Comments on: Thanks for the cool rubber shoes, Cory! http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: rs http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1620214 rs Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1620214 My daughter has a purple pair of these -- the Jefferson style. They're really great shoes, but the word on the street the last several months is that the company is in full-on self-destruct mode. No new orders, no communication. Stores clamoring for more stock just throw up their hands. An odd end, maybe, for a company with such a meteoric rise. My daughter has a purple pair of these — the Jefferson style. They’re really great shoes, but the word on the street the last several months is that the company is in full-on self-destruct mode. No new orders, no communication. Stores clamoring for more stock just throw up their hands. An odd end, maybe, for a company with such a meteoric rise.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619934 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619934 You must not live in a crowded city. In SF, we had one house guest that stayed for five months and we didn't have an extra bedroom. The house guest even had a house guest for a couple of weeks. You must not live in a crowded city. In SF, we had one house guest that stayed for five months and we didn’t have an extra bedroom. The house guest even had a house guest for a couple of weeks.

]]> By: Bender http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619624 Bender Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619624 A visit of a couple of WEEKS? No offense to Cory's family, but surely there must have been a guest house involved.  A visit of a couple of WEEKS? No offense to Cory’s family, but surely there must have been a guest house involved. 

]]> By: Freddie Freelance http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619554 Freddie Freelance Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619554 The shoes Cory left are wearing out; the obvious solution is invite Cory to visit again! The shoes Cory left are wearing out; the obvious solution is invite Cory to visit again!

]]> By: Freddie Freelance http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619552 Freddie Freelance Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619552 The material is waterproof and doesn't get sodden if wet, and the holes let water run out & air get in to dry your feet. The material is waterproof and doesn’t get sodden if wet, and the holes let water run out & air get in to dry your feet.

]]> By: Mr Mallon http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619517 Mr Mallon Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619517  "I didn't know what they shoes looked like and for about two weeks the box sat unopened" We have seen some of the stuff Cory wears and understand your fear.  ”I didn’t know what they shoes looked like and for about two weeks the box sat unopened”

We have seen some of the stuff Cory wears and understand your fear.

]]> By: tpe123 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619327 tpe123 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619327 Identical shoes seem to have popped up in a number of brand names that I mostly don't recognize. They tend to be comfortable as can be if they fit. Which is the sticking point. Make sure you can send them back easily, just in case they don't fit. The downside with this kind of shoe is that if they don't fit your foot shape well enough, they seem resistant to conforming like leather and/or canvas uppers do.  As for the bitchy environmental concern, these are foam, a good deal of their volume is made up of *air*. There's a good chance that these shoes use less petroleum than a comparable traditionally made shoe of rubber, canvas, and/or leather. Production of which *also* uses petroleum.  Identical shoes seem to have popped up in a number of brand names that I mostly don’t recognize. They tend to be comfortable as can be if they fit. Which is the sticking point. Make sure you can send them back easily, just in case they don’t fit. The downside with this kind of shoe is that if they don’t fit your foot shape well enough, they seem resistant to conforming like leather and/or canvas uppers do. 

As for the bitchy environmental concern, these are foam, a good deal of their volume is made up of *air*. There’s a good chance that these shoes use less petroleum than a comparable traditionally made shoe of rubber, canvas, and/or leather. Production of which *also* uses petroleum. 

]]> By: seer http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619290 seer Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619290 if these were natural gum rubber they'd be great. unfortunately, they're made of ethylene vinyl acetate. if these were natural gum rubber they’d be great. unfortunately, they’re made of ethylene vinyl acetate.

]]> By: Ernest Valdemar http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619278 Ernest Valdemar Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619278  Rubber is not a petroleum product.  Rubber is not a petroleum product.

]]> By: Eric S. Smith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619257 Eric S. Smith Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619257 Waterproof, yet thoroughly perforated? Waterproof, yet thoroughly perforated?

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619226 Cory Doctorow Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619226 You're welcome, Mark! You’re welcome, Mark!

]]> By: seer http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619225 seer Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619225 sure thing, but it'll take a couple weeks for the fixer to ferment. sure thing, but it’ll take a couple weeks for the fixer to ferment.

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619218 Mark_Frauenfelder Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619218 What is it like using a computer made from leather, cotton, hemp, and linen? Could you post a photo? What is it like using a computer made from leather, cotton, hemp, and linen? Could you post a photo?

]]> By: seer http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619196 seer Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619196 to hell with leather, cotton, hemp or linen - let's use more petroleum products while we still can! to hell with leather, cotton, hemp or linen – let’s use more petroleum products while we still can!

]]> By: AwesomeRobot http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619169 AwesomeRobot Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619169 Alright, how's the sizing when compared to the staple Chuck Taylors?  Alright, how’s the sizing when compared to the staple Chuck Taylors? 

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/thanks-for-the-cool-rubber-sho.html#comment-1619168 Stefan Jones Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=203675#comment-1619168 The reviews suggest the sizing is off . . . if anyone out there has tried these and normally wears a size 10.5 . . . what size did you find worked for you? The reviews suggest the sizing is off . . . if anyone out there has tried these and normally wears a size 10.5 . . . what size did you find worked for you?

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