Colds Suck

Colds Suck

I’ve had a pretty bad cold since last Saturday. I had a scheduled annual checkup with my doctor yesterday and he said “Yes, you have a cold.”

Why haven’t they cured this disease yet? :/

Bailout or No Bailout?

Bailout or No Bailout?

Hey Tanganites – what do you think of the bailout issue and how it’s affecting the stock market and the economy? Do you think we need government interventions in the market and if so, is the current plan the right one? Or should we let these over-extended institutions fail on their own and let capitalism work alone?

Also, how is this downturn in the economy affecting your spending habits? And

Tangagram Email Notifications

Tangagram Email Notifications

You will now get an email whenever you get a Tangagram.

If you hate that, you can disable the setting via the Automatic Notifications link in your Account.

Baby Teething Remedies

Baby Teething Remedies

I’ve got a six month old kid who’s teething. Right now, we’re giving him infant Tylenol whenever he starts getting extra squeaky.

Anything else I should try?

Forex Trading and MonkeyPoo

Forex Trading and MonkeyPoo

TangaMonkey has been papertrading some Forex EA (Expert Advisors) and has been creating his own robots. It’s been a lot of fun to learn more about currencies and how to trade them. Anyone here a currency trader?

Good Bye, Summer

Good Bye, Summer

Well, summer. It was good knowing you.

In Seattle, we see the sun for maybe two months a year. I try to take advantage of it as much as possible during the months of July and August, to the detriment of my beloved Tanga.com.

Unfortunately, Seattle won’t see sun for another 10 months, so I can get to work again! I’m actually looking forward to it. Gotta get that awful sandal tan line off

We're Retiring the 4am & 10pm Unfeatured Puzzles

We're Retiring the 4am & 10pm Unfeatured Puzzles

When the Mods started in June we had 22 pages of puzzles in our queue, each page having 51 puzzles on it.

We’re down to 2 pages.

I can’t tell you how proud I am of the Mods and the work they’re doing. Yeah, they’re not perfect, but Tanga is definitely better off with them around. And if not Tanga, then at least me – I’m absolutely better off with the Mods on the job :)

So, with

New Look on Tanga!

New Look on Tanga!

Give a big round of applause to TangaJordan for getting our new look finished up!

Half a million puzzles solved so far in 2008

Half a million puzzles solved so far in 2008

According to my handy dandy statistics page, we have solved 512,625 puzzles so far in 2008.

Let’s go for a clean million by the end of the year!

For comparison, in all of 2007, we had 355,340 solves.

Check this out!

Check this out!

As if we don’t have enough to worry about with trying to get orders out quickly. Now we have to be constantly on the look out for these guys

This one was found under my desk! And look at him – he is fightin’ mad!

Other Deals Link

Other Deals Link

This evening, we launched a new feature on Tanga that will help you find the best prices on products on the Internet. You can find the link Other Deals below the SAVE heading on each page of Tanga. When you go to shop on the Internet or to find the best prices on any product, please visit here first to start your search!

How was your weekend? + comments

How was your weekend? + comments

Mine was pretty good.

Small update: I’ve removed the “flag comment” functionality for the time being, I heard reports that it was being abused. Moderators can still remove stupid comments though.

We’ll address the issue of people solving 100,000 puzzles in an hour with a internet cheat guide soon.

Comics Buyers Guide Now Has a Coupon!

Comics Buyers Guide Now Has a Coupon!

Sorry Tanganites – the coupon is now added…

New Hypercross Schedule: MON/WED/FRI... Sorta

New Hypercross Schedule: MON/WED/FRI... Sorta

Hey, Gang, we’ve gotten some great response/submissions in re: Hypercrosses, so we’re upping the Schedule to Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

Except for this week :)

We have another theme set of puzzles specifically for Tuesday, so we’re gonna go SUN, TUES, THURS, SAT this week, and then fall back into MON, WED, FRI.

Thanks, again, to some nice work from you puzzlemakers out there, as well as to

Tanga Magazines RSS Feeds On Your Soul

Tanga Magazines RSS Feeds On Your Soul

You can see the current magazine for sale at Tanga at http://tanga.com/feeds/magazine.xml

Magazine Coupons!

Magazine Coupons!

Did you know that Tanga is offering our Tanganites Coupon Codes for our magazine deals? Just click on the featured magazine for sale, look for the coupon code and type it in on the order page to see what type of discount you qualify for! It’s that easy and you will receive amazing deals every day on all sorts of magazine offers.

New Feature - Magazine Subscription Deals

New Feature - Magazine Subscription Deals

Tonight we are releasing something new and we will try it out for a while to see how it works for all of us! Please consider this part of the web site as being in “beta” mode and let us know if you experience any bugs or problems in using the site or placing orders.

Every night at 7:00 p.m. PST we will release a new magazine that will be offered for sale for 24 hours. Because there are no limit

Hypercrosses on MONDAYS and THURSDAYS

Hypercrosses on MONDAYS and THURSDAYS

Okay, Gang,

We’re going with two days a week for now. And as previously mentioned, each Featured Hyper will stay at 20 Tanga Points for its three or four day run.

Featured Hypercrosses to stay at 20 Tanga Points

Featured Hypercrosses to stay at 20 Tanga Points

Until we settle on a new Hypercross schedule, any Hypercrosses that we Feature will stay worth 20 TP for as long as they’re “up.”

Shipping a Bit Behind...

Shipping a Bit Behind...

TangaJen’s grandmother died unexpectedly last week and she had to leave out of town. She is back now and things will get caught up over the next couple of days. Thanks for your understanding…

My Grandma

My Grandma

http://legacy.com/IdahoStatesman/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=111389848

To you Grams – I love you and will miss you terribly.

Hypercrosslessness ahead

Hypercrosslessness ahead

We’re going to suffer (or enjoy if they drive you mad) a period with no hypercrosses. We’re having trouble finding good ones among the submissions lately and we’re going to hold off until we get a few awesome ones.

So…

If you want to be a hero to our legions of hypercross connoisseurs, belly up tp the laptop and hyper get to work!

Couple of thoughts

Remember to use only jpeg images.

Tanga Moving Homes

Tanga Moving Homes

Tanga’s gonna be switching homes (hosting providers) later this evening.

Meaning you’ll see some downtime for a little bit.

The picathon will be disabled for a small time after the move.

Post in this thread if you see any weirdness. I’ll post right before and right after the move.

Welcome New Puzzle Moderators!

Welcome New Puzzle Moderators!

Cyncat
Leadfoot
Murdoctor
RPardoe
Verve640

And thanks again to EVERYONE who tossed their hat into the ring. It was quite encouraging to see so many of you willing to help out.

<b>LIST CLOSED</b> - Looking for Puzzle Moderators!

<b>LIST CLOSED</b> - Looking for Puzzle Moderators!

Okay, Gang,

We’re ready to open the doors.

Wanna approve/nominate/reject puzzles? Actually proofread them a little better? (yes, or “at all,” I hear some of you say) Do you think you have what it takes to handle that awesome responsibility?

Then step right up and let us know.

We’re gonna choose a handful of people, and we’re basically looking for Tangans who have a decent track record