SHAMELESS PRODUCT PLUG: NEW ZEALAND PAUA MAP TEE

Have you been to New Zealand, are from New Zealand, or just fancy the idea of walking around with a map of New Zealand across your chest? Well now you can! These tees have an NZ map complete with place names - so strangers and relatives can poke you in the nipple and say 'oh we went to Gisborne five years ago!' Also available on all sorts of other things. Check it out by clicking the link after the pic;LINK...

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THIS POD LIFE: THIS YEAR, NOT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR

Here's a chart overlaying my 2021 PoD sales (blue), with the same period in 2020 (red). As you can see, much more volatile this year and I had hoped to be doing better by this time in the year. However it's after a year of lockdowns and people are no doubt still dealing from the economic fallout. Also people are buying a lot less masks all around, which was (perhaps regrettably), a nice boost for online sellers over the last year. All up,...

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COVID 19: DO YOUR RESERCH MORANS!!!

The popular but unreliable FaceBook Journal of On-The-Bog Scientific Research...

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COVID-19: INDIA

It pains me to write this, but it seems Covid-19 is exploding in India.They did well early on, but new cases are now reaching up to 200,000 a day and the rate of daily cases is sharply increasing. The country has exceeded Brazil for total cases, and while the US is still number one at 31 million, India is at 14 million cases and may overtake the US in the coming months.This is not good, and will such a large viral reservoir encourage further...

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THIS POD LIFE: DMCA TAKEDOWN EDITION

Well, it finally happened. Woke up to a DMCA takedown issued by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc; 'against this design of yours on TeePublic: LUDWIG VAN BAT-HOVEN no title variation' Good night sweet prince; you were like a trusty lighthouse watching over me whenever I visited the TeePublic harbor - standing firm all these years against the encircling forces of corporate darkness, piercing the night with your light (even though you sold exactly no...

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THIS POD LIFE: PREDICTIONS 2021

So I'm down to one or two sticker sales a day on Redbubble. This is unusually low and includes Teepublic and from what I've read, Amazon as well. Point being this seems to be an across the board slump.My pick is that the first half of 2021 (and perhaps longer) will be volatile, although an uptick may be seen when Biden's covid relief checks finally land in US bank accounts, which should be soon. Of course no one is expecting this to reverse, much...

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NOSTALGIA: PEAK 1980'S CHEESE (QUALITY)

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THIS POD LIFE: THE GREAT REDBUBBLE PURGE OF 2021

Recently Redbubble (RB) began suspending what appears to be a large number of user accounts from across the globe. Thankfully, my account remains unaffected (knock on wood), but I delayed uploading for a week in fear I'd be zapped.Users were baffled, many cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced so to speak.Some estimates put it at 20% of users, although these guesses were hardly scientific. But whatever the numbers, it was clear that something...

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THIS POD LIFE: PART 2

 Note: PoD stands for 'Print on Demand'i.e. selling tees, stickers and coffee mugs n' shit, on the n...

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THIS POD LIFE: ASCENDING MOUNT AMAZON MERCH DOOM

I'm currently trying my luck on the much trodden path that ascends Mount Amazon Merch Doom. It is a long and arduous way, strewn with the bodies of those who've given up or been struck dead by DMCA rockfalls, even as they quested.But I'm currently tier 25, which means I'm above the cloud locked lower region of tier 10. Downside is I can only have 25 designs for sale. According to the rules, if I can make 25 sales in total, then I may be...

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POLITICS: AN ODE TO AN AMERICAN TOAD

The Ballad of Toad Lindsey (Graham)Whichever way the political wind blows, there Toad Lindsey must go. Whatever he said on Tuesday, by Wednesday he no longer knows.But the Trump ship is sinking and so down the chain little toad must scurry. And jump into political waters, all cold churn and flurry. Whirlpools grasp and gales of condemnation batter But Lindsay floats away scot-free, just like a lump of fecal matter. And do not fear for our little...

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