Git commits are like gremlins. Don’t feed them after midnight.

And now that I’ve painstakingly made this comic, yes. I then did see “that one xkcd“.

Thank you, Anime Expo!

If you came by the table this past weekend at Anime Expo, thank you. Flying across the country and meeting people who have read the comic is what inspired me, at midnight on a Monday night full of jet lag, to make a new comic.

Thank you for coming by the table and saying hello, whether you bought something or not. Thank you for coming to our Super Art Fight show. Thank you to those of you who come by— never mind, I made a video to say the things:

Purchase merchandise for morale to improve.

Use the coupon code “buttstuff” through Monday, 7/14 for a 10% discount on all things. Check out the new online store.

Innovative, revolutionary paradigm-shifting, dicking around on the Internet.

I made this comic during the keynote yesterady (before they’d really announced anything new) and I’m amazed how true it is. For all things. Ever. So I posted it on Tumblr just to get it out fast yesterday. Sometimes I post things on my Tumblr, btw.

So tell me, Systemics.  Are you an Apple fan-person? Do you care about all the new stuff? Ever? Never?

Every damn day.

The Kickstarter is still going. I could really use your help, I would love to get to $10k before it ends next friday. You want a book, right?

UPDATE: If you like the comic, vote for it on Slashdot! Link is here: http://slashdot.org/submission/1999817/common-answers-to-technology-problems

I’m sick of this happening every time I ask for help with a tech issue. I’m savvy enough to know to do the obvious stuff, and now there’s a way to get that across without saying “I’m not an idiot.” It’s called PUG:

• P: Powered Down
• U: Updated
• G: Googled for the Problem

Let’s start using it! IT pros, you’re with me. I know you deal with a lot of idiots, so take this as a chance to educate! Ask the next idiot who asks you a question, “did you PUG it?” Boom. Done. Right?

Oh, and yes. It’s a poster. It’s for sale for $10 plus shipping:

Did you know you could buy a print of this comic? In fact, all the comics?  Crazy!  Check out the new online store for The System, Hilariawesome.com!

In honor of today’s Apple keynote from WWDC, comes this comic about upgrading your technology and gadgets. NOTE: It was really hard to decide when to use the word “dammit”, since it fit so well into every panel.  Obviously, this one kinda picks up where the one about upgrading iPods leaves off.

Rosscott’s Law: The faster the computer, the faster something will go wrong.