Comic Transcripts

[[A shady-looking computer repair technician is investigating a bluescreened computer, while a confused user looks on.]]
Technician: Well, HERE’S your problem. Your Windows mainframe hasn’t been updated in so long, you’re starting to see a lot of FIREWIRE around the modem pins.

User: Is that… bad?
Technician: It’s pretty serious. Your dongle’s totally rebooted. Might need to reblog it in a tumblr.
Technician: I can try redditing your drive disks. Were you backing up your processor?

User: I’m… not sure… someone always took care of that for us.
Technician: Problem is, we’re on Web 2.0 now, and you’re still running 1.6. Have been for some time.
Technician: 1.6!!

User: Is that not good?
Technician: Well, in layman’s terms, you’ve heard of cookies? YOURS have gone HARD.
Technician: Don’t really work as SOFTWARE anymore, heh heh heh
User: Uh, HA HA HA

Technician: I may need to defragment the whole disqus, and THAT unfortunately ain’t cheap.
Technician: You really need to be changing the spam filter every 3,000 pagviews. Yours is FULL of webcrawlers.

[[A coupon for “Snake Coil Computer Maintenance” is displayed, with the motto “WE find the problems the competition hasn’t even HEARD of”. The coupon is good for “20% off any rebuilt startup accelerator”.]]

{{header: fix up your WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Take this thing back to Gateway, and you’re talkin at least four grand for them to bleed the cache. Me, I’d do it for ya for twenty five hunnerd}}

#1117; The Computer Mechanic transcribed by in

[[A shady-looking computer repair technician is investigating a bluescreened computer, while a confused user looks on.]]
Technician: Well, HERE’S your problem. Your Windows mainframe hasn’t been updated in so long, you’re starting to see a lot of FIREWIRE around the modem pins.

User: Is that… bad?
Technician: It’s pretty serious. Your dongle’s totally rebooted. Might need to reblog it in a tumblr.
Technician: I can try redditing your drive disks. Were you backing up your processor?

User: I’m… not sure… someone always took care of that for us.
Technician: Problem is, we’re on Web 2.0 now, and you’re still running 1.6. Have been for some time.
Technician: 1.6!!

User: Is that not good?
Technician: Well, in layman’s terms, you’ve heard of cookies? YOURS have gone HARD.
Technician: Don’t really work as SOFTWARE anymore, heh heh heh
User: Uh, HA HA HA

Technician: I may need to defragment the whole disqus, and THAT unfortunately ain’t cheap.
Technician: You really need to be changing the spam filter every 3,000 pagviews. Yours is FULL of webcrawlers.

[[A coupon for “Snake Coil Computer Maintenance” is displayed, with the motto “WE find the problems the competition hasn’t even HEARD of”. The coupon is good for “20% off any rebuilt startup accelerator”.]]

{{header: fix up your WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Take this thing back to Gateway, and you’re talkin at least four grand for them to bleed the cache. Me, I’d do it for ya for twenty five hunnerd}}

#1117; The Computer Mechanic transcribed by in

[[A shady-looking computer repair technician is investigating a bluescreened computer, while a confused user looks on.]]
Technician: Well, HERE'S your problem. Your Windows mainframe hasn't been updated in so long, you're starting to see a lot of FIREWIRE around the modem pins.

User: Is that... bad?
Technician: It's pretty serious. Your dongle's totally rebooted. Might need to reblog it in a tumblr.
Technician: I can try redditing your drive disks. Were you backing up your processor?

User: I'm... not sure... someone always took care of that for us.
Technician: Problem is, we're on Web 2.0 now, and you're still running 1.6. Have been for some time.
Technician: 1.6!!

User: Is that not good?
Technician: Well, in layman's terms, you've heard of cookies? YOURS have gone HARD.
Technician: Don't really work as SOFTWARE anymore, heh heh heh
User: Uh, HA HA HA

Technician: I may need to defragment the whole disqus, and THAT unfortunately ain't cheap.
Technician: You really need to be changing the spam filter every 3,000 pagviews. Yours is FULL of webcrawlers.

[[A coupon for "Snake Coil Computer Maintenance" is displayed, with the motto "WE find the problems the competition hasn't even HEARD of". The coupon is good for "20% off any rebuilt startup accelerator".]]

{{header: fix up your WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Take this thing back to Gateway, and you're talkin at least four grand for them to bleed the cache. Me, I'd do it for ya for twenty five hunnerd}}

Take this thing back to Gateway, and you're talkin at least four grand for them to bleed the cache. Me, I'd do it for ya for twenty five hunnerd

Thanks to Sara McHenry for “Snake Coil”! Also:

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Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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