Science Jerseys

These folks are doing what I wanted to do, but with literary types.

As you might conclude given the long pause between posts, I’ve decided not to actively pursue selling science jerseys in volume at this time. My kids have asked for different scientist shirts for Christmas; I’m pretty psyched about that.

Henry David "Hank" Thoreau, right fielder for the American Canons.

Not for the kids…

I’ve never really had much traffic for any of my prior online projects (various short-lived blogs and vanity projects). So it was pretty exciting to see BoingBoing kick some traffic my way.

This project is going to simmer for a few weeks, until I get a couple big day-job projects out of the way. But I will try to at least post from time to time with new ideas. One idea is that Curie is probably a lock. She’s probably the top female with decent name recognition. Feynman got a lot of love, and I have to admit that Adams/42, while out of scope somewhat, is very appealing.

The Science Jersey prototypes have arrived, and have been well received. If the genius of the science jersey concept does not gain traction outside of my home, that’s OK; I’m already satisfied. But I hope that it does go somewhere.

Here are some live shots:

Here’s Tesla and Galileo mixing it up:

My youngest hasn’t dawned his Keeling shirt yet. But that will come in time.

What do you think? Good idea or lame? What scientist/inventor do you think should have a jersey? With what team? In what sport (Soccer? Football? Baseball? Other)?

Please let me know what you think!

Here’s my shot at Tesla.  The front is his birthplace plus “EE” for electrical engineering. On the back, Tesla has to be #60: 60 Hz.

And the initial request by one of my twins:

I chose #10 because Galileo discovered that there were moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610. And “Scienziati” because I couldn’t classify Galileo to one branch of science. And, like “Fisici,” I just like how it looks. Italian: still awesome.

I have a tracking link from CafePress; the shirts are on their way!