Comments on: The Architect’s Dilemma

By: Fren

Fren — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:23:31 +0000

See, there ya go! Conform your site for FF or Chrome or whatever have you. Put on the top of the page "Click here for an IE optimized version of this site".

BAM. Instant Rick-Roll.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:23 +0000

HAHA that is hysterical, I feel like you just chronicled my life! This is the first comic I have read here but I am sure I am going to read many more now! Btw, vmware fusion is awesome for testing in ie on a mac!

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:23 +0000

Thanks for the kudos. I havent used VMware but I have played with Parallels. Ive thought about just using Browsershots.com for IE testing. Funny thing is, THIS site has been busted in IE for months and no one has ever complained.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:23 +0000

Thanks!

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:23 +0000

Thats really the only endorsement they need.

By: Donkey

Donkey — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:22 +0000

Chuck Norris approves of it: http://chucknorrism.com/?mod=fact&id=192

By: jasontimmer

jasontimmer — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:22 +0000

haha! damn funny. loved it.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

Its cool. All things have a positive side.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

Call yourself a consultant, get a few clients and get to work. Either that or take tech support calls/emails and put the fixes as videos on your website. Good luck.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

Thanks! Ill need all the help I can get.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

Thank you. Seriously. If you are writing a book, then you know what its like to "live your passion in the evening."

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

GOTCHA! PWNED!

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

Thank you! That when you tell the client IE is actually a virus and you can get them a much better browser.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

I assumed it was implied with this crowd.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

If they are poison Im going to be VERY upset.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

Do you know him IRL?

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

Those comics are like results 3 and 4 for an image search of "Jonathan Coulton."

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

They have an omelet shaped like pacman.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

At least Wonderfalls got a DVD release. cancelled after 4 eps was Brutal.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

Im working on it.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

Thank you for the comparison. I would be glad to be considered along side PA.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:52 +0000

In-jokes or adoration, either way is fine with me.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I will give them both! Just try and stop me!

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

So far its incredibly terrifying and the most fun Ive ever had making $0.

By: Loren

Loren — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Great redesign!

By: mikey5538

mikey5538 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I are. I expect payment of said smallish banana at your earliest convenience.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

The store and the first shirts should be up this week. I am a huge PA (or DA) fan. PA is a huge influence on my art and comic styling.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Thanks, Kaj. The dream is what Im going for. Why should I wait for permission to do what I want with my life, ya know?

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Thank you Scott. RSS ads are part of the future of HE. There are 200 things on my list and that is somewhere in the 240ish range. If you ever have ideas like that, please share them.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Ryan. I think I fixed both of those problems. Thank you for the keen eye. Also check out the archives page for more ways to find older comics.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

@OGM Oh wait, that means I have to draw a new comic tomorrow! What have I done?

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Sean, thank you for the encouragement. HE has always been full time (just not during the day). Ive literally been working two full time jobs for the last year. This should give me the chance to take HE where Ive always wanted to without putting it 2nd to my day job.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Thanks, Chad. Godspeed indeed. What about calling the HE readers "The Fancy Bastards"

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Thats a pretty good one. Ill remember it.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Drew, the last week has already been amazing. I made $0 but the work was fantastic and rewarding. Will the bank take that as a mortgage payment?

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Larnsturt, Its good to know there are other HE'ers in the same boat.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Andy,

Its sort of like that now. If you click on the "blog" button you will just get all the blog posts. The home page has the 5 most recent so they are easy to find. I think the videos are going to go in with the blog posts but also have their own category so they are easy to find.

The layoff was a blessing. I was tired and burt out and depressed at that job. I was in sales for a web design firm. I needed a change and getting fired was the kick in the ass I was waiting for.

Will you be my Opera test monkey? Let me know if something is out of wack.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Believe me, I have an accountant. Best decision Ive ever made. PS I am ALL FOR doing freelance illustration. If you have any contacts that might need my talents without taking working from yourself, please let me know.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Thank you Aaron. Im going to be offering MANY different ways to help with the experiment in the coming days. Your enthusiasm helps.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

VIVA BURRITO PINATA!

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Kristi, how did you find the site? I hope you are enjoying it. Thanks for the encouragement.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I know right? Why cant I be an internet peep? I CAN!

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Chris, A KINDRED SPIRIT! What type of work are you hoping to do? As part of the experiment Im going to be delving into the reasons people never get to have their "dream job." What stops us, how we can do it, etc. Stay tuned.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Thanks, AJ. BTW I checked the first comic today and saw that there were 4 comments. 2 WERE FROM YOU! You might be the first OG HE reader other than my hometown friends.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Yeah I think Im in the wobbly but walking, looking for a light socket to lick phase.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Thanks for the support, Melkor. 3 comics will be a challenge but you guys certainly make it worth while.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Please email Intense Debate support. I want them to know that its more than just me bitching.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Thanks, Lor3n!

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I suppose if your dream involved Mech Warrior you could kill two birds with one stone.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Heres my thoughts on the width. More and more people have widescreen monitors and laptops at hi res. So If Im going to redesign Im going to get all the real estate I can. If it ends up being a problem I can change it. Variable is not a possibility with this theme so thats ruled out.

Thanks for the encouragement. I dont think we'll do any more lunchcasts because of the bad quality. The new podcast will go up tomorrow I believe.

Sounds like you had the ideal college experience we were talking about. Its just not an option for everyone. Im certainly not anti college. I just want kids to know that there is more than one way.

ACtion figures would be tits but they are super expensive. The store should (hopefully be up this week). Thanks again for joining the HE team/mafia/whatever. I really do appreciate the support.

By: doug5364

doug5364 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

You know, you're spoiling us with 3 a week, and we're just gonna start yelling, "More comics, mule!" (http://joshreads.com/?p=158 )

By: bobo_t_bagg7852

bobo_t_bagg7852 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I am trying to start a tech support and web design business. I've had a few tech support jobs in the past (mostly in the education sector), but I haven't had that kind of job in some time and I really miss it. I've been doing it as a sort of side business based solely on referrals of friends until now, but I'd really like to make it my day job. At some point I'm going to have to quit my "real job" and make the leap and hope it works. *crosses fingers* After thinking about your situation, it seems like being forced into the situation, though scary as shit, might be the motivation people like us need to actually get over the fear and make the leap. Here's to conquering our fear of the unknown....

Chris

By: vthornheart

vthornheart — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Way to go! I'll buy a shirt from you when the new designs come online, to help the cause! You can do it! =)

By: azzfro7958

azzfro7958 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Not that my name is Kristi or anything, but I found it thru whedonesque(dot)com. Buffy Fans Unite! Likewise I spent the last few days absorbing.

By: serenity_valley

serenity_valley — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Woohoo!!! I mean, the losing the job thing sucks major balls, but since it was the catalyst for pursuing your dream, perhaps it's not such a bad thing. My husband and I try to live very closely to our philosophy, "That which matters most should never be at the mercy of that which matters least." Which is why choosing your passion and dedicating it to yourself full-time is something I really admire. That and the fact that I've been working on my first book in every spare hour from work and I'd dearly love to just chuck the job and write full-time...watching you do it may just give me the inspiration I need to take the plunge.

Much good luck and best wishes to you. (With the added bonus that we get another HE comic a week...it's the highlight of my LJ f-list.)

[cross-posted from LJ, in case you don't get notification of comments there]

By: azzfro7958

azzfro7958 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Oh PLEASE put my name on that list.

By: azzfro7958

azzfro7958 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

PS: I'll buy that shirt.

By: aj5558

aj5558 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

No lie, dawg.

I be straight frontin' from da----

Okay, so I can't speak Homey.

Yep, I started reading when you first posted to the LiveJournal communities, so I first read your LOST comic then went back to the first to get myself better acquainted with you kooky kids.

By: rerun7088

rerun7088 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Haha, I had to do it man, I actually made this to roll the site I admin (mission accomplished), but I jumped at the chance to get you of all people. But seriously, fantastic job on the site.

By: rerun7088

rerun7088 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

"We just figured you can buy psychological evaluation… So… Uh….You're fired…"

By: rerun7088

rerun7088 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Argyle looks brutally fantastic…

By: rerun7088

rerun7088 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Possibly your best comic in a while (not to put down any others), great reference, great punch at the end…

By: john_darc6624

john_darc6624 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Joel should do a "How'd you find HE?" survey or something.

For me, it was totally JoCo.

By: john_darc6624

john_darc6624 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Yes we (and by that I mean you) can!

By: john_darc6624

john_darc6624 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Denny's Arcade sounds delicious and horrifying at the same time.

By: john_darc6624

john_darc6624 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Joel with karate chop action and removable neck beard.

In fact, I will assume you ALL have beards which reach the neck-al area.

By: john_darc6624

john_darc6624 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Joel with karate chop action and removable neck beard.

In fact, I will assume you ALL have beards which reach the neck-al area.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I think I found it through Whedonesque as well, when I was tracking down all the Dr. Horrible rumors. BTW, I am so glad to find someone else who has the terrible luck of falling in love with shows tha tare ultimately cancelled within a season! And I didn't think anyone else knew about Wonderfalls!

By: john_darc6624

john_darc6624 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

everyone's gonna think this is an April fool's prank.

By: hightower775529

hightower775529 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Crusty and stained?

By: josh5363

josh5363 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Wonderfalls was one of the single greatest shows i've ever had the pleasure of watching.

By: josh5363

josh5363 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I'm gonna fucking KILL him if it is.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Heck yes, that'd be amazing.

By: web_diversi6473

web_diversi6473 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

errg, the ever-present joy-kill of the moment you hear a client say "I'm looking at the site on Internet Explorer and..."

good luck on the new life plan.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Me too -- I found it through doing some random JoCo Googling. JoCo decapitating zombies with his guitar had me hooked.

By: deanhatescoffee

deanhatescoffee — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Sweaty raves FTL. That was the worst part of the entire trilogy.

By: deanhatescoffee

deanhatescoffee — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I'm sorry to hear about your lay-off situation, but your loss is our gain. 3 times a week! Woo-hoo!

BTW, why don't you have a "get Firefox" banner somewhere? You oughta. Everyone oughta, really.

By: aaron6928

aaron6928 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I've already been turning friends onto the site and podcasts. You get some "Godspeed you fancy bastard." T-Shirts going and I know I can get those sold. I quoted that at a party last week and everyone started cracking up.

By: aaron6928

aaron6928 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I love PA but Joss Whedon references alone are quickly making this my favorite web comic.

By: aaron6928

aaron6928 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I'll proudly be a Fancy Bastard.

By: aj5558

aj5558 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

You know, we've already covered being Rick Rolled, so it may just very well be.

By: iptydafu

iptydafu — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

I just donated money to your paypal–which means I'm going two months without my online gay-porn subscription! -Seriously, it's a sacrifice. But if an office-manager for a library can't live vicariously through an internet comic-strip author; what's the point? Suffice: I hope you make it!

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Wow. Im sitting here just stunned looking at the email. Your generosity is overwhelming. I am rolling out an donation incentives program this week. You're a bit early but rest assured you will be included in it. Im actually talking to my wife right now about what all will be involved. Regardless, please accept my most sincere thanks.

By: andy5527

andy5527 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Yeah, I realized my idiocy after I posted that *facepalm*.

I've had awful jobs before, too... although probably not as many. You have my sympathy.

Maybe my fellow test monkeys have different experiences, but when I hit "post" it spins its wheels for a while and doesn't show that it posts it, so I have to open the same page in another tab to verify that it actually posted. But that's GOT to be the comment structure that you seem to have outsourced, so that may be a step to far to try to fix for the time being.

Now I'm going to have to check and see if the new page looks good on my Wii ^_^.

By: andy5527

andy5527 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Joystiq comic competitions. They often get nominated when they're about video games. Might have been the portal one >.>

By: andy5527

andy5527 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

yeah. PA has games covered, but what about my broader geek-lifestyle needs? PA dominated at first…. but that was before the podcasts. Now this site has not only become my primary webcomic, but also my main comedy venue in general. I tell everyone about this site because I want them to be in on these jokes… I mean…er… I tell everyone about this site because I want to be Joel's favorite! LOVE ME! I NEED LOVE!

By: mysterioust5403

mysterioust5403 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Woah I just realized that rerun was on this comment list (along with yours truly) I was just wondering will Rog be on there soon?

By: mysterioust5403

mysterioust5403 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Can I donate cookies to you?

By: john_darc6624

john_darc6624 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

that's gay porn money right there. that's good money.

By: iptydafu

iptydafu — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

Dude, you ain't joking. I'm wondering how I'm gonna' get my rick rolling now? But it was this or NPR.

By: sean5359

sean5359 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

The full version is generally referred to as "The Irish Blessing". Figures a guy named Sean would post it.

May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
and the rain fall gently on your fields
And until we meet again
May the Lord hold you gently
In the palm of His hand.

By: sean5359

sean5359 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:51 +0000

You get 10 free tokens with your Grand Slam breakfast

By: azzfro7958

azzfro7958 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Boooya, the first to comment. As I watched this site completely change over the last hour or so, *franticly hits the refresh*, I knew that there had to be some epic life changing event behind it. May I be the first so say “best layoff ever”!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Congrats on dedicating yourself to your craft! I too know what it its like to put yourself out to the world and hope that they approve (check out my site for more info). I've loved your comics for months and your podcast for the week that I've known about it and want to help keep you afloat (as I'm sure many of your fans do). Put the store back up quickly so that I can buy a shirt! And add a donate button. And what job did you get laid off from? I know that you're trying to keep some aspects of your life private, but damnit, we the people of the internets demand answers!

By: lee_bretsch5377

lee_bretsch5377 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Here Here! Har Har! I'm going to through a link on wheelchairromeo.com for you today. I've been meaning to for a while, but today seems like a pretty good day to do it!

By: lee_bretsch5377

lee_bretsch5377 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

i mean…"put" a link. It's before 8, alright?! WACKY TIME

By: Kirsti

Kirsti — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

I love the new design! And congratulations at making a go at this for your #1 way of making a living. I know you'll do splendidly.

By: rerun7088

rerun7088 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Oh god. Incredible work Joel man. You win. I hadn't looked at HI in a day or so as well so as soon as I discovered it I had, what one could only describe as, an eyegasm. Anyway I made you a video to commemorate this most wonderful of site benchmarks – I hope you like the bit about Eli, it took me ages to do- enjoy…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xExnphgaeEg

By: hightower775529

hightower775529 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Good luck Joel, and if it all doesn't work out, we will glady welcome you back into the Matrix. Er, I mean the fold.

By: doug5364

doug5364 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Like the site redesign (enjoying the subtle argyle pattern over there -->)

"Hijinks Ensue: Now 150% More Hijinksy!" (Yay, 3 comics a week!)

"Balls, I say to Internet Explorer" Indeed. Do people still use PCs? Why???

Best of luck, very much so, to you in your new endeavors!

By: demiakumu7096

demiakumu7096 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

as a fellow unemployed artist, I wish you the best, give em hell, or at least an awesome comic!

By: sarcastodon

sarcastodon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Site looks great! I look forward to more updates! I imagine this time must be both inspiring and scary for you – here's to you making your own path.

By: histumness

histumness — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Since I found this comic a few weeks ago, it has quickly become a contender for my favorite webcomic (I won't tell you what the other is, but it rhymes with "Denny Arcade"). I look forward to supporting you in any way I can, but preferably in the form of buying some t-shirts in your store once it's up.

By: Kaj

Kaj — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

I'm rooting for you! Live the dream, no matter what that stuffy architect wants to say about it!

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Not that I'd ever give up visiting the site (especially with the nice new design), but you might consider throwing a smalish ad or two on the RSS feed – not sure what income that produces, but several of my feeds have them and I suspect that every little bit helps… Good luck with the experiment!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

The image for this comic shows as broken over the feedburner feed in firefox for me. Wonder why that could be.

Also, I am not seeing an obvious way to find the first comic you posted here, and catch up on everything in your archives. I will keep looking. Sigh.

By: ogm6342

ogm6342 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

LOL, the literal translation of face palm is awesome, it reminds me of the acid2 test.

BTW, the increase from 2 per week to 3 is awesome!

By: ogm6342

ogm6342 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Also, sorry to hear that you lost your job, hope it all works out well.

By: sean5359

sean5359 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

It takes a lot of courage and faith in yourself to take a real shot at what you love doing. If your previous HE work has all been part-time, I can't wait to see what comes next!! Good luck, and figure out a way of doing that whole "exchanging money for goods and services" thing, OK?

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Good luck trying to live as a cartoonist, and god speed you fancy bastard.

Only fagg0rs and grandmothers use internet explorer.

By: sean5359

sean5359 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Oh, and I always loved the saying "may the road rise to meet you on your journey". I think it certainly fits here.

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Congrats Joel! As a fellow 'got let go, hey I'm gonna stay home and make a living doing ' guy I wish you all the luck in the world. Won't be easy but hang in there – it will be worth it!

By: Sumit

Sumit — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Wow. Apparently the comment don't show up at all at work. I have to route through the proxy in my apartment. I was wondering why all the comment fields were missing.

The new layout is kinda..wide. I don't normally keep my browser over 1000 pixels because there is other stuff I want to see on my screen. I just need a higher resolution monitor really since everyone expects you to keep a full screen browser these days. My buddies in the cube next to me used fixed width and I always use variable. (you can see examples in the portfolio in the blog URL) It's like the damn vi / emacs wars. Fixed is easier I will say. Variable is a pain in the ass and I know all about those damn IE/Firefox CSS issues.

In Linux I use ie4lin scripts to run all the versions of IE in wine. There is a Mac version too but it doesn't seem to work as well. And even in Linux it doesn't emulate everything, so I have to end up starting VM ware just to test my sites (or waiting until the next day when I'm at work)

Sorry about losing the job man. A lot of people have ended up living off their website merchandise including the Brothers Chap from HomeStarRunner, the guys from Red vs Blue, etc. You've got good content, the comics are funny. I've only listened to two of the pod casts (I started on podcast 02...dude the restaurant was a bad idea; couldn't hear a damn thing) and they're pretty damn funny.

BTW, about podcast 08, I went to college for computer science and learned a lot more than I would have out of books and even just experience. Still, there were people who graduated who knew dick. You get out of school what you put into school. My parents had a college fund so I didn't have any debt, but for graduate school I'm running close to $20k total. It doesn't seem worth it at times, but looking back I really did learn a lot. Then again my boss never graduated from college. Eh...it just depends I guess.

Good luck man. I'll be sure to buy a t-shirt..or..something. After you make 100 comics, you should get a book of them self published like Diesel Sweeties did..included some limited edition stuff. Oh oh oh...you need action figures. Dude I would so buy some over-priced action and/or inaction figures!

By: larnsturt6109

larnsturt6109 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Welcome to the world of sink of swim freelancing. Don't worry, you're in a nice sort of whirlpool. Much luck to you, sir.

The site does indeed look good. I generally approve of argyle in nearly every form.

By: andy5527

andy5527 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Suggestion!

If you're going to be blogging more, it might be a good idea to separate blog posts from comic posts, not unlike the xkcd "blag". Whether or not you want to lump the video posts in with that or not would be up to you, and would probably depend on your "vision" for the content of the videos. It would just be nice to be able to separate delicious and juicy comic posts from textier bloggier posts. Just like you separate desert from the rest of the meal. Also, I can't see "blag" without hearing it Howard Dean style: "BLEEEAAAARRRG!"

Hope the lay-off wasn't traumatic, but they always are. I hope you look back on it as freeing you to do say and think the things you always wanted to. Now that you're no longer with %BUSINESS NAME%, could you tell us what sort of work you were doing for them? Without burning a bridge.... If you're not private about it, that is.

I'm looking forward to new and delicious video posts.

Maybe make sure the site works consistenly with Opera, as well? I love the UI on it (mouse gestures ftw!) but sometimes have trouble posting my comments on the site.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Oh, Joel! I have a feeling this will be good.

And, you're actually in good company! A lot of people I know are being fired or quitting their day jobs to pursue freelance or home-based businesses, so you're in good company! I've been living entirely off my freelancing work since college, so if I can do it, I'll bet you can too.

You're a clever guy. If you can make this work for you, that'd be a huge success. Even if it doesn't work, it takes a certain amount of courage and strength of character to even attempt it. Just make sure you're always moving forward, innovating, and for goodness' sake get an accountant!

By: aaron6928

aaron6928 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Good luck Joel. I'll support the site in any way I can. Hope this works out for you.

By: denise6217

denise6217 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Viva La Revolucion!

By: Firefly99

Firefly99 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Congrats on going full time! Sorry about the job. I just discovered HE 3 days ago, and I've spent those 3 days catching up on what I've missed. Can't wait to see what will result from your new-found free time!

By: john_darc6624

john_darc6624 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

i'll be wary for you in your stead, Joel. but it can be done! plenty of internet peeps do it.

By: bobo_t_bagg7852

bobo_t_bagg7852 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Joel-

First of all, good luck! I visit your site almost every day and think your podcast is hilarious. Keep up the good work! I will continue spreading the word for your site. :-) I also am contemplating jumping ship from the workforce and working for myself, so I understand how fucking scary it is. I feel your pain about IE. I've uttered the phrase "Fuck Internet Explorer! Fuck it in the ass!" on more than one occasion. The last frame of the comic made me bust out laughing. Thanks for all the lol-ies!

Godspeed you fancy bastard...

Chris

By: aj5558

aj5558 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Speaking of Internet Exploder, I found myself having to download FF to be able to leave a comment on here (I'm on my work computer).

I'm really excited for you Joel! I wish you best of luck and I wish you lots of win and prosperity!

By: aj5558

aj5558 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

PS: I get more HE win per week?!! AWESOME!!

and PPS: Hehehe... "Balls" is my preferred interjection to express exasperation as well :p

By: mysterioust5403

mysterioust5403 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

It's kinda like watching a child grow up right in front of you. I dig the new look bye the way.

By: mikey5538

mikey5538 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

I KNEW ARGYLE WAS THE WAY TO GO. BOOOOSH

By: melkor5789

melkor5789 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

The first new shirt you have to make: "It's candy mountain rambo" with a strange unicorn rambo hybrid thing with it
Glad to hear your trying 3 pages a week, that will be great, and my thanks to your friend, the new layout is awsome

Hope everything works out for you!

By: Wadmaasi

Wadmaasi — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

I still get problems when trying to use OpenID through Yahoo.

By: Wadmaasi

Wadmaasi — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

That was needlessly blunt.

What I had typed up, before the OpenID shenannigans ate my original post, is kudos to you. Both times I lost my job I spent the next 6 months playing some iteration of MechWarrior4 instead of being productive or dream-chasing.

By: azzfro7958

azzfro7958 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

The Argyle is definitely creamy eye goodness. Mikey, if you are indeed the person responsible, I owe you a smallish Banana Sticker.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

"best layoff ever" is a great way to look at this and its the perspective im trying to keep.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Jeff, Thanks for the support. The store and a new donations/rewards program will be launching this week.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Thanks Lee! Ill be supplying you guys with some fancy link banners this week.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Oh, and I was in sales for a web design firm here in Dallas. About as far removed from what I want to be doing with my life as you can get.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Kirsti, If everyone feels the same as you, I dont see how I can fail. Thank you.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

How did you get Rick Astley to agree to be in your video? I hope it wasnt expensive.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

I think Ill stay in Zion for now. Theres a sweaty rave this weekend.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

Doug. I really do appreciate the support. I will try not to dissapoint. ARGYLE FTW!

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

I likes my websites like I likes my socks.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:35:50 +0000

I DO COCAAAAIIINNEEE!

By: cappybara

cappybara — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:11:30 +0000

They should go ahead and outlaw IE already.

Sometimes when I want a good laugh I run IE through the Acid2 test. Teehee.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:36:10 +0000

hahaha i just noticed their heads are not attached, hahaha

By: Kiwi

Kiwi — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:32:55 +0000

Haha that rememeber me a friend who hates to fix IE6 problems in his css lol

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