Shirts are flying off the racks. First wave was shipped a couple days back. Thanks to everyone who’s picked one up. We look forward to the “mandatory shots” of our proud readers/colleagues wearing them. Send ‘em in.

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Shit is kicking into high gear for the summer onslaught for Coal Headwear. Tons of challenging projects are in the mix involving the web, advertising and product. Pretty much covers all of it, eh? Well, it does. We’ve got our hands in everything. Very, very excited to get the shit rolling again.

Anyway, up in Seattle at the Coal/C3 offices, if you look out the window into the locks you can see all kinds of boats. Yachts, freighters, fishing boats, you name it. Brad sent this one in, a pic of my favorite boat from “The Deadliest Catch” on that Discovery Channel: Sig Hansen’s “Northwesterner.”

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Designing a “Garment Care” tag? Here’s a comprehensive archive featuring those little symbols on how to wreck that shirt you love so much.

But hey, design yer own. These are kinda clunky, but act as a good starting point.

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Listened to a ton of these guys and these guys today.