The Little Hacker's Room

Black hole in one: Control gravity to get around obstacles. And work quickly, because the background music has been proven by many respected scientists to melt brain cells. Grav-Transfer. [Flash Warning] [Sound Warning] Thanks to Gut Spiller for the link!

User Friendly the Comic Strip

Cartoon for Today, Nov 21, 2008

Cartoon for Today, Nov 20, 2008

I wish I hadn't skipped the geometry section of my grade 9 math exam: Try your hand at solving puzzles with a steady hand and a squint. A proper mouse helps. The Eyeballing Game. [Flash Warning] Thanks to Myke & y2kdragon for the link!

Cartoon for Today, Nov 19, 2008

I've had status meetings just like this: Get the ball into the bucket. The only thing missing in this game is office chairs on wheels. Bucketball. [Sound Warning] [Flash Warning] Thanks to Wasyl for the link!

Cartoon for Today, Nov 18, 2008

The cute she burns my eyeballses: Sit. Shake. Kiss. Roll Over. Play Dead. My children ignore me, but I have a digital dog in the palm of my hand. I Do Dog Tricks. [Sound Warning] [Flash Warning] Thanks to LakeMechanic for the link!

Cartoon for Today, Nov 17, 2008

YEAR FREAKING TWELVE! Minor administrative trivia: November 16, 2008 was the final cartoon of UF's eleventh year. The day of this posting, November 17, 2008, is the beginning of year twelve. Twelve. Years. And in my 20s I thought I was going to be a petroleum geologist!

SIX DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE: I've received hundreds of emails asking about the six days of cartoons starting November 10, 2008. I'm thinking about how to present all six, and once I have an answer, we'll be talking to our merchandisers about having the hi-res prints available for purchase. Watch this space: I'll have an answer sometime this week.

Release the shaft: Hit the star with the arrow. And hope it isn't a shooting star, because you don't have your bulletproof vest on. Starfire. [Flash Warning] [Sound Warning] Thanks to Gut Spiller for the link!

Cartoon for Today, Nov 16, 2008

Now I'm hungry: The other day I was introduced to the concept of "I'm a vegetarian except for bacon." That is wet-your-pants-funny. It also illustrates a fundamental truth: bacon is magical. Bacon Flowchart. Thanks to Sarah K. for the link!

Cartoon for Today, Nov 15, 2008

No. What? This is an awareness test. Turn your head and cough. Do the Test. [Flash Warning] [Sound Warning] Thanks to Dennis P. for the link!

Cartoon for Today, Nov 14, 2008

The Big UF Book is at the press! It is with much pleasure that I announce we have hit the Magic Number of pre-orders for the Big Ten Year Hardcover Tome of UF! Our publisher, Manning, has shipped the files off to the press and the plates are being burned even as I write this!

My thanks to everyone who took a chance with us on having this volume produced! If you are in North America, you should have your book in time to slip under the Christmas tree this year! International customers, we hope to get the books to you in time, but predicting global shipping can be difficult at best. Please forgive us if it doesn't arrive by December 25th.

If you haven't ordered your copy yet, you have until November 20th if you want to see it as a Christmas present. Keep in mind that this time around we're offering to send out an autographed copy to anyone buying an Evil Genius in Training Membership or higher. You can still get unsigned copies without a membership directly from our merchandiser, ComputerGear.

If you're holding off on getting a copy, please keep in mind that due to the cost of these volumes there will likely only ever be a single print run, and the print run is small, 10,000 units or less for an audience of around 1.5 million. Once they're gone, that'll be it. I myself will only have a few author's copies to keep. Don't say I didn't warn you!

When did pomegranates get so trendy? It's a cell phone. It's a shaver. It's a coffee maker. It's a Canadian province? Pomegranate. [Flash Warning] [Sound Warning] Thanks to Steve D. for the link!