Breadpig Blog: Purveyor & Publisher of All Things Geek — breadpig

Like any good uncorporation, breadpig aims to do things a bit differently. Last year, we published a tutorial for how LOLMagnetz generated $30,000 in profits (for charity, but profits nonetheless). We donated $15,000 to the SF/SPCA that December of '08 and the rest went back into Breadpig, Inc. to purchase more inventory and fund our next project, the xkcd book, xkcd: volume 0. Thanks to many of you who are reading this, the xkcd book has been (and continues to be) a great success! From the 3-stop book tour alone, we raised enough to build "the xkcd school" in Laos;...

We'll be publishing a 2009 Breadpig, Inc. profit & donation recap shortly, but there's an overdue "Thank you" due for ThinkGeek. For giving breadpig yet another feature in their catalog (I think this makes three times? Awesome!). We couldn't have given away $15,000 in LOLmagnetz profits last year if it weren't for ThinkGeek, proud distributor of LOLmagnetz. We love you, ThinkGeek.

Thursday Dec 17th in Cambridge, MA is your last chance in 2009 to meet Randall Munroe for a book/poster/raptor-signing. It's a free event, so please drop by.

Rather ironically, I suppose, breadpig is a big fan of Buy Nothing Day. The rest of the year, we'd love for you to buy our products, though. But more to the point, if you can avoid traditional commercial gifts this year, the breadpig wholeheartedly supports you. Consider sending someone a kiva gift certificate (or making a donation to their favorite non-profit in their name), or creating something (even if you've got no talent, even something like baking is doable and oh so rewarding - especially if you, say, baked a pig-shaped bread loaf), or charting the perfect quest for a...

After selling out (yay!) of the xkcd book, we had some printing delays over the last few weeks (sorry!) that have held up shipping for some of you. All books should have now been shipped, but if something seems very wrong, please forward your invoice to us. After getting your feedback on the xkcd blag, Randall chose the following dedication to be inscribed on the plaque at the entrance of the xkcd school in Laos; we think it turned out quite well: “Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses...