Well, that’s what the email said, anyway.
Ah, automated letters.
First, it’s not my design; it was designed by Michael McRae. Second, although I myself love it, I really wonder if the good people at CafePress really love it as much as they say. I was just tooling around on their designer software, and made an iphone cover–I don’t even own an iphone–just to check out its sheer awesomeness. Image, after the jump:
click for full size…
Beautiful, I know. And hey if the CafePress people really do love it, maybe we don’t have all that far to go, really.
Very cool. Though I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, the people over at cafepress probably say that to all paying cuttlefish!
Like I said, automated letters. I am under no illusion that any human eyes were laid on my design. Too bad, though, cos it is really badass.
It is cool…perhaps I should come up with one for my blog…wait I don’t have a cool animal to use…I know…I could go for “snarky” and pick a unicorn or maybe the Loch Ness Monster! Yeah that’ll do it…All kidding aside, it is a cool design and I think cafepress is a great site. I have used it before for some projects. They are easy to work with and the stuff always comes out nice when you receive it.
I’ve been on CafePress for like 3 years, and am still roughly three purchases away (depending on items) from them sending me my first payment. I expect it shortly after the Mayans tell us the world will end. I did order a mug, and it is just gorgeous, but it will be a loooooong time before I run into someone wearing a Cuttlefish shirt.
Which is just too bad, because it’s so much better than PZ’s shirt!
Haha—when did the Mayans say the world will end exactly, I have some things I want to finish up…
Apr 19th 2012 = 12.19.19.5.14 in the Long Count calendar.
Dec 19th 2012 = 12.19.19.17.18
Dec 20th 2012 = 12.19.19.17.19
Dec 21st 2012 = 13.0.0.0.0 <– date that people fuss over
Dec 22nd 2012 = 13.0.0.0.1
Sep 6th 2032 = 13.0.19.17.19
Sep 7th 2032 = 13.1.0.0.0
Oct 12th 4772 = 19.19.19.17.19
Oct 13th 4772 = 1.0.0.0.0.0 (this date is actually attested from a Mayan writing, which calculates it in terms of calendar rounds, so we can verify the meaning)
Other Mayan inscriptions are known which add a dozen or so leading (base-20) digits to long count calendar dates, producing a calendar good for at least the expected lifetime of the Sun, if not the entire universe.
Short version: world not going to end anytime soon, not even according to Mayans.
Prediction: long count date 13.0.0.0.0 will be rather less interesting than Gregorian date Jan 1 2000.
You have no idea how much I appreciate having more intelligent readers/commenters than *any* of the news sites.
I’d be happy to help you get one closer to being paid, if I could find your designs. Link?
The “Cuttlestuff” tab at the top of the page should bring you to most of it–if you specifically are after the iphone cover, I don’t know if it is in my regular cafepress stuff, but this link should work:
http://click.news.cafepress.com/?qs=1277be02eca286a359abf4a164f37e9501a80ddd20e3da9a60877bb74b6cc9b86a7a892f36020771
Cheech Wizard said this at Comics Curmudgeon a while back:
I’m actually looking forward to the Mayan calendar rolling over. I’ve been getting kinda sick of the picture of the guy with his tongue sticking out – maybe the new one will have a pyramid or a covered bridge or sumpthin’.