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Thank You
2007-07-20 04:51:00 If you're signed up for the Monsters By Mail e-mail list, then you, too, received the following e-mail this week:Did you see the name of who won the free t-shirt?? That's right, this zombie lover right here! YAY! The shirt came in the mail today and the personalization on the envelope is awesome, too!! It fits the 1/2 manaquin pretty good, I hope it fits Bryan. So my Thing tonight is a big, heartfelt, purple "THANK YOU" to Len!
Pass
2007-07-19 10:16:00 Due to Severe Weather, I had to pass. Is that an act of God? More About: Pass
CD Covers Collage
2007-07-18 18:38:00 Here's a collage of generic CD covers for the podcast made with Typogenerator and Comic Life. More About: Covers , Collage
Quarter Project Part 2
2007-07-18 04:04:00 A while back, I posted Part 1 of this project, go read that for the background, if you want. What I'm doing is kind of an anonymous art project, introducing painted coins into the mainstream. These coins are all painted with fingernail polish, unlike the sharpie markers, this should stay on the coins for a while. This bunch of multicolored coins, all went into the candy machine at work. And did you know, if you put coins in and press the coin return, you don't get the exact coins back? My painted minions are working their way into regular society. Excellent. More About: Project , Quarter
Bryan's 1st Pretentshus Comic (Age 4)
2007-07-17 11:39:00 Don't ask me. I don't know. More About: Comic , Bryan
Podcast Page Update
2007-07-17 06:26:00 Today's update day. It's all about the podcast page today. I updated the look of the page a little bit. I embedded a new MP3 player on both sites. Right now, there's no way to show AAC or embedded files in a flash viewer, so starting NOW, the podcasts also have a crappy MP3 version, so those unfortunate few who can't play AAC files can listen on the web page or download to their Zune. Like anyone has a Zune.There are now two versions of each show, AAC and MP3. You can listen to the MP3 shows in the players in the sidebar. Thanks libsyn! Also, today I updated and got the podcast listed in itunes, so you can easily subscribe there as well. I also added the podcast page to Feedburner. Here's an array of icons: (Feedburner) More About: Podcast , Page , Update
DreamBlade Hiding
2007-07-17 04:51:00 The new game crack at our house is DreamBlade. I had a short photo session outside, featuring the Tlamixec Battlelord and an Alluring Succubus.
It's Hard Out Here For A Podcast Pimp
2007-07-13 19:37:00 Today's Thing is another Friday promotion. There's a bunch of podcast related sites. Have you picked up a podcast lately? It's not hard to find, subscribe and listen to a wide variety of podcasts. Howver, I do wonder how much effect subscribing to a podcast listing site helps people who would like The Thing Radio find the show. I also added the blog to a few more blog warehouse sites. Are these large referenced sites with no readers. It's hard to tell. I did find another giant list of ways to promote your site. Here's some of the places I went to promote. You could check them out to find new sites. itunes -- Yeah, everyone knows itunes, but it's still the big dog in podcast promotion. Too much commercial stuff being promoted. I'm still waitng to hear back from them. My last podcast just cheap dirt did make it on itunes and was probably the reason I had over 80 subscribers. I'll put a link up t the new show when it comes out.Podcast Alley -- Still waiting to hear back from t... More About: Pimp , Hard
Big Brother Love
2007-07-13 05:13:00 Here's a comic I made combining two of my current favorite shows. What would happen if...??? More About: Love , Big Brother , Brother
TTOTD Radio--The Thing 3
2007-07-12 10:23:00 The Thing Radio returns, the show is bookended by two classic songs with some new stuff inside. Download the podcast HERE or click on the podcast graphic. Also, HERE'S the PDF case with all the song titles including the hidden one. The Songs 1. Laurie Anderson -- Let X = X from Big Science. If you ever own one Laurie Anderson CD, this is the one and this MP3 comes from the newly rereleased and remastered CD. Direct Download.2. Gabby Glaser -- Fruit is Sweet from Gimme Splash. Former Luscious Jackson member grabbed a few ex-bandmates for this new solo CD. Direct Download.3. Misha -- Summersend from Teardrop Sweetheart. New. Direct Download.4. The New Pornographers -- Myriad Harbor from Challengers. Another preview track from this August release. Direct Download.5. Taxi Taxi -- Family Doctor from Maps & Legends. Brooklyn band's new release. Direct Download.6. The Makes Nice -- Anna Karina from Candy Wrapper and Twelve Other Songs. Direct Do...
Ning
2007-07-12 04:10:00 Today, I started a new network thingy. It seems to combine several good ideas out there into one good idea. I will add more content in the coming days, but for now, I've set up the community page. Come join me!
Not Matt Groening
2007-07-11 19:04:00 Thought I'd beat Shelly to the punch. You can Simpsonize yourself here. More About: Matt Groening , Matt
Stick Men--More Than Meets The Eye
2007-07-10 10:41:00 Here's the first page of Today's Thing. Tuesday is comic day. You can see the other two pages starting tomorrow on my flickr page or at TTOTD Comix Page.Waiting is the hardest part. More About: Stick
Mac Update
2007-07-10 06:59:00 You can't really see today's Thing. I've been learning some mac-related stuff and doing some repair. Besides getting 9 gigs off my hard drive, I used the new icreate magazine tips to speed up the old G4 and do some spring cleaning. I also am learning some new programs courtsey of the new Mac Heist promotion along with Mac Update . Today was a learny day. To test out my new audio program, Amadeus, I made a TTOTD Radio spacer then posted it with my new FTP program Fetch.
Trio of Mr. Bills
2007-07-10 02:11:00 The new one is rather bright for a photo. So how many total should I make?Cross Post More About: Trio , Bills
Team Pass for Good Reason!
2007-07-07 00:58:00 Due to spending time with all sorts of out of state family the last week, we are taking a team pass for today. I had family come from North Carolina, New Hampshire (and I finally can point that state out on a map), and Virginia, and Bryan had family from Texas. We love you all, thanks so much for visiting! Stay tuned, future Things could include photos of you, or subjects we talked about. More About: Team , Reason , Good , Pass
Pass
2007-07-06 06:55:00 After a long day, I'm ashamed to admit that I would rather take a pass for the day than miss the first episode of this season's Big Brother. Plus, you know, I can't let Bryan feel too bad that I'm ahead of him. ;p More About: Pass
TTOTD Radio--The Thing 2
2007-07-05 10:33:00 It's Thursday, so it's the Thing Radio . Number 2. Click on the podcast icon to listen in your browser. You can get the RSS Feed Here. You can download the PDF here. I added direct download links for each individual songs, plus some of the song track look weird, it's part of the bargain with IODA Promonet which gives me free music. Lots of links to explore. To the songs: The Songs 1. Pavement--Spit on a Stranger from Twilight Terror. One of my favorite old Pavement songs. Direct download.2. Simple Kid--Lil' King Kong from 2. New music from English dude that has some Beck qualities. The whole EP can be gotten on the Direct Download.3. Mike Doughty--Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well from Haughty Melodic. An album from last year, but I like the song. Direct Download.4. Los Campesinos!--Please Don't Tell Me To Do The Math from We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives. The first, new EP from this Welsh band. It just became available on emusic. Ho-ray. Direct Download.5. Shout...
My Wish for Today
2007-07-04 22:28:00 I don't know how many people know this about me (certainly not as many as know that Bryan is a cheapskate), but I am part hippie. The Fourth of July holds special meaning to hippies, as it is the highlight of the National Rainbow Festival. On the fourth, thousands of hippies, the Rainbow Family, attending the festival gather at noon to pray for peace through a group Ohm. This coloring artwork I made today, "Peace On Earth" is my addition to the group Ohm for today.Here's the Wiki article. More About: Today
Hey Baby, it's the Fourth of July
2007-07-04 20:39:00 Hey Baby , it's the Fourth of July .Everyone knows I'm a cheapskate. I don't like giving to charities. I'm poor. I'm cheap. Who knows where the money goes or how it will be spent. (Here's the part where I sound like an infomercial) However, a few months ago, I heard about microcredit in Reason magazine. Then the guy who won the Nobel Prize in economics for developing the idea was on The Daily Show. This seems a way out for a lot of very poor people if the money can indeed get to them. It's like peer-to-peer loaning. Lots of people pool small amounts to loan to the very poor to develop their neighborhoods. There was a story on this trend on ABC news about how even Americans can give to ordinary Iraqis to help rebuild. Man, is there a debt we need to repay. Because it's Iraq, the loans are anonymous, so they can't be tied to Americans and the lendee could face reprisals. Yea, that's our world.Anyway, for today's Thing, I loaned 25 bucks to a Nigerian woman to help rebuild her... More About: Fourth of July , Hey Baby
Crafty Family
2007-07-04 06:49:00 With lots of family members around this week, I took a moment to look around at Grandma's where we were usually congregated, and was reminded of what a crafty family I come from. I took some photos of crafty gifts that Grandma has received over the years, and threw them together with some other crafty photos from my youth and childhood, and made a new flickr set. Check it out here.More on this Thing More About: Family
Scooter: The Real Reasons
2007-07-03 11:13:00 Our continuing comic series, Dick's Big Secret, has been interrupted by breaking comic news. More About: Real , Reasons , Scooter
Blog Log & More Pimpin'
2007-07-02 14:23:00 Always looking for more readers, I've added a Blog Log 'recent readers' widget. Now you can see who stops by to visit (if they're Blog Log members). Setting Bryan up on Blog Log as a co-author, I decided he needed a cool avatar, so I made him this one:
TTOTD Radio--The Thing
2007-07-02 08:20:00 I've been thinking about doing regular weekly items to make thinking up new Thing s but easier and more consistent for everyone else. Two Things I like doing are comics and podcasts. So every Tuesday will be comic day and every Thursday will be music podcasts or some kind of podcast. Monday is update day. Wednesday is free day and Friday is promotion/free day. However, better ideas take precedent.So, today is update day. Over a year and a half ago, I had a podcast hosted on Libsyn called Just Cheap Dirt. It's no longer around; I burned myself out, but I like the Libsyn service for hosting podcasts. They've updated their features in the last year and I can put video up there as well.So Today's Thing is a TTOTD podcast page. You can grab all the new shows there; I will also post them here as well. Look to the sidebar, there's a player there and a few new links. The show I did last Thursday is there as well as in the player. However, it's a long download. The best way to get new s... More About: Radio
Sweet Pea
2007-06-29 18:59:00 Here is a photo of the newest Pea in the Pod, my cousin's new baby. And a few fun photo tricks. More About: Sweet , Sweet Pea
Secrets of the New iphone
2007-06-29 11:45:00 The new iphone was released today. I hate cell phones, but I like Apple. No let me repeat that, I HATE, HATE, HATE cell phones, but am a mac-head, so I'm obliged to comment on the new release. And, hey, no jokes about how over priced the iphone is---duh, that's just a given. Mac, duh. More About: Iphone , Secrets
National Bomb Pop Day
2007-06-29 05:34:00 Thanks to loyal TTOTD reader Cassie, I learned that today is National Bomb Pop Day!I found several cool things to do and make on their site, an adventure game, an awesome mobile, and a memory game, all that that you can download and put together and play or hang. And, this glider, which I printed in black and white so I could color it myself. Don't you think a purple, pink, and green bomb pop would taste great?
Comic Genesis Update
2007-06-28 19:58:00 Boring today. (Hey, go download yesterday's music!) I'm just going through all the old comics and updating them for the Comic Genesis site. You can only post them one a day, so for the next two weeks, there'll be a new comic a day there. It's a boring site, but the comics are full sized. I went and added copyrights and date to many of them. The site's been acting wanky in uploading, but is also a bit slow.I also organized and bagged all of mine and Shelly's meatspace comics. Almost 80 comics already, mostly old and free comics.My plan is to post a new comic every week on Tuesdays. More About: Update
And Then There Were Two
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