Winter Holiday Time

It's the day after Thanksgiving here in the U.S., which means: OMG IT'S CHRISTMAS NOW. Actually, most stores have been hanging mistletoe and playing annoying holiday music since about a week before Halloween.

And of course, duh, many of you don't celebrate Christmas. But whether you observe Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the winter solstice, Dec. 5 (my birthday) or whatever, the presence and force of "the holidays" is pretty hard to resist. Especially for people selling things, which, HELLO, that's us. But at least we held off until now to bring it up!

So, first thing to note: we're estimating Dec. 10th as the last day you can order from us and have guaranteed delivery by Dec. 25. We're new at the whole shipping thing, so we're trying to be a bit conservative, and that's what we've come up with.

If you order after that, of course we'll do our best to hustle it off to you as quickly as possible, but no guarantees. It mostly depends on our inventory levels, so if you ask us, we can give you a better idea of the timing.

On a related noted, here for your enjoyment (and, hopefully, purchasing) are our specifically holiday-ish shirts: one inspired by The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and the others taken from It's A Wonderful Life.

November Winner & Newsletter

We have a winner for our November free shirt drawing! Congratulations to "margaret" - as soon as we get a response to our email, we'll send that shirt your way.

That means it's time once again to sign up for the next drawing. As always, all previous entries are ditched each month.

We also just sent out our November newsletter. We never send email more than once a month, and it's easy to unsubscribe. It'll summarize a lot of what you see here on the blog, but there may also sometimes be a special deal exclusively for newsletter subscribers.

Sign up when you register for the drawing, or use that little form over there on the right side of this blog.

What Would Steve Do?

Some examples of the Zen of Steve:

"It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?"

"I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do."


In: Geek

Blog Bonus: Looking up Steve Jobs quotes for this shirt's description, I found way more than I could cram in there. But lest you go without, here are some other classics.

• I wish him [Bill Gates] the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.


• You've baked a really lovely cake, but then you've used dog shit for frosting.
  - commenting on a NeXT programmer's work as nicely done but incomplete and lacking something.


• I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check...if so, then Microsoft would have great products.


• It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.


• Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?
  - the line he used to lure John Sculley as Apple's CEO


• Real artists ship.


• Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.


• Because I'm the CEO, and I think it can be done.

The Price is Wrong, Bitch

If you haven't seen Happy Gilmore in a while, thank YouTube for the chance to relive the epic Adam Sandler v. Bob Barker punchfest.




A handy phrase whenever you kick Bob Barker's ass. Just make sure you can keep him down.

In: Movies & TV

Jedi Mind Trick

Here, at long last, is one of several that we couldn't get away with selling through CafePress.

You need to buy this shirt. You should buy one for everyone you know.




You don't need to see his identification.

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

He can go about his business.

Move along.

In: Movies & TV

Far Out Manufacturing

Okay folks, this is it. Our "beta" of making & shipping our own shirts is over -- we're full-on live now. Bear with us in case we run into a few more bumps, but here we go.

We've reduced the number of designs a good bit, cleaning out some of the older designs that seemed like a good idea at the time, but after a while, well, not so much. And we've mashed the remaining 86 designs into just 4 categories. What we have now is the cream of the crop, the best of the best.

The shirts we're making are of highest quality. The price for most is $19 (a buck or three more for the biggest sizes), and shipping is now simplified, and in most cases, cheaper.

We've had several great designs that Cafe Press wouldn't publish for us, that we'll finally be able to offer for sale.

Just in time for the holidays, if you swing that way -- buy early and often!

Replicant

Dear Blade Runner fans,

Sorry it took us so long to get one out there for you.

Love,
Far Out Shirts
XOXOXO




Replicants are like any other machine. They're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem.

In: Movies & TV

Far Out Manufacturing Beta Update

Our manufacturing trial is going pretty well so far. In fact, we'll soon be flipping the switch to manufacture and ship all our shirts. When that happens, they'll go back to full price. So if you want one of these for only $15, DON'T WAIT!

And if you have any feedback on the ordering process so far, good or bad, don't hesitate to let us know.