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  • From: Jonathan Ah Kit <ahkitj AT greta.electric.gen.nz>
  • To: Doctor Fun website changes list <dr-fun-changes AT lists.electric.gen.nz>
  • Subject: [dr-fun-changes] http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ has changed.
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:01:06 +1300

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>
> Visit ibiblio
> Welcome to the Doctor Fun Page
>
> Welcome to The Doctor Fun Page
> _________________________________________________________
>
> Doctor Fun is on an extended break until February 2004.
>
> There is some new stuff from 1990 on the old stuff page.
>
> Browse Doctor Fun cartoons and logos all the way back to 1993
> in The Doctor Fun Archive.
> Some cartoons other readers liked, Never been here before?
> Search Doctor Fun Captions: Mark Plaga's Doctor Fun Search
> Page, Jack Leblond's Doctor Fun Search Page
> Random Doctor Fun?
> Doctor Fun Mirrors: Australia, Austria, Germany, Great
> Britain, New Zealand, Sweden, United States
> Credits for Mirrors
> Philip Newton's Doctor Fun RSS feed: Get the last 15 Doctor
> Fun cartoons through RSS.
> If you are a programmer-type person, you can get Doctor Fun
> and zillions of other comics with Netcomics.
> Nicholas Barnard's Mailing Lists: Latest Doctor Fun, Latest
> Logo
> Find out when these pages update, with Jonathan Ah Kit's
> Doctor Fun Website Changes List.
> Some Old Week of Doctor Fun, Mostafa Eldefrawy's Toonogram,
> Doctor Fun Segmation
> Lots of old, pre-Internet Doctor Fun stuff, including Science
> Fair, and other interesting things. Readers often pick this
> one.
> The slightly-out-of-date Doctor Fun FAQ, News about the Doctor
> Fun book
> _________________________________________________________
>
> News
>
> January 5 - 50 more cartoons from 1990 have suddenly appeared
> on the collections page!
>
> December 20 - alas, I have not had time to update the logo,
> and the computer I use to draw is packed up. I will fix this
> before Christmas. And the long break starts this week. New
> Doctor Funs will begin again February 2, 2004. In the
> meantime, there will be sporadic updates with more cartoons
> from 1990, starting with 50 more right now. Have a nice
> Christmas, or holiday of your choice.
>
> December 15 - sorry the logo is late - there will be a new one
> before I start the break.
>
> December 8 - we're back. No time to fix the logo yet, though.
> There is a good chance there will be an extended break
> starting Christmas week. I have been working on Doctor Fun
> week-by-week instead of working ahead a couple weeks. While
> this kind of working on a deadline is fun for awhile, it gets
> tedious, and tedious equals bad cartoons. I will probably take
> the month of January to work ahead so I'm a couple weeks out
> starting again February, which will be good for all involved.
> For those late to the party, Doctor Fun stops when the archive
> counter gets up to 520 weeks, meaning ten full years. It
> doesn't matter how many actual years it takes to get there.
> We're now at week 433, so it will be awhile yet, but not
> forever.
>
> More news...
> _________________________________________________________
>
> Info
>
> Welcome to the all new spiffed-up and friendlier Doctor Fun
> page! I've thought for awhile that most of the people who
> visit this page are first-time visitors, and return customers
> just go for the goods. New visitors poke around, get confused
> and angry, and then leave and never come back. Not if I can
> help it. Welcome, friend! This all new extra-friendly and
> improved Doctor Fun page is just for you!
>
> What's that picture at the top of the page, is that the
> cartoon?
>
> No, that's the logo - we'll get to that later. It's just a
> pretty picture to look at.
>
> What the [DEL: fu :DEL] heck is Doctor Fun?
>
> Doctor Fun is a cartoon. Not all Doctor Funs may be suitable
> for children and some childlike adults. There's a new Doctor
> Fun every weekday. Doctor Fun is hosted by ibiblio, the
> public's library and digital archive, at the University of
> North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Doctor Fun first appeared on the
> Internet in 1993, and has been at ibiblio (ibiblio has had
> other names, including SunSITE and Metalab) since 1994. What
> Doctor Fun is, for the literal-minded, is a 640 x 480 pixel
> 24-bit color JPEG file. Doctor Fun has the dubious distinction
> of being the first web cartoon. Doctor Fun was not, however,
> the first cartoon on the Internet.
>
> I still don't get it. Why do they let you ...? You're not ...?
> But ...?
>
> Never you mind. Look - there's no reason for Doctor Fun to
> even exist, but here it is.
>
> Thanks! Now that I know all that, I want to read the latest
> Doctor Fun cartoon!
>
> Here is the latest cartoon. If you'd like to always link to
> the latest Doctor Fun, you can use this link:
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/latest.jpg
>
> You can get a little thumbnail of (only the artwork) the
> latest cartoon, too.
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/thumb.jpg
>
> That cartoon sucked.
>
> That wasn't really a question, was it? If you didn't
> particularly like whatever the latest Doctor Fun cartoon
> happened to be, perhaps you are still Doctor Fun-curious and
> would like to see some Doctor Funs that other people seem to
> like a lot. Here's a mix of cartoons that other people,
> perhaps like you, seemed to enjoy. These cartoons actually got
> some hits, or I actually got some e-mail about them, or both.
> * Here's the one about Barney.
> * Here's the one about beavers.
> * Here's the one about gerbils.
> * Here's the one about tribbles.
> * Here's the one about wasabi.
> * Here's the one about vasectomies.
> * Here's the one about Clusenix.
> * Here's the one about Usenet.
> * Here's the one about Don Knuth.
> * Here's the one about The Incredible Hulk.
>
> Those cartoons all suck, but continue with your feeble efforts
> to entertain. Show me some more.
>
> Now, then - those are not necessarily my favorites, either. So
> I went through each year and picked out some that I thought
> were either particularly funny, or particularly well-drawn. A
> few I thought were both funny and well-drawn.
> * Here's the one about the donuts.
> * Here's the one about Godzilla.
> * Here's the one about the chickens.
> * Here's the one about the human cannonball.
> * Here's the one about Mr. Spock.
> * Here's the one about the sperm.
> * Here's the one about the protozoa.
> * Here's the one about the blow-up doll.
> * Pick this one!
> * Here's the one about the squirrel.
> * Here's the one about the ice cream cones.
> * Here's the one about the pinatas.
> * Here's the one about the deathray.
> * Here's the one about the elephants.
> * Here's the one about tomatillos.
> * Here's the one about watering the plants.
> * Here's the one about the tapeworms.
> * Here's the one about the Zamboni.
> * Here's the one about the operating room.
> * Here's the one about the goldfish.
> * Here's another one about squirrels.
> * Here's the one about Gumby.
> * Here's the one about Santa.
> * Here's another one about chickens.
> * Here's the one about Mr. Potato Head.
> * Here's the one about the weasels.
> * Here's the one about the Titanic.
> * Here's the one about the Muppets.
> * Here's the one about the pickles.
> * Here's the one about Vlad the Impaler.
> * Here's the one about carrots.
> * Here's the one about Rear Window.
> * Here's the one about the fleas.
> * Here's the one about the Enchanted Forest.
> * Here's the one about Steely Dan.
> * Here's the one about the Amish.
> * Here's the one about noses.
> * Here's the one about Mister Clean.
> * Here's the one about Harry Potter.
> * Here's the one about the chipmunk.
> * Here's the one about the polar bear.
> * Here's the one about Ultraman.
>
> Back to the top
>
> These are the cartoons with just the right balance of
> 30-something sophistication and juvenile humor that I've been
> searching for! Thank you, Mr. Cartoon Drawing Man! Where can I
> read more?
>
> Still not satisfied? Why not visit the Doctor Fun Archive,
> where you can browse all the old cartoons? Or Doctor Fun's
> Special Cartoons Unit, where you can browse stuff that's even
> older than Doctor Fun?
>
> However shall I peruse only this week's Doctor Fun cartoons?
>
> You can also see all the cartoons to date for the latest week.
> If you want to link to this page, it is always:
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/this-week.html
>
> In a shameless attempt to increase traffic, I'm introducing a
> new, and perhaps temporary, feature called "Some Old Week of
> Doctor Fun Cartoons". It changes every day. Link to it at:
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/old-week.html
>
> What's the deal with the logo? I don't understand the
> relationship between the unchanging dog-like character in the
> Doctor Fun logo, and the actual cartoon, and stuff I don't
> understand makes me mad.
>
> There is also a Doctor Fun logo, which should be at the top of
> this page unless I screwed the link up, in which case there is
> an "error". The little guy in the logo is Doctor Fun, but he
> doesn't actually appear in the cartoons. We won't ever be able
> to sell any cute little Doctor Fun beanie dolls or big ugly
> Doctor Fun blow-up dolls unless there's some kind of cute
> little mascot, and that's the best I could come up with. (To
> date there haven't actually been any Doctor Fun dolls of any
> size at all.) There is a larger version of the logo available,
> than the one that appears on this page. Nobody ever clicks on
> it, but here it is anyway.
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/logo.jpg
>
> You can get the smaller version, too.
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/logo-small.jpg
>
> And a thumbnail.
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/thumbl.jpg
>
> It would be nice if I could search the Doctor Fun captions.
> Tell me I can search the Doctor Fun captions.
>
> Oh, yes, you can search the Doctor Fun captions two different
> ways:
>
> Jack Leblond at Net Smart Incorporated, and Support Your
> Troops has kindly provided a mirror for Doctor Fun in the form
> of a search engine. You can also get a random Doctor Fun
> cartoon at Jack's page. Have fun.
>
> Mark Plaga has created another Doctor Fun search page. Mark's
> page will display a slide show of cartoons after you make your
> search. Have more fun.
>
> It would be great if I could search more than the captions.
>
> Yes, it would be great, but none of that is available and it's
> entirely my fault.
>
> Electronic postcards are so popular with the young people
> these days. Can I send a Doctor Fun electronic postcard to
> some teenage girls I met on IRC?
>
> You can send a smaller version of a selected number of Doctor
> Fun cartoons as an electronic postcard at Toonogram, sponsored
> by Cyber Loft.
>
> Toonogram was provided courtesy of Mostafa Eldefrawy, who did
> all of the work. Mostafa was also kind enough to give me the
> code to turn any Doctor Fun into a Toonogram, which I will do
> someday.
>
> I should wish to receive Doctor Fun cartoons as missives in my
> "electronic mail". Is there perchance a Doctor Fun mailing
> list?
>
> You can receive the latest Doctor Fun cartoon in your e-mail
> by joining Nicholas Barnard's Doctor Fun Mailing List.
>
> I'm far away. Not close up. Is there a Doctor Fun site closer
> to me?
>
> These Doctor Fun mirrors might be closer to you than ibiblio.
> This list is new and improved because the cartoons on these
> sites actually update. There used to be more mirrors. If you
> know of a mirror that isn't on this list, or want to be a
> mirror, drop me a line.
> * Australia - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page
> from Australian Cybermalls. (Their page only updates the
> latest cartoons, and looks different than this page.)
> * Austria - Today's Doctor Fun and browse the Doctor Fun
> files from the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna,
> Austria.
> * Germany - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page from
> Dr. Bernhard L. Winkler's WWW-Mirror at the University of
> Bayreuth, Germany.
> * Great Britain - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page
> from Manchester.
> * New Zealand - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page
> from Nick Kean in New Zealand.
> * Sweden - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page from
> SUNET.
> * United States - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page
> from the ibiblio mirror at Yale Medical School.
>
> Back to the top
>
> We're a group of former Enron billionaires trying to spend our
> now-worthless stock options on foolish purchases. Where can we
> buy Doctor Fun stuff?
>
> Nowhere that that I know of, but if you keep asking for stuff,
> sometimes stuff appears.
>
> Are you soliciting ideas for Doctor Fun?
>
> No, I am not soliciting ideas for Doctor Fun.
>
> But, I've got an idea..
>
> No.
>
> Is Doctor Fun Copyright (c) 2003 David Farley?
>
> Yes. Feel free to link to Doctor Fun, send it to your friends,
> send it to your enemies, print it out and use it for toilet
> paper (use the glossy photo paper so you clog the toilet real
> good) or tape it to your door. But anything beyond personal
> use I'd appreciate it if you'd contact me. You can use all
> those file names that never change to always link to the
> latest cartoon, the latest logo, the latest thumbnails, the
> latest week, and that. Thanks.
>
> Some of those e-mail addresses on the old cartoons don't work.
> That's a puzzler.
>
> Yes. tezcat.com, for instance, is out of business. This is the
> correct address:
>
> d-farley AT ibiblio.org
>
> More! More! I want to know more!
>
> Quick - before you wet your pants, read the tedious and
> exhaustive Doctor Fun FAQ.
>
> Thanks for reading Doctor Fun! David
>
> Back to the top
> _________________________________________________________
>
>
> These pages maintained, and contents copyrighted, by David
> Farley, d-farley AT ibiblio.org
>
> Back to the top





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