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• How calendars are shaping up ...
  by RedBubble

  Hi – one of the products we’d like to have ready in the next couple of months is a calendar. Here’s our current thinking on how they wou…

  Hi – one of the products we’d like to have ready in the next couple of months is a calendar. Here’s our current thinking on how they would look (front cover and inside): (Image by Brent Pearson) The important thing with this design is that there’s not going to be a lot of room on the calendar to make notes. The reason for this is that the calendar will be made from photographic paper backed onto heavy stock (like the cards) which is super expensive. So to keep the cost of the calendar down we’ve developed this design. So the next step is to get some feedback on this design. How important is it to be able to write on a calendar? Any other thoughts / suggestions for the calendar? - Peter

• A heads up for group owners and moderators
  by RedBubble

  We normally don’t pre-announce features, but this Thursday we’re releasing two things for the Groups that probably warrant a few days adv…

  We normally don’t pre-announce features, but this Thursday we’re releasing two things for the Groups that probably warrant a few days advanced notice to keep the group owners and moderators well-informed. There’ll be no such thing as a ‘Group Owner’ We see the groups as mini-communities. The idea that a community is owned by an individual leaves a bad taste in our mouths. It’s bugged us ever since we launched groups, so we’re correcting it. This Thursday when we release, all of the owner’s “super powers” (editing a group, adding new moderators, editing forums, etc) will be handed over to all the moderators in the group, and the owner will simply become one of the moderators. This isn’t to say that the group owners have been evil or bad, it’s just the idea of an owner that we hate. While we’re at it, the other thing that’s bugged us about groups is the idea of a Moderator. Great communities are led by example, so we’re going to call them Leaders. Groups will be able to set limits for each type of work For each type of work (images, clothing, writing, journals) the group leaders will be able to set a different limit, from none to unlimited and anywhere in between. For example, the Six Word Stories group will only allow written works, and the Agent Provocateur group may choose to only accept clothing works and maybe journal entries. The reason we’re pre-announcing this is because we’re going to take any existing “total works” limit in the groups, and apply it to each type of work. If your group had a limit of 4 works, it’ll now be a limit of 4 images, 4 journals, 4 clothing designs and 4 written works. So now might be a good time for group leaders to have a think about what their group needs, and make the changes after we release on Thursday. — Justin

• Your Data, Computers, and ‘not-so-common’ sense.
  by Mark German

  After hearing a number of so-called ‘horror stories’ from friends regarding the loss of all their ‘most treasured and irreplaceable data’…

  After hearing a number of so-called ‘horror stories’ from friends regarding the loss of all their ‘most treasured and irreplaceable data’, I am writing this little entry (in a hurry) to assist those who store any information or data on their computers – and have no back up system If you lose your data on your computer – do not blame the computer or operating system. Not having a secure backup system is akin to leaving your photo albums at the train station and blaming the album when someone walks off with it. As simple as that. There is no excuse for bad backup practices these days – the information is readily available. If you wait till you lose your precious data before doing something about it – well, blame yourself. Back up systems, do’s and don’ts In general Anything stored on Windows in a ‘My’ folder or on the ‘desktop’ is dependent on the operating system. If Windows needs to be reinstalled, your data is no longer accessible – these places are the WORST possible place for anything that is important. Hard disk drives are one of the worst mediums for important and irreplaceable data. They are magnetic, mechanical and electrical. Any of these have a failure, and your data will cost many thousands of dollars to recover. Backing up your data can be done in numerous ways of varying security, complexity and hassle. The choice is yours – make it wisely, and accept responsibility for your choice. DVD/CD – regular backups. / Pros – safer medium. Not too expensive. / Cons – a bloody hassle with the size of data files. Can be slow. Regular/scheduled back-ups to an internal Hdd. / A spare Hdd in your machine which is larger enough to hold all your important data. Make scheduled/regular backups to it. / Pros – easy, relatively inexpensive, fast / Cons – hdd is in same physical shell as original data. If your Pc is stolen, so is your backup. Does not protect from things like fire, flood, etc. Reliant on your PCs power supply. External hdd / Pros – alternate physical unit – usually will not be damaged by your PC’s power supply going ‘pop’. Relatively inexpensive. Fast / Cons – external units tend to overheat quite easily. Physical unit is close to original data, and can suffer same physical damage. Depending on the method used to connect to your PC – can be slower then an internal drive. Raid arrays / Raid0 = no redundancy. Forget it. / Raid1 = mirrored drives (at least 2). 2 (or more) drives are seen as 1 by the OS, and data is replicated across both. This covers you from 1 drive failure. / Raid5/6/1+0/0+1/X – this is information your either know, or need a professional for. Online backups / Pros – off site storage – safest. / Cons – slow, expensive. A good middle-of-the-road system – for data that will hurt if you lose it, but not kill you: External RAID1 unit, under your desk, with an active fan cooling it. / Scheduled automatic+user backups of ALL important data. / There is software that will easily do this for you, like Synctoy. / Can be connected via firewire, usb, or eSata. / Nothing stored to your ‘MY’ folders. / Copy your most important data to dvds/cds and store them at a friend/relative. A 500gb hdd costs around $150. 2 = $300 / A Raid1 enclosure can be had for around $200. / That’s $500 for this system. / Smaller hdds are much less expensive. An 80gb hdd is around $50. If your internal hdd dies – it will cost you thousands of dollars to have it restored by professionals – and it is the kind of thing that only professionals can do. So – in short – be informed, treat your data carefully. Don’t blame computers for your neglect. Ask if anything does not make sense. Edit: / Any computer repair store that you are likely to take your machine to – will not safe guard your data. The first thing that most repairers do when they get your machine, is format your drive, or reinstall the operating system.

• The Woes of a Photographer...
  by Mark German

  Who says being a photographer is all fun and games? / Well – I can tell you – it’s a terrible, terrible thing. Last Friday, I had the m…

  Who says being a photographer is all fun and games? / Well – I can tell you – it’s a terrible, terrible thing. Last Friday, I had the misfortune of having 8 beautiful, sensual girls come and play girly dress-ups at my house. And wouldn’t you know it? They actually wanted me to shoot the affair! Clothes flying everywhere, dancing in skimpy thingies – it is a wonder I didn’t have a bloody heart attack, I can tell you! / / All this was due to Yasemin and Naomi lending their services as colorist and make-up artist. / / Possibly the longest and most bandwidth-intensive journal entry ever, here we go….. / / / / Setting the scene… / 1* / / / Lots of girls getting dressed, and out comes the camera… / 2 / / / 3 / / / 4 / / / 5 / / / Next was make-up time… / 6 / / / 7 / / / 8 / / / 9 / / / ...and hair… / 10 / / / 11 / / / 12 / / / 13 / / / Yup, hair done…now dress-ups :) / 14 / / / 15 / / / 16 / / / and of course, poses… / 17 / / / 18 / / / 19 / / / 20 / / / 21 / / / 22 / / / 23 / / / 24 / / / 25 / / / 26 / / / Troy was a 4-armed angel… / 27 / / / ...but with a sneaky side… / 28 / / / ..and another side… / 29 / / / Erin decided to try and slice me open… / 30 / / / ...and Troy showed her how… / 31 / / / As the alcohol flowed freely, they danced… / 32 / / / ...and fell over a lot… / 33 / / / which tired them out and allowed me to take some candids… / 34 / / / 35 / / / 36 / / / 37 / / / 38 / / / 39 / / / 40 / / / 41 / / / 42 / / / 43 / / / 44 / / / 45 / / / 46 / / / 47 / / / 48 / / / 49 / / / ..and some poses…and artsy stuff… / 50 / / / 51 / / / 52 / / / 53 / / / 54 / / / 55 / / / 56 / / / 57 / / / 58 / / / 59* / / / / / / Hope you enjoyed it, and girls – you are welcome anytime :)

• Pimp It Up Tutorial
  by Angi Baker

  PIMPING UP YOUR PROFILE PAGE TUTORIAL Adding Your Art Work On Your Profile Page Instructions 1…

  PIMPING UP YOUR PROFILE PAGE TUTORIAL Adding Your Art Work On Your Profile Page Instructions 1. Sign Into Redbubble (Do this twice on 2 seperate pages) / 2. On one page go to Mybubble / 3. account / 4. Edit you profile / 5. Scroll down to About You box (this is where you will be adding / all of your stuff…. / 6. NOW…Leave that page as it is and go to the other one you have / pulled up. / 7. click Mybubble / 8. Now you will see a bar of things listed for you to use / 9. Ex.. activity,groups,account,art,clothing,writing,calendars,journal, / watchlist,favorites,promote and bubblmail / 10. You click on Art / 11. This will bring you up to all of your work that you have added to / Redbubble… / 12. Ex… of adding one and you can do this to however many you want. / 13. Say you want to add the first one on your list / 14. You will go beside that photo and click on Show public View / 15. Now, click on Buy/Preview / 16. Now… You should see cards,matted,laminated,mounted etc…. / 17. I usually pick laminated, but you can use any of them that you / prefer… / 18. Click on the one you prefer to add to your profile page / 19. That work will now show up, you may also choose a backing color / with a few of these and or frame/matted colors over to the right / also if your works are big enough you may choose a size. / 20. That will all show up. / 21. Now… On that work of art that you see of yours, you will now / Right click your mouse right on top of that photo. / 22. Another box will pop up and you will want to choose properties / by left clicking on properties. / 23. Another box should appear / 24. Where you see the address Url you will want to take your mouse / and hold down the left side of your mouse while moving it across / down being sure to grab all of that address url, it should highlight. / 25. Now With your mouse let go of the left and right click and then / left click copy and also ok… / 26. Now let thatpage stay there and we will go to the other page of / redbubble that we have pulled up. / 27. Go to where you see the about you box / 28. Let’s add this work into that box / 29. First you will want to add an exclamtion mark Example ! / 30. Now directly behind that, we will right click our mouse and then left / click and then paste. / 31. Directly behind this we will add another exclamtion mark Example ! / 32. This should all be in one with no spaces at all (NONE) / 33. Now if you want that work to connect and direct people back to / your comment page of this work. / 34. Leave this page as it is and go back to the other one you have pulled up / 35. Let’s click on the back button two times so it brings us back to our / comment page. / 36. Now… at the very top of that page in the address bar you will put your / mouse in this area and… / 37. Left click and it should turn this blue. / 38. Let go and now lets right click on that highlighted address / 39. And the left click copy / 40. Now… back to the other page you have pulled up where you added / the other work… / 41. You will now want to add a : directly behind the ! and then you will / 42. right click your mouse, then left click and paste. / 43. Now lets save those changes. / 44. You’re Done You can also add lines between any work on your page by simply / holding down the line button —-——- until it goes all the way across… Adding your favorite artsists on your profile page / Some of you may have some favorite artists that you would like others / to know about, so what better way of doing this than to add them on / your profile page and linking them, WANNA KNOW HOW? 1. Find your favorite artist and go to their page / 2. Now you can just click on any of their work / 3. Their work page will now show up with the comment page / 4. you will also see to the right a small icon of them / 5. You will Right click your mouse on the top of their icon / 6. left click properties. / 7. Hold left mouse while grabbing the whole address url again / like you did for your art. / 8. Now… right click, and then left click copy and ok… / 9. Go back to your about me box / 10. add you ! / 11. then right click mouse and then left click paste / 12 and another ! / 13. remember no spaces in between / 14. NOW.. to link that to their page… / 15. We will simply use our other page and go back to their profile page / 16. Now we will go back to the very top to the address bar / 17. now lets left click on that url so it will highlight in blue / 18. Now lets right click and left click copy / 19. go back to about me box where you just added their icon / 20. Lets add our : / 21. now simply right click and then left click paste / 22. save all changes / 23. Your Done! / / I do hope that this tutorial is of use to you all here… / ~Angi

• The Elves Are Gearing Up = FREE SHIPPING
  by RedBubble

  The elves (& llamas) are gearing up for the onslaught…

  The elves (& llamas) are gearing up for the onslaught of Christmas orders, so to help them out a little and give them a bit more time, we are offering you FREE SHIPPING on all orders placed before the 1st of December. That’s right FREE SHIPPING – it’s amazing, just wait til you try it out. Just enter ‘Novembershipping’ as your checkout code when you enter your address and we’ll do the rest. Also as a little bonus to get us all into the spirit of giving, for any order over US$100 (AU$110, GBP50, EUR70) we’ll e-mail you a coupon after the order to the value of 10% of the transaction for your next purchase on RB.

• Meet Up: Great Ocean Road Overnighter?
  by Jo O'Brien

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  / Tessalated Coast by Peter Martin Ok, so here’s my suggestion (feel free to ignore it) Last year I went to a wedding in Lorne on the Great Ocean Road and saw how well they accommodated a larger group. Seeing as how there are a few RedBubblers who live over that way who missed out on our Melbourne Meet Ups, I thought it might be nice to go visit. Great Ocean Road Cottages in Lorne is not only wonderfully cheap, (works out to about $50 per head or they have a backpackers on site if your want cheaper) but the people who run it are lovely and very helpful. You can make use of the electric kitchens to self cater or go to the cafes and pubs down the road. The cottages are a 2 minute walk from an IGA or 10 minute walk to the nearest pub. (Yes, they have Red Wine) / Erskine Falls Reborn by Michael Eyssens The accommodation is a series of small cottages with a queen bed downstairs and 2-3 single beds upstairs. I’d suggest that we organise ourselves into small groups of 3-5 and book a cottage for each group as they are put together. The cottages are all close enough together that it does not matter which one you are in however they are holding a few close together for us until I get back to them in a couple of days. Staying in Lorne will put us within a short drive of the otways and several lovely looking great ocean road sites if we want artistic inspiration. The cottages, while designed to sleep 4-5, are suitable to entertain a group of people and say, sprawl out a game of twister or something. I’ve called them to ensure that they have enough room for us on the night of Sat October 27th and all is good. My thinking is that we could head over early Saturday, spend a day doing bush things and a day doing beach things. What do you think? P.S – Sorry Jess for ambushing this idea!! / Lorne Pier,Victoria by Joe Mortelliti

• New Group is up & running
  by Maximus

  Woohoo. The Artists with Disabilities please let any disabled friends know. :)

  Woohoo. The Artists with Disabilities please let any disabled friends know. :)

• makes up for the rain
  by susan davies

  its raining in the camping field but im singing inmy heart just sold a card of glass winged butterfly 2, im over the moon as my little sa…

  its raining in the camping field but im singing inmy heart just sold a card of glass winged butterfly 2, im over the moon as my little samsung kept steaming up with the heat and a lot were blurred because of this, thanks a million to the wonderful person who bought this, now i can put up with any rain on offer lol hugs suexx

• How To Organise a Meet Up
  by Jo O'Brien

  Meeting complete and utter strangers off the intern…

  Meeting complete and utter strangers off the internet is not easy, even for the most social butterflies, and even if you feel like you know them pretty well from online. The first time I did it, I was meeting 20 bubblers at some pub I’d never been to, and I was supposedly the organsier- I was a nervous wreck! So think about how best to comfort people and make them realise that not everyone on the internet is a scary monster… - meet in a public place where there are passers by / - consider a daytime meet / - ensure any activities include people / - invite attendees to bring a friend or partner along for moral support / - be clear about how to identify each other at the meet up point / - have a way for attendees to contact you/someone on the day / - touch base with attendees prior to the day so they know you really do exist and that it will be going ahead. Inviting People / Well I can tell you how not to invite people- with a vague open ended forum post like “anyone in suchandsuchatown want to meet up one weekend?” This results in three pages of umming and arring and trying to work out details. What you need to do is give it some thought and present a cohesive idea along with the message that you are flexible to other people’s ideas. / Here is an example of how I first suggested a group of us drive 3 hours out of melbourne for a night in Lorne. I suggest having the following details in your invitation post: - A date and time to meet / - A specific meet up location (somewhere well known is best) / - A suggested activity for the day/evening / - How you will identify each other / - How you will contact attendees should there be a change of plans / - How attendees should contact you/someone else should they be late etc. / - Advise people on what they should bring- lunch money, camera etc. Once you have written and posted your invitation in all the right places, (such as a relevant group) people will start to respond. Some will jump in with a big YES!, others will express disappointment at living at the other side of the world, others will ask you to change the date, some will ask you to change other details. When negotiating details, remember that more changes, the more confusing it gets. So don’t feel like you need to bend to every person who can’t make a certain date, or whatever. Some people will miss out – they can come to the next one! A few days before Let attendees know that it is in fact going ahead, confirm the details and get yourself orgainsed. If you have promised them red balloons to mark the meet up point- buy them. If you need to wash your picnic rug, do it. Just trust me on this. You will be nervous on the day itself and are more likely to forget things. Some of my suggestions for the day before are: - charge you camera batteries / - print off a list of people who are coming and any mobile numbers you have for them / - double check any reservations you have and confirm numbers / - Charge your mobile phone and ensure you have enough credit to make several calls / - If you are doing the popular red balloon thing, bring string to tie them to something / - Pack a map, even if you know the area well. It makes giving directions to others easier. / - If there is a reservation, make sure attendees know what name it is under Once you are all packed, leave everything you are taking at the front door or in a pile somewhere like that. On the Day This is the bit where people call you to cancel, rock up late, get lost, and never arrive for reasons you will never find out. - Have your mobile phone on Loud. Boy I have learned this the hard way several times over! / - Be the first person to the meetup point / - Decide how long you are prepared to hang around waiting for latecomers / - Watch out for people arriving / - Introduce yourself with a smile and if your real name is different to your username, introduce yourself with both names. / - Introduce people to each other as they arrive Then you all go off and have a bunch of fun!!! The rest takes care of itself, trust me :) Oh yeah, almost forget… the absolute most important bit of all / post all the photos in a journal post on redbubble so we can all see :)

• Daytime Melbourne Meet Up
  by Jo O'Brien

  The last one was great but some people couldn’t make it because it was in the evening. So I thought we could have another one during the …

  The last one was great but some people couldn’t make it because it was in the evening. So I thought we could have another one during the day! Yay! Date: Saturday July 28th / Time: 10am onwards / Where: Meet Flinders Street Station on the steps / Activities for the day: Photo taking, lunch, more photo taking and if we are keen a wander around the national gallery. / RSVP: Comment here / Contact: Jo 0418 240 485 (save my number in your phone) Can’t manage a Saturday? Pencil in Sunday August 19th.

• Sunday Melbourne Meet Up
  by Jo O'Brien

  Yes, I’m doing it again (must be some sort of compulsion disorder). After this one we’re going to do an overnighter so come along and mee…

  Yes, I’m doing it again (must be some sort of compulsion disorder). After this one we’re going to do an overnighter so come along and meet people first. I’m excited already. MELBOURNE MEET UP / Date: Sunday August 19th 2007 / Time: 12 noon onwards- Meet at Flinders Street Station steps and we’ll walk over together / Where: The Royal Botanic Gardens / Activities for the day: Picnic/Cafe Lunch then maybe a stroll around the gardens. (I’m waiting on an ok from the cafe to book a table) / RSVP: Comment in this thread / Contact: Jo 0418 240 485 (save my number in your phone) / What to Bring: Camera / Updates: Will be posted here / Fairy Bread by Jaye Loring

• Karin's New Shoes EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR!!
  by Karin Taylor

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  Earlier today I posted a link to a journal in Migaloomagic here about my new shoes, promising to let you know about the next lot of shoes which i now have for sale through my Zazzle Gallery…this is an extra bit of news, i will still continue post “Karin’s Weekly” with all the other news next Tuesday :D Visit my zazzle store, there will be more shoes uploaded soon…kids shoes are next…these ones are for women NEW LADIES LACE UP SHOES AND KIDS SLIP ONS with MATCHING TEES / Yummi Love Children’s Keds Shoe available at Zazzle I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT | TSHIRT@REDBUBBLE | SHOES@ZAZZLE / / I’m a little Teapot Children’s Slipon Shoe at Zazzle I CAN STAND ON MY HANDS | TSHIRT@REDBUBBLE | SHOES@ZAZZLE / / I can Stand on My Hands Ladies Lace Up Shoes now available at Zazzle / I can stand on my Hands Children’s Shoes Slipons at Zazzle ONE SPRING DAY | TSHIRT@REDBUBBLE | SHOES@ZAZZLE / / One Spring Day Ladies Lace Up Keds Shoe at Zazzle / One Spring Day Childrens Slip On Keds Shoe at Zazzle RAINBOW | TSHIRT@REDBUBBLE | SHOES@ZAZZLE / lothing/1345405-1-mega-rainbow-tshirt / Rainbow Ladies Lace Up Keds Shoe at Zazzle / Rainbow Childrens Keds Shoe at Zazzle BUTTERFLY LOVE | TSHIRT@REDBUBBLE | SHOES@ZAZZLE / / Butterfly Love ladies Lace Up Keds Shoe at Zazzle !: / Butterfly Love Childrens Slipon Keds Shoe at Zazzle MIGALOOMAGIC SHOES AND MATCHING TEES / PINATA PONY HORSES | TSHIRT@REDBUBBLE | SHOES@ZAZZLE / / Pinata Pony Horses Ladies Lace Up Shoe @ Zazzle / Pinata Pony Horses Children’s Slip on Shoe @ Zazzle MOO | TSHIRT@REDBUBBLE | SHOES@ZAZZLE / / Moo Cow Sunrise Ladies Lace Up Shoes at Zazzle / Moo Cow Sunrise Kids Keds Sneakers at Zazzle / Sugar Plum Childrens Keds Slip On Shoe available through Zazzle TROPICAL LOVEBIRDS | TSHIRT@REDBUBBLE | SHOES@ZAZZLE / MOO | TSHIRT@REDBUBBLE | SHOES@ZAZZLE / Sugar Plums TShirt Just to let you know, my mark up on the shoes is just $10, Zazzle take the rest for the printing and manufacturing of the shoes, Keds are a good quality shoe. Please be aware that this is an american company and if you are in Australia, sizes may differ. / Here is the information you need to make sure you get the right size FAQ ZAZZLE KEDS SHOES AND SIZING

• Attention Melbourne Bubblers!! March 2008 Meet Up!
  by Paul Louis Villani

  Another Melbourne Red Bubble meet up is planned… / Sunday 30th March 2008 @ 2pm / This time we’re going to get a little adventurous! / A…

  Another Melbourne Red Bubble meet up is planned… / Sunday 30th March 2008 @ 2pm / This time we’re going to get a little adventurous! / An afternoon of Archery has been planned!! / From 2pm on Sunday 30th March we’re booked in at the Moorabbin Archery club for an afternoon af Photography, Archery and a BBQ!! / A one hour Archery lesson has been planned and for those who take part (in the lesson) there is a fee of $20-ea and that includes all equipment being supplied by the club. / If you do not want to take part in the Archery Lesson you can still come along and enjoy the afternoon with us whilst we fire up the BBQ on the clubs grounds. / I’ve started up a forum thread where I will keep a list of attendees and a map of where the Moorabin Archery Club can be found. / If you have any questions or requests please feel free to Bubblemail me or leave me a message in the above thread! / I’d like to thank one of our Bubble favorites FireDrake for her inspiration in regards to this meet up! :D / Ciao! / /

• Brisbane Meet January 08
  by Melissa Vowell

  Well, Brisbane finally took the plunge and we had our first meet where people actually attended!! The lovely Helen (LittleHelen...

  Well, Brisbane finally took the plunge and we had our first meet where people actually attended!! The lovely Helen (LittleHelen) arrived at my house at 10am Sunday morning to me still in my pyjamas, so naturally I put her to work in my kitchen :p It rained most of the morning and we were a little disheartened as our meet was a picnic in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens! Luckily by the time we’d driven to Brisbane from the Gold Coast the skies were blue and it was hot and sunny! Helen and I put our balloons up and set up our table just as the first Brisbanite arrived! It was a fun, relaxed, enjoyable afternoon and it was wonderful to finally meet some Brisbane artists.Here’s a few pictures from the day! (Jack01 aka Collie also came with her husband Peter and brother Kev but they unfortunately had to leave before I broke my camera out) drec (Derek) says: always Coca Cola GabrielK listening intently to some profound and philosophical conversation no doubt. (and can I just say these photos don’t do him justice! Really beautiful guy! Romanian and something else if I remember correctly lol) Drec (Derek) tries to come to terms with Kathleen’s psychic powers Kathleen does her best “no really i’m sweet and innocent” face That infamous soccer game! GabrielK pretending he doesn’t know i’m taking (another) picture of him Scott Robinson charges his solar panel for the long walk home Food! Kathleen uses all her jedi mind powers to shrink an unsuspecting guy and his park bench Drec (Derek) has farted and is hoping nobody’s noticed Steven Lippis explains to everyone how his birth defect has impacted upon his life. Gabrielk isn’t interested as he’s perving on that blonde chick in the bikini Helen Every pic I took of Helen is blurry because everytime I went to take a pic of her she’d make me laugh! (And when I dropped her home she invited me in for coffee (wink wink nudge nudge :p) Cake Face! Steven Lippis and the birth defect

• Red Bubble Melbourne Meet Up 19-08-07 - More Pics!
  by Paul Louis Villani

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• The other Red Bubble Sunday meet up
  by Danny Minisrty of bad spelling

  The Red Bubble Office Break up in Sjem, Lucan and myself paid a special visit to the offices of Red Bubble on Sunday to see if the …

  The Red Bubble Office Break up in Sjem, Lucan and myself paid a special visit to the offices of Red Bubble on Sunday to see if the place of artistic dreams was everything we had assumed it was and hopefully as affluent as it looked in all those journal entries. / Sjem and I had arranged to meet Lucan in a back alley of the appropriately named Gore St. / Lucan if you aren’t aware by now has been dead for over a decade and it was only his substantial abuse of hallucinogenics that had seeped into his bones that tricks his rotting corpse that he is still alive, anyway he’s handy for sneaking into tight areas and clicking a camera – though he doesn’t half stink. / Sjem couldn’t find a babysquatter for his offspring (imaginatively called sonofsjem) so we were now a team of 2 humans and 2 half humans. But it turned out sonofsjem was very adapt at retrieving things from small spaces too. / We found the office (eventually) masquerading as an inner city flat, the only proof it was the Red Bubble office was a small 6×3 inch sign. / / / / Entry wasn’t a problem thanks to some Ruinbubble TM patented door breakers available through the internet. The first thing we saw was a converted garage furnished in mid 70s faux-brothel look. There was nothing worth taking except for a large projector until Lucan tried to take it down and got one of his arm stuck and it snapped off inside the housing. / We went up to the second floor and found the offices of Red Bubble. To say we were disappointed would be an understatement. The whole place had a desperate air about it, it looked like the whole place could be snatched up and moved in minutes as if waiting for a tip off that the police were coming. Either that or it was very lax – 25% of the place was made up of kitchen. / / Lucan’s covered face because he looks disgusting and he was scaring the baby. We didn’t venture upstairs for that is where the tech people work and there was drool seeping down the stairs. We thought it best to leave that area be. Our first impression was we’d been conned and there was nothing worth stealing. Even the computers were filthy, so we decided to have a bit of fun. / I sat down at Jo O’Brien’s desk and was filled with the desire to remove my top, Lucan threatened to rip off his other arm so he couldn’t take pictures unless I stopped. / For some reason there were hundreds of copies of In The Moment lying around and sjem thought it would be funny for me to read them some of the stories, as per the photo you can see the only way they could get me to do this was under duress. / / This particular desk belonged to Xavier which was evident due the large hunks of hair and toenail clippings. Young sonofsjem was starting to smell as bad as Lucan so we needed a clean area to change the ittle tacker, the cleanest desk was the one that looked like it had the least activity: Peter’s. / / In the corner was an unsightly mess of tee Shirts and toys that belonged to Onetonshadow, after sifting through it all and finding nothing of value we decided just to set fire to his desk. / / All up it was pretty boring and we did minimal damage but did manage to eat all the buscuits and guys if you’re reading this just a word of advice: / DON’T eat your lunch at your desk till the cleaners come. wink wink

• Portfolio Clean Out - Your Vote Counts
  by Craig Goldsmith

  I’m looking for nominations of what to cull out of my portfolio, I have my eye on a fair bit of my earlier work which well for me isn’t u…

  I’m looking for nominations of what to cull out of my portfolio, I have my eye on a fair bit of my earlier work which well for me isn’t up to scratch. My difficult is I find myself to be my toughest critic so I’d like to open this up to anyone that wants to name any images they think don’t belong, I’ll compare that to my own list and then let the culling begin. I currently have 75 works for sale and I don’t know that feels like too much so I’m looking to cullt 10-25 at a guess, that said I don’t want to be like a overzealous gardener and prun it back to hard. So feel free to jump in and nominate any number of shots to go up onto the chopping block, if a image has already been nominated still list it as more votes will spell doom for the image in question.

• Lorne Overnighter- Room Allocations
  by Jo O'Brien

  ROOM ALLOCATIONS / To help us all check in, I have thrown together some room allocations. We can totally change these around however we w…

  ROOM ALLOCATIONS / To help us all check in, I have thrown together some room allocations. We can totally change these around however we want when we are all there. This is what we are staying in… And yes, that is a queen bed, a few lovely people get to bunk up (or just stay up all night) Don’t worry fellas, most of the girls have already offered to do it so you don’t have to! Expenses: / $50 per person for accomodation: Please pay upon arrival at reception. Cash prefered. / Money for meals or you can self cater using the facilities in the cottages / Petrol money / What to Bring: Camera etc. Beach stuff Money Phone and charger Walking shoes The ususal stuff. ROOM ONE (Reserved Under Jo O’Brien) / Jo O’Brien / Jessica Tremp / juliejulie / Bellmusker ROOM TWO (Reserved Under Chris White) / Chris W / Michman / Darryl A / Daijiro Kato ROOM THREE (Reserved under Melissa Vowel) / Melissa Vowell / Alateia / claudia phares / Bronwyn – Claudia Phares’s Friend ROOM FOUR (Reserved Under Hien Nguyen) / Hien Nguyen / James Price / David Spencer / whoalse ROOM FIVE (Reserved under Anne Van Alkemade) / Anne van Alkemade / Anne’s friend 1 / Anne’s friend 2 / Masae (Atelia’s daughter) VISITING FOR THE DAY / Jayell and partner CAR POOLING / And guys, as a courtesy to you driver, please offer to help out with the ridiculous expense of petrol Michman’s Car: Michael, Wen,(still room) / Jo’s Car: Jo, Melissa, Bellmusker (room for one more) / ChrisW’s Car: ChrisW, Jessica, Julie, David (Full) / Anne’s Car: Anne plus friends (Full) / James Price’s Car: James, Alateia, Masae (room for one more) / Hien’s Motorbike: Hien (room for one more on the back)

• Melbourne Meet Up - PHOTOS!!!!!
  by Jo O'Brien

  Well it was another successfull Melbourne Meet Up We are all getting so friendly- it’s great to see. This time we had a record turn ou…

  Well it was another successfull Melbourne Meet Up We are all getting so friendly- it’s great to see. This time we had a record turn out, so much so that most of us can’t remember everyone else’s names yet! But it was great to see lots of fresh faces and meet you all. You better come to the next one! We ate lunch, walked around the botanic gardens, got lost and few times, had numerous toilet and caffine stops, did cartwheels (well, Jess did anyway), saw some pretty gardens, drank red wine and enjoyed each others’ company. Can’t wait for the photos to start coming through. Everyone is linking to their photos HERE if you are interested PHOTO LINKS Michman’s facebook album James Broadway’s online album / and one of Jess Ann van Alkmade whoalse’s has an online album from today ...and these… Mark German’s shots as follows… Daijiro Kato’s shots follow…

• Surf's Up!
  by Jeannette Sheehy

  Surfs up was featured in the Textiles and Materials group. I guess I use this journal to thank them??...see how new I am and unused to th…

  Surfs up was featured in the Textiles and Materials group. I guess I use this journal to thank them??...see how new I am and unused to this?? / Cheers! / Jeannette :)

• Lorne Photos
  by Jo O'Brien

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  # / The Bubble Bunch by James Price Tag your Lorne stuff Lorne07 please so we can all find it :) Yay!

• Sprucing up your gallery
  by Sarah Moore

  I have had heaps of people ask me how I get the laminate or card of my image in the description section of my images, so I thought I woul…

  I have had heaps of people ask me how I get the laminate or card of my image in the description section of my images, so I thought I would put it down in a journal entry rather than having to re-type it each time. It’s actually the same process as linking to any other image…just open up the image you want to use in the buy/preview option then choose how you want the image to appear ie. laminate with black border. Right click on the image go to properties (bottom of tab) then copy the image address-url, paste that in between exclamation marks in the description section of your original image, then if you want to link to it put a semi colon, then copy the url of the image page. So the code would for example look like this (when you are doing it leave out all spaces) ! http://images2.redbubble.com/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:small/view:preview/386042-1-orange-sunset.jpg ! : http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/1156590

• Write up in the Advocate Newspaper
  by Rhana Griffin

  A little while ago I was contacted by Eliza Grey from the Advocate (the newspaper that services the North West coast of Tasmania) asking …

  A little while ago I was contacted by Eliza Grey from the Advocate (the newspaper that services the North West coast of Tasmania) asking if I would be interested in participating in an article about RedBubble. Of course I was only too happy to oblige being as RedBubble itself and all you wonderful people in the RB community have helped me so much in my journey as a photographer. When the photographer from the Advocate came out to take a few pictures to accompany the article, I took him down to the boat ramp as the views down there are magnificent! I was a little apprehensive though… See, we were having a king tide at the time, and when he asked me if I would be game enough to go out to the end of the jetty which was all but underwater I had to think twice… It wasnt me I was concerned about, HE WANTED ME TO TAKE MY CAMERA OUT THERE!!! It all turned out well in the end though, both myself and my beloved Sami survived the experience and below is the result. Many thanks to RedBubble and every-wonderful-one who has made me feel so welcome here.