Category: Sightings

Portrait of a Breadpig

Portrait of a Breadpig

+50 Internet points if you can spot the reddit alien hidden in the image!

HypeMachine founder Anthony Volodkin moonlighting as breadpig model

HypeMachine founder Anthony Volodkin moonlighting as breadpig model

This isn’t the first time Anthony has been captured rocking the Breadpig. In fact, it’s the third time!

Deconstructing the Breadpig

Deconstructing the Breadpig

A casual plane encounter turns into a new understanding of the breadpig.

Anthony Volodkin Rocks the Breadpig on MTV Brasil

Anthony Volodkin Rocks the Breadpig on MTV Brasil

Watch the video of Anthony rocking this interview.

Breadpig Legionnaire of the Week: Jay Liu

Breadpig Legionnaire of the Week: Jay Liu

We love you, Breadpig Legion, but today we’d like to spotlight an individual Breadpig Legionnaire of the Week, Jay “Awesomesauce” Liu (OK, we made up that nickname).

Breadpig & Mongol Rally 2010

Breadpig & Mongol Rally 2010

Exploding Marmalade plastered our porcine hero on the side of their car in exchange for some moral support and a donation to Mercy Corps. We were thrilled to oblige on both counts.

Secret xkcd meetup in SF a success!

Secret xkcd meetup in SF a success!

Were you in Golden Gate Park (SF) last Saturday? If so, you joined a couple hundred elite xkcd fans who braved the cold June afternoon to meet Randall Munroe.

Re-Featured Breadpig Bookseller: Bookshop Santa Cruz

Re-Featured Breadpig Bookseller: Bookshop Santa Cruz

We featured them once back in March, but they’re due for another bit of spotlight.

Featured Breadpig Bookseller: Bookshop Santa Cruz Loves xkcd

Featured Breadpig Bookseller: Bookshop Santa Cruz Loves xkcd

We received these photos from Bookshop Santa Cruz, an independent bookseller (rocking since 1966!) that’s been featuring the breadpig-published xkcd: volume 0 for the last couple of months.

Borderlands Books: First Bookstore in the World Stocked with xkcd: volume 0

Borderlands Books: First Bookstore in the World Stocked with xkcd: volume 0

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 …

anthony volodkin totally pulls a volodkin on this one

Breadpig Sighted – In German! Go Brotschwein, go.

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. …

Good day, Internet

Good day, Internet

this is an album cover

Who Is Keyser Soze? LOLmagnetz Will Tell You

Who Is Keyser Soze? LOLmagnetz Will Tell You

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

New LOLmagnetz Model-Cat

New LOLmagnetz Model-Cat

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 …

Compelling Review Of LOLmagnetz (Or, How To Instantly Become The Office God)

Compelling Review Of LOLmagnetz (Or, How To Instantly Become The Office God)

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 …

Edible Breadpig Discovered In Germany!

Edible Breadpig Discovered In Germany!

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!