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ANOTHER FAQ TO ADD: HOW DOTH THOU DOODLE?
00:03 PST 21 MAR 1999
A common question I've been getting: Do I pencil/ink on paper and then scan the cartoons, or do I use a tablet? Answer both: I originally did everything on low-tooth paper or illustration board with inks, but since around early summer 1998, I've been using a Wacom Artz II digital tablet and loving it. I'll add this one to the "list of FAQs that need to go in the FAQ." Good grief.
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| Date:Sat Mar 20 00:00:01 1999 |
A TEMPORARILY SAD MOMENT FOR VMWARE
00:03 PST 20 MAR 1999
Briefly, version 1.0 of VMWare won't support BeOS. I can only hope that the next version will. Thanks to Benjamin for pointing this out. More details. BETTING THE FARM ON LINUX
00:01 PST 20 MAR 1999
The Standish Group, a market research and advisory firm, has put a challenge out to large firms using Linux, the I bet the farm on Linux contest. Sadly, the first requirement excludes almost everyone I know: 1) Only commercial organizations with annual revenues exceeding $250M are eligible. (Sorry, high-tech companies, non-profit and government agencies are ineligible.) Nevertheless, it's an interesting read, and I'd be curious to see what kind of response they get.
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| Date:Fri Mar 19 00:00:01 1999 |
COOL CARS ARE THE RAGE
00:04 PST 19 MAR 1999
Following up on the theme of cool cars you've been seeing lately, this one is from Justin Smith in New York: To keep the theme of "geek" cars going, I submit this link: http://www.magicnet.net/~qzar/index.html These guys took an RX-7, put in a computer (with mp3 of course), GPS, 3 alarm systems, ability to track location of car via internet, kickin' audio, video cameras, a VCR, and perhaps the coolest part (or the most demented) added model rocket launchers and a paintball gun in the grill. Puts a nice twist on "road rage" I think. Indeed. When I finally get my Hummer I'm going to have to make some modifications. VMWARE GETS EVEN COOLER
00:03 PST 19 MAR 1999
Ritalin-Boy spotted the following on the VMWare Site: "... VMware will be offered at $99.00 for full-time students." Is that sweet or what? Maybe I should stop drawing cartoons and go back and finish my degree. ;) SASKATCHEWAN HUMOUR AT ITS FINEST TAKE TWO
00:01 PST 19 MAR 1999
It appears the link to the image was pointing at someone's personal page, which could have ultimately cost the individual a huge chunk of change. As a service to the UFie community, I-Gene Leong has kindly put the image up on his server; he's also doing it because he's from Saskatchewan and is proud of the kickass humour. :) Thanks I-Gene!
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| Date:Thu Mar 18 00:00:01 1999 |
OF COURSE, #1 HAS TO BE '42'
00:06 PST 18 MAR 1999
This in from Phase: I present, for your approval, the Universal Truths list at http://www.cityrider.force9.co.uk/universaltruth/ The aim, to give it a grand title, is to combine the collected wisdom of the Ufies to assemble a list of Universal Truths, little-considered snippets of wisdom that are at once weird and strangely profound. I have no idea what sort of thing people are going to submit, but if you think this is a useful way for ufies to spend their time (or at least keep them out of trouble for a couple more minutes), you might care to point them to the site. Okay, if it sounds fun to you, go to it! Maybe we can have the Truths formatted as an Acrobat document with hyperlinks and all when it's done. HACK IT YOURSELF
00:03 PST 18 MAR 1999
Regarding the in-car MP3 player featured in yesterday's LOTD: Here's a guy who built and installed his own, from mostly spare parts he already had. It's self-contained in a carrying case that can be taken from the car and plugged into a home stereo to act as a portable jukebox. He'll be posting photos of the unit and the installation shortly, and he'll send directions and a parts list to anyone who asks. Hit it at http://rmi.net/~dand/mp3. Thanks Drew. SASKATCHEWAN HUMOUR AT ITS FINEST
00:01 PST 18 MAR 1999
This was sent in by the mysterious TiggerSol, who I do believe hails from the fair province of Saskatchewan. It just goes to show that advertisers can have a really good sense of humour. I suppose in this case it comes from having nothing else to do except harvest grain and comment on how big the sky is today. :) Update: the link has been removed at the request of the site owner.
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| Date:Wed Mar 17 00:00:01 1999 |
BANNED AGAIN
00:06 PST 17 MAR 1999
So userfriendly.org has made it on to another banned site list. That makes it eight sites that I'm aware of which has banned the domain; each and every time it was because the UF Productivity Virus ran rampant among the staff and the management (who mostly don't get the jokes) decided UF was a Bad Thing. Wow, yet another summit reached. :) This makes it five ISPs (one in Australia and four in North America) and three development firms that I know of that have decreed unto their employees not to read the Evil Cartoons. Even on a break. Tsk. THE FINAL WORD ON ILLIAD'S CHOICE OF OS
00:02 PST 17 MAR 1999
I can't believe the mail I got on this issue, people asking me if I was a Linux guru or not, or asking me questions assuming that I was. :-) Fact is, I'm a Linux newbie. Not a Command Line Cripple, mind you, but not an uberuser either. I can find my way around a *nix box just fine, but I'll be referring to man pages and asking the uberuser next door for help. As for which OS I prefer: each has its own strengths. I love what Linux represents, and what it has the potential for, and that it makes for a kickass server. I really like the way BeOS handles multimedia, and its GUI that reminds me of the Amiga and my fondness for it. I really hate Windows, but right now I need it to play all of the spiff games that are out there. OK, I'll make this a FAQ. WHERE O WHERE IS VMWARE
00:01 PST 17 MAR 1999
In case you didn't already know, you can download a free beta of VMWare at www2.vmware.com. There's info on the product there as well. List price is USD$299.00. Spiff!
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| Date:Tue Mar 16 00:00:01 1999 |
IRC PRIZES
00:09 PST 16 MAR 1999
If you're one of the many who spend time on IRC (#userfriendly on Undernet, see the Items of Note below), from this day on you might luck out and win a prize! I log onto the channel every couple of days or so, and every now and then I'll change my channel nick to Trivia. When that happens, I'll ask a UF related question. If you're the first person to get it right within the allotted time, I'll be mailing you some kind of UF prize. I usually log in sometime between the hours of 1200 and 2300 Pacific Standard Time. See you in the channel! WHO'S XOOMIN' WHO
00:04 PST 16 MAR 1999
We've had quite a few people write in about Xoom and their advertising: Xoom is now "experimenting" with another advertising frame on the top of their members' pages. I chose to have my homepage hosted by them because of their lack of advertisements, and their "promise" not to put any ads on their members' pages in the future. They have already broken this promise twice. I will move my page (and stop reading their spam) if they do not remove the ad frames, and I encourage everyone else who has an account with them to do the same. Which is really all you can do. Who knows, if enough people bail on Xoom they may pay attention.
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| Date:Mon Mar 15 00:00:01 1999 |
THERE ONCE WAS AN AUSSIE FROM NANTUCKET...
01:29 PST 15 MAR 1999
Sillz is asking everyone who sent in a limerick as per her column to please contact her again and let her know: a) which one(s) you wrote, and b) if you want the limerick credited with your name & email address or not. The default is for her to sign them anonymous. (Why am I helping her with this? Those limericks are slagging me!) BLUE SCREEN CLARITY
01:09 PST 15 MAR 1999
I obviously made the typeface too small on the blue box in Sunday's cartoon since quite a few people commented on it (wanting to print off colour posters, etc.) So I fixed it. Originally it just said 'General Protection Failure' and then some random address I don't even remember. Don't worry, it wasn't anything deep. :) Addition: Heh. Ralf Doeblitz pointed out that given the context of the flowchart, GPF should actually mean 'General Procreation Failure.' Love it! THAT'S ONE DEFINITION
01:07 PST 15 MAR 1999
Gooblet sent me this WAV file that briefly explains the difference between a nerd and a geek. I'm not sure I entirely agree with it (I suspect my definition would be much more involved) but on the surface it may have some truth to it.
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