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1. 15 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   And, IIRC, Steve Dallas was born wearing Ray-Bans.

2. about 1 month ago on The Duplex

   If anyone needs an upgraded earworm… many years ago ago, someone rewrote “Itsy-Bitsy Spider” to the tune of “The Mary Ellen Carter” by Stan Rogers. It’s out there on the ’Net.

3. about 1 month ago on Over the Hedge

   Because Quetzalcoatl was already taken?

4. about 2 months ago on Monty

   A Data General minicomputer, featuring a 16-bit CPU made of TTL chips. I don’t recall mung beans being an option, though. Core memory, disk drives, tape drives, serial ports, but no mung beans.

5. 2 months ago on The Duplex

   Standard height is around waist level to a normal human. That one is way up at Eno’s shoulder level. If it were mounted at standard-for-normal-humans height, he’d have to reach way up like a little kid. This must be an accommodation for the way he’s drawn.

6. 2 months ago on The Duplex

   If the dog is old enough to drink beer, he’s old enough to vote!

7. 3 months ago on The Duplex

   Hm. Should switch to a virtual TTY console. (Tries it.) Yes, but those consoles seem to be disabled on this machine. (Hits button on KVM switch.) On the other machine, it gets me a login prompt as expected.

8. 3 months ago on Basic Instructions

   Brings to mind Steve Macdonald’s song “I Just Love Those Old B-Movies” – complete with the female of the species Just Not Getting It.

9. 4 months ago on Monty

   There have been various explanations offered – Spinnyverse, IIRC, holds that the extra surface area is needed for cooling.

10. 4 months ago on Wizard of Id

    I had to peer closely at the writing; at first glance that last word looked like SID, or perhaps SIÞ.