http://breadpig.com/blog/2009/10/02/we-did-it-you-raised-enough-money-to-build-our-xkcd-school-in-laos/ when the world didn't need another blog, it got one about a pig with bread wings Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:40:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://breadpig.com/blog/2009/10/02/we-did-it-you-raised-enough-money-to-build-our-xkcd-school-in-laos/comment-page-1/#comment-113 $53,000 profit in 3 months… from books: Reasons to self-publish, or start your own niche publishing company (& reasons not to) | the breadpig blog Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:13:24 +0000 http://breadpig.com/blog/?p=778#comment-113 [...] From the 3-stop book tour alone, we raised enough to build “the xkcd school” in Laos; we’ll be visiting it in 2010 with a few books in hand to confuse the schoolchildren with.  On top of that, in a little over three months of sales, Breadpig earned $53,000 in profits (all for Room To Read, of course). We’re coming up with some fun ways to let you, the breadpig legion, decide what literacy & education projects it’ll be used on.  In the meantime, we’d like to show you exactly how we did it. [...] [...] From the 3-stop book tour alone, we raised enough to build “the xkcd school” in Laos; we’ll be visiting it in 2010 with a few books in hand to confuse the schoolchildren with.  On top of that, in a little over three months of sales, Breadpig earned $53,000 in profits (all for Room To Read, of course). We’re coming up with some fun ways to let you, the breadpig legion, decide what literacy & education projects it’ll be used on.  In the meantime, we’d like to show you exactly how we did it. [...]

]]> http://breadpig.com/blog/2009/10/02/we-did-it-you-raised-enough-money-to-build-our-xkcd-school-in-laos/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Meet Randall and grab a signed copy of xkcd: volume 0 in Cambridge, MA on 17 Dec | the breadpig blog Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:07:29 +0000 http://breadpig.com/blog/?p=778#comment-103 [...] tour shortly after the release of xkcd: volume 0 that raised enough money to build breadpig’s xkcd school in Laos. And we’re grateful to all of you who showed up to support xkcd and this [...] [...] tour shortly after the release of xkcd: volume 0 that raised enough money to build breadpig’s xkcd school in Laos. And we’re grateful to all of you who showed up to support xkcd and this [...]

]]> http://breadpig.com/blog/2009/10/02/we-did-it-you-raised-enough-money-to-build-our-xkcd-school-in-laos/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Project Update: The xkcd school in Laos is nearing completion! | the breadpig blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:53:29 +0000 http://breadpig.com/blog/?p=778#comment-97 [...] xkcd blag, Randall chose the following dedication to be inscribed on the plaque at the entrance of the xkcd school in Laos; we think it turned out quite [...] [...] xkcd blag, Randall chose the following dedication to be inscribed on the plaque at the entrance of the xkcd school in Laos; we think it turned out quite [...]

]]> http://breadpig.com/blog/2009/10/02/we-did-it-you-raised-enough-money-to-build-our-xkcd-school-in-laos/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Help xkcd Choose a Dedication for the School in Laos | the breadpig blog Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:08:19 +0000 http://breadpig.com/blog/?p=778#comment-95 [...] ← We did it! You raised enough money to build our xkcd school in Laos [...] [...] ← We did it! You raised enough money to build our xkcd school in Laos [...]

]]> http://breadpig.com/blog/2009/10/02/we-did-it-you-raised-enough-money-to-build-our-xkcd-school-in-laos/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Twitted by mognoy Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:15:13 +0000 http://breadpig.com/blog/?p=778#comment-94 [...] This post was Twitted by mognoy [...] [...] This post was Twitted by mognoy [...]

]]> http://breadpig.com/blog/2009/10/02/we-did-it-you-raised-enough-money-to-build-our-xkcd-school-in-laos/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Raised enough money to build a school « exit status zero Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:40:09 +0000 http://breadpig.com/blog/?p=778#comment-93 [...] enough money to build a school It appears that xkcd and Breadpig have raised enough money to build a school for impoverished children in Laos. [...] [...] enough money to build a school It appears that xkcd and Breadpig have raised enough money to build a school for impoverished children in Laos. [...]

]]> http://breadpig.com/blog/2009/10/02/we-did-it-you-raised-enough-money-to-build-our-xkcd-school-in-laos/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Signed Book Timeline « xkcd Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:34:52 +0000 http://breadpig.com/blog/?p=778#comment-92 [...] Thank you so much to everyone who ordered a book.  If you’re interested, there are some pictures of the xkcd school site in Laos over on the BreadPig blog. [...] [...] Thank you so much to everyone who ordered a book.  If you’re interested, there are some pictures of the xkcd school site in Laos over on the BreadPig blog. [...]

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