Holy Carp!

Tex Murphy Kickstarter is blowing up today. They've been averaging about $9k a day for the past couple weeks. Today's haul so far is about $30k and I'd guess will be $40k by tonight. They only need another $50k to reach their goal, and have 9 days to do it.

I almost be surprised if it's funded by this time tomorrow at the rate it's going.

Whoppee!

It's all due to a clever scheme they've concocted. At $380k ($70k from the goal) they announced that they had seven backers who would pledge $4k every $6k between $380k and $450k. Meaning at $386k raised by the group, the first of the seven would donate $4k to take it to $390k. Then at $396k, the second of the seven would donate $4k to take it to $400k. And so on through to the end of the goal. I have no idea if they're the firsts to do this, but it seems to really be working for them.