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2009/06/29: Wrists

Dudes, dudettes, and dudes of varying and/or indeterminate gender,

I've been having a resurgence of my long-standing wrist problems lately, specifically that my carpal tunnel syndrome is back once again (unlike my long-standing tendon problems which have always been fairly cyclic for the last 12 years or so), and I don't want to leave people in a lurch again. So I would really really appreciate it if people would make guest comics and other such filler for a while while I figure out how to deal with this. I'll post pretty much anything people send, even.

Also, if someone wants to take over guest artist duty on Unity for a while, that would be even more awesome, although I'd prefer it be someone who can draw at least as good as I can (meaning the bar is low).

Love,
fluffy

2009/06/22: Update-only feed

If you're one of those freaks who actually prefers comics to only provide an update (rather than full content) feed, you now have that option. (I really don't understand that preference but I won't stop you from choosing it, either.)

2009/06/16: Why I use a full content feed

I posted this comment over on an article about "right or wrong" with webcomics at The Floating Lightbulb, but in the event that Bengo decides not to publish it for some reason, here it is again:

It's a bit naive to think that a content feed is inherently destructive to item sales. If you look at a site through an update feed, do you actually look at the news box or the store? With a content feed, news posts and store items and the like can be put right into the content feed - but with an update feed they generally do not.

Also, in my experience, update feed items are very easy to overlook when skimming. I do usually end up going to the site directly for comics in which are provided in the content feed, since they're often too wide for my reader, but the content feed can include a lot more than just the comic.

For example, the content feed on my comic contains the comic, the news posts, some non-intrusive PW ads, and the comic's transcription, if it's available. Those are things that most people would never, ever see if they were to just look at the comic on the site.

If you would like to help to prove or debunk my point, please post a comment on this news post indicating whether you saw the news post via the feed or via the site.

2009/06/12: Now in Squigglevision!

I could not hold my stylus steady tonight. Gah. I need to seriously cut back on the coffee and/or martinis.

2009/06/01: Silent running

Saturday night I finally got around to watching Silent Running. I can certainly forgive anyone who thought that movie was an inspiration for Unity, because it certainly would have been if Rendezvous with Rama hadn't. I highly, highly recommend watching it. (I also find it interesting that both things came out the same year.)

Also, read Rama, while we're at it. Although you shouldn't bother with the sequels "coauthored with" (i.e. almost entirely written by) Gentry Lee. They start out okay but get pretty terrible pretty quickly (with thinly-veiled SOCIAL COMMENTARY and an overly-literal deus ex machina) and use cheap cliffhanger tactics to keep you reading them even though they are not at all worth the effort, and it upsets me that some part of my memory is now involuntarily devoted to them.