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| Date:Sun Jul 18 00:00:01 1999 |
SUMMER ENCOUNTER COMPUTER PARTY
00:03 PDT 18 JUL 1999
In the tradition of Norway's yearly Gathering, Denmark offers Summer Encounter to all who seek a fine old time at a computer arts festival. The event begins on the 21st of July (just a few days now) -- the lateness of this news item was my fault, so you can blame me if you wanted to go but didn't get enough notice. (You know, we need more of these festivals in North America -- personally, I can't drop everything and fly to Europe to attend these events more than once a year). UPCOMING SURVEY AND CONTEST
00:02 PDT 18 JUL 1999
Just a quick heads-up for you folks -- it's nearly time for us to conduct a new survey, and if you participate you'll be entered into a draw for UF merchandise. I'm not precisely certain when the survey will be ready, but as soon I get the details together I'll let you all know.
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| Date:Sat Jul 17 00:00:01 1999 |
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
00:48 PDT 17 JUL 1999
Robotech Master wrote in with this tidbit: BotCon, the Transformers convention going on at the RiverCentre convention center in downtown St. Paul, MN, this Saturday and Sunday. It's possible that some UFies are also transfans and might want to drop by. It's open to the public, but there is an admission fee.
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| Date:Fri Jul 16 00:00:01 1999 |
ORIGINAL ART AUCTION UPDATE
00:01 PDT 16 JUL 1999
And so it goes. At the time of this writing, the illustration at Amazon is at USD$560.00, and the one at eBay is at USD$510.00. Certainly quite a bit more than I expected! I should also point out that the auction for both ends on Monday, and that these will likely be the only pieces I put up for sale this millenium. ;-)
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| Date:Thu Jul 15 00:00:01 1999 |
A WISH FOR THINGS THAT WORK
00:01 PDT 15 JUL 1999
I got quite a bit of mail from people who really enjoyed the salute to Bloom County in yesterday's strip, and I thank everyone for their words of praise. It should be obvious by now that Berke Breathed's Bloom County has been by far the greatest influence on my cartooning. I only felt it was fitting to offer a tip of the hat to my two favourite characters in that venerable strip, Opus and Oliver. And to answer a few of the letters, no, I probably won't bring the Bloom County characters back, aside from the legal issues, I just don't think it'd be right if I laid it on that thick. :)
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| Date:Wed Jul 14 00:00:01 1999 |
COPYLEFT UF T-SHIRTS
00:16 PDT 14 JUL 1999
The fine folks over at Copyleft have acquired a license with User Friendly to produce and market a line of spiffy User Friendly t-shirts! Head over here and click on the 'User Friendly' link to see the first two shirt designs, available in a few different colours. USER FRIENDLY ON CNN?!?!
00:08 PDT 14 JUL 1999
This in from John:Was watching CNN Headline News and they were running an article of Back Orifice 2000. As a voice over was droning on, they were cutting between random computer screens, one of which was showing this past Sunday's User Friendly comic. ;`) Heh, cool. Today CNN. Tomorrow the world!
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| Date:Tue Jul 13 00:00:01 1999 |
USER FRIENDLY BOOTH AT LINUX WORLD EXPO!
00:01 PDT 13 JUL 1999
This is confirmation that there will indeed be a UF booth in the dot org pavilion at Linux World Expo, and that I'll be there with Iambe, Arcterex and Kethryvis, among some of the other members of the UF gang. The booth will be stocked with UF paraphernalia and I'll be there at set times (to be determined) to sign whatever you like. More details as we get closer, but it's a go!
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| Date:Mon Jul 12 00:00:01 1999 |
ORIGINAL ART AUCTION BEGINS!
13:41 PDT 12 JUL 1999
The two pieces are now up for auction! The first one can be found here at amazon.com. The other one can be found here at eBay. Best of luck to everyone! YAHOO REACTS TO THE STING
00:08 PDT 12 JUL 1999
Seems like Yahoo/Geocities has reacted to the outcry from the online community a second time. Story here. Thanks to Brock Wager for the pointer. THE MAIL TORRENT
00:07 PDT 12 JUL 1999
Just a quick note to let people know that I'm slogging through the mail and should be caught up in a few days. Man, some of you folks ask some of the most convoluted questions. :-) ORIGINAL ART AUCTIONS BEGIN TODAY
00:01 PDT 12 JUL 1999
The two pieces of original art -- "Something from Nothing" 20in. by 15in., ink on illustration board, and "Home Sweet Home" 8in. by 10in., ink on canvas -- will be up for auction today at 1300 PDT. One will be auctioned off on amazon.com and the other will be at eBay. When I get more info I'll post it. Starting bids once again are USD$1.00 each and there is no reserve! Also, 50% of the take will be donated to the User Friendly Project for Humanity in trust.
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