posted by Clay on Fri, Jul 9th 2004Miracles of miracles, the admin code is working perfectly! Greg instituted a "release date" function for when I update comics, which allows me to put up future comics without generating them in the site. This way, I can get ahead and not worry about uploading comics every time. It's really cool, but I'm sure he can explain it to you better, so I'll leave it to him. The site has had a terrific start. There are a good amount of hits already, and I've only posted this site at Ghost Cat. Thank you all for your support, and I just want you to know that I am taking this very seriously, and I will be religious in my updates. I plan on getting the rest of the site fully functional this weekend when I can finally have some time to work.
Now for some links. I know some guy playing the piano isn't the most interesting thing in the world, but when it's Mario tunes, the nostalgia is almost palpable. I don't know if I'd have the balls to wear this in public... but still, I want this shirt. The forums are lonely. They need friends.
posted by Greg on Fri, Jul 9th 2004Thank the stars above that things are going smoothly. Just a few more comics and we won't have any more special cases to worry about - you engineers know what I'm talking about. Of course, everything is fairly well tested so I'm not expecting critical failure.
Oh, and Clay, thanks for giving me props. I don't know if you guys are interested in hearing about how the site works under the hood or not, but suffice it to say, when comics are posted to our system and when they actually appear on the site are not necessarily congruous. The comic you read today may very well be a year old... and Clay, Hampton, and I could be writing these news posts from an internet cafe in Hawaii. Sipping mai-tais. Laughing at our readers, declaring in loud obnoxious Thurston Howell-esque voices, "Guys, that second strip was just released today! Mah hah hah." Think about it... or not. :)
There actually is a problem that I see now with the comic search bar, so I'll get that fixed ASAP. Hopefully by the time you read this, you won't even know what I'm talking about.
Update: I fixed it. You snooze, you lose...
posted by Hampton on Sat, Jul 10th 2004I got screwed outta seeing Anchorman. All because of a little evil bastard named Dave Matthews. His stupid ass concert HAD to happen on the same day my movie opened. Thanks to him and his goddamn guitar, the traffic was so bad around the area that my brother couldn’t meet me and my girlfriend in time to see the movie. I understand if you like Dave Matthews and that’s cool if you do. Just like how I understand how some people like to have burning candles snuffed in their rectums. It’s a personal choice, and it’s not for everyone. I actually watched the Dave Matthews behind the music on VH1, and it was kinda interesting because he and I come from the same relative area. So the whole time the show kept mentioning places I’ve been too, and I felt somehow connected to his fame and I pondered that maybe in another life we could have been…….friends? No of course not, that’s just stupid.