Sunday 5 July 2015

Special, From the Vaults

Some weeks there are just to many good comics to cover them all. Here's a group that missed out on being covered in their own week.

I covered The Dinosaur Whiteboard at the end of May 2015. Here's an interesting self referential version that explains not only the cartoon, but the original, of which it is a variation.


Although the original isn't quite as prone to the ellipsis at the end of frame 1.

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Other notable entries:
  1. Don't forget that the mammals were also around at the time of the dinosaurs. Dinosaur Killer killed. [Buni]
  2. Nowhere near as old as the dinosaurs was the last posting to Twitter The Comment but before it vanished it contained this horrifying variation on the marriage ceremony.
  3. How parents start by thinking that their children will grow up to be world-shapers but really just want them to be nice people. [Lunababoon]
  4. Who develops those things advertised on the daily deal sites, and why? The team  attempt an answer. [rm -Rf /]
  5. How do you feel about the nouveau riche? [Funday Mornings]
  6. Political: Keep calling it a race issue because if they found out the truth ... [Truthdig]

Sunday 28 June 2015

Scheduling Conflict

This week's post almost didn't happen because I'm having a scheduling problem of my own, that plus a desk-top computer that keeps switching itself off. Grrrrr

Today's number one is this relevant posting. To be fair it wasn't my favourite until I had my own scheduling problems and now it is. Spooky or What?

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Sunday 14 June 2015

Piñata Drivers with a Gherkin

This week I've found some oldies but goodies. Jokes that are so old that it isn't funny but with new twists that gave me a laugh.

As always, your funny bone is not my funny bone but I hope you enjoy these.

Sunday 7 June 2015

Javascript frameworks for tree huggers by senior trainees.

Ever been "the new guy" who was wheeled out to the customer as the answer to their past problems with your employer?

I know I say that the the images I used had to be Creative Commons, but CommitStrip's Le stagiaire senior (Senior Trainee) pushed all the right buttons for me.

I have to admire the young intern's ability to hold a smile.

Sunday 31 May 2015

Knock Knock. Who's there? Alien robots.

Ever visited Dinosaur Comics? It's a restricted artwork cartoon and every cartoon is the same 6 panels (I gather there have been minor changes over time), but basically it's the same six scenes, repeated over-and over for a dozen years now.

Ryan North, the author of dinosaur comics has produced and sold a Dinosaur comics whiteboard with a better executed version of the same artwork.

Enter David Morgan-Mar who uses one of these whiteboards to create his own version The Dinosaur Whiteboard.

Tuesday 26 May 2015

Resource: Creative Commons Webcomics

One thing that back-filling this blog from my saved links showed me is that if I want to retain my current format I need more Creative Commons webcomics. This page is listing all currently published, safe for work, ones I currently know of.

Saturday 23 May 2015

Not the final frontier

What's the final frontier? Startrek thought it was space. Cousteau thought it was the sea. Others think it the spirit or soul

Friday 22 May 2015

Not all of us were born evil

 I've spend most of the day building history back from the start of my records in 2013 through to August 2014. I felt it would be a good idea to build some forward so this doesn't give the appearance of being an abandoned blog that's having a fitful resurrection.

I guess faking the history of a blog is one form of evil. Another is in this Diesel Sweeties. Unusually for my DS collection it isn't primarily about coffee, but some coffee links follow.

Sunday 17 May 2015

What would a robot be jealous about?

1. Thanks to Diesel Sweeties we now have an answer.  It may not be the answer, but it's an answer and for a webcomic dealing with robots and people who don't exist, it will do.

Sunday 3 May 2015

Free range centaurs

Studies have shown that free range farming of chickens is not necessarily stress free either, still it has to be better than the worst types of factory farming.

Sunday 26 April 2015

Salad days.

Just because it consists of raw vegetables it doesn't mean your salad is healthy. There's good reasons why we invented cooking, and in any case a salad consisting only of raw vegetables would not necessarily be easy to digest. I spent a few years making a lot of pure vegan salads (I was never a vegan, but was having a lot of salad). Schizmatic give us this description of the Salad Sundae. It reminds me a lot of why I gave up my pure salads.

Sunday 19 April 2015

Danger unto injury or worse

Skiing is a dangerous sport, just ask Michael Schumacher, he was a motor racing driver but nearly died skiing. You are often only one slip from disaster. Formula 1 racing is safer,  I cycle, believe it or not cycling is safer. If I lived where it snowed I'd probably ski instead. Web Donuts is here to remind us of the risks, and the costs of being rescued.

Sunday 12 April 2015

Coffee, cream, and juice.



I have an ongoing habit of teasing my wife over her frothy milky vaguely coffee flavoured hot milkshakes.

Sareen Akharjalian tells it like it is in this episode of Ink on the side.
"if you take a ton of sugar with your coffee, you DON’T like coffee. Trust me, you’re just a sugar addict. Ain’t nothin wrong with that! Just admit it, and come join my Anonymous group for candy addicts."

Sunday 29 March 2015

Glutens are bad dolphins

This posting is a little unusual. I only have 5 entries to post, three of them are very strong and two of those are creative commons.

As an experiment I've decided to see how two pictures will go.

Sunday 22 March 2015

Monday 16 March 2015

Pressure test


When you fly, you always end up with something bad. Luckily for me the low pressure in the cabins always seems to disable my sense of smell. I guess others aren't so lucky.

Saturday 28 February 2015

The strongest drink

Homoeopathic Espresso? Careful not to dilute it any more or  really bad things may happen. [Irregular Webcomic]

I love science and hate bullshit so for me, at least, you can't get too  harsh on homoeopathy.

Saturday 14 February 2015

The unthinking man's army from another universe

Spelling mistakes cost lives is an irregular strip by  Scottish educated English artist Darren Cullen.He's done some amazing work including a mock storefront and website offering payday loans for primary school children (and possibly preschoolers, I don't remember 100%.)

Saturday 31 January 2015

Doing Without

Today's number one is this entry from Breaking Fitt's Law. Unfortunately it was the second-to-last instalment of this webcomic before it quietly went on hiatis.

Number two comes from Diesel Sweeties. There's things we need and things we only think we need. Once you get past Oxygen, Water, and "Pizza" (Complex carbs, fats, a little protein and some vegetables) everything else is just a detail They, of course, understand something similar.

Tuesday 13 January 2015

Food Dairy and Accupuncture

3D Printing and food. What could be better? OK, 3D printing and replacement organs but we don't need a transplant every day. This seems to be Schizmatic's first entry in this blog. This surprises me as I know I saw several of the Little blue images while doing earlier pages.