The System 498: Infinibox

May 25th, 2011

I was going for a kind of “Ouroboros of inboxes” vibe with that third panel. Pretty happy with it actually!

For those feeling like they can relate, check out this other comic I did about Sisyphus. Or, for that matter, this one on THE EMAIL PROCESS. What can I say, I have an Existentialist streak in me sometimes, though lately I’m thinking Stoicism is more my jazz. Funny since I don’t know how many Stoics would really go to a Coltrane show…

So in other news, I’m going out of town! For the next two weeks, I will be out of the country visiting the UK. While I’m not going to any sort of desolate lands (except Wales) you can expect little to no interaction from me in the meantime. That doesn’t mean the site won’t be updating, as some very kind people have provided guest comics via a last-minute plea on The Twitters. I hope you enjoy them, but if you do or don’t, you can expect more comics from Rosscott as well as the epic 500th comic upon my return on June 9th (though per our update schedule, June 10th).

And while this might not be clear, ALL HILARIAWESOME.COM ORDERS BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 9th WILL NOT SHIP OR BE PROCESSED UNTIL MY RETURN. Feel free to order, but be aware that I can’t ship things while I’m gone, and this is, for the moment, a one-man operation.

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LimEJET

CarPAL tunnel, man, carPAL.
Rossmom

Have an excellent time!!! I think you definitely fall more into the Stoicism mode than the Existentialist.

Carpal tunnel definitely trumps hemorrhoids.

Hemorrhoids treatment options include:
Rubber band ligation; procedure where rubber bands are applied on the hemorrhoids (varicose veins) to cut off the blood supply to the veins, which results in death of the tissue, which falls off in approximately one week time"
Sclerotherapy is an injection of sclerosing agent such as phenol, directly into the hemorrhoids.
Cautery: "In this procedure the hemorrhoidal veins are burned and sealed using cautery."
Hemorrhoidectomy: It is excision or removal of hemorrhoids surgically.

Treatment options for carpal tunnel:
Immobilizing braces
Localized corticosteroid injections
Ultrasound treatment
Physiotherapy and occupational therapy
Medications: aspirin, ibuprofen

The best way to clear an Inbox, delete everything and when someone asks why you didn't answer their e-mail, "the computer crashed and I lost everything and somehow even my e-mail was lost."
Yuri

Have fun!

The text in the last two comics looks a little strange — like the smoothing and hinting settings were changed in the rendering. Aroo?

Be well sir!
- Jan
  
  Just my question as well. The text in last comic is affected, too.
  
  If I knew it better, I wouldn’t say Ross tried again to mock his visitors by replacing Helvetica Neue with a badly-hinted clone. Although there are already two Arial comics.
  - Rosscott
    
    It's put together the same way as all the others, no mockery this time. Illustrator just isn't perfect sometimes I guess? Either way, way to be on the lookout.
  - rosscott
    
    I fixed the issue! It's the anti-aliasing in Illustrator, was set to "Sharp" instead of "Crisp".
    - Jan
      
      Thanks for tracking it down and fixing all the affected comics!
Wizard

I feel like a Spelling Nazi here, but in the last panel you have 'carpel' instead of 'carpal'. Just thought you should know…

Oh, and I have no eye for detail whatsoever, so I can't tell the difference between the text in any of the panels.
- rosscott
  
  Fixed, thanks!

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