TangaJoe got a new camera

TangaJoe got a new camera

Based on my reading of this article, I got a new camera, and I am enjoying it.

I got a Canon Digital Rebel Xt, here’s a review.

I just got the base camera set, and then for lens I got a

Tanga needs a blog, darn it

Tanga needs a blog, darn it

So here it is.

I’m still on a baby high this week, my son Dashell (Dash) Clay Van Dyk was born last Friday (Pi Day!) and he is awesome. He even already has his own gmail and facebook account, got to start them off right, you know.

One of the things I’m looking of doing next is writing a facebook application for Tanga. There is one already written by the good man Scott Alden from BGG, but it

Little Site Upgrade

Little Site Upgrade

You might have noticed that things look a little different around here. We’re still working on polishing up the edges. If you notice any missing images, give them a few hours to appear.

Also, enjoy the Picathon!

Picathon Working in IE?

Picathon Working in IE?

It looks like we may have the Picathon working in IE 7 and IE6 now but we need some more testing to see what types of bugs might creep up. We would love it if you would join in and play some games and then post here with any new bugs you might see.

The Link To The Picathon Awaits!

PS – if you do not have a user account on this test system, just c

Programming Help Needed for Picathon Game

Programming Help Needed for Picathon Game

As many of you know, we are having a heck of a time trying to get the new Picathon game working with Internet Explorer. The solution we have come up with is to build the front end of the game in Flash so that it is compatible across all browsers.

We are looking for a person with experience with actionscript/flex/java and possibly experience with jruby. If you do, please contact me at jeremy at

Picathon - New Game Ready for Beta Testers!

Picathon - New Game Ready for Beta Testers!

Ok Tanganites – TangaJoe, TangaJordan and Refurdson have been busy creating a new and exciting game for you to play. If you want to be our guinea pigs and help us test this puppy, please point your web browsers to:

http://butthead.tanga.com:7010/picathon

And start playing! We have experienced some issues with IE so please let us know what types of bugs you have and what suggestions you

rptgeek publishes Bottom Feeder stats

rptgeek publishes Bottom Feeder stats

Thanks to rptgeek for taking time to come up with some cool Bottom Feeder stats for all of our Tanganites!

Here is a link for everyone to enjoy…

Puzzle Score / Ranking Bug Fixed

Puzzle Score / Ranking Bug Fixed

As some of you may have noticed, it may have seemed like you are not getting the right amounts of points when you solve. I mean, 63rd to solve and you only get 10 points? What the hell TangaJoe?!

I found a bug (for nerds, in the Rails acts_as_list plugin) that doesn’t do ranking correctly. So, even if Tanga reported you as being 63rd to solve, if enough ties happened, you might have been

New Random Question Widget

New Random Question Widget

By inserting a little bit of code into your site, you can let your users answer a Tanga Random Question.

http://www.tanga.com/widgets

Email joe@tanga.com or send me a tangagram if you have questions, comments, or concerns.

New STU Benefit Announced!

New STU Benefit Announced!

If you are a Super Tanga User, you now receive 5 bids in our Bottom Feeder contest instead of the normal 3 bids. We appreciate your support of Tanga and this is another way we are showing it to our STUs!

Have a great weekend everyone…

Anybody have a SlingBox?

Anybody have a SlingBox?

Does anyone have a SlingBox that you can let TangaMonkey and the Tanga Crew have access to, so that we can watch the playoff games? We’re having our annual retreat down in Mexico and we can’t get the playoff games down here!

Email me at jeremy at tanga dot com if you have one we can access and we’ll give you some Tanga Trash!

Shipping Status

Shipping Status

I must apologize! Apparently I pushed the big red button with the “do not push” sign over it. Which of course caused our FedEx shipping software to completely come apart at the seams – so I have not been able to print shipping labels for the last two days. Obviously this will cause some shipping delays, and I am so sorry about that!
We are back up and running now, so things will start mo

Tanga at CES in Vegas!

Tanga at CES in Vegas!

Tanga will be at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this upcoming week looking for new deals for all of you! How many Tanganites live in Vegas that visit here and actually read these news items?

Tanga in 2008 - What do you want to see?

Tanga in 2008 - What do you want to see?

It’s another year at Tanga and the future looks fun and exciting. In a perfect Tanga world, what would you like to see happen on Tanga in 2008? Combined shipping, different puzzles, more games? Let us know!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

St. George Spectrum Features Tanga

St. George Spectrum Features Tanga

Here is an article that was published today about Tanga…

Local’s Tanga Takes Off

Random Question Bug Fixed

Random Question Bug Fixed

It looks like our fearless TangaJoe has fixed the Random Question bug where it cycles before 100 people answer. If you notice any other weirdness please let me know!

Merry Christmas Tarrant! From Your Friends at Tanga!

Merry Christmas Tarrant! From Your Friends at Tanga!

We received a message from Tarrant about how he was in the process of moving and his Christmas Tree, along with all of his ornaments, lights, tinsel, was stolen! So he used his Tanga Snowglobe as his tree and put a choo-choo train around it. I asked him to send me a picture and if we could post a note so that all the Tanganites could wish him a Merry Christmas and he said "s

Bottom Feeder Stats from RPTGeek

Bottom Feeder Stats from RPTGeek

Here are some cool stats to look at from our Tanganite Friend RPTGeek! Enjoy…

So I took the lowest 100 numbers over the 15 games completed so far and ran some statistics.

For the lowest 100 unique numbers -
64% of the time the unique number is even.
32% of the time the unique number is divisible by 5
91% of the unique numbers were guessed by different individuals
3 individuals guessed

Hey Hey Hey!

Hey Hey Hey!

I’m trying to think of something insightful to put here, but I can’t think of anything.

Can someone help me out?

Shipments from December 13th On...

Shipments from December 13th On...

Starting tomorrow, Thursday December 13th until Christmas, with items ordered on Tanga, we cannot guarantee that you will receive your packages in time for the big day. Items shipping out of our office will typically ship out the day after they are sold and depending on how far away you are from St. George Utah, may receive the products in time for Christmas, but there is no guarantee.

Thank

Press Release: Tanga Unleases Social Entertainment Network

Press Release: Tanga Unleases Social Entertainment Network

TANGA UNLEASHES SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK TO SERVE GROWING COMMUNITY OF TANGANITES WHO CREATE AND SOLVE PUZZLES
- Fast Growing Puzzling and Deal of the Day Site Expands to Wider Audience –

St. George, UT and Seattle, WA. (December, 2007) — Go ahead: entertain yourselves.

So says Tanga, the fast growing “deal of the day” and puzzle publishing website that in less than a year has

Top 20 Users of the Year (Before 2.0) Awards!

Top 20 Users of the Year (Before 2.0) Awards!

We are proud to announce the Highest Point Leaders from the start of Tanga to the Launch of Tanga 2.0. Because of these people (and all of you who visit faithfully each day) we have grown from a simple idea to one of the coolest places to come each day to have fun, play games and buy great deals.

To reward these Tanganites, we are sending them a 1st year commemorative plaque, complete with

Tangathon/Product Bug

Tangathon/Product Bug

We are having a weird bug happen where products don’t stay up for sale like we are setting them to and then it grabs random products and places them for sale! Joe is hoping to have this buy fixed by tomorrow so we can start having a normal product schedule.

We also hope to have a bug fixed very shortly with the random questions. It is supposed to allow 100 people to answer but it is changing q

New Hypercross Layout Up!

New Hypercross Layout Up!

We have put a new layout for the Hypercross puzzles to make it easier to play and solve. We hope you like it!