The mags are here, waiting to be sent out in the world to do their great work.




This is the fun part -- figuring out what to do for marketing, how to get the thing in stores, etc. And by 'fun', I mean 'mystifying'. Lots to learn.

The process of actually getting this magazine printed has turned out to be a bit of a pain, but only because the printer's hours are 9-5 on weekdays. You know, the hours that a lot of people work. Delivering the files (way too big to be emailed), picking up a proof, making revisions, dropping them off, and getting a revised proof becomes a major endeavor when you have to ask off work every time.

The good news is that the green light has been given and we'll have the mags in hand next week. We're doing some funky post-printing stuff which will take a little time, so with any luck next weekend we'll be able to start the "hey, you wanna sell our magazine" project.

Anybody know anything about the Buffalo Book Fair? Apparently it's on a Friday this year, and in a different location. I can't seem to get the Contact page to work -- anybody have the straight dope?

I don't know if I understand the mentality behind the development of open source software, but I'm sure glad it exists. All of the greenfern work is done on open source (with the exception of the OS). Open Office, GIMP, Firefox, gmail, etc. I have no complaints to date -- you'll have to let us know how it looks.

So it looks like there's a typographers convention in Ye Olde B-Lo this summer: . Now, I'm not really a big fonts guy (I couldn't even make it through that Helvetica documentary), but any event where masters discuss their craft has to be pretty cool, right?

The banner on the website features this guy:





Seems the whole world has gone steampunk.