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T-Shirt Grab Bag at Thinkgeek.com

Man, has my blog become the T-Shirt Blog or what? Anyway, Thinkgeek.com is having a clearance of sorts on their shirts. You just pick how many shirts you want and they send you random ones.

I like most of their shirts, so this is sort of a no brainer for me. I ordered 3. Hopefully they'll all be unique, and not 3 STFU shirts.

Get the geekitude here.

Back To School Threadless $10 Sale!

Whoa, so like, right after I say I want a threadless.com $10 sale they make one! And this time, they released 6 shirts each on Monday, Tuesday, and Today.

There was a cool dinosaur shirt on Monday that I wanted, but it's sold out already. That was way fast. I was hoping there'd be some good ones later on and I'd buy em all in one order. That didn't really work out.

Right now, the only shirts I'd buy are probably the Ctrl+Z reprint (since my other one(s) are already fading) and the Ambition Killed the Cat one. It's so cute! Ask me how I became a Pirate is also kind of cool.

Afternoon Delight is surprisingly still in stock. I'd buy it, but I'm not too sure the world is ready for me to wear a shirt with two unicorns copulating on it.

I need to buff up my Fall wardrobe, so I guess it's a good excuse as any to buy a bunch of new t-shirts! Oh, the Sale ends Monday(8/21) morning, so hurry up and buy some shirts!

New Threadless T-Shirts That Don’t Suck!

Recently, there's been quite a dearth of good threadless shirts. Like, seriously, they're all so pretentious and “cool.” Well, this week brings shirts that I might actually buy. If only there were a $10 sale…

Honk if you are about to run me over.

So this one's just a textual tee. But it's clever! And I like clever t-shirts! Oh, threadless, way to mock all of those people who misuse the “Honk if you're X” snowclone.

Though it would be ironic if I wore this shirt and was actually run over, I think the odds of that happening are fairly slim. Since it's only text, this shirt is $12 instead of $15. Does that mean it'll be $7 during a $10 sale? Hmmm…

Adultery

Aww, threadless can even make a serious issue like adultery seem like cute fun. Question: Is the hot dog currently with the mustard, and thinking of cheating with the ketchup? Or is the hot dog cheating on the ketchup with mustard, and regretting the decision?

Ambition Killed The Cat

While it's sad to learn that the cat perishes in this shirt, it's still pretty damn cute. This is a reprint, so I guess tons of people bought it and wanted more. Good job for bringing it back! Now go vote for this shirt to be reprinted! Do it!

Yep, so a few good shirts from threadless.com this week. Not that they're good enough for me to buy for full price. If there was a $10 sale on these, I'd be all over em, though.

The Popularity Dialer: Makes You Look Important…

So there's this thing called “The Popularity Dialer” that lets you pre-schedule a call to your phone…

Maybe you wanted to look extra important or popular on that hot date. Or maybe you just needed an excuse to escape from an unpleasant meeting.

With “The Popularity Dialer”, you can plan ahead. Via a web interface, you can choose to have your phone called at a particular time (or several times). At the elected time, your phone will be dialed and you will hear a prerecorded message that's one half of a conversation.

Here's what the call might sound like:

The idea is that people will think you're really important or busy. While this might work for avoiding people, I have a feeling it won't make you look cool on a date. Aren't there enough asses that take cell phone calls at inappropriate times already!?

Someone needs to combine this with the previously mentioned Samuel L Jackson call. Can you imagine how important you'd look having SLJ call your cell phone? He'd be like, “Whassup, I being attacked by ninjas right now. You got my back?” and you'd be like “Hell yeah, Samuel J!”

Get A Customized Message From Samuel L Jackson! For Snakes on a Plane!

I saw this on anandtech, and I'm pretty sure it'll be everywhere soon. It's a promotional thing for Snakes on a Plane. You give it some information and Samuel L. Jackson can either call or email a friend with a message saying that they have to watch Snakes on a Plane. It's pretty entertaining hearing SLJ go insane about a movie starring himself.

Here's one that I made using a fictional “Samuel” and his copilot “Johnny.”

It actually sounds pretty good for being one of those cut and paste customized messages. Mr. Jackson is very convincing, and I'm kinda scared that he'll kill me if I don't see Snakes on a Plane. This is pure genius viral marketing, right here. The only complaint I have is that SLJ doesn't know how to say a lot of names. Including “Hung.” Oh, I guess it would've been cool if he had dropped the F-bomb a few times, or even if he just said “ass” instead of “butt.”

Oh, if you didn't know, Snakes on a Plane is a movie. About snakes. On a plane. And Samuel L. Jackson's in it. It's already gained cult status for having a cheesy plot. I read somewhere that Samuel L. Jackson only agreed to do the movie because of the title. Now that's what I call quality cinema.