New book coming from John Sprinzel!
I just received an email from John saying that his autobiography "Lucky John" is undergoing its final edit prior to printing. More details will be forthcoming, but we expect to book to be ready sometime in 2010, and we'll of course have a link here on SpriteSpot so you can purchase a copy (I know I can't wait!)
More information on John, his "Sprinzel Sprites" and his book can be found on our "John Sprinzel" page on SpriteSpot.
New sponsor for SpriteSpot: CARSEEK.COM
You may have noticed that we have a new sponsor for the site--Carseek.com (check out the banner on the top right of the home page).
They provide a used car search and price quotes on cars. Please take a moment to click on their site and check them out (and if you do use them, please let them know you heard about Carseek on SpriteSpot!)
Spritely Years - SOLD OUT
by John Sprinzel
We're both happy and sad to announce that autographed copies of "Spritely Years" are now sold out and no longer available. John's extended his thanks to everyone who's purchased a copy, and he appreciates the ongoing support of Spridget enthusiasts throughout the world.
There **may** be a few copies still available directly from Tom Coulthard. Please drop him an email if you're interested--but don't wait too long--once these are gone....
More information on John, his "Sprinzel Sprites" and his book can be found on our "John Sprinzel" page on SpriteSpot.
NEW USERS PLEASE READ
In order to help the easy identification of bogus (spam) users, please try and adhere to the following rules when registering:
- Pick a username that "makes sense"...either a name (JohnSmith) or a handle (SpriteJohn59) that would "fit" the spirit of our community. Another suggestion would be to have your SpriteSpot username be the same as your email name (i.e. "PaulSmith@gmail.com" for your email, and "PaulSmith" for your SpriteSpot ID). Quite a few of our members have registered this way, and it makes it easy to identify "real" members this way.
- Make sure you register with a "real" email address (i.e. yahoo, gmail, hotmail, comcast, etc.) Please avoid 3rd party services (like mailinator, or the like). If you have your own website and URL (i.e. dan@spritespot.com) then PLEASE be sure that the website is up and running--if it's not, it's a "red flag" that it's a spam site.
- Finally (and MOST IMPORTANTLY) please post on the forums--even if it's just a "Hi--I'm John, and I've got a 1960 Bugeye" or "I'm Paul and I'm interested in maybe buying a Midget" or "Hi, I'm George and I'm just curious as to what this site is about" or even "I'm Ringo and I play the drums." -- Pretty much ANYTHING so that I can see that you're posting and it's a "real person".
Thanks--I'm hoping that a few simple guidelines like this will help minimize the amount of spam and spam users on the site. While it's likely it'll be an ongoing problem, I'm hopeful we'll be able to keep them to a minimum using these techniques.
As always, thanks for your patience, and for your continued support of SpriteSpot.com!
And please remember to tell your friends about us!
