You know, with seven some years of comics on the site, finding a specific comic is becoming more needle in a haystack-like with each update. Even when I was on Keenspace (or whatever they’re calling it these days,) our archive system was never really anything to scream about. If you wanted to jump to that one comic about Family Guy, or the one with Bob Barker, you were pretty much forced to hunt it down through a giant calendar, one day at a time.

So I took a swing at re-designing the way WordPress handles our archives this weekend, and I think it turned out really nice. It’s visual: the page lays out the comics in any given category or tag like panes in a comic strip, left to right. Each category has a capsulized synopsis; a cool sort of mini-episode guide. If that’s not enough, you can really dig deep with the tags, tracking each appearance of Mort, Homestar Runner characters, etc. This also helps with the search function on every page, making it easier to pinpoint the comic you’re looking for. Any suggestions, please let me know in the comments.

Note: Until I figure out how to change the RSS to put the category in the title of each update, I’ll be adding “blog” to the title of these posts. You know, just so you can tell when it’s a comic or blog update.

I’m a sucker for impractical applications of advanced technology. Battlebots, Mythbusters, robot soccer… anytime I see really smart people use their skills to come up with something lowbrow, they have my undivided attention. So that’s probably why this week’s comic features a little shout out to Keepon, a dancing robot programmed to listen to any given song and pull a beat from it.

Also worth seeing: Spoon, the band featured in the above demonstration, put Keepon in their recent music video.
I’d say it doesn’t take much to make me smile, but that’s probably a gross misunderstanding of mechanical engineering.

Breakpoint City v4.0 is cursed, I tells ya! Nothing but bad luck since it’s launched. Think I’ve ironed out most of the snags: the tag system is working again, archives aren’t loading two comics at once, dogs and cats are not living together, insufficient hysteria all around.

How have we all been? Good? Good.

Reminder: Talk Like a Pirate Day is this Wednesday, one of two major holidays we regularly celebrate here on the site. Be sure to stop on by the boards and say arr.

Hey all. I know, it seems as soon as the site launched, the whole train kind of derailed. Been trying to hook up wordpress to the forum unsuccessfully (makes no sense to have comments here, and a message board there,) so I’m gonna put that on hold. Comic update next Monday.

Just saw the Simpsons Movie– probably the funniest thing I’ve seen in the past year or two. The whole thing is lightning-paced; it’s hard to remember all the hidden little jokes sprinkled throughout. I know it’s become cliché to complain about the show’s fall from grace since around the ninth season, so I won’t go into that. Come to the movie with an open mind, and you’ll have a blast.

As a total Nintendork, I’ve been checking the Smash Bros Brawl blog every morning, always hoping for a megaton announcement. Smash Bros Melee was THE game to play at college, so I’ve got high expectations for the sequel. While it’s not a new character, the news they announced on Friday was worth posting about. Single Player is shaping up to be a whole other game itself… getting a Kingdom Hearts vibe from it. Can’t wait :D

Continue normal human behavior! You know not the basis on which you will be judged by the galactic inquisitor!

Er, um… What I mean to say is we’ve obviously got a new site design, and there are very obviously flaws and missing features and comics that won’t show up. I wish I knew how to set up a dev mirror so I can change all the code I want to without you, the ever so clever reader encountering this mess. Grumble grumble.

Anyway, this upgrade will be cool, trust me. I can use this space like a blog and post some additional non-comic updates to fill the void. So feel free to browse around, I guess, but be aware that everything here is a wreck in progress.