Once again, I’ve been totally passed over for the 10 Sexiest Geeks List, but that’s all political anyways. It’s all about who you know
I am a 10 over on Wired’s Geekdad blog, however. Number 10, to be exact, on their 12 days of Geekmas contest. I’m giving away a copy of Me Geek Pretty One Day, a yo-yo, some comics, and other goodies. To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on their blog. Easy! Get to it, the giveaway ends tomorrow.
I’ve started riding my bike again for various reasons. I’ve been working in San Mateo a few days a week and got tired of taking BART to CalTrain, so I’m trying to bike to the downtown CalTrain Station, then just take CalTrain all the way. I used to bike this same path 5 days a week for over a year while I worked at the SF Weekly, and the general trip time was about 15 minutes from what I could recall.
Since I’m just getting back into the swing of biking this route again, I thought I’d keep track of my rides with my iPhones stopwatch.
Last week, my first ride in over a year so I decided to just bike normally. From my steps to the station was around 14 minutes and 40 seconds.
Yesterday I had a planned lunch with my friend Scott, but I was 45 minutes early so I decided to take a real casual ride to kill time. From my steps to the station took 14:57… riding slow!
So today I figure I could probably shave off a few minutes if I tried hard enough. I pedaled like a maniac, running through more signs and lights than I ever do, and really zipping through the city. From my steps to the station took 14:54!!! At full speed!!! Running lights and everything.
As the machine spit out my ticket, the doors closed and I missed my morning train by 1 minute. No matter the pace, I always seem to arrive in just under 15 minutes, how on earth is that possible?
I wrote an article on the Laughing Squid blog about the recent Emily Strange controversy. After watching some of the comments come in, I began wondering if there was a certain type of person that was physically unable to see the original image of Rosamond side by side with the nearly identical image of Emily (cats, text, and all). Maybe they couldn’t see it because it was too obvious, so I drew the image above to help them figure it out.
Hey all, I’ll be leaving for the Czech Republic National Yo-Yo Contest this thursday, and I could use some extra spending money, so I’ve posted many new items on my store and for a limited time won’t be charging any domestic shipping on purchases over $8! Please note, this is a one day sale so all orders must be placed by 10pm Tuesday night (11/04/08) and will be shipped Wednesday. Here are some of the new goodies:
Don’t forget about my album, Me Geek Pretty One Day and all the other stuff on my shop. Also note, I might not be ordering Bolt’s anymore, so this may be your last chance to procure one. On wednesday morning, I will be clising my shop for about 3 weeks while I travel.
This weekend was the Alternative Press Expo, one of my fave local comic book conventions. I spent $150 on my booth and materials, worked 16 hours, and spent $40 at other folks tables. All that for about $225 in sales… minus $150… and hella work…
Anwho, one of the highlights of the show was finally meeting Jeremy Tinder. Jeremy’s art is currently featured in Little Otsu’s storefront, and I’ve been following his work for 4 years. Jeremy was one of the few artists that I was hoping would be at the con, but his name wasn’t listed. I guess his decision to come was a last minute deal, lucky me. I bought several of his books to fill my collection and I also traded him one of my art supply wraps in exchange for two of his paintings. Win!
I also bought two of Shigga’s new books and met tons of great folks, including Drew Olanoff, Mike Sgier from the Minneapolis Cartoonist Conspiracy, and some fine fella from Twitter (who loved my book). When I wasn’t hassling customers, I spent my time watercoloring the covers to my new book (which is for sale in my shop now). I actually managed to paint all 100 covers, it was like the 24 hour challenge all over again. At one point my friend Jaschu showed up and picked up one of my comics. Since one of his tweets worked it’s way into Robots Don’t Know Anything About Twitter, I decided to surprise him by watercoloring the page his tweet inspired.
I’m tabling at the Alternative Press Expo this weekend in the San Francisco Concourse. I’ll be there on Saturday and Sunday at booth #250 and I’ll have a whole slew of items with me, including:
Denim Coffee Cozies $8 (or 2 for $12)
Denim Laptop Sleeves $18
Denim Pen Wraps $18
Ideas (my older 24 hour comic) $2.50
and Robots Don’t Know Anything About Twitter $5
Each cover of Robots Don’t Know Twitter is watercolored and signed. I’ve printed 100. Here are some more pics:
With less than a week until the election, campaign advertising has reached a fervent peak on radio, tv, and print. Video bloggers too have joined in on the fray, particularly focusing on issues such as Proposition 8, an initiative to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California. Larry Lessig has chimed in with an 8 minute video in his notorious slide-show format, as have cast members of Ugly Betty: which leaves only one question; What does Casey McKinnon think about Prop 8?
Last week I made a laptop sleeve for my fancy 15″ MacBook Pro. Based on the responses I received, I decided to make a few more and put them on my shop. These laptop sleeves are made from heavy selvage denim (about 14 ounces) and have a chain stitched cuff. They should fit any computators that are 21 inches (or smaller) around the width. I made them extra long so you can simply fold over the extra material before putting the laptop in our bag. This prevents contents of your bag from sliding in.
A few days ago, I blogged about an easy costume idea; Make Your Own Gameboy shirt. I’m thrilled that thefinned1 took the idea and ran with it… but I’m bummed his is so much cooler than mine. Seriously, there’s no wrinkles or anything. Makes me want to try making one in without rushing.
