07.16.2010 - Terrence Marks:
So what have we been up to lately? Well, we've been busy, mainly with non-comic stuff. As you see, the site update bar got a bit of a makeover. I'm going to be doing a bit more of that, time-permitting, as well as adding new features.

I owe you an Anime Expo con report. I will tell you that the highlight was getting to meet Jamie Haram who draws the excellent comic Picatrix (which you should go read. I mean, our comic won't be up tonight, so that should free up some time for you). I've been busy at work lately; the good news is that my team got special training. The bad news is that I had to come in seven hours early for it, which means that our personal schedules have been shaken about. We're working on getting things back to normal now, but it's slowed us down a bit.

07.09.2010 - Terrence Marks:
You'll notice that comics have been late once or twice this week. We are, as always, sorry about the delays. We've got a bit of personal turbulence going on right now. Nothing major. Nothing interesting enough to warrant explaining. We're just a bit shaken up at the moment. So if you could just return to your seats and fasten your safety belts, we expect to be back in smooth air tomorrow night. Thank you for flying ND Unlimited.

07.01.2010 - Terrence Marks:
Firstly, we made the donation goal. July will have the full update schedule.

Secondly, you'll see the comics are in greyscale. I'm sorry about that. I was called in for a family computer emergency and it ended up taking four hours to get everything sorted out. We've got an early day tomorrow, as well. We will get these colored, just not tonight.

Thirdly, you can see that sites got a bit of a redesign - we've replaced the update announcement with a nice chart labelled "our schedule" you'll see in the upper right. It's a work in progress and I value your feedback.

Fourthly, we've got pages on Facebook for Namir Deiter, You Say it First, and ND Unlimited. We need to get those integrated soon, but for now, you can join and totally be a part of the "I read all the way to the bottom of the news" club.

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06.25.2010 - Terrence Marks:
So, what have I been up to? Plenty, but I'm too busy to really sit back and reflect upon it.

I helped Misty and Bombur get the new Coming Up Violet site up (yes, that was one of my Secret Projects).

I'm writing Brent: Agent of B.U.R.R. over on NamirDeiter.net. We've got a short preview up here.

There were some issues with the RSS feed showing things late and/or twice. I've made some changes that hopefully should fix that. If you have this issue for Thursday's comics or later, let me know which RSS reader you're using.

Been playing Super Mario RPG, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, and Pokemon Pearl (the Battle Tower is the best thing I've got for playing while you're on a treadmill)

Watched The Magnificent Seven the other day. Seven Samurai is, by far, a better movie. I understand most of the changes they made to it: the Japanese caste system doesn't really translate to the Wild West. Some plots had to be cut because of length. And they couldn't get Toshiro Mifune. His character really makes the original movie, and his American counterpart isn't as vibrant or as pivotal. But then again, The Magnificent Seven has Yul Brynner. Now, if you're my age or younger, Yul Brynner is just a punchline to bald jokes - when I saw that he was playing the leader of The Seven, I said to Isabel, "At least he won't have to shave his head"*. But if this movie came out in 1985 instead of 1960, the Internet would be full of Yul Brynner facts instead of Chuck Norris facts.

*: Which, if you've seen both movies, is hilarious. Trust me.