I’m an entrepreneur / web developer. I co-founded Postling.com, waffl.com, and Etsy.com. I’m also a cartoonist, gamer, musician, and cheap food lover.Tumblr (3.0; @revolvingdork)http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2dbbf93fb883ff69794b7124e4d3532d/tumblr_mknydvzqow1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Second anniversary: Super Mario Brothers 2</strong></p><p> Continuing the tradition we started <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46429967@N00/6894741638/in/photostream">last year</a>, Kellbot and I played through every level of <em>Super Mario Brothers 2</em> to celebrate our second anniversary.</p> <p> By our reckoning, this is the MOST DIFFICULT game in the series. Seriously: if you haven’t played it recently, try playing through world 3 for a refresher course onpain. The only reason we made it through is that Kelly was able to utilize her robot brain to win big on the slot machine minigame between stages; at one point we amassed a total of 25 lives. I somehow managed to beat Wart with our last remaining life.</p> <p> In case it wasn’t clear: I love Kelly so very much.</p> <p> Next year we get to play Mario 3!</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/47002545066http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/47002545066Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:10:42 -0400videogameanniversarymario 2NES<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ab119da720b5175702afd3d3935ebc7a/tumblr_mjk43sPO1W1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Libations</strong></p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/45196112677http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/45196112677Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:50:14 -0400kellbotbitmapbabybottlebeerdrinking<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d3ae329d4b2eb0f28e4d7fb741449367/tumblr_mjcw1w6XHC1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> Best lunch: homemade Monte Cristo</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/44874424220http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/44874424220Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:13:04 -0500lunchsandwichmonte cristo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/db6138f0d9b2286476e48b9624dddd44/tumblr_mhym48M80D1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Bacon pancakes, makin’ bacon pancakes</strong></p><p> Bacon pancakes, makin’ bacon pancakes</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/42668267441http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/42668267441Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:38:30 -0500breakfastbacon pancakesjake the dog<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/52f105701a1d2ac5ff9c8a8e0e447a58/tumblr_mhx6mySIb61qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Old jokes for old people</strong></p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/42605138055http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/42605138055Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:06:34 -0500miiversenintendowii unsmbupinky and the brainjeopardy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3e91e51f2e91303145c3efe073035293/tumblr_mhx6lfhagO1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Later, Yoshi</strong></p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/42605067563http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/42605067563Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:05:38 -0500miiversenintendowii unsmbumarioyoshi<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c549c4c96fcea906eda704576bcb3906/tumblr_mhx6k5kbUO1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Frozen penguins are useful</strong></p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/42605009603http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/42605009603Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:04:52 -0500miiversenintendowii unsmbupenguin<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/261017510a417251dca0652d9f2dfb64/tumblr_mhx6ihx4b91qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Spike has a hard life</strong></p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/42604934109http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/42604934109Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:03:53 -0500miiversenintendowii unsmbuspike<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ade47ac4ee2be860f2b7e7e682adc2a3/tumblr_mhcditIh7j1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>French toast 2</strong></p> <p>My entrant in the Monday Morning French Toast contest with <a href="http://www.caterpillarcowboy.com" target="_blank">Dave</a> that I imagined. TAKE THAT!</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/41702620236http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/41702620236Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:25:00 -0500foodfrench toaststrawberries<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a815767398713e8b8485d0c13f6e3cf5/tumblr_mhcdh4mpyt1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>French toast 1</strong></p><p> My entrant in the Monday Morning French Toast contest with <a href="http://caterpillarcowboy.com/">Dave</a> that I imagined. TAKE THAT!</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/41702573203http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/41702573203Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:24:38 -0500foodfrench toaststrawberries<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2a27f14d6f62543a4f9c0e8ade2efc07/tumblr_mgq67vFzdz1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Butternut squash stuffed with sausage and apples</strong></p><p> It was good! Next time, I’ll cook the squash a little longer to make it more tender.</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/40684355343http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/40684355343Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:40:41 -0500dinnerbutternut squashcookingfood<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me5y23gFUn1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Baby’s first console launch!</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/36682045542http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/36682045542Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:25:15 -0500wii ubabyconsole launch<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcd079GsZl1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> See that Y axis? It’s extremely technical. That’s the number of graphics each chip contains on a scale from 0 to 2.</p> <p> <em>This is the second entry in my series “Making Fun of Graphs”.</em></p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/34175572309http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/34175572309Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:55:00 -0400bad graphstechnologymarketing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbabsos0PU1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There are parts of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/state-of-internet-slides-2012-10">Business Insider’s “State of the Internet”</a> slide deck that offer interesting information about industry trends, but slides like this one come off as lazy, braindead sensationalism.</p> <p>This graph compares the number of times a<strong> free piece of software</strong> ( Angry Birds ) was <em>downloaded </em>vs. the number of times a piece of <strong>hardware</strong> ( the Nintendo DS family ) was <em>purchased</em>.</p> <p>A more apples-to-apples comparison would entail graphing the number of DS platform <strong>software sales</strong> ( about 950 million ) against<strong> game sales</strong> on mobile devices.</p> <p>An even MORE interesting comparison would arise by graphing the <strong>revenue</strong> produced by sales of mobile vs. dedicated gaming handheld software — considering that most DS software retails for $39.99 and most mobile games sell for $0.00, I’d guess that the revenue generated by dedicated handhelds would come out on top.</p> <p>There are definitely substantive changes happening in the gaming industry, but this slide doesn’t give us insight into any of them.</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/32757615324http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/32757615324Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:31:35 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zk2zzEjE1qzzwhco1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9zk2zzEjE1qzzwhco2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Product sketches for some admin panel work.</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/31059265202http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/31059265202Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:23:22 -0400product sketchweb design“Everything we use to create, as artists and musicians, from computers to instruments to cameras to plain old paper and pencils; they’re all just tools; dispensable objects that we shouldn’t focus too much thought and energy on, lest we lose sight of the significance of what we can do WITH these tools. That’s the good stuff.”<br/><br/> - <em>Toh Kay (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://smanifesto.tumblr.com/">smanifesto</a>)</em>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/29620991198http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/29620991198Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:09:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m85f5fAuTw1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>My girls</strong></p><p> ( are the best girls )</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/28583155429http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/28583155429Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:15:13 -0400kellbotbitmapbabyparentingvideogamessnes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m85f2wguih1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Kellbot plays Megaman X with Bitmap</strong></p><p> This is what I call starting them off right.</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/28583046081http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/28583046081Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:13:43 -0400kellbotbitmapbabyparentingvideogamessnes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m85evl1feI1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Gigantic CRT television ACQUIRED!</strong></p><p> Got this as a freebie through a friend-of-a-Haim. CRT is the *best* way to play classic games!</p> <p> GOOD LORD is it heavy.</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/28582748647http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/28582748647Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:09:19 -0400mega man xsnessony trinitronwegacrtclassic games<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6t11vGbLY1qzzwhco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Minecraft render: Coastal Bluff</strong></p><p> Rendering landscapes is super fun!</p>http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/26711154779http://revolvingdork.tumblr.com/post/26711154779Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:05:54 -0400minecraftrenderlandscape