by Rob Cottingham | Sep 23, 2009 | Cartoons, Social Signal
When I was a young ‘un still trying to wrap my mind around personal computers, modems, desktop publishing and stuff, I had only a few trusted sources to turn to: my very few friends who shared my interest… whatever I could glean at 300 baud from Ottawa’s various computer bulletin boards… and magazines.
Two magazines in particular gave me the education I was looking for: PC Magazine and PC World. For me, neither übergeek or total n00b, they were the holders of the keys to the tech kingdom of the mid-to-late 1980s and early 90s.
So I’m especially delighted that, all day today, PC World’s web site has as its lead feature “a dozen of the best tech-related cartoons the Web has to offer“… and among those exalted 12, you’ll find Noise to Signal.
Head on over – and check out the other 11 cartoons as well, along with editor JR Raphael’s lively commentary. (Want to read more JR Raphael? Then head to his site eSarcasm – billed, wisely, as “not for the easily offended”.)
by Rob Cottingham | Feb 6, 2008 | Vancouver
Okay, is it just me? Or is tomorrow’s high a little, ah, out of line for Vancouver… February or no February? At least it’ll be sunny. (From the CBC News web site.) by Rob Cottingham | Mar 25, 2007 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn
If you’re a parent with kids under, oh, ten or so, then Saturday Night Live has just delivered the vengeance you’ve been waiting for on Dora the Explorer. Animated at a gorgeous three frames an hour, written by stunned gerbils and voiced by telemarketers... by Rob Cottingham | Jan 20, 2007 | Second Life, Technology
Darren Barefoot’s done it again: a hilarious one-page send-up. The target this time is Second Life. And yet something about it strikes me as poignant. Maybe it’s the number of people out there who aren’t exploring their first lives with any sense of... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 15, 2006 | Comedy
If The Onion focused exclusively on lesbian and gay material, it would be FakeGayNews.com. Enjoy. Updated: Lead story contains a major spoiler for The L-Word. Tsk, tsk.
