Latest changes to http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ _______________________________________________ 39,47c39,45 < October 6, 2003, Ha! You thought there wasn't going to be a < new logo. Fooled you! < < September 24, 2003, I was going to write some kind of < thoughtful meditation about Doctor Fun being ten years old, < and all, but I ran out of time, so maybe tomorrow, or the next < day, or maybe never. < < September 22, 2003, Everything is back to normal. --- > November 18 - There will be a two-week break, from November 24 > through December 5. As usual, I'll have some old crud I > scanned up for you to look at, but not as much as usual, we're > all through the zillion cartoons from 1988-1989, and I have to > ration out the rest. There will also be a two-week break at > Christmas. And I moved the old news section to a separate page > in order to speed up the loading of this page. 335,712d332 < Old News September 7, 2003, Doctor Fun is on break until < September 22, but there's some new scanned cartoons from < 1988-89 starting here. In fact, this batch finally finishes it < up for those two years. There's more to come, my drawing style < changed after 1989, and there aren't as many for any < particular year leading up to Doctor Fun. But there's enough < to take a couple more breaks, and there's some other stuff we < haven't even got to yet. There are a couple cartoons that < aren't particularly funny anymore, but I left them all in < since this was more than ten years ago, and not presented as < something brand new. These cartoons aren't in order that they < were drawn. The ones with the pencil borders around the edges < are the earliest ones. You'll notice a trend towards a single < topic in the last two pages - those were drawn for some < special project. There is one in there I don't understand at < all - even a Google search didn't help. David < < September 2, 2003, Best. Sobig. Ever. < < Thanks, Strongbad! < Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 19:19:14 --0400 < From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < Subject: Re: Your application < Parts/Attachments: < < September 1, 2003, Doctor Fun will be on break for two < (hopefully only two) weeks starting next week. < < August 11, 2003 - All the stuff described below has been done. < < July 24, 2003 - Hi everybody! In about two weeks, which would < be about August 8, we will be moving things around a little, < and putting all the Doctor Fun files into the /public/html < directory tree on ibiblio. The name of the root directory will < still be "/Dave" in order not to break a gazillion (I wish) < bookmarks and links, but now the rest of the Doctor Fun files < will actually hang off the /Dave directory and there will be < no more wacky recursive symbolic links between the /Dave < directory and the /ftp directories. Ftp access to Doctor Fun < on ibiblio will be discontinued. At last look, we were getting < about 90 ftp transactions per day compared to about 40K http < transactions in the /Dr-Fun directory. If you are one of those < 90 transactions, I apologize, and hope you will be able to get < the file through http. Keep in mind some mirror sites may < continue to run ftp, and there's nothing wrong with that - it < just doesn't seem to be the right place for it at ibiblio < anymore (ftp access at ibiblio is mostly geared to software < distros and stuff like that). Also, if you are reading the < pages through the recursive directory /Dave/Dr-Fun/html..., < that particular "copy" of the html directory will disappear, < but it was never really there to begin with. < < If you have a mirror site, you will need to use rsync to get < your daily updates. I don't know that much about this business < myself, having never had to set up a mirror site (I rely so < much on the kindness of strangers...), but I'm told it's < pretty easy to do, and light on the bandwidth and all those < good things, etc. A sample command for mirroring Doctor Fun < would be: < < $ rsync -av ibiblio.org::Dr-Fun/ /path/to/local/mirror/dir < < The rsync man page is here. < < I am hopeful that the mirror sites that are updating (some < seem to be a little sporadic, but I appreciate the thought) < will continue to mirror using rsync. There might be other ways < to do it using http, but that is up to you. < < If you are not mirroring Doctor Fun and are simply one of my < cherished readers, you will not see any change at all. < < Thanks ot Adrianne at ibiblio for helping me with this. < Adrianne also set up a second area for some of the files on < the /Dr-Fun tree. I will be moving some of the extraneous < stuff, like the running pictures to this area so that mirror < sites don't need to pick these things up if all they want is < the cartoons. In fact, I might add more silly things that < don't belong under the /Dr-Fun directory and everybody will be < a winner. < < July 21, 2003 < * Stay tuned for an announcement about mirroring and Doctor < Fun file locations. We are either going to move to using < rsync, and put all the Doctor Fun files in the html branch < of ibiblio (meaning ftp access goes away), or put the html < files in the /Dave/Dr-Fun directory so that this hated < recursive symbolic link that makes people think the files < aren't updating goes away. If you have an opinion about < this, let me know. Thanks. < * Tardy on the logo again. < * Happy Birthday, Mom! < < July 9, 2003, I've eliminated the bizarro linkage between the < /html file under /Dr-Fun/html and /Dr-Fun, which maybe used to < be useful but now causes nothing but problems. If this has < messed up your mirroring, contact me and I'll, um, do < something, I'm not sure what. < < July 1, 2003, for no particularly good reason other than to < have a news item, and because I suppose it keeps me fit to < draw more cartoons, I've updated the running pictures to < include two more races, one recent, and one from last summer. < Not much of an explanation for either of them, except you can < follow the pictures from start to finish. If you like this < sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you might like. < * 2003 Kettle Moraine 100-mile/100K Endurance Runs. I made < it all the way through the 100-miler. < * 2002 Iceland Ultramarathon (55K). < < June 16, 2003, haven't forgot the the logo - busy, busy - < you're still getting the new cartoons. < < June 9, 2003, due to a little scheduling problem, I didn't < update the cartoon Monday, but there is no break this week. < New logo soon. < < June 6, 2003, next Monday's cartoon will be updated late, < probably Monday afternoon my time, but there will be new < cartoons next week - no break. < < June 2, 2003, my as it turns out not-very-trusty Sony VAIO pen < tablet computer suddenly crapped out on me due to an expensive < and proprietary cable that breaks, however this should not < interrupt production. Back to the old ways... < < May 26, 2003 - we're back we're back we're back! That's a good < thing, I think. No breaks for awhile. < < May 19, 2003 - (same notice as above) - Since few people saw < last week's break cartoons before ibiblio started having some < problems, I'm continuing the break for another week. Normal < operations will recommence on May 26th. At least there's a new < logo. Also, many thanks to the ibiblio staff for putting < everything back together. < < May 12, 2003, Doctor Fun is still on break, but as promised, < here's some "more stuff", meaning 100 more cartoons from < 1988-89. How many of them can there possibly be? There are < still some left, and then there are all the other years < between then and 1993 when Doctor Fun started. New stuff next < week. Sorry about the bunny logo - I had a fabulous Mother's < Day logo planned, but only had time to get the old cartoons < ready. < < May 5, 2003, Doctor Fun is on break this week. As usual, there < are some, meaning "100" freshly-scanned old cartoons for you < to feast your peepers on. The fun starts here. Also, as an < extra feature, I'm slipping some of these new cartoons in as < the "latest" Doctor Fun in hopes that people like that better < than the usual note that I'm on break. This batch of old < cartoons seems to be a bit better than some of the other < batches, in my humble opinion, but what do I know. More stuff < next week. < < April 28, 2003, ok, probably a two-week break starting next < week, with some new/old stuff each week. I have two trips (not < related to cartoons) coming up and I'm a little behind < schedule. < < April 21, 2003, < * Slashdot me two times baby - slashdot me twice today. < Well, this past weekend, anyway. What were the chances of < that. Stories are here and here. < * And that's not all the excitement. Just like last year but < maybe not like next year (yeesh), I squeezed out thirty < more Peeps cartoons, hastily written and sloppily drawn. < It's Doctor Fun's Peeporama 2003! Also, check out last < year's Peeporama, and other Doctor Fun peep cartoons from < the past, including last week, 2002 and this one, 2001 and < this one, not to mention this one from 2000. < * Most likely for sure I will be taking a one-week break May < 5. < < April 14, 2003, < * It's Peeps Week on Doctor Fun. For those of you listening < in from other places who don't know what peeps are - < imagine a small, delicious marshmallow chicken. < * Curiously, there is an article about Doctor Fun in this < month's University of Chicago Magazine. And if you typed < in that link at the end of the article, welcome Chicago < Alumni! At no extra charge to you here's a special < expanded list of links to things mentioned in the article: < + A cartoon about squirrels with the Regenstein Library < in the background < + Another cartoon with the entrance of the Regenstein < Library. This is the old entrance before the lobby < was rebuilt. < + The Paul Serano cartoon < + The Manhattan Project Christmas cartoon < + Me drawing at the Sony Vaio drawing tablet computer, < and here's what the screen looks like. < + My "corner office near the A-level stacks" in the < Reg. I do have a day job. < + The first comic on the Internet: Hans Bjordahl's < "Where the Buffalo Roam" < + The first home of Doctor Fun: Keith Waclena's < computer "neuromancer". (Sorry, this is the best < picture I have.) < + The Bill Gates cake. This was actually the "screen" < for a cake that was shaped like a computer monitor. I < heard he didn't eat any of the cake but he kept the < screen. (There's more to this than meets the eye; < this was drawn when Microsoft Windows was still < Windows 3.x. "Chicago" was the code name for Windows < 95; the screen is Microsoft's within-Word web browser < plug-in; the Doctor Fun pose is a reference to an < Easter egg that was hidden in Windows 3.x.) < + The book Amy mentioned that I was reading was "The < Earth Dwellers: Adventures in the Land of Ants", by < Erich Hoyt. < * Not only that, but there are some Doctor Fun cartoons on < display in the John Crerar Library's Science & Humor < Exhibit. < < April 3, 2003, Jack Leblond, who has maintained a Doctor Fun < search engine at Net Smart Incorporated, since way back when, < has asked me to note that he is also maintaining the Support < Your Troops page. < < April 2, 2003, This cartoon is running in National Review this < week. < < March 31, 2003 - I did, in fact, forget to update the cartoon < last Thursday, but everything's fixed now. Thanks to everyone < keeping score. By amazing coincidence, this week happens to be < archive page "404" of Doctor Fun. < < March 17, 2003 - back, from a fabulous one-week break! There < will be more. < < News news! There was an article about ibiblio that mentioned < Doctor Fun in the News Observer. < < March 10, 2003 - As promised, a one-week break, and, as usual, < some old scanned cartoons from 1988-89. The new ones start < here. There may not be as many cartoons from those two years < as I thought - I've caught some duplicates. You might also < notice that some in this batch were re-used in early Doctor < Funs. And, there's a whole bunch about guitars. I might give < those their own page after the break. I deny knowing how to < play the guitar or knowing anything about guitars anymore. < < Not sure what the schedule is for the book. Keep sending me < your favorites. Thanks. < < March 6, 2003 - It seems nobody much liked having the < thumbnail of the latest cartoon on this page, so I got rid of < it. < < March 4, 2003 - For sure I am taking a one-week break next < week. For sure I will have some treat for you in place of new < cartoons. < < February 27, 2003 - Cock-a-doodle-doo! Today is either the < 2000th or the 2001st Doctor Fun, if I counted them right. Why < the confusion? It turns out I repeated myself. Honest mistake. < Didn't catch it until recently. Never happen again. Right. The < two culprits are < < [dp19980422.jpg] and [dp20021016.jpg] < < I'm keeping them both, because they are of historic interest. < Now I can say there are thousands of Doctor Funs online. Why < not read them all? Why not read them randomly? < < Wait! That's not all. There is even more. Want to know when < anything updates on the Doctor Fun pages? It's important to < know this because hardly anybody ever looks at this page < compared to the gazillions (slight exaggeration) of readers < who just grab the cartoon. I could be giving free money away < here and you'd never know. Thanks to Jonathan Ah Kit, you can < now join the Doctor Fun Website Changes List. Thanks, < Jonathan! < < February 24, 2003 - stayed tuned for a Doctor Fun milestone < later this week, but in the meantime, enjoy this old favorite. < < February 17, 2003 - whenever I don't have any real news, I'm < going to start posting some random page here in order to make < it look like there's some news. For instance, this week check < out Doctor Fun's Head Trip. Whoa. < < February 10 - Ever wanted to color in Doctor Fun yourself? Try < a Doctor Fun Segmation! What's a Segmation? Click on it and < find out. From ... Segmation! < < February 3, Coming real soon, Doctor Fun Paint-by-Numbers! (As < soon as I hear back from them - think I'm not allowed to call < it "Paint-by-Numbers" ... "Color-According-to-Digits"?) < < January 22, Here's a Doctor Fun logo from many years ago. < < January 20 < * In case you didn't notice, there's now an RRS feed for the < last 15 Doctor Funs, courtesy of Philip Newton. Thanks, < Philip! < * I finally finished the Doctor Fun book cover. You can see < it on the Doctor Fun Book FAQ page. Still looking for your < favorite Doctor Funs. Mail me. Thanks. < * Coming real soon, Doctor Fun Paint-by-Numbers! (I think) < < January 6 - back again. No breaks for awhile. The book cover < will be available for you to peep at soon. Thanks to all of < you who sent me their votes for favorite Doctor Fun cartoons. < Looks like we'll be sorting them all out at the end of < January, so you still have time to e-mail me . More news soon. < < December 29, 2002 < * Still on break, but there is new stuff (see above). < * A certain P. Wilkins is the only person so far to send me < any favorite cartoons to consider for the book. And she < wants this one. < < December 10, 2002 At last, here's some news about the Doctor < Fun book. < < November 25, 2002 Hello to anybody who stopped by the Plan < Nine Publishing booth at the Midwest Furfest and picked up < some cards or stopped to chat. See? There really is going to < be a Doctor Fun book and this proves it. < < November 10, 2002 I've changed the main Doctor Fun page to put < all the links back at the top. News on the book to follow, as < promised. There will likely be a two-week break at < Thanksgiving due to my driving all over the place. Fortunately < I have about a zillion more old scanned cartoons to put < online. < < October 29, 2002 Trick-or-treat! We found another mirror site. < This time it's Yale Medical School. Yay for Yale! Go Bulldogs! < Actually it looks like they're mirroring most or all of < ibiblio and Doctor Fun is just part of this mix. < Never-the-less, you can get the latest Doctor Fun, or the < Doctor Fun Page, from gnujake.med.yale.edu. < < October 28, 2002 A slightly less confusing home page and some < news on the book (yes, there is a book, no, it won't be here < by Christmas) is coming. I'm posting this here to make me < actually do it sometime soon. < < September 23, 2002 Thanks to Nicholas Barnard, who runs the < Doctor Fun mailing list, you can also subscribe to get the < latest Doctor Fun logo whenever it updates. < < September 16, 2002 - we're back. No breaks until maybe < Thanksgiving (except for unexpected breaks) - yay! < < Also, new mirror discovered! This one in Austria. They are < mirroring the cartoons but not the pages, but that's ok. Get < the latest Doctor Fun or browse the Doctor Fun files at the < Vienna University of Technology. < < August 13, 2002 Mirror News! I've been told the SUNET mirror < for Doctor Fun in Sweden is active again, and I've corrected < the links to the mirror at the Manchester University in Great < Britain. Thanks to both these places for their continuing < support. < < May 20, 2002 The Doctor Fun book is still in the works, in < color, and all that. I should have the cover art ready for you < to look at soon, which will be at Plan Nine Publishing, but it < is not ready yet. < < May 3, 2002, Virus warning: My e-mail addresses from ibiblio, < including old ones that I don't even use anymore, are cropping < up on this Klez or Exploit-MIME virii that are going around. I < have nothing to do with these messages, other than someone has < hijacked my e-mail address as the return. Most likely, the < people sending them are unaware that their computers are < infected, so it's bad both ways. I've been receiving these < things myself, supposedly from me! It is a continual < aggravation. < < Back to the top < _________________________________________________________ <
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