--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '2000-09-18T03:52:49' draft: false title: The "most surprising birthday present" --- The "most surprising birthday present" award goes to [CafePress](http://www.cafepress.com) \-- the make-your-own-shirt-mug-and-mousepad virtual store. They sent me a check for $10.75 for referals. [I've got a store there](http://www.cafepress.com/kestrel) that I use mostly for making T-shirts out of cool pictures I find on the net. I find a graphic, say "that'd be cool on a shirt!", make the shirt, and buy it (if I've got the money). Friends of mine have set up their own stores, too, and used me as a referal. Thanks to their sales, I'm nearly $11 richer. Say... that's enough for a T-shirt!