Breadpig Blog: Purveyor & Publisher of All Things Geek — Not Being Evil

Democracy isn't always pretty, but it's the best thing we've got right now. The breadpig solicited your thoughts on the two designs for ROFLDNA and we came out with a pretty clear winner. The artists @ DNA11 are now at work producing this genetic ROFLmasterpiece. More details to come.

Breadpig was invited to the opening of the SF SPCA's magnificent new facility, the Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center. Due to a sudden world-saving mission, Alexis & Liz visited the opening in breadpig's stead. As thrilling as it was to see breadpig on the wall, that excitement was easily matched by the sight of the "Barker Family Fund" nearby. We suspect they give exclusively to dog-related causes. For the record, breadpig has no biases toward either the grain or swine non-profit sectors. How did our breaded swine end up with such an honor? Well, that's thanks to you, breadpig...

Room To Read is a non-profit started by a former Microsoft exec, John Wood (something you can read about in his well-written book, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World). Their goal is straightforward and powerful: We seek to intervene early in the lives of children in the belief that education empowers people to improve socioeconomic conditions for their families, communities, countries and future generations. Recently, Richard Brownsdon of Japan, started a Facebook Cause to build a school in Cambodia. They're aiming for $10,000 by Christmas and the breadpig wanted to help. It doesn't look like they'll hit that lofty goal...

The hungry in Toronto are a little better off thanks to #HoHoTo. What's most remarkable about this event isn't just everything they raised, but how quickly they assembled it all together. Here's the recap, but the quick & dirty facts are impressive nonetheless: All in, we've raised more than $25,000 and people brought about 3,000 lbs of food for our drop off bins at the party. w00t! Michael O'Connor Clarke helped organize this, the biggest charitable holiday party for Toronto's geek community. He asked for a brief "hello" video from Alexis (whose full-time job is still reddit) to rally the...

They're sold via ThinkGeek, but having LOLmagnetz on Amazon is still a thrill. When I took that screenshot yesterday, LOLmagnetz were comfortably sitting at the number one spot. Too comfortably. Look at where that hubris has left us 24 hours later. This is a task for the breadpig legions; put the breaded swine back in its rightful place -- let's not settle for #1 of "Refrigerator magnets." At the time of this writing, we're only 5,965 spots from #1 of all Kitchen & Dining. Watch out, Elf on a Shelf. You're going down.