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Jonathan Ah Kit <ahkitj-Zutk7fBRdQXy/[email protected]> Tue, 06 May 2003 05:01:04 +1200
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5,9c5,7 < Welcome to The Doctor Fun Page - there will be a two-week < break with new cartoons starting May 5. As usual, there will < be "new" old stuff, but there might be a day or two delay < getting it up. My apologies ahead of time for all the < inconvenience, etc. --- > Welcome to The Doctor Fun Page - Doctor Fun is on break for > two weeks, starting May 5, but there are some new scanned > cartoons here, and there will be more next week. 13d10 < Doctor Fun's Peeporama 2003! 44,107c41,49 < 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. --- > 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. 396a339,403 > 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. >