GoComics is back up
After a four-day outage, GoComics.com is finally back up and therefore once again available in my comics aggregator.
Category Archives: Computers
Why I’ve removed “Pearls Before Swine” from my comics aggregator
Today, I removed the comic strip “Pearls Before Swine” by Stephan Pastis from my comics aggregator. Here’s why… Over the years, Pastis has run many strips whose basic theme can be summarized as “Both sides in American politics are the same.” He ran one like that just a few weeks ago. Then, yesterday, he ran… Read More »
Why you can’t trust hotels.com customer ratings
I recently booked a stay at a motel through hotels.com. The night I checked in, hotels.com sent me email asking me to rate my check-in (literally, the subject line said, “How was your check-in, Jonathan K?” and the body of the email said “How’s your trip going, Jonathan Kamens? Rate your check-in experience.”). Thinking that’s… Read More »
GoComics is down, and with it many of the comics in the aggregator
GoComics.com is down, with no word about why or when it will be back up. Any comics in the aggregator—and there are a ton of them—will be unavailable until it comes back up.
Hack of the day: easily configure Linux hosts to reboot once or always without requiring a decryption key
I have LUKS encryption configured on all of my Linux desktops and laptops, which is a pain when I need to reboot one remotely, since it prompts for the decryption key and won’t finish rebooting until the key is entered. To solve, this, I’ve written keyless-entry, which allows the user to easily configure a LUKS-encrypted… Read More »
“Beware of Toddler” added to comics aggregator
The Comics Kingdom (King Features Syndicate) comic strip Beware of Toddler has been added to the comics aggregator. For information about reading Comics Kingdom strips in the aggregator, see the user guide. If you enjoy the comics aggregator, please consider buying me a beer or helping with the hosting costs.
“Legend of Bill” added to Comics Aggregator
The comic strip “Legend of Bill” from Comics Kingdom has been added to the comics aggregator. For information on viewing Comics Kingdom comics within the aggregator, see the user guide. P.S. If you enjoy using the comics aggregator please consider kicking in a few bucks to support the hosting costs. P.PS. Email me if there… Read More »
Comics Aggregator: Sherman’s Lagoon has moved to GoComics
As of May 1, 2022, the Sherman’s Lagoon comic script is being distributed by GoComics rather than Comics Kingdom. The comics aggregator has been adjusted to account for this. Historical Sherman’s Lagoon strips prior to May 1 are no longer accessible in the aggregator.
New “Ask a Manager (1-day delay)” in comics aggregator
In addition to “Ask a Manager” which already existed in the comics aggregator, there is now also “Ask a Manager (1-day delay)” which gives you yesterday’s Ask a Manager columns. I recommend this for most people who only visit the aggregator once a day, since Alison Green, the author of Ask a Manager publishes new… Read More »
Comics in comics aggregator are now sorted
If you use my comics aggregator, you may have noticed that a month or so ago the comics on your page started appearing in a different, random order each day. This was the result of an upgrade to the version of Perl being used by the aggregator. In the old version of Perl, the order… Read More »