Closet Colourful

Done as a black t-shirt with multi-coloured letters.

Think goth who normally wears black, but would secretly love to wear colours.

Since I don’t have time to do up designs at the moment I thought I’d have a play with it’s sister site, TypeTees. Similar deal, but this time you submit slogans to be voted on. Though, since they are so easy to submit there is a lot of chaff with the wheat.

So, I thought I’d start with some Japanese, something different from the rest. Unfortunately my initial attempts produced errors, the slogan was too long.

ねこと
いぬが
ふったら
かえります

There is a 65 character limit on slogans, and TypeTees converts the input box to HTML escaped Unicode. So at 8 letters per Japanese character it is a bit long. Limiting you to a max of 8 characters (65/8=8.125).

My next try was a nice short enter in Katakana.

ファーキュ

And it was accepted without error. Unfortunately TypeTees displays the slogan as HTML entities.

& #12501;& #12449;& #12540;& #12461;& #12517;

Which is unlikely to get many votes.

It is a pity that TypeTees has a limited character set. I’ll just have to go and use Japanese slogans elsewhere.

The theme of round 2 of he Iron Webmaster competition is ‘Go Green‘. With a push for environmentally friendliness, organics and global warming.

For my entry I entry I have produced a site promoting reduction of carbon emissions, and how you can contribute to this.

Go visit the It’s not easy being green site, and find the Eco Message.

Then go vote ‘Best’ for it on the Rate page. Remember to leave a comment before selecting the rating.

Edit:
And the thing I forgot to include is a link to the Cafepress shop. So here it is: Eco Message #03

I wonder if they had two sets of shirts available? One for hot weather, as well as the Driza-Bones for the wet and cold weather?

Swimming costumes and thongs were discounted by the PM. Though there were comments that Australian beach wear, like Quicksilver, should be a feature. [1,2]

IMHO the APEC leaders should have all received a Mambo T-shirt with a Reg Mombassa design. Dogs farting APEC logos, or Jesus’ APEC on the beach. Something fun like that.

It has been pointed out to me though, that Mambo no longer does the arty t-shirts, moving more to surfy stuff. It was suggested that this was because the fancy Ts were worn more often by older people, rather than the youth market that the brand is trying to sell to [4].

References:

1. APEC attire creates fashion headache (ABC, 3 Sept 2007)
2. ‘Funny shirts’ photo-op at APEC summit keeps the fashion gurus guessing (The West Australian, 3 Sept 2007)
3. Mambo takeover (ABC, 6 Mar 2000)
4. Mambo ditches Mombassa for a younger cool (The Age, 17 June 2004)
5. Reg the rocker, Chris the artist (ABC, 10 Jan 2007)

Why you might ask?

Well I have an idea for a T-shirt that requires one. Been thinking of putting up a CafePress site of T-shirts, just need to get round to drawing the pictures.

Here is a look at the latest version. Needs more work.