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of course, another planet. :)
on August 25, 2010
Trent harris
Posted project update #2Sweetie Poops
Post commentGood News! Reached the halfway point on raising money! 3 weeks left to get the rest. Please help spread the word. ALSO - shot two more scenes over the weekend. I had to go to another planet to do it, but that comes with the job.
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Latest Painting
Post commentHey everyone, here's my latest painting of my own house, and a collage of some house paintings that I did in April and May. If you'd like to see a progression of the recent painting, check out my blog:
http://katetownleysmith.com/wordpress/2010/08/tiny-painting-of-my-house/Thanks for the support - the project is up to 50% funded!
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Willi Patton
Posted project update #38Inspiration
Post comment"As a film-maker, you must work alone, and yet you must handle actresses, you must deal with producers who may work against the best interests of your picture, you must face technicians who only want to go home. You must have talents of so many different kinds - talents that are contradictory. You must be timid and bold. You must be modest, in order to create scenes that are intimate, that are delicate, yet you must be authoritative and arbitrary, to enable yourself to do it as you must."
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Stacy Lomman
Posted project update #11Working Hard!
I have this big smile on my face because all of my wonderful backers are helping me to succeed and realize my dream! Thanks everyone!
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The Woolies
Posted project update #11August Update
Post commentBeloved Flower Tower Backers,
Sorry that it's been a few weeks since I sent an update. Wooly Fair ends and for those involved August is a chance to catch our breath and try and piece together just what the hell happened. In truth the event was raucous/wonderful and made more so for the presence of the Flower Tower and all the great energy it generated. If you didn't make it to Wooly Fair this year, please consider dropping in next year. If you did make, then I hope you know what I'm talking about.
So the Tower is gone and many of the gardens have been distributed to excellent local organizations -- Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless, The Ronald McDonald House, Crossroads (a homeless shelter), the Jewish Community Center, and many more. But we still have gardens left and we really want them to find homes. So if you or anyone you know would like to have one and promise to hang it in a location where it can be enjoyed by others, well, I hope you'll take one. We don't ship. We do deliver in the RI area. We do prefer pick up.
Also, you're rewards! We will be shipping those in September so I do thank you for your patience. The rewards are on their way.
The Flower Tower was a huge success made possible by all those on the receiving end of this email. As always, thanks so much for being a part of this project. It means the world to us.
Sam
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GRND Lab LLC
Posted project update #3Thank You Postcards :: Cartoline di Ringraziamento
Post commentDearest backers,
Just a quick update to let you know that we have been hard at work. We moved our offices and laboratory to a new facility and expanded some of our electronic prototyping areas to better accommodate working on this project full time!
We just wanted to say 'Thank You' again and let you know that the postcards were sent out in the mail today! If you do not receive yours within 7-15 days, please let us know and we will send you a new one.
If you haven't provided us with your mailing address to receive our tokens of appreciation, feel free to do so at any time by emailing us at us@grndlab.com or sending us a Kickstarter message.
Postcards are on their way!
Thanks again from the GRND Lab Team
Carissimi backers,Vi volevamo mandare un breve aggiornamento per farvi sapere che è stato un periodo di duro lavoro per il GRND Lab. Abbiamo recentemente traslocato gli uffici e il laboratorio, e siamo riusciti ad espandere alcune delle nostre zone di prototipazione elettronica per dedicarci a tempo pieno a questo progetto!
Cogliamo questa occasione per ringraziarvi ancora del vostro supporto e per comunicarvi che le prime cartoline sono state spedite oggi! Se per caso non doveste ricevere la vostra entro 7-15 giorni, fatemi sapere e provvederemo a spedirne una nuova.
Se non ci avete ancora comunicato un indirizzo a cui spedire i vostri souvenir, potete ancora inviarcelo via email a us@grndlab.com o via messaggio tramite Kickstarter.
Le cartoline stanno arrivando!
Grazie ancora dal Team del GRND Lab
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Schuyler Towne
Posted project update #10New Rewards! Come see me in D.C.! A Question for you!
Hi!
Last thing first, the question:
How did you hear about the project?
I've been trying to hunt down how, exactly, we got to 300% funding when, a week ago, we were just over 100%. I did a little googling around the other night and found a mention here or there, but I'm super curious about how you all found out about what I'm doing here. If you don't mind, answer in the comments!
We've hit 300%!
In the past 6 days the project has gained over $11,000.
I don't really know what to say. This project, and all of you, are changing my life. How could I possibly have seen that coming? I'm starting a business. It's entirely conceivable that I am going to be able to pay my rent and buy my groceries and live my life doing something I love. I know there aren't many people who get that chance and I know there is a ton of work for me to do if I want to make that a reality, but before all of you came along, it was never a possibility.
Thank you for this chance.
Open workshop in D.C.!
OK! So - if you want to get a thank you from me in person, come out to a free locksport workshop at HacDC on September 11th! I'll be teaching and donating a lock library and a bunch of public use tools to kick things off. I'm really excited to go down, so, if you are in the area you should definitely stop by, I'd love to meet you and do some picking!
New Rewards & Your Milestone Bonus!
I've removed 1 reward, reduced the exclusivity of another and added 2 new ones! Really shaking things up. First, I dropped the previous $1000 reward. Didn't seem like anyone was interested and I had a better idea anyway. Second, I upped the limit on the $250 level. I won't raise it any higher because I think there is value in exclusivity, but I got a very nice email from someone wanting to pledge at that level, so there ya go!
At the $500 level we have the Lock Library:
50 Locks of various types, including pin tumblers, wafers, levers, and dial & sesame combo locks. 30 individual picks and the full set of 20 in a case. You'll also get handcuffs and a cutaway pin tumbler to help explain how they work. You'll also get all of the shwag of the $100 level! Great for new clubs and hackerspaces.And at the $1000 level we have the Uber Lock Library:
Everything in the Lock Library times 2! 100 locks! 60 individual picks! 2 full sets of 20 in cases! 2 different sets of handcuffs and a 2 cutaways! One of a pin-tumbler lock, one of the locking mechanism in handcuffs! In addition to all of this I'll send you training materials. Nicely illustrated guides to lockpicking, impressioning, bumping, overlifting, etc. etc! I can guarantee 10 reproducible worksheets and I'm hoping to do 20+!Hopefully that gets some people excited! I'm also working on 2 other cool reward packages. I don't want to give people too many choices, but there's just so much cool stuff we can do!
Alright, so how about a new freebie now that we've hit the $3000 mark?
$8k got you all a hand made serrated, double-sided tension wrench, perfect for top-of-keyway tension!
$12k got you all a uStream session where I will answer questions and do demos live (and recorded). Should be a blast!
And now, $18k, (we actually crossed the $19k mark while I was writing this!) gets you.......
CANDY KEYS!
More details to come, but here's a teaser, courtesy of my friend, Jeff Potter of Cooking for Geeks fame:
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Creator Simon Felding on September 13, 2010
Hi, will you ship the $20 kit to Europe, or to be more specific: Copenhagen, Denmark?
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Creator Schuyler Towne on September 14, 2010
@Robert - Yup, I definitely ship internationally. I'll figure out the best bet on shipping, especially for those larger orders.
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Creator Mike O'Dea (deleted) on December 16, 2010
My movie Ghostman is an anti-superhero movie about a Locksmith from Boston who won the Lockmasters Manipulation Competition, but he's really a former thief. He can open any combination safe using only his fingers. I would love to have you do some friendly consulting for the film! Especially seeing your a Boston boy. I'll send you a message.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikeodea/ghostman
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Nathan Kuruna
Posted project update #4How cool is this?? (EBE/Kickstarter Game)
Post commentSo, I'm pleased to announce the launching of Kickstarter's first promotional tie-in video game!
My pals Sean McKenzie and Ajay Karat worked tirelessly and selflessly to create “Indie Jones” a fantastically fun mini-game on Newgrounds to promote the Kickstarter pledge drive, bring in a few more pledges in the 11th hour and otherwise raise the profile of the project online.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/546431Please spend every moment your boss isn't watching trying to save me from being crushed by a giant boulder and pass the game around to all your favorite procrastinators. It is addictive.
We've already been frontpaged on Newgrounds and the Kickstarter Blog! (Thanks guys.)
http://Newgrounds.com
http://blog.kickstarter.com/post/1004651754/kickstarter-the-gameWhen you have a minute for more awesome, check out Sean and Ajay @
http://baconandgames.com/
and
http://www.devilsgarage.com/
I can't thank those guys enough.Eight days to go, folks! Pledges can be made and prizes earned until midnight on September 1st.
And again, thank you. Be well.
Nathan
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/546431
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a great piece!
on August 24, 2010Volcano People in The Huffington Post
"FOR THE LOVE OF FILM, TWO YOUNG DOCUMENTARIANS JOURNEY TO SIBERIA" by Fabio Periera, former editor for The Hollywood Reporter, in the Huffington Post Entertainment section.
Read it here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fabio-periera/for-the-love-of-film-two_b_689673.html
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Creator Elizabeth Rose / Alexander Berman on September 7, 2010
We are an hour from closing and we've already gone over our $10,000 goal!
If you feel compelled to give more, or tell your friends to give before noon EST today we hope that you will.
Thank you for your support, and we will be in touch when the drive is over,
Lizzie + Alex
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SOFTlab
Posted project update #11CHROMAtex.me @ the bridgegallery
After a month of printing, kickstarting, laser cutting, and binder clipping we are almost done! CHROMAtex.me will be opening this Thursday night at the bridgegallery. Thanks everyone for your support through kickstarter! It has been a ridiculous amount of work, but also a lot of fun. The people that have volunteered to give a hand have been great. We all can't wait till Thursday night. The opening is at the bridgegallery this Thursday night from 6-8pm, August 26th, 98 Orchard Street between Broome and Delancey.Thanks to everyone for helping out so far!
Design Team: Carrie McKnelly, Elliot White, Tyler O'Rielley, Troy Zezula, Sean Madigan, Corey Kingston
Installation: Julia Schleppe, Andrew Manart, Simon Kristak, David Gonzalez, Andrew Chen, Anthony Buccellato, Laura Vincent, Michael House, Brandt Graves, Austin Smith, Alan Tansey, Mac Glovinsky, Robin Jones
Photos: Andrew Manart
Supported by our friends at:
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Creator Quyn Marie Patton (deleted) on August 24, 2010
This is really beautiful work!!! Congrats, on getting funded!!!
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Creator Laura Callias on August 25, 2010
That's terrific!