Friday, March 20, 2015

New item: MOS Technology MOS 6502 tee

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.

This design is currently on sale for 25% off of the regular price.  It's only $11.99 and bulk discounts are available.  Check it out at:
http://thewitsend.aliboom.com/MOS_6502_tee/p3224001_13871179.aspx


You can also request a special order, if you desire your own color of shirt and ink.


First sale at the new online store. Yay me!

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.

This is the item that was sold:
Atari 8-bit 'Ready' prompt tee



Watch an eight color web offset printing facility tour.

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).

Here's the video:

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Dad Mode Activated - awesome GIFs on How To Be A Dad

How To Be A Dad has a great collection of 15 aninmated GIFs of dads reacting to potential threats to children.

Here's an example:


Some of them are pretty amazing.

http://www.howtobeadad.com/2015/25839/dad-mode-activated-15-gifs

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Like Monty Python and Venn Diagrams? Here's a shirt for you!


Expectations Venn Diagram - NOBODY Expects the Spanish Inquisition

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition. Well, except possibly Cardinals Ximénez, Biggles and Fang. 


Want this shirt?  You can get it here.

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.



Monday, March 16, 2015

Save 25% on this Atari ST tee

Running a sale on this Atari ST/TT/Falcon Power Without the Price with Busy Bee shirt. Normally $15.99, it's only $11.99 for a limited time (in addition, bulk rates apply - if you buy more than one, you save even more).


Saturday, March 14, 2015

Make Your Own Cable Wraps Out of Old Bungee Cords

Everyone can use a little help organizing their cables. I can think of easier ways to do it (and have in the past), but this one looks like fun too.



Make Your Own Cable Wraps Out of Old Bungee Cords