[NEWS] Server Instabilityness

Ok first, if the server is going to start acting really weird, why does it have to happen while I’m out of town? I was literally trying to fix it from my booth at NYAF with my friend’s iPhone.

So… the whole webserver is acting strange… and I can’t seem to figure out the problem. From what I can tell there may be a Wordpress plug-in that slowly eats up more and more memory until the server craps out and I have to reboot it… then everything is fine for a while until it happens again. I’ve gone ahead and disabled quite a few things just now which might be responsible, including the UsersOnline and Feedburner plugins. Unforunately that means the people who subscribed for email updates will not be able to get those… for those people I recommend the RSS feed until I can figure things out.

But yeah, this really sucks. Anyone know a good host I could switch to? >____<

[NEWS] New York Anime Festival 2008

Before I forget to mention it, New York Anime Festival… this weekend… New York City. I’ll be there. WILL YOU?

Not only is this an excellent opportunity for you to make fun of me in person, but I’ll also have Wolf stickers and a new and improved version of the Halolz poster… neither of which are available online yet! Speaking of which I should probably get that stuff up for sale online so I can start paying for this expensive new private server I had to move the site to! >___<

Well anyway, stop by and say hello! I’ll be in the small press area (booth 103 and 105). Also stop by and wish my sister Sarah (a NYC local) a happy birthday because her birthday is that weekend and she’s going to be wasting her precious weekend helping me! In fact here are some photos she took of the convention last year! You tell me that doesn’t look like a fun convention!

Also: I have a Twitter account now… if any of you are in to that sort of thing! Microblogging is THE COOLEST!

SNEAK ATTACK!

Picture I took at Otakon of Shawn attacking Dave with his TF2 rocket launcher.

[NEWS] Otakon 2008

Well ConnectiCon is over, and I had a great time… but now it’s off to Otakon in Baltimore, Maryland! This is a big one, and I’ve been a little stressed getting ready for these two cons back to back, but at least you don’t have to worry about the site… I have plenty of Halolz queued up for the next few days!

So just like last week, I hope to see some people stopping by and saying hi. Mike will be making some brief appearances again at the table, so if you see him be sure to tell him to post more!

Oh I guess I should mention, we will be in the “B” block of Artists Alley… next to two of my usual cohorts Scott and Matt. And of course I will have all sorts of crap for sale… even secret stuff you don’t know about yet! Aren’t you just dying to find out? I can tell that you are. Well maybe you should get off your butt and drive to Baltimore!

[NEWS] ConnectiCon 2008

Hey look! I’m announcing a convention I’ll be at mere minutes before I leave for it! What a surprise! That’s me, “No Notice” Handyside!

Anyway… I will be in Hartford, CT for ConnectiCon this weekend, representin’ the Halolz. In fact, Mike “Never Posts Because His Computer Exploded?” Moore will be there too! A rare opportunity to meet a rare poster! :P

The most exciting thing I should mention though, is I had some rad new Halolz stuff printed up for this convention (and Otakon the weekend following). I’ll leave some of it as a surprise for now… but one of them I HAVE to share… a new vinyl sticker!

God, so awesome. I think once these are available online I’m going to do a contest where you stick this somewhere funny and send in a photo and the best one gets a prize or something.

Personally I’m thinking of slapping one of these on my neighbors car when he parks in my parking space. D:

But annnnnyway… if you’re going to be around Hartford this weekend stop by and say hi!

HOLA

Hola! Finally back from AnimeExpo! Sorry for the break in posts! Blame Mike! I was on the other side of the country… what’s his excuse!
Oh and this timely submission sent in by Jeot21!

[NEWS] AnimeExpo 2008 Reminder

Not sure if it really needs to be mentioned again… but I’m at AnimeExpo in L.A. this weekend with Scott and Dave! Two cons in California in a row? INSANITY.

As always I will have a wide variety of t-shirts on hand (including two brand new designs that are not available yet, and one that is coming out of retirement!) and of course a pile of Halolz posters. Also I should have some sort of new poster based off of the Brawl artwork I’ve been working on the last month (not 100% sure what that’s going to look like though). Anyway, if you’re going to be there you should track me down! I wish I could tell you what booth I’ll be at, but I have no idea! I just know it’s an exhibitors booth so I assume it will be where all the action is on the main floor.

Also Mike is indeed still alive… he has a post queued up for later today! Hopefully he can get some more up this weekend while I’m out of town!

Guess that’s about it. FRINK OUT!

SNAKE’S THE NAME…

He’s the fastest thing aliiiiiive…?
Pic sent in by the loser I’m sharing a corner booth with at Anime Expo this weekend!

[NEWS] Random Stuff

So I’ve been keeping up with posting submissions pretty well… but the site news, not so much. Here’s some random stuff that’s going on at the moment!

• I have a Deviant Art page now. (Also turns out Mike has one too!) I’ve always been kind of reluctant to sign up at DA, but it actually seems to be working out pretty well for me (I guess it’s the convenience mostly). Anyway I’ve been working on some stuff for THE AWESOMEST SMASH BROS. POSTER EVER MADE and could always use some extra feedback!

• In a little over two weeks I’ll be heading out to Anime Expo in L.A. which I’m told is the biggest anime con in the country… so… that’s going to be interesting (and not stressful in any way!) And of course, if you live in California, this would be another excellent chance to pick up a Halolz poster without paying all that lame shipping!

• I’ve kind of rekindled my love affair with Team Fortress 2 recently (on PC)… and so figured what the heck, I’ll go ahead and make a Halolz group on Steam! So if you get bored we can always use some more Pyros!

• And after a long time of saying I was going to do it… I’ve finally gotten around to putting up a new store page called Ninja-Bot (you might have seen the new ad banner). It’s not all that different than the store page I had on Staccato, but now I have a better place to centralize all the random crap I end up selling. I guess it’s not all that exciting, but I figured I’d mention it anyways…

Hmm, so I guess that’s all I can think of at the moment. Have fun with all those links! FRINK OUT!

[NEWS] Fanime 2008! Also I’m kinda swamped…

Hey folks, sorry if the updates have been a little sparatic… I’ve been rushing around trying to get ready for Fanime 2008 (which I didn’t even get around to mentioning until now).

So yeah, if you’re in the San Jose, CA area this Memorial Day weekend, you should swing by the artist alley and say hi! I will have some of those sweet Halolz Posters (more than I did at NYCC!) and of course all the other wonderful crap I shill on a regular basis! Hope to see some readers there! (It’s the first con I’ve ever done in California…)

[NEWS] NY Comic Con 2008… MISSAN COMPWEE!

NY Comic Con 2008… MISSAN COMPWEE!

Just a quick update… the posters were a hit (I think they were all gone by Saturday) so they will definitely be going up for sale on the interwebs soon.

Also the site still seems to be running despite my being out of town for like five days, so that’s a good sign. I never mentioned it but I updated a lot of the site software last week and so far things seem to be holding together so I guess that all worked out.

Oh and since the site is growing, I’ve decided to add a second editor to help me keep up with lawl processing. More info on that later!
(No applications plz, the position has already been filled!)

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