Free 2013 calendars

it’ll be here sooner than you think

It’s May and people still visit this page looking for my calendars. I’m flattered. What began as a limit print run for friends, family, and business partners has become a series of free calendars in PDF format available for download by anyone and everyone.

If you’re looking for 2012 calendars this isn’t the right page. I’m already working on calendars for 2013.

Here’s the first couple of 2013 calendars of the season. I have a fascination with infrastructure, things like cell towers, power substations, antenna farms, your local central office, that sort of thing. As I travel I’m noticing manhole covers wtih the other kind of pipe in them. No, I didn’t do the cup of coffee photo. Madmoo did. (She did the bowl of soup photo in one of the 2012 calendars.)

Right-click the thumbnail to download the PDF file. Tell your friends via Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, et al. I usally do a half dozen calendars or more so set a bookmark and come back later. I’m starting earlier this year so I’ll probably make more calendars than usual.

This is an annual tradition going back 10, 12 or more years. I began doing them through Azalea Software, my barcode & mobile software company. We used to print a couple hundred and mail them friends, family, and business associates. Past themes include orchids, neon signs, and grafitti. Along came the current Depression and we could no longer afford the cost. So we switched to giving away calendars in PDF format. The upside is that they’s enjoyed by thousands of people, most of whom I’ve never met!

My calendars include visual puns, easter eggs, and our birthdays. Miranda and I always put our birthdays among the holidays. (Therefore you have no excuse for missing 3/1 and 12/12.)

The calendars are 8.5" x 11" and the photos are high resolution JPGs. Use the photo settings on your inkjet printer. Full bleeds that go edge to edge can be printed without a white border on many Epson inkjet printers. In the Printing Preferences dialog box, click the Advanced button. You can select Borderless if you choose the certain paper types, even it isn’t the paper you’re using. Simply click through the nusance dialog box.

Yes, you’ll want to scan the QR barcode on any of my calendars. They are but one type of easter egg found therein.