A few weeks ago Trip Shakespeare my cubemate and the man who spent a great deal of time organizing today’s event was telling me about all the stuff I could be doing to help him, I ignored him. Instead, I asked if I could set up a red carpet outside the University of Minnesota’s Continuing Education Building and shout “What are you wearing” at the nerds and the nonprofits as they came in.
He said no.
But I should have done it anyway, because so many of the teams here have come decked out in custom-made t-shirts displaying their team names with pride.
Thus, I present you some of the best dressed at the Overnight Website Challenge.
Code Cowboys
The Code Cowboys kept it clean, classy, and basic by sporting a traditional black t-shirt featuring white text. I believe that’s a Pacman ghost featuring a western-style bandana. Yeeha!
Team Inetium
Team Inetium knows you can never go wrong with a good, old-fashioned, never-goes-out-of-style white t-shirt with black text. The bold black text seems to harken back to the 80s prompting Tim Gunn* to hum a few bars of Wake Me Up Before You Go Go. Clearly a good thing, right?
Ruby.mn 2.2
After the subdued colors of the Code Cowboys and Team Inetium seeing a shock of scarlet on the Ruby.mn 2.2 team was a delicious change of pace. The irregular border around the square and the gleaming sparkle on the ruby are the kind of details this fashion reporter likes to see.
Praxis
Call Crocket & Tubbs because the Praxis team is bringing turquoise back, and not a moment too soon as far as we’re concerned. A refreshing break from the traditional black, white, and red of the other teams we would love to see more of these kinds of bold fashion choices on the snow-covered carpet of the web challenge.
Rein in Sarcoma
We would be remiss in our fashion rundown if we did not include the delightfully whimsical ensemble worn by volunteers from the Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma Foundation. Featuring a merry-go-round horse in gold and royal blue, this shirt turned a lot of heads on the carpet today.
The Official T-shirt of the Overnight Website Challenge 09
The nerds at Sierra-Bravo who designed this shirt threw caution to the wind and made a bold statement by including both white and red text on a black t-shirt. The shirt is a big winner with nerds and nonprofits alike. Whoever came up with that “Sleep is for the Weak” slogan is definitely one smart cookie.
*Tim Gunn didn’t actually hum a Wham! song upon seeing Team Inetium’s t-shirt. Tim’s not even here, but we like to think that he would hum a little ditty if he were here.
