Some new things...

Some new things...

Hi all,

If you’ve looked at the Daily Fun page, you’ll notice that it looks a little different. Hopefully better different. Maybe not. Let me know if it’s not.

We are now doing two puzzles a day. And, in fact, they are not “puzzles” any more. They are One Word Wonders! We haven’t yet updated all the text to say One Word Wonder yet, let me know if you still see “puzzle” mentioned in a

Tanga Times May 18 2007

Tanga Times May 18 2007

If you think solving Tanga puzzles is tough, try finding a googlewhack.

try here

First person to get on their list with a user name that includes tanga will get a gift in the mail from Aaron.

Here’s a game for two to try:

Let’s call it Props.com.

Players alternate between two roles.

The roles are Prop and Pick.

The Prop layer pr

Where in the World is TangaMonkey?

Where in the World is TangaMonkey?

Tonight at 6:00 p.m. PST, TangaMonkey has reservations at a Wolfgang Puck cafe restaurant in the same hotel where there is a place to see Lions and a Rain Forest… I hear that gambling is common place there as well.

I’ll be wearing a black short sleeved shirt and jeans. I’ll be with a hot blond woman. The first one to find me and say hello receives $25 in Tanga Credit.

Tanga Times May 17 2007

Tanga Times May 17 2007

Hi everyone!

Time for another contest! To win this contest, be the first person to listen to the song, find the missing verb (it’s near the end,) switch the last two letters, add a B in the middle, and post what they make.

Song

Here are the results from yesterday’s thought experiment!

We have 16 pieces of data, which should give us a result with

Where in the World is TangaJoe?

Where in the World is TangaJoe?

Answer: Portland, OR aka Beertown.

Why? RailsConf 2007.

First person to find him gets $25 in Tanga Credit.

Tanga Times May 16 2007

Tanga Times May 16 2007

Day two for Tanga Times!

We only had a few readers yesterday, but one of them managed to win the pun guessing contest. Congrats tofuji!

Here’s a neat map. The longer you look at it the more sense it makes. The creator of it does a daily online comic that strikes us as a cross between the Codex Seraphinianus and Teen Girl Squad.

Neat map

Tonight’s contest

Introducing Tanga Times!

Introducing Tanga Times!

Welcome to the first edition of Tanga Times, a daily bit of communication between us Tanga folks and our users. One or more of us will get things started every evening at 19:05 PST. We’ll post news, ideas, questions, riddles, links to cool things, etc. It will be another way to check in on Tanga if you don’t feel like straining your brain on a puzzle or buying an umbrella mp3 player.

Tanga Time

Spring 2007 Puzzlethon winners!

Spring 2007 Puzzlethon winners!

Congrats to the spring 2007 Puzzlethon winnners!

These 20 winners were chosen randomly from among the top solvers. They all win $10 of Tanga credit.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

Aaron Hopp
Henry Chi
Russell McElroy
Kristin Bollinger
Daniel Sarasio Meyer
Chris Velayo
Yves Lu
Michelle Mims
Thomas Royer
Kristian Jaech
Matt Luna
Ric

Tangathon Update

Tangathon Update

I think we’ll do a Tangathon tonight.

If you look at your automatic notification preference page (found in your My Account page), you’ll see that there’s two new options for receiving automatic updates during a Tangathon.

We know that not everyone wants to receive an email and sms message during a tangathon, so if you do want to receive an email or sms for each product in a Tangathon, check t

Puzzlethon rescheduled

Puzzlethon rescheduled

Due to comments by several users, we have decided to reschedule the puzzlethon to make it fall on a weekend. It will start on Friday, April 27 at 7:00 pm pacific and go for 48 hours. Plenty of time to schedule those puzzlethon parties now!

We're Hiring!

We're Hiring!

Do you want to work for Tanga? Do you enjoy Turkish prisons and old Gladiator movies? Then we’re the right place to plant your behind for 8 or so hours a day!

Tanga is looking for a product procurement and sourcing specialist to help manage finding cool electronics, gadgets, games and toys to sell on Tanga. Hundreds of thousands of dedicated Tanganites will worship your name as incredible pro

Daily puzzle improvements!

Daily puzzle improvements!

Tanga Joe has been at work of late improving our system for publishing daily puzzles. Here is what is different so far:

1) Puzzle creators are now credited (by user name now, instead of real name) right on the page with the puzzle.

2) Tanga points are automatically awarded to creators as soon as their puzzle has been published.

3) There is now an answer field on the puzzle submission page

Auction for Deluxe Six-Piece Knife Set

Auction for Deluxe Six-Piece Knife Set

Cut, chop and slice like the pros with these deluxe stainless steel knife sets. Knives feature high-impact synthetic handles that are comfortable to hold and more durable and sanitary than wood.

The knives have a strong, long-lasting blade that will hold its edge and maintain its shape. Includes the deluxe wooden storage knife block.

The Kit Contains:

• Chef’s Knife (13.4 inch)
• Br

Introducing Tanga Rewards!

Introducing Tanga Rewards!

Hello Tanganites,

Tonight we are rolling out (in beta) our new program called Tanga Rewards. We have worked hard on this program and hope you all enjoy it. As always, your comments and feedback are welcome and will help us improve our program and work out the bugs. We have received a few items of feedback that we have already implemented!

Tanga Rewards is a program that allows you to have

Daily Fun Improvements Coming

Daily Fun Improvements Coming

Hi all,

I’ve been working on some improvements to the Daily Fun system that will be rolled out over the next few days.

While you’re patiently waiting, if you have old/bad/duplicate puzzle submissions, you can now delete them if you’d like. Go to My Account, click on “View your submitted puzzles”, click on the view submission link, and click the big delete button on the bottom of the

Automatic Emails and SMS

Automatic Emails and SMS

Hi,

If you haven’t been getting your automatic email and SMS messages and you’re signed up to get them, could you check to see if you receive them tonight? If you could leave a comment here if you did or didn’t receive your email/sms, that would be awesome.

Thank you. I love you all.

Let's make a puzzle together!

Let's make a puzzle together!

This is the final picture for the jigsaw. It is composed entirely of objects sent in by Tanga users. It started with a whittled heart made by Aaron.

We will offer the puzzle for sale soon as our deal of the day.

Thanks to everyone who sent objects. It’s been a blast playing with them for the last few months.

New News/Blog Layout

New News/Blog Layout

Hi all,

We’ve split up the News/Blog page into a few different sections, hopefully it makes it easier for you all to use.

In the near future, everyone will be able to start their own topic/blog post.

Tanga Twitters

Tanga Twitters

Hi all,

You can follow Tanga at http://www.twitter.com/tanga.

Enjoy!

Auction for Relationship Tightrope

Auction for Relationship Tightrope

What were they thinking? That’s the question that millions of gamers around the world said when they first saw the announcement that Uberplay would be naming the incredible “Tightrope” game by Reiner Knizia, Relationship Tightrope!

“What’s a relationship?!” the gamers cried in unison!

“What’s this female – male thingy?!” some others yelled!

“The last time I got this c

Tangagrams!

Tangagrams!

Hi everybody,

If you look at your ‘My Account’ page, you’ll notice that you can send us a Tangagram. Tangagrams let you start a communication with Tanga. If you have comments, suggestions, problems, dreams, propositions, or funny pictures of cats, you can send us a Tangagram and we’ll get right back to you.

It’s a brand new feature and likely still has some quirks. If you see anything that

Kid Smart Vocal Detector Auction Is Almost Over - BID NOW!

Kid Smart Vocal Detector Auction Is Almost Over - BID NOW!

If you are interested, check out our Auction that ends tonight at 7:00 p.m. PST. Bid now!

And Ze winner is....

And Ze winner is....

Congratulations to Beth Fenton from Ohio!

Beth was among the many who solved all 14 Ze puzzles.

Beth will be going to New York and meeting with Ze.

We hope she will report back to us after her trip!

Thanks to everyone for participating and thanks to Ze for letting us play with his toys.

Keep an eye on Tanga for more excuses not to clean your room.

Help Wanted: Tanga Needs Improvements!

Help Wanted: Tanga Needs Improvements!

Hi there, Tanga People.

All of the people involved in making Tanga a cool place are going to be living in a tiny, secluded, undisclosed location for most of next week, similar to what happened here.

During that time, we’re going to be discussing ways we can make Tanga better, more entertaining and way cooler. So, here’s your chance to contribute feedback. Got any i

Geek Gold Auction

Geek Gold Auction

Discuss the Geek Gold Auction that tooks place on 2/1/07 here.