in the photo).
For those of you who may not be whisky (yes that’s whisky without the ‘e’) connoisseurs, what better way to learn about whisky than from The Godfather of Whisky himself?
How to Build an Internet Business, There’s an Interview for That!
Do you want to learn how to build a successful Internet business?
If your answer is “no,” then stop here, do not pass go, do not collect $200 (homage to Monopoly, one my favorite boardgames of all time).
If your answer is “yes,” then keep reading because the answer is quite simple, watch or listen to the interviews on Mixergy.com — all of them.
Want to learn how to start an Internet business, how to raise venture capital, how to build community, how to get links to your site, how to get people to pay for services, how to create compelling content?….there’s an interview for that!
Mixergy.com, “home of the ambitious upstart,” provides free video interviews (at least for now) with successful Internet entrepreneurs. The interviews are conducted by Andrew Warner, an accomplished Internet entrepreneur in his own right with his own fascinating roller coaster of a story where he took his company to $30+ million a year in sales.
3 Ways to Protect Your Privates and have fun doing it
In honor of Movember, the charity dedicated to generating awareness and raising funds for testicular and prostate cancer research, here’s Ploomy’s top three ways to protect your privates.
- Grow a Mo: It’s an excuse not to shave and a great conversation starter at the bar. Chicks dig a dude down with charity!
- Mo your friends: If you don’t want to grow a mustache you can Mo your friends with this new Facebook application
- Cheers to your prostate: Try these Mo-inspired cocktails named after some of the best Mo’s in pop-culture
If you’ve ever had to sign a birthday card for a co-worker by passing around a “manila envelope”, then you know what a silly process it is. Most of the time the recipient knows it’s coming and it’s really just a formality.
This is why you’ll like GroupGreeting.com, a free service that allows you to create a digital group card that multiple people can sign and share from anywhere in the world.
By creating a group greeting card, you can have the whole office, team or group of friends sign a card for an individual without having to pass around a physical card. It’s very much like an ecard, but what makes it different is you can create one card and have everyone in the office sign it (even if they are in different locations). Read more »
I’ve never been a fan of games made in conjunction with a movie, but a few weeks ago I was tapped to review GI JOE The Rise of Cobra the game and couldn’t help but be excited.
You must understand though that I grew up in the eighties and so for me GI JOE represents not only countless childhood cartoon watching, but also it’s a chance for the powers that be (studio heads and game makers) to redeem themselves after having already thoroughly destroyed the Transformers franchise.
After 30 minutes of playing:
After watching the game intro, I already knew I was in trouble. The graphics were dull, blocky and showed lots of visible jagged staircasing (and this is on my 60″ Sony with full 1080p). Just for fun I loaded up COD 4 and Killzone to compare quality and it was night and day. The difference is so glaring, but again I remind myself that I am comparing apples to oranges and reset my sights accordingly. Read more »
Did you know?
“74% of girls agree that hair is one of the first things they notice about a guy.”
National Survey of 2,500 girls 18-24 conducted by StrategyOne June and July 2008.
AXE, the popular grooming line which you’ve come to know now has a line of AXE Hair care products aimed at giving you “girl-approved hair.” The line includes 5 new shampoos, a conditioner, and styling products that are designed to take your hair care to the next level.
Since we always like to give you the heads up on all things men, here’s the lowdown. Read more »
