Just to show that we’re not just one-trick (or one-panel) ponies, it’s time for a multi-panel comic. This one was, I suppose, largely inspired by the many thousands of man-hours that are lost every day to allegedly “user friendly” applications.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For the past few years those folks over at Ubuntu have been running their “Free Culture Showcase” competition – with the winning submissions being used to fill some of the free space on the Ubuntu CDs and ISO images. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our most recent comic strip, Ubuntufied Flying Object, was also our submission to the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase. We decided to go with a Ubuntu-themed comic, with a bonus punchline of “Linux for human sentient beings”, based on the wordmark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It appears that our original “Ubuntufied Flying Object” comic has been translated into Spanish. We’re more than happy to have our comics translated – but it’s a shame that the translator only did half a job. We make the SVG[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We occasionally get asked how to go about finding the Easter Eggs in our files. Of course, to answer that question outright would be to miss the point of the Easter Eggs entirely, but we can always give you a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another year, another collection of dubious Christmas presents. Let’s see what we’ve got here… an MP3 player, an iPad. a USB cup warmer, a USB desk fan, a USB missile launcher and a Hello Kitty novelty USB hard drive. Perhaps[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was a time when computer hardware and boxed software came with manuals. Not a ‘Quick Start Guide’ or a ‘Getting Started Guide’, but a proper, thick, tree-destroying hulk of a manual. Finding software in a large box wasn’t simply[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
23rd June 2012 was the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, whose genius played a vital part in the wartime code-breaking efforts at Bletchley Park, and whose pioneering work on computers helped to lay the foundations for the technology[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve often thought that perhaps the delays and slowdowns that seem to plague so many computers are just the CPU’s way of getting revenge for the interminable delays that we make it sit through. If you buy a multi-core machine[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To most people computer technology usually advances in small steps — an increment from USB2 to USB3, an extra core or two in the processor, a few extra gigabytes of hard drive space. It’s only when we stop and think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thanks to volunteers from around the world, many of our comics are also available in other languages:
To read more about our translations click here.
If you are interested in becoming a translator, please email [email protected]
Our comics are released under a Creative Commons licence...
... which requires suitable attribution if you use them...
... and doesn't allow commercial use...
... and requires any derivative works to be released under the same licence.
This symbol indicates an SVG file that you can download and use under this licence
