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Lately, I've been reading a lot of online jokes that I bumped into this old and stagnant website which featured a funny comic strip entitled Hackles. The main character named Hackles is a dog programmer who is clearly into Linux and open source. He is joined by two tux-looking penguins, a web-developer cat, and some other cool characters. If you are a pure-blooded geek, you will surely enjoy Hackles as it is filled with humor about hacking/programming, Unix/Linux, and just about anything that's related to computers.
Let me share to you some of my favorite Hackles issues from the comic archives. Enjoy! (Click on the images to enlarge)
* The penguins give the office network a Lord of the Ring theme
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* Programming: Art vs. Science
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* Hackles wrestles with his Linux setup
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* Microsoft's latest fiasco
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* Every coder has a favorite neon-yellow caffeine drink
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* New computers for everyone! Percy and Pete come up with host names
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* The new iMac identity crisis
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* What is the best search engine?
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* Hazel finds a stumbling block in UNIX
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* Katrina gets Slashdotted
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Visit hackles.org for more.
I hope Hackles and the gang will be back someday as they sure know how to make a geek laugh.
Hackles is my favourite comic strip for ever and ever.
ReplyDeleteI've been crying since Hackles freezed.
Thanks a lot for this one. I didn't know there exists a comic strip like Hackles. It sure is still funny even though it's kind of old.
ReplyDeleteWhy did it stop :'( I have already read all the strips 3-4 times... It just rocks...
ReplyDeleteThe couple who did hackles together broke up... and didn't want to keep doing the strip together.
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