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New Location, Part 2

1) Yes, we know the Javascript-based "click to expand" UI isn't very friendly, we're going to a full-size strip layout next week, we're just waiting on some elfin design magic. 2) For some reason, the Tuesday strip disappeared from the new blog, ...


Our New Home

We've settled in to our new home and have posted the first new comic, thanks for the patience during the move. The new URL is: http://blogs.oreilly.com/wateringhole/ And the new RSS feed is: feed://feeds.feedburner.com/oreilly/wateringhole En...


Where's the Comic, DUDE?

You may have noticed that Tuesday's strip disappeared. We're having problems with the old blogging system, so we're going to hold off on posting new comics for a few days. Next week, we should be moving over to the brand new news.oreilly.com sit...


Scrum-didlicious

<table border="0" width="800" cellpadding-"20"> Stumble It! Save This Page It seems like every few years, there's a new craze in project management (XP begot Agile begot Scrum...) They're great if they're used as t...


Wanted: 0xDEAD or Alive

Stumble It! Save This Page I may not have been physically injured by a loose curly-brace, but I've had some code go very strange for the lack of one in the right place...


Rowe, Rowe, Rowe Your Boat

Stumble It! Save This Page Something weird happened and we lost this comic for a day or two after it was posted... Sorry folks. Mike Rowe hosts Dirty Jobs and narrates Deadliest Catch.


Fourth Walls Were Made to be Broken

Stumble It! Save This Page After torturing Randy with impossible-to-draw scripts for 63 strips, I thought it was only fair to let him vent his frustration...No idea what comes next, as I've been in Austin all week and ha...


Who is Number 1? You are Number 6!

Stumble It! Save This Page It's always a good day when you can get a Prisoner Reference AND a BSG gag in the same strip.... Tricia Helfer, of course, plays the Baltar-tormenting Cylon, Number 6, in the current BSG.


Oh the pain! The pain....

Stumble It! Save This Page Am I the only one who wondered why the Robinsons didn't throw Dr. Smith out the airlock about 3 episodes into Lost in Space? The original Baltar was pretty much the same deal.


Are the Lords of Cobol ANSI-Compliant?

Stumble It! Save This Page For you young whipper-snappers, before Starbuck and Boomer were women and Cylons looked like humans, there was the awesome spectacle that was Original Battlestar Galactica. For those of us who...


Going Old, Old, OLD School...

Stumble It! Save This Page Ruby's safely back at the compound with goodies for all. She knows how much Pearl appreciates vintage computer equipment, and things have calmed down enough between them that she didn't even ...


One Really Big Tube

Stumble It! Save This Page You've heard of fat pipes? Well, meet the XXXL version of the Cat5 patch cable...


Doc Wars II: Clippy Strikes Back!

Stumble It! Save This Page Since Microsoft insisted on promoting a document standard that's joined to Office at the hip, I guess the guys at the CCC thought that OOXML should properly reflect the long, storied tradition of O...


Like This Strip Needs More Chaos?

Stumble It! Save This Page When visiting foreign lands, Ruby can't resist dropping in on the local Evil Geniuses to check out what's new in world domination. Ask to see the photos of her ski vacation with Ernst Stavro Blofe...


Does Canonical Have a Casting Couch?

Stumble It! Save This Page It's not widely known that Josie of "Josie and the Pussycats" is a big Open Source enthusiast. Alexandra is strictly a Windows gal, of course and Melodie is definitely going to go for a Mac.


What Wine Goes With Carrion?

Stumble It! Save This Page If Ruby had looked carefully, she might have been able to see Randy and I waving up at her, as we both live in Derry. But who could resist the allure of such a tasty meal, especially compared to t...