Birthday Wishes

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

There's a note over on the cyberfunded webcomic Alien Dice today:

Kim's birthday is on Saturday, July 18th. :) We're not doing anything big ... well.. very little at all. (Husband's birthday is the 12th, and he's getting nothing, just like Vash, who's birthday was July 5th.. yes.. everyone in my household is born in July or March. Me and Merle share the same birthdate of March 10th. :D ) In any case, Kim would just love it if she could get some postcards simply telling her Happy Birthday. :) She will be six and going into Kindergarten. Sadly ... Summer birthdays always get the raw end of the deal. :D

The mailing address is listed over on that page, under "10th July 2009" updates.

Comments

You know,

[caveman-joe.livejournal.com]

that's really cool. It reminds me of the "Pressieware" games on the Amiga, back in the day. They were an alternative business model to shareware games.

In those days, "shareware" meant something a little different to what it means now - you'd get the full game rather than a trial version, usually on a copied 3.5" floppy disk. The programmer would ask you to copy the game and spread it everywhere, but as the game loaded you'd get a screen asking you to send some money to the creator's P.O. box if you enjoyed the game. Pressieware writers just asked you to send them a present!

(shockingly, Google searches for both "pressieware" and "prezzieware" turn up completely blank. However, I'm sure I've got one or two pressieware games - I didn't dream it, honest!)

Re: You know,

[caveman-joe.livejournal.com]

(also, I'm gonna go put an advert on Alien Dice, now that I see they use Project Wonderful...)

Re: You know,

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing. That is a fascinating bit of background. You should write an article about pressieware so that people don't forget about it.

*laugh* Maybe I'll try this for a poem in the December fishbowl. It's a clever idea.