Apple Mac T-Shirt Quilt

If you are ever wondering where t-shirts go when they die this may be a real eye-opener for you. Like something you could only imagine happening in a t-shirt horror movie, someone has chopped up 20 (I guess) Apple t-shirts and sewed them together to make a quilt. It is for sale on eBay and the bidding ends in just over three days so if you are interested in this item you had better start paying attention. The current bid is $305.

Approximately 66″ X 56″. Newly stitched incorporating 20 panels of distinct official Apple T-Shirts. Machine stitched, hand tied. The backing is dark blue made from 60% cotton 40% polyester new material. OS8, iMac, OS X, iPod… a brief history of Apple on a quilt.

Back the F:/ Up! Free T-Shirt

What’s better than a cheap t-shirt? Yes, that’s right. A free t-shirt and that is exactly what you can get. By free of course we mean that you don’t have to pay money for it but really, everyone knows there is no such thing as a free t-shirt, err… lunch. Anyway. To get your hands on one of these pretty sweet (if you are into geek humor) t-shirts you have to do something for them, for Mozy, the t-shirt benefactors. What do you have to do? Read the suggestions below. Check out backthefup.net for more details.

• Promotional - We’re giving you a free T-shirt. In return, all we want is a little exposure. If you make a video, put Mozy in it somehow. If you have a blog, write a post about how much you love Mozy. If you have a bajillion Facebook friends, tell them that we rock. If you have a cornfield, carve Mozy into it. You get the idea.
• Entertaining - Like most people, we hate things that suck. Don’t expect to do some crappy, zero-effort idea and get a T-shirt. We will say no if we think you’re sandbagging, and if it’s really lame, we’ll put you in the hall of shame (anonymously, of course, but you’ll know.)
• Completely Awesome - We’re leaving the proposal up to you so that you can choose to do the thing that you are the awesomest at. Get crazy. Do something amazing. And we guarantee that when you get your shirt and put it on, you’ll feel like you’re putting on sheer awesomeness. Because you are. And all your friends will be jealous.

Well, I got the t-shirt for promising to write this post and agreeing to add links to Mozy and Back the F:/ Up in the post. (It’s not my affiliate link. Not that there is anything wrong with that.) It seemed like a pretty good deal to me. Now, about the t-shirt itself. It is a jet black Gildan tee. 6 or 6.2 oz by the feel of it. It doesn’t look black in my photos but that is my fault. I like the joke. I think it would sell well in a geek t-shirt store but these are not for sale as far as I know. They are a promotional item to spread the news about Mozy’s back up system so you can expect some clear branding on the t-shirt. There is a url on the back and Mozy’s logo on the sleeve. I would complain about these things if the tee weren’t free.

Microsoft Softwear T-Shirts

Microsoft have just launched a t-shirt line called Softwear. Pretty good name and perfect for a line of t-shirts from Microsoft. In the previous post I mentioned that Mozilla had launched a t-shirt store using crowdsourcing to populate their Zazzle store with designs. Microsoft seem to be taking a more traditional route and as typical with all things Microsoft have put a lot of money behind this venture. I really can’t see why though. It can’t be for the money as the income from t-shirt sales surely wouldn’t even cause a ripple in the pond of income from actual software sales. It could be another attempt by Microsoft to tell us that they are cool, like the recent failed Jerry Seinfeld/Bill Gates commercials. This time though, I think it is kind of successful. I’m not saying that suddenly people will think that Microsoft is cool but rather that they have produced some quality products and they have gotten help from someone who decidedly more hip than Seinfeld, Illinois rapper and actor, Common. You can even see a video on the Softwear website of Common talking about the tees. At the bottom of this post you can see a video of Common performing at the Microsoft Softwear launch party.

All the tees have a very cool retro vibe. There are eight designs at the moment, four of which it seems were designed by Common. All of them are much better than Microsoft’s I’m a PC store at Zazzle. Unfortunately, I don’t know where they can be purchased or how much they are going to cost yet. If you know more about these t-shirts please leave a comment. Below are two of my favorites.

Mozilla Crowdsourcing T-Shirt Designs

Everybody and their dog (fox) seems to be opening a t-shirt store these days so I guess Mozilla decided that if they were going to jump on the bandwagon they might as well go the whole hog and emulate one of the more successful business models; the Threadless model.  The Threadless model allows users to submit designs for the chance to win cash prizes. Mozilla doesn’t offer the cash prizes and they don’t even print their own t-shirts but they have attracted quite a few good artists with some pretty cool designs. They sell their t-shirts on Zazzle.com which allows users to further customize their shirts and then select from a huge variety of shirts for men, women and children.

If you are not into designing but you still want to get your hands on some cool Mozilla tees, you can go directly to the Mozilla’s store at Zazzle to pick up a few items. You can check my forum for some great Zazzle coupons and special offers that Zazzle seems to be dishing out at an increasing frequency lately. There are currently 148 designs to choose from. I guess the proceeds will go towards keeping the Mozilla Foundation doing what they are doing.

Nerdy Shirts Sale

When you buy…

2 shirts get a free gift
3 shirts get 10% off and a free gift
5 shirts get 20% off and a free gift

OK, so it’s not the best sale in the world but if you want options you’ve got ‘em now. Nerdy Shirts have some cool tees though like these Nintendo inspired ones with Mario and Donkey Kong.

Band Geek Hero T-Shirts

Torsopants is a relatively new t-shirt store from the same people who gave you T-Shirt Hell. For those who don’t know, T-Shirt Hell is famed for its rude and crude selection of t-shirts. Some of them are very funny but some of them are just plain wrong. Earlier this year Torsopants was created in what I believe was an attempt by T-Shirt Hell to grab another market sector, the easily offended sector. It seems that one of their t-shirts was so popular, the tuba hero shirt, that it spawned a lot of requests for other instruments and TorsoPants decided to open a store dedicated to these t-shirts. And so came Band Geek Hero. For those who are not in the know, they are all Guitar Hero parodies.

And to kick off sales they are offering 25% off coupons for purchases of these shirts. You have to be a member to get this discount but joining is easy. Just by joining you also become eligible to win free t-shirts every week. You can’t lose really. This offer is good through July 20th so don’t waste time if you want to get one for a bargain.

Metal Gear T-Shirts

Metal Gear Solid 4 was recently released here in Japan and Uniqlo are selling t-shirts tied to the latest addition to the franchise. I hardly ever play games now. Priorities change as you get older of course, but I used to play Metal Gear Solid. Metal Gear Solid 2. It was a pretty decent game if you were into the whole stealth thing. Don’t bother trying to work out the plot though. It’s like the game was devised by the illegitimate spawn of David Lynch and Michael Bay.

It looks like these t-shirts are only available in Japan stores but perhaps they are available elsewhere too. I actually saw someone wearing the box t-shirt in my neighborhood the other day. You can check out the other t-shirts at Uniqlo’s UT site.

Review: Modern Gamer T-Shirts

Even though I play video games occasionally I don’t think you could call me gamer. It’s probably only within the last year or so that learned what leet or l33t or 1337 meant. That said, I did know some of the 1337 speak, I just didn’t know that it had been classed as 1337 speak. Hey, I’m in my thirties. A few weeks ago I received a request from Modern Gamer to review their t-shirts so I asked my gamer friend and he selected the Noob Slayer t-shirt. Of the five shirts (there were only five at that time) it was probably the only one I’d wear either. Not because of the type of design though. I liked their logo shirt but I don’t want to be a walking billboard and the other shirts, I didn’t really understand. I know that Lord of the Three Rings must be a Lord of the Rings parody (Doh!) but I just don’t get it.

The shirt itself as seen in the picture worn by yours truly is a Gildan.  When I tried it on I was pleasantly surprised. The design has a pretty cool vintage effect to give it that well worn look. To be honest I think that if I caught a gamer wearing this shirt I would think he truly was a nerd but because I am not, the irony lets me get away with it. But hey, what do I know about what gamers want to wear.

Modern Gamer Shirts currently has only six different designs including a Modern Gamer logo t-shirt but they are trying to add a designs bi-weekly. They said they see “modern gaming shirts with a vintage / grunge twist” and that is the theme of the store. They use POD Printfection to sell their shirts and they are selling them very cheaply with a $5 discount at the moment. That comes to about $15 dollars plus shipping, so if you want a good value, good quality gamer t-shirt get over there now while the discount is still being offered.

While you are over there too, if you are a gamer they have something interesting going on behind the t-shirt store. I don’t know what it is because it is still in beta but they say in 94 days the face of gaming will change. If you just can’t wait you can try get an invitation to Modern Gamer Beta but hurry or you might just have to wait.

Zazzle updates Spore Store

For those who don’t know, Spore is a soon to be released game from the creators of the Sims. I’m not a big gamer but if the hype is to be believed this game is going to be big. What is it about? Here is the blurb from their web site.

With Spore you can nurture your creature through five stages of evolution: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization, and Space. Or if you prefer, spend as much time as you like making creatures, vehicles, buildings and spaceships with Spore’s unique Creator tools.

In collaboration with Zazzle you can now get your Spore creations on Zazzle products and there are instructions in the Zazzle store. Of course first you will have to create your Spore. They have provided some free software for you to do that too although it didn’t work for me.

Poll: Which is your favorite Guitar Hero T-Shirt?

Of course there are many Guitar Hero inspired t-shirts but here are three of my favorite and they are from three different t-shirt stores. Which is your favorite?