Are you a fan of the MOS Technology 6502 or one of the many variants? Atari, Apple, Commodore and many others used this chip in their 8-bit computers. It was also used by consoles such as the Atari 2600 and Nintendo's NES.
I cut my teeth on variants of the 6502. I well remember poking code into page 6 to add machine code to my Atari 8K BASIC programs. I still have some of my Atari Macro Assembler programs floating around on cassette and 5.25" floppies.
Just had my first sale at http://thewitsend.aliboom.com! Technically, it is the second sale; however, the other one was handled via email and phone call and doesn't register as a sale in the records on the site.
The sale is significant to me (thanks Herb!), because I'm actually paying for a storefront, and I want to make sure that I am at least getting that money back. Being on a fixed income, I want to be able to show my wife that opening an actual store (as opposed to our shop on Etsy) was a good decision.
Yesterday, I received a tweet from someone, about reblogging each other. I was curious when I read it, because I have been wondering about ways to extend the reach of the blog a little bit. However, I didn't understand why they would be contacting me; because to be honest, this little thing of mine has almost no viewers. Why would someone think that it would be a good deal for them?
Anyway, I followed their link, and it involved sharing a video. I watched the video, of course, to ensure that it wasn't something that I had issues with. I was quite surprised at how interesting it was. It gives a tour of one of their (ExpositionPrinting.com) sheet and web offset printing facilities in Asia. It covers their three eight color web offset machines, printing, drying, binding and more. I used to work for Champion International paper, and watching the machinery brought back some memories.
The production quality of the video is pretty low, which I find funny considering how massive and expensive the machinery they are displaying is; however, that actually kind of adds to the experience for me. I was a little disappointed that they didn't have a link to part two at the end of the video, or in their YouTube page description since I would have liked to see a comparison of web and sheet fed presses, price differences, and things like that.
Anyway, it was an interesting viewing experience. Large machinery fascinates me, and I have a soft spot for printing. If you have any printing needs - for example, catalogs, textbooks, magazines, brochures, etc., you should find them useful. They have printing plants located in the US (in LA, NJ, and TX), Europe (Lyon, Barcelona, Milan, and Rome), and Asia (Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Seould, Tokyo, and Beijing).
These shirts are screen printed on heavy weight pre-shrunk 100% cotton. All shirts are printed on demand. This shirt will generally be screened, heat set, and shipped within one to three days of your order.
At the moment, the shirts are sourced locally; and we attempt to use Gildans or Jerzees; however, we will also use heavy weight Hanes or Fruit of the Loom tees if that is all that is available in a particular size. We can accept special requests; if you want a different color or type of shirt or ink, if you'd like the graphic to be a different color than the text, we'll be happy to work with you, just send us a note and let us know.
For special orders, please understand that since we currently source our tees locally, we can't guarantee the availability of a particular color in all sizes. This is normally only a problem in sizes larger than XL. In addition, for the women's fitted shirts, we currently have no control over whether the shirt will be scoop neck or v-neck. Contact us and we'll do everything we can to get you the shirt you actually desire.
