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Not only has it been a best-seller (there are evidently quite a few well-tanned geeks in Santa Cruz) but an employee there wrote up a ’shelf talker’ for the book, which you can see pictured above and has been transcribed below for your reading delight.

XKCD by Randall Munroe
If you’re not an avid XKCD reader, or haven’t been forwarded one of these fantastic web-comics by a friend, now’s your chance to get in on one of the smartest, nerdiest and most romantic online comic strips.  Munroe’s long-running comic has finally been compiled into one book, so you can revisit your favorite strips, discover one you might have missed, or become a newly converted fan.—KMS

Breadpig loves independent booksellers [see our entry on Borderlandands Books -- first bookstore in the universe to carry xkcd: volume 0] and we’re working on a great way to show off that love that should also be a handy tool for all of you xkcd fans. In the meantime, we’re happy to spotlight some outstanding indies who’ve really gone above and beyond for this book (and their customers who are demanding it).

When the book was first announced in the New York Times, the very first bookstore to email us to stock xkcd: volume 0 was Borderlands Books, a San Francisco geek institution. Not only were we thrilled to have our book on their shelves, we could hand-deliver the first batch — they’re only a few blocks away from breadpig HQ.

The cats were feeling frisky when we dropped off their shipment and it seemed fit to mark the occasion with a few snapshots. If you’re ever in the Mission neighborhood of SF, there’s no shortage of independent bookstores, but there’s only one geek mecca known as Borderlands. Give it a visit, say ‘Hi’ to the hairless cats and maybe pick up a copy of xkcd: volume 0. Or if you hate real-life, follow them on the twitter.

hairless cat is quietly judging you for only buying one copy

Avid breadpig supporter and fantastic founder of hypemachine, Anthony Volodkin, rocked the brown breadpig tee to a photoshoot in a German an Austrian magazine. The headline instructs you to “Go, whither the music takes you.” The obvious subtext here is that you should be downloading the breadpig band’s hit album from iTunes. The breadpig still has no clue how it managed that one, even being a super hero.

If you aren’t already using TheHypeMachine, you’re probably not very hip to music. If you are a laggard when it comes to the dopest jams, look no further than Anthony’s creation. And please let us know if you discover any other breadpig sightings – we’ll high5 you for each one.

Anthony Volodkin, you win the Internet today and we award you 31,400 points.

Looks like LOLmagnetz have invaded some innocent officeworker’s cubicle. The result is a question that has haunted many for years. Who is Keyser Soze? LOLmagnetz might have a hunch…

see the twitpic original

Our first model-cat, Roslyn, was an exceptional feline (with an exceptional owner). So for version II of LOLmagnetz, the bar was set quite high.

Fortunately, Matilda didn’t let us down. Hopefully all this publicity won’t go to her head, but we’ve heard she has always been quite the diva.

Let us know what you think of the new model-cat. We’ll work out a more formal process to discover the next edition’s covermodel. We’ve got more felines to make famous.

Brian Ho is a man who knows how to have a good time. Furthermore, he’s a man who knows how to help his office have a good time. All while adhering to even the strictest corporate guidelines prohibiting at-work alcohol consumption.

The secret is LOLmagnetz. And with one kit, Brian turned his cubicle into the greatest wall in the office — a greater wall than even that one in China.

And today, my prediction started to come true as myself and some co-workers started creating (several inappropriate) phrases periodically throughout the day. We took it a level up when we started creating some phrases around some of the other things stuck to the cabinet including some of the group pictures from previous birthday parties.

Brilliant. The breadpig salutes you, Brian. Especially for this.

No one said LOLart had to be high art (though it’s often created while high). See the rest of Brian’s pictures on his LiveJournal.

That’s not to say the real breadpig isn’t edible — just that no one would ever consider eating it. This roll, however…

Thank you for spotting this, cheary, and for appropriately tagging it (“breadpig”). Now we must travel to Deutschland, fetch some of our own, and feast!

Stickers!

Thanks to homard.net over on flickr for capturing this handsome photo of the sticker collection in StartupSchwag’s 16th schwag-bag. If you’re a fan of startups, or schwag, but especially if you like startup schwag, you should strongly consider signing on.

And if you’re bummed about not getting a sticker, the breadpig has instructed me to mail one to you; email me your address.

Surprisingly, the breadpig was slow to report on this one. This is not a poor reflection of the breadpig, rather, a demonstration that we, his mortal army, are indeed fallible. As we strive to be more like the breadpig, enjoy this tweet from fellow breadpigger, Chrysaora, who witnessed the students of Harvard University “pulling a breadpig” in Harvard Yard.

Proof that our art can inspire even the brightest and among the highest tuition-paying students in the world. The breadpig band has arrived. And thanks to breadpig ally, Jeff Atwood, combined with an upcoming reunion show in Las Vegas, we’re expecting quite the breadpig band renaissance.

The breadpig only recently discovered twitter and found that the breadpig legion had already made its presence known.

Guenlian, a satisfied breadpigger and owner of LOLmagnetz used this hip messaging system to express approval about our LOL instruction manual:

is amazed that LOLmagnetz come with instructions! “Precautions For Use: Your home is full of magnetic surfaces compatible with LOLmagnetz”

But that wasn’t all! Shortly thereafter came another tweet:

“we recommend that LOLmagnetz not be used” on computers. Complete with drawing of fried CPU with the “Can”, “Has”&”Fail” magnetz applied.

Thank you, Guenlian, for proving that some people still do read the manual. The breadpig labored over these instructions and is pleased to know these efforts weren’t in vain.