[Chicago-talk] Buttons

[David H. Adler]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 08:04:49AM -0500, Mike Fragassi wrote:
> 
> At a previous YAPC planning meeting (the one without lightning talks), I
> asked if anyone was interested in pitching in for Perl related buttons or
> stickers.  I lust for a small, 1"  rock-band-style button of the new Perl
> Foundation onion logo (see the bottom of http://www.perlfoundation.org/ if
> you don't know what I'm talking about) and/or a laptop sticker of any
> sort: a camel, the onion, just "use perl;", etc.
> 
> I never got a line on stickers, but buttons can still be had by YAPC, but
> 500 buttons run $150 ($125 if we turn the blue shade of the official logo
> into black, which, IMO, would be a shame).  (Source:
> http://www.busybeaver.net/prices.php; this is a local outfit.  There may
> be a rush-job fee as well.)
> 
> $150 is a little more than I wanted to pony up on my own, but does anyone
> else want to contribute something (like $20-$25, or more) to this?

Maybe you could get a button making kit (e.g.
http://www.buybuttonparts.com/shop/badgeaminit-button-makers-button-maker-starter-kits-c-160_161.html),
and put a little elbow grease in instead of money. :-)

Hey! people could even crimp their *own* buttons if you're feeling lazy!
:-D

dha

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