index of stories:

  1. 1996
    1. The Beginning
      1. Alex is at a Loss for Words
      2. MegaSoft Suffers Cruelly From Unscrupulous Villians
      3. A Witty Punchline, With Foreshadowing
      4. Stop Paying Attention, Just Listen To My Voice
    2. Guttenberg's Dillemma
      1. MegaSoft, Marketing and You
      2. Apples and Oranges Defined
    3. The Perils of the Internet
    4. Worst-case Scenario
      1. Help Desk Mission Control
      2. The Boss
    5. Alex Gets Promoted
      1. It Works!
      2. How To Get Free Software
      3. Software Stress Testing
    6. Alex Explains Software Licensing
      1. The Obvious, Illuminated
      2. Minor Details
      3. 73 Differences
  2. 1997
    1. A Rose By Any Other Name
    2. Brushing Up
    3. A Professional At Work
      1. Training, Day 1
      2. Training, Day 2
      3. Training, Day 3
      4. The Light Dawns (Day 4)
      5. First Day At Work (Day 5)
      6. Retribution
    4. Logos and Lawyers and Names (Oh My)
      1. Idle Gossip
      2. New Name
      3. Feedback and Fallout
    5. Any Resemblance to Actual Events is Strictly Intentional
      1. Citing Your Sources
      2. The Scientific Method
    6. Interesting Developments
      1. In This Corner
      2. Meeting the Enemy
      3. Meet the Press
      4. A Battle of Giants
      5. Aftermath
    7. A Failure to Communicate
      1. Justifying the Unjustifiable
      2. Smoke and Mirrors
      3. Smoke, Mirrors, and Behind the Green Curtain
      4. A critical omission
    8. Beyond Vapor
      1. This Happened To My Brother Once
      2. No, Really, This Actually Happened To My Brother
      3. Alex Seems to Have a One Track Mind
      4. We Don't Buy From These People Any More
    9. Enter, Government, Stage Right
      1. They Weren't Using This Anyway
      2. Indoctrination Techniques
      3. The Master Plan, and a Potential Flaw
  3. 1998
    1. The First Day Of Trial
      1. Prosecution, Opening Statements
      2. Defense, Opening Statements
  4. 1999
    1. Swearing In, Technical Difficulties
      1. Introducing Evil
      2. Meanwhile, Back at Ubersoft
      3. A Startling Turn of Events
      4. Next Witness, Office Supplies
      5. Ergonomic Dischord
      6. A Fairly Unholy Business Practice
      7. The Dangers Of Interactive Help
      8. Saved by Sugar
    2. Troubleshooting
      1. Evasive Maneuvers
      2. Vendor Outsourcing
      3. Trick Question
      4. Alex Explains Hardware Licensing
      5. Truth In Strange Places
    3. Corporate Survival
    4. Spin Control
    5. Pyrrhic Victory
    6. Y2K Compliance
      1. Y2K Urban Legend
      2. Y2K Urban Legend, Part II
    7. Requiem
    8. Ubersoft and Y2K, Continued
      1. Y2K Urban Legend, Part III
      2. Y2K Urban Legend, Part IV
      3. Shock to the System
      4. Legal Strategy
      5. Honesty in Motion
      6. Credibility
      7. A Slight Adjustment
    9. Forests and Trees
      1. Internal Support
      2. Working at Cross Purposes
      3. Dysfunctional Quality Assurance
      4. Poetic Justice
      5. That Sinking Feeling
      6. Homecoming
    10. The Facts of Life
      1. False Start
      2. Stalling
      3. Phil Quits Stalling
      4. The Birth of Binky, Part 1
      5. The Birth of Binky, Part 2
    11. Special Bulletin
      1. Ubersoft Press Release
      2. The Expert Speaks
    12. The Birth of Binky, Part 3
      1. The Birth of Binky, Aftermath
      2. Son of the Birth of Binky, Part 1
      3. Son of the Birth of Binky, Part 2
      4. Son of the Birth of Binky, Part 3
    13. Back to Normal
      1. Adjusting to Change
      2. The Best Laid Plans of Bunnies and Demons
    14. Company Policy
    15. Minor Distractions
    16. Doppelganger
      1. Doppelganger, Day Two
      2. Doppelganger, Day Three
      3. Doppelganger, Day Four
      4. Understanding Linux
      5. Making Money
      6. ApostropheColon
    17. Y2K Simulation, with a Twist
    18. Prelude to Armageddon
  5. 2000
    1. Armageddon
    2. Armageddon, Postscript
    3. Second Chance
      1. Second Chance, Part Two
      2. Second Chance, Part Three
      3. Second Chance, Part Four
      4. Second Chance, Part Five
      5. Second Chance, Part Six
    4. Silicon Journalism
      1. Silicon Journalism, Part Two
      2. Silicon Journalism, Part Three
      3. Silicon Journalism, Part Four
    5. EULA Like a Rug
    6. Why Do EULA To Me?
    7. Security Overkill
    8. Upgrade Strategies
    9. Leveraging the Internet
    10. eBusiness eSupport
    11. eBinky
    12. Holding Pattern
    13. 63,000 Ways to Leave Your Lover
    14. 63,000 More Ways to Leave Your Lover
    15. Sleight of Hand
    16. I Didn't Know We Had One
      1. The Conscience of the Company
      2. Going Straight to the Source
      3. Interior Decorating
      4. Useless Information
      5. Waste Not, Get Bored
    17. Sitting In
      1. Sitting In, Day Two
      2. Sitting In, Day Three
      3. Sitting In, Day Four
      4. Information Dentistry
      5. Lessons Learned
      6. Problems, Redux
    18. The Truth Virus
      1. April Fools, Aftermath
      2. Unknown Territory
      3. Infection
      4. Epidemic
      5. Family
      6. Preliminary Report
      7. Being Too Good at What You Do
      8. Search for a Role Model
      9. The Perfect Role Model
      10. Negotiations
      11. Back to Normal
      12. Business as Usual
    19. Caught in the Act
      1. The Lecture
      2. Better Things To Do
    20. Negotiations: The Untold Story
      1. Negotiations: The Untold Story, Part II
      2. Negotiations: The Untold Story, Part III
    21. Depreciation
    22. Modern Advertising at it's Best
    23. 200% of 0 is Still...
      1. New Hire
      2. First Interview
      3. Cut From the Same...
      4. Silence Speaks Volumes
      5. Exit, Stage Left
      6. Help... of Sorts
      7. I Accept
      8. The Smell of Success
      9. Getting To Know You
      10. Sign On The Dotted Line
      11. The Awful Truth
    24. Fine Print, Part One
      1. Fine Print, Part Two
      2. Fine Print, Part Three
      3. Fine Print, Part Four
      4. Fine Print, Part Five
    25. Uberclick I
      1. Uberclick II
      2. Uberclick III
      3. Uberclick IV
      4. Uberclick V
    26. IHATEYOU Virus Part 1
      1. IHATEYOU Virus Part 2
      2. Inquisition
      3. Chameleon
      4. Plan B
      5. On the Job Training
      6. The Detective at Work
    27. Product Registration
      1. Your Freudian Slip is Showing
      2. Got Them Blinders
    28. I'm On My Break
      1. The Problem Queue
      2. The Problem Queue II
      3. The Problem Queue Database
      4. Fixing the Problem Queue
      5. Authorized Software
      6. The Back Door
    29. Priorities
    30. One Level Short
      1. Ask A Silly Question
      2. Ask A Silly Question II
      3. Ask A Silly Question III
      4. Ask A Silly Question IV
      5. Ask A Silly Question V
    31. Diskless Workstation
      1. Diskless Workstation II
    32. Operator Assistance
    33. Patent Petulance
      1. Patent Petulance II
      2. Alternate Naming Conventions
      3. Alternate Naming Conventions II
    34. Darkness
      1. Darkness II
      2. Darkness III
      3. Darkness IV
      4. Darkness V
      5. After the Darkness
    35. Lesser of Two Prices
      1. A Taste of His Own
      2. A Taste of His Own II
      3. A Taste of His Own III
    36. Happy Labor Day
    37. Can't Win For Losing
    38. Friends in Low Places
    39. Emerson Never Said This
    40. Fear Hath Many Faces
    41. The Alex Principle
    42. Progress
      1. Open Standards
      2. What, Me Pry?
    43. Empty Threats
      1. Many Faces of Terror
      2. Shell Shock
      3. Shell Shock II
      4. You Don't Say
      5. Mr. Bunny Squared
      6. Mutiny on the Bounty
      7. If There Were a Moral to the Story
    44. Automated Support
      1. Automated Support II
      2. Automated Support III
    45. Waking up Alex
    46. A Piece of the Action
      1. A Piece of the Action Part 2
      2. A Piece of the Action Part 3
    47. Carnivore
      1. The Carrot
      2. Speaking the Same Language
      3. Pots and Kettles and Black and Stuff
      4. We Are Not Here
    48. The Credit Card
      1. The Credit Card Part 2
      2. The Credit Card Part 3
      3. The Credit Card Part 4
      4. The Credit Card Aftermath
    49. Cracked!
      1. Cracked! continued
      2. Watching the Cracker
      3. Telling the Boss
      4. Telling the Press
      5. Telling the Press II
      6. Telling the Press III
      7. The Press Conference
    50. Election Daze
      1. Election Deus ex Machina
      2. Do-over!
      3. Election Aftermath
      4. Election Aftermath II
    51. Flashback
    52. Thanksgiving
    53. Spreadsheet Madness
    54. Update
    55. Aural Fundamentals
    56. Pride and Pestilence
    57. Choose Your Standard
    58. The Next Logical Step
      1. The Next Logical Step II
      2. The Next Logical Step III
      3. The Next Logical Step IV
      4. The Next Logical Step V
      5. Mission: Procrastinate
      6. Making Plans
      7. Reverse Psychology
      8. Reverse Psychology II
      9. Subscription Licensing Model
    59. Ubersoft Dot NIT
      1. Ubersoft Dot NOT
      2. Oh, THAT Green Curtain
    60. Merry Christmas
      1. Merry Day After Christmas
      2. Merry Day After The Day After Christmas
    61. Age of Umpires
    62. Age of Umpires II
  6. 2001
    1. i-Sue
      1. i-Sue Too
      2. i-Sue You
      3. Other Fish to Fry
      4. From Fish to Pan to Fryer
      5. Invading Someone's Turf
      6. Mano a Demono
      7. Something Important
      8. The Answer
      9. Steve's Ego
      10. Steve's Ego Part 2
      11. Steve's Ego Part 3
      12. Steve's Ego, Conclusion
    2. The Thing
      1. The Thing Part 2
      2. The Thing Part 3
      3. The Thing Part 4
      4. The Thing, Conclusion
    3. Satisfied Customers: The GPF Crossover Event
      1. Satisfied Customers Part 2
      2. Contemplating Insanity
      3. The Problem, Uncovered
      4. A Declaration of War
      5. Operation: GPF!
      6. Caught!
      7. Negotiating Surrender
      8. Ubersoft v. GPF Software
      9. Matter of Principle
      10. Old Friends Reunited
      11. Perspective
      12. When Evil Attacks
      13. The Devil is in the Details
      14. End of Trial
      15. Heartbroken Aftermath
    4. Feeding the Hand That Bites You
      1. Feeding the Hand That Bites You, Continued
      2. Feeding the Hand That Bites You, Again
    5. Subscribing to Lunacy
      1. Subscribing to Lunacy II
      2. Subscribing to Lunacy III
      3. Subscribing to Lunacy IV
      4. Subscribing to Lunacy V
    6. Unholy Appeal
      1. Unholy Appeal 2
      2. Unholy Appeal 3
      3. Unholy Appeal 4
      4. Unholy Appeal, Conclusion
    7. Hail to the PNG
      1. Open Standards and Innovation
      2. The Apple Pie Offensive
      3. The PNG Scare
      4. Dastardly Plots Revealed
      5. The Hidden Agenda
      6. Fellow Travellers
      7. Unexpected Results
    8. Pop! Goes the Banner
    9. Wrong Number
    10. Luck of the Draw
    11. The Threat of Litigation
    12. Committed
    13. Innocence Lost
    14. CompUSURY
      1. CompUSURY, Part Two
      2. CompUSURY, Part Three
      3. CompUSURY, Part Four
    15. The End of Binky?
      1. The Monster, Unleashed
      2. Emergency Procedures
      3. Recap
      4. A Desperate Plan
      5. Racing Against Time
      6. Motivation
      7. One Last Chance
      8. Delaying Tactics
      9. An Offer You Can't Refuse
      10. Back to Normal
    16. Accounting Discrepancies
      1. Alternative Licenses
      2. The End Run
      3. Getting the Dirt
      4. Incidental Commerce
      5. The Payoff
      6. A Fool By Any Other Color
      7. Disgrace the Nation
      8. Educating the Masses
      9. The Economics of Incidental Commerce
      10. Defending Ubersoft
      11. The Real Reason the Dot-Coms Failed
      12. The Cost of Bribery
      13. The Many Phases of Evil
      14. One of Their Own
      15. Angry Boss
    17. Memorial Day On Hold
    18. Standards Compliant Browsers
    19. The Beefeater Gambit
      1. Obscure Gardening Tips
      2. The Other Poll Tax
      3. A Parliament of Fools
      4. The Winter of our Discontent
      5. A Canny Foe
      6. Conflict Resolution
    20. The New Media
      1. Speculation
      2. Concerned Shareholder
    21. The Tirade Crusade
      1. Clarification
      2. The Hard Sell
    22. The Verdict is in -- Sorta
    23. The Birthday
      1. The Day After
      2. Mid-Life Crisis
      3. Considering Defection
      4. Losing It
      5. Blah
      6. Stuff
      7. Goodbyes and Hellos
      8. Get a Grip, You're Talking to Yourself Again
      9. The Alex of Birthdays Present
      10. Questioning Credentials
      11. One To Go
      12. Dog and Pony Show
      13. The Mathematics of Apathy
      14. The Future in a Nutshell
      15. Obligatory Thematic Reference
      16. War of Attrition
    24. eComStation
      1. Time to Play
      2. Home Sick
      3. The Boom Drops
      4. Judgement
      5. Escaping Judgement
    25. SirCam
      1. SirCam II
      2. SirCam III
      3. SirCam IV
      4. SirCam V
    26. Love/Hate
      1. Love/Hate II
      2. Love/Hate III
      3. Love/Hate IV
    27. The Smell of Victory
      1. The Smell of Victory II
    28. The Show Tries To Go On
    29. The End of a Fad
    30. Wireless
    31. Broom Closet Economics
    32. Idle Questions
    33. Here to Help
    34. Impatience
    35. Bug Fixes
    36. The Agony of Repeat
      1. When Javascript Goes Bad
      2. The Wages of Capitalism is Annoyance
    37. Security
    38. Nothing
    39. 1337 5|
    40. Just Letting You Know
    41. When Simple != Cheap
    42. Cashing In
      1. Looking for an Angle
      2. The Other Shoe
      3. A Very Bad Idea
      4. A Very, Very Bad Idea
      5. A Very, Very, Very Bad Idea
      6. What Happens When You Forget To Duck
      7. Consumer Monitoring
      8. Beta Testing, Day One
      9. Beta Testing, Day Two
      10. Beta Testing, Day Two (Continued)
    43. Breaking News
      1. Examining the Settlement
    44. Cashing In, Continued
      1. Rallying the Troops
      2. The Field of Battle
      3. To the Victor Go the Spoils of War
      4. Simplification
      5. The Terrorist Threat
      6. The Ace in the Hole
      7. Not Quite Finished
      8. Once More Into the Breach, Dear Friends
      9. Bring Some Garlic
      10. Simplicity Itself
      11. Unexpected Roadblock
      12. Give Me Liberty or Give Them Thrift
      13. Downsizing Up the River
      14. Putting It All In Perspective
      15. Croccodile Tears
      16. Bearer of Bad Tidings
      17. Reversal of Fortune
      18. Return
    45. The Creativity Equation
    46. Holiday Advertising
      1. Holiday Advertising II
    47. A Pretty Sweet Deal
    48. Post-Holiday Deluge
    49. Resolved
  7. 2002
    1. Happy New Year
    2. Realistic Goals
    3. Revisionism and Demagoguery
    4. The Merchant of Ubersoft
    5. Competition in an Unexpected Venue
      1. Unfriendly Competition
      2. Death by Recursion
      3. Fair-Weather Fiends
      4. Seeking Affirmation
      5. Pulling Out Almost all the Stops
      6. Brainstorming
      7. A Crisis of Confidence
    6. When Bad Computers Get Worse
      1. Mark's Descent into Hell
      2. Succumbing to the Inevitable
      3. All-nighter Aftermath
      4. Downtime
      5. Paranoia
      6. Delusion
      7. Psychosis
      8. The Nutshell
      9. The Last Straw
      10. Yet Another Problem
      11. The Inconceivable Truth
      12. A Mark of Failure
      13. Things Get Worse
      14. Death, Taxes, Binky
      15. Binky, Binky, Death
      16. Thinking About Something Else
      17. Effective Therapy
      18. Another Run Through The Maze
      19. Binary Mischief
      20. Going the Distance
      21. Error Correction
      22. Shooting the Messenger
      23. Nasty Side-Effects
      24. Hitting Below the Belt
      25. Bad Medicine
      26. The Negotiator
      27. Truth and Fiction Call It A Draw
      28. A Few Days Later
      29. Shut Up, Baldric
      30. Throwing in the Towel
      31. Return to Rationality
      32. The Final Showdown
      33. Taunting (A Second Time)
      34. A Volley of Threats
      35. The Secret Weapon
      36. The End of the Story... Perhaps
      37. Wrap-up
    7. Competition in an Unexpected Venue (Recap)
      1. A Vague Notion of Evil
      2. Evil on a Deadline
      3. Apprehension and Dread
      4. Angling for an Exclusive
      5. Evil Secrets
      6. Evil's Saturation Point
      7. The Rime of the Ancient Marketer
    8. Schroedinger's Plot
      1. Schroedinger's Plot, continued
      2. Schroedinger's Plot, Part Three
      3. Schroedinger's Plot, Part Four
    9. Music, Interrupted
    10. The Rime of the Ancient Marketer, continued
      1. The Rime of the Ancient Marketer III
      2. The Rime of the Ancient Marketer IV
      3. The Rime of the Ancient Marketer V
    11. Project Albatross
      1. Project Albatross II
      2. Project Albatross III
      3. Project Albatross IV
      4. Project Albatross V
      5. Project Albatross VI
      6. Project Albatross VII
    12. Jinx
    13. The Duck Blind
    14. Cold Call
      1. Cold Call II
      2. COld Call III
      3. Cold Call IV
      4. Cold Call Confrontation
      5. Cold Call Conftontation II
    15. Slow
    16. The Audit
    17. Web Mail
      1. Web Mail II
      2. Web Mail III
    18. CD Security
      1. CD Security II
    19. The Game
      1. The Game, Continued
      2. The Game, Part 3
      3. The Game, Part 4
      4. The Game, Part 5
      5. Busted
      6. Meanwhile...
      7. Weathering the Drought
      8. Judgement
      9. Judgement, Part Two
      10. A New Goal
      11. Preparing for Battle
      12. Interlude
      13. A New Concept
      14. The New Evil Plan
      15. Complete Immersion
      16. Already On That Angle
    20. Psychic DMCA Hotline
      1. Psychic DMCA Hotline II
      2. Psychic DMCA Hotline III
      3. Psychic DMCA Hotline IV
      4. Psychic DMCA Hotline V
    21. The Beta Team
      1. The Beta Team II
      2. The Beta Team III
    22. The Evil That Games Do
      1. The Evil That Games Do II
      2. The Evil That Games Do III
      3. The Evil That Games Do IV
      4. The Evil That Games Do V
      5. The Evil That Games Do VI
    23. Forum Surfing
    24. Product Branding
    25. Breathtakingly, Innovatively Stupid
    26. Back From The Dead
      1. Back From The Dead II
      2. Back From The Dead III
    27. Like, A Testimonial, Part 1
      1. Like, A Testimonial, Part 2
      2. Like, A Testimonial, Part 3
      3. Like, A Testimonial, Part 4
      4. Like, A Testimonial, Part 5
    28. Shilling For The Man, Part 1
      1. Shilling For The Man, Part 2
      2. Shilling For The Man, Part 3
      3. Shilling For The Man, Part 4
      4. Shilling For The Man, Part 5
    29. Think Differently: King
      1. Think Differently: Monk
      2. Think Differently: Phil
      3. Think Differently: Mark
      4. Think Differently: Alex
    30. Victory
      1. Victory, Part Two
      2. Victory, Part Three
      3. Victory, After The Rush
      4. Victory, Ennui
    31. Corporate Policy
    32. Tech Writer Blues
    33. The Sound of Evil
      1. The Sound of Evil, Continued
    34. UberDSL
    35. Monopoly Markup
      1. Monopoly Markup II
      2. Monopoly Markup III
      3. Monopoly Markup IV
    36. Apologies to the New Boss
    37. On Hold
      1. On Hold Part 2
      2. On Hold Part 3
      3. On Hold Part 4
      4. On Hold Part 5
      5. On Hold Part 6
      6. On Hold Part 7
      7. On Hold Part 8
    38. The Rebate
      1. The Rebate II
      2. The Rebate III
    39. The Refund
      1. The Refund II
    40. Deja Vu, All Over Again
      1. The Investigation
      2. The Interrogation
      3. The Interrogation, Continued
      4. The Confession
      5. Unexpected Intervention
    41. The Mascot
      1. The Mascot, continued
      2. The Mascot, Part Three
  8. 2003
    1. Happy New Year!
    2. Sensei
    3. The Wisdom of the Sage
      1. The Wisdom of the Sage, Continued
      2. Learning the Mantra
      3. Plotting an Intervention
        1. Plotting an Intervention, Continued
        2. Collecting the Troops
        3. Stalling for Time
        4. Stalling, Stalling, Stalled
        5. Things Get Dangerous
        6. Minor Complications
        7. Charge, Retreat
        8. Regrouping
        9. Bushwhacking
      4. Deprogramming
        1. A Decisive Lack of Progress
        2. Setting the Wrong Stage
        3. A Desperate Maneuver
        4. The Turning Point
        5. Loose Ends
        6. Finale
    4. Documentation Triage
    5. UberMapper
      1. UberMapper II
    6. Fluidity
      1. Liquidity
    7. Snow Break
      1. Topographical Humor
    8. A New Idea
      1. Bugs are Cool
      2. Theory, In Practice
      3. Bugging the Press
      4. Bugging the Press, continued
    9. The Magic Bullet
      1. Pointing the Finger
    10. Apathy
      1. The Path of Least Resistance
      2. He Who Does Not Learn From The Past
      3. Self-Reflection
      4. Scott's Coup
      5. Sinners and Saints
      6. A Meeting of Masterminds
      7. Waiting for the Other Shoe
      8. Crossing the Line?
      9. Consequences
      10. Recursion
      11. Jekyl v. Hyde
      12. Hyde v. Jekyl
      13. Ethical Sabotage
    11. UML
      1. UML 2
      2. UML 3
    12. H. M. S. Ubersoft
    13. The Guinea Pig
      1. That Sinking Feeling
      2. Feeling the Heat
      3. Where there's smoke, run away
    14. Error-Correction
      1. Error-Correction, 2
      2. Error-Correction, 3
      3. Error-Correction, 4
      4. Silicon Metaphysics
      5. Silicon Metaphysics, 2
      6. Silicon Metaphysics, 3
    15. SCO'rred for Life
      1. SCO'rred for Life, Continued
      2. SCO'rred for Life, 3
    16. Stress
      1. Speculation
      2. Reprieve, Kinda
    17. Web Comics Awareness Day, 2003
    18. Back into it
    19. Foolish Consistency
    20. St. Alex
      1. St. Alex's Unfortunate Miracle
      2. Confirming the Mystery
      3. Cat, Bag, Extraction
      4. Unsuitable Gifts
      5. Signs and Wonders
      6. Petitioning for an Intervention
      7. Convicted by the Law of Averages
      8. A Sentence No Man Should Bear
    21. The Marketing Wonk
      1. The New Pecking Order
      2. Patenting a Canary
      3. Patenting the Canary Cage
      4. Pioneers in the Field
    22. The Security Initiative
      1. The Security Initiative II
      2. The Security Initiative III
      3. The Security Initiative IV
      4. The Security Initiative V
    23. The Board Meeting
    24. Protest
    25. Here We SCO Again
      1. Here we SCO Again, II
      2. Here we SCO Again, III
      3. Here we SCO Again, IV
    26. Behind Closed Doors
      1. Reunion
      2. New Fields of Conquest
      3. Existential Disagreements
      4. Thine Enemy, Thyself
      5. An Unsettling Conclusion
      6. Evaluating Terror
      7. The Greatest Gift
    27. The Sub
      1. Referring to the Documentation
      2. Memory Lane, Dramamine
      3. Lord of the (Song and) Dance
    28. A Fair Question
      1. A Fair Question, Continued
      2. The Feature Set
      3. The Feature Set, Continued
    29. Going for Gold
      1. Going for Gold, Continued
      2. When The Lights Go Out On Broadway
      3. When The Lights Go Out On Broadway, Continued
      4. Techno-babble
      5. Going for Gold, Again
      6. Sucked In
      7. Stamp of Approval
      8. Classical Conditioning
    30. An Unfortunate Connection
      1. Implausible
      2. Rampage
    31. Code, Intercepted
      1. Missing Cog in a Non-Existent Machine
      2. Gaming Meets Junk Science
      3. Everybody's Been There
      4. The Usual Explanation
    32. The New Client
      1. Amnesty, By Any Means Necessary
      2. Plot Inconsistencies Revealed
      3. The Truth of the Matter
      4. Dirty Secrets Exploited
      5. A Measured Reaction
    33. Exactly the Wrong Kind of Pirate
      1. Exactly the Wrong Kind of Pirate, Continued
      2. Exactly the Wrong Kind of Pirate, Part III
      3. Exactly the Wrong Kind of Pirate, Part IV
      4. Exactly the Wrong Kind of Pirate, Part V
    34. Sick Day
    35. The Pirates of Remonstrance
      1. The Pirates of Remonstrance, Part 2
      2. The Pirates of Remonstrance, Part 3
      3. The Pirates of Remonstrance, Part 4
      4. The Pirates of Remonstrance, Part 5
      5. The Pirates of Remonstrance, Part 6
      6. The Pirates of Remonstrance, Part 7
      7. The Pirates of Remonstrance, Part 8
    36. Marching To The Beat Of A Different DRM
      1. Marching To The Beat Of A Different DRM, Part 2
      2. Marching To The Beat Of A Different DRM, Part 3
      3. Marching To The Beat Of A Different DRM, Part 4
    37. That Time of the Year
    38. Democracy 2.0.01
      1. Democracy 2.0.02
      2. Democracy 2.0.03
      3. Democracy 2.0.04
      4. Democracy 2.0.05
    39. The Easy Way
    40. Computer Freud
      1. Computer Frued, Continued
    41. SCOpoenaed
      1. SCOpoenaed, Continued
      2. SCOPoenaed, Part III
    42. Still Searching For Spin
    43. Democracy 2.06
      1. Democracy 2.07
      2. Democracy 2.08
    44. The Other Monopoly
      1. The Other Monopoly, Continued
    45. The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving
    46. The Other Monopoloy?
      1. The Other Monopoly, Continued
    47. Democracy 2.0.09
      1. Democracy 2.0.10
    48. Sunset
    49. A Question of Ownership
    50. Rights Management
    51. Bad Math
    52. The New Patch
    53. Last Minute Shopping
    54. Holiday Madness
      1. Holiday Madness, Continued
  9. 2004
    1. Digital Photography
      1. Digital Photography, Continued
    2. Oranges and Tangerines
    3. Lest Old Ambitions Be Forgot
    4. Double-blind Development
      1. Double-blind Development, Continued
      2. Double-blind Development, Part Three
      3. Double-blind Development, Part Four
      4. Double-blind Development, Part Five
      5. Double-blind Development, Part Six
      6. Double-blind Development, Part Seven
      7. Double-blind Development, Part Eight
      8. Double-blind Development, Part Nine
    5. It Happened One Knight
      1. It Happened One Knight, Continued
    6. Enter, Pink Elephant, Stage Right
      1. Quitting the Game
      2. The Smart Money
      3. Untouched
      4. Untouched, Continued
      5. Technicality
      6. Zero Hour
      7. First Impressions
      8. Squaring Off
      9. Implausible Deniability
      10. Nothing to Trade
      11. Whacky Sitcom Hijinks
      12. A Captivating Demonstration
      13. A Captivating Demonstration, Part Two
      14. Interlude
      15. Interlude, Continued
      16. Interlude, Finale
      17. A Captivating Demonstration, Part Three
      18. A Captivating Demonstration, Part Four
    7. Dot NIT Revisited
      1. Putting It Succinctly
      2. Deliberate Evasion
      3. Tracking Down the Source
      4. The Oracle Speaks
      5. The Marketing Angle
      6. Miscommunication
    8. Bad News, Good News
    9. Something Wicked This Way Skips
      1. Merrily We Litigate
      2. April Fools?
      3. That Certain Feeling
      4. Moral High Ground
    10. No Explanation Given
    11. Democracy: Divide by Zero
      1. Democracy: Divide by Zero, Part Two
      2. Democracy: Divide by Zero, Part Three
      3. Democracy: Divide by Zero, Part Four
      4. Democracy: Divide by Zero, Part Five
      5. Democracy: Divide by Zero, Part Six
      6. Democracy: Divide by Zero, Part Seven
      7. Democracy: Divide by Zero, Part Eight
      8. Democracy: Divide by Zero, Part Nine
      9. Democracy: Divide by Zero, Part Ten
      10. Democracy: Divide by Zero, Aftermath
    12. Supply, Demand, Apathy
    13. Paying the Piper
    14. Inconsistencies
    15. Ahoy
      1. Ahoy, Continued
      2. Step Three: Profit
    16. Terms of Use
      1. Terms of Use II
    17. The Independent Study
      1. The Independent Study, Part 2
      2. The Independent Study, Part 3
    18. The Science of Commerce
    19. What They Tell You
      1. What They Tell You, Continued
    20. Another Year Older...
    21. Trouble Customers
      1. Trouble Customers, Continued
      2. Trouble Customers: The Confrontation
      3. Trouble Customers: The Confrontation, Continued
      4. Trouble Customers: The Truth Unveiled
    22. Slow Week
    23. Bizzaro Phil
      1. Bizzaro Phil, Continued
      2. Bizzaro Phil, Part Three
      3. Bizzaro Phil, Part Four
      4. Bizzaro Phil, Part Five
      5. Bizzaro Phil, Part Six
      6. Bizzaro Phil, Part Seven
      7. Bizzaro Phil, Recap
      8. Gathering the Forces of Darkness
      9. Nuance
      10. A Matter of Principle
      11. One Man's Crack-up is Another Man's Vacation
      12. Interruption
      13. Interrogation
      14. Rapid Response
      15. Speak of the Devil
      16. Doom
      17. A Bird In The Hand Is Occasionally Useless
      18. Testing the Excuse
      19. Gemini
      20. Me and My Shadow
      21. Confrontation
      22. Confrontation, Continued
      23. Moving On!
    24. VOIP
    25. The Spoiler
    26. Target Audience
    27. We Truly Hope Not
    28. November Surprise
    29. Anticlimax
    30. Initiative
      1. Initiative, Continued
    31. The List
      1. Checking it Twice
      2. Eerie Resemblance
      3. Follow the Leader
      4. Complimentary Colors
    32. Fee Fi FOE Fum
      1. The Secret Ingredident
      2. The Complexity of Simplification
      3. Other Stuff
      4. Confidence
    33. A Matter of Symantecs
      1. Buffer Overflow
      2. Business Sense
      3. Business Cents
  10. 2005
    1. Mark's Addiction
      1. Mark's Addiction, Continued
      2. Mark's Addiction, Part Three
      3. Mark's Addiction, Part Four
      4. Mark's Addiction, Part Five
      5. Mark's Addiction, Part Six
      6. Mark's Addiction, Part Seven
      7. Mark's Addiction, Part Eight
      8. Mark's Addiction, Part Nine
      9. Mark's Addiction, Part Ten
      10. Mark's Addiction, Part Eleven
    2. Back to Work
      1. Irony
    3. Incompatible
      1. Incompatible, Part 2
      2. Incompatible, Part 3
      3. Incompatible, Part 4
      4. Incompatible, Part 5
    4. Feedback
    5. Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
      1. Degrees, Minutes, Seconds, Part Two
    6. Standard Issue Support Gag
    7. Panic?
      1. Panic? (Continued)
      2. Panic!
      3. Panic! (Continued)
      4. Don't Panic
    8. Identity Crisis
      1. Identity Crisis, Continued
      2. Identity Crisis: The Truth, Technically
      3. Identity Crisis: The Scapegoat
      4. Slightly Incorrect
      5. Deadpan Humor
      6. No-Return Policy
      7. A Complicated Solution
    9. Upgrade Hell
      1. Upgrade Hell, Continued
      2. Waiting
      3. In All Its Glory
      4. New Car Smell
    10. Silhouette
      1. inSecure
      2. The Power Behind the Manual
    11. Night of the Pod
      1. That Which Sustains
      2. A Great, Sleeping Evil
      3. The Hidden Agenda
      4. iSvengali
      5. Nothing To See, Move Along
      6. Sensing the Problem
      7. Surrounded
      8. Invasion!
      9. The Mastermind Revealed
      10. Showdown
      11. Counter Gambit
      12. Darkness vs. Darkness
      13. Market Research
      14. Hubris
      15. Binky Ex Machina
      16. Never Again...
    12. Devils to the Left of Me, Devils to the Right...
      1. Easily Sidetracked
      2. Kafka Told Me There'd Be Days Like This
      3. The Distillation of Truth
      4. A Bad Idea Gets Worse
      5. Duality
      6. A Turn for the Worse
      7. Taking Out the Trash
      8. We Buried a Great Evil in the Backyard
    13. Never Volunteer
      1. A Healthy Bribe
      2. Flying the Friendly Bribe
      3. Safety First
    14. The Red Screen of Duh
      1. The Red Screen Manual
    15. The Devil Makes Work...
      1. The Devil Makes Work... Continued
      2. Ennui
      3. An Inconvenient Development
      4. A Call to Pitchforks
      5. Getting the Band Back Together
      6. Robert's Rules of Disorder
      7. Tradition
      8. The Classics
      9. Exposition, Impatience
      10. Motivation
      11. Mob Rule by Committee
    16. A Day at the Office
      1. A Day at the Office: Monk
      2. A Day at the Office: Mark
      3. A Day at the Office: Phil
      4. A Day at the Office: Alice and Viktor
    17. A Defining Moment
    18. Aptel
      1. Regret
      2. Interlude: Cupertino
      3. An Unexpected Impediment
      4. The Press is Always Greener
      5. The Rumor Mill
    19. An Imperfect Analogy
      1. Am Imperfect Analogy, Continued
    20. Looking into the Void
      1. Looking into the Void II
    21. Guinea Pig
      1. Setting the Hook
      2. Cold Storage
      3. Cold Storage, Continued
      4. It's the Little Things
      5. They Actually Covered It In Training
      6. A Garbled Cry For Help
      7. Oh the Humanity
      8. Things You Don't Tell OSHA
      9. Step Right Up, Everyone's a Winner
      10. Taking the Easy Way Out
    22. Categories of Convenience
      1. And You Know That I Know You Know
      2. Self-Serving Public Service
      3. Covetousness
    23. Adieu, OS/2?
      1. Three Steps Toward Bitterness
    24. Different Tactics Required
    25. The Three to Six Year Plan
    26. Improvement through Inclusion
      1. Browsing Experience
      2. The Standards Compliance Comedy Revue
      3. Cartoonist Invokes Equal Time Clause
      4. Looking for a Better Target
    27. The Efficacy of Imposition
      1. An Unassailable Moral Stance
      2. Look! A Petard!
      3. An Unusual Admission
      4. Going Back to the Middleman
    28. A Trip to the Store
      1. A Trip to the Store, Continued
      2. A Lamb Strays from the Flock
      3. Employee Availability
      4. The Opposite of Helpful
      5. Nickles, Dimes, and Proof of Purchase
      6. Time to Start a Defense Fund
      7. Time to Start a Defense Fund, Continued
      8. Older and Wiser
    29. New Opportunities
      1. Tangential Ruminations
    30. Happy Labor Day!
    31. The Open Book Incident
      1. An Overreaction of Biblical Proportions
      2. Commonwealth
      3. That Which We Will Never Do
      4. Confirmation or Denial
      5. A Message in No Uncertain Terms
      6. Covering the Bases, Ignoring the Batter
      7. Recognizing the Tell-Tale Signs
      8. Let the Airing of Grievances Begin
      9. He Started It
      10. The Burden of Proof
      11. Reluctantly Moving Forward
      12. Reasonable Terms
      13. Strangely Unsatisfying Motive
      14. Long-Distance Formatting
      15. When a Hint is Not Enough
      16. Subtle Cues
      17. A Verdict Rendered
    32. A Secret and Dastardly Plot
      1. Walking Papers
      2. Walking Papers, Continued
      3. A World Without Binky
      4. Bait, Switch, Mock
      5. Killjoy
      6. Segue: The Other Evil
      7. Victim of Their Own Success
      8. Finding Binky
      9. A Devil's Bargain
      10. A Devil's Bargain, Continued
      11. Words Fail
      12. Project: Binky
      13. Nature Might Be Willing To Consider This A Vacuum
      14. Misdirected Forboding
      15. Mandatory Volunteerism
      16. Roll Call
      17. Getting Access
      18. Which One is Umax?
      19. (Yet Another) Showdown
      20. Grammatical Foreshadowing
      21. The Big Reveal
      22. iClip
      23. It's Not You, It's Me
      24. The Cruelest Cut
      25. A Quick Patch
      26. iHide
      27. A Titanic Struggle of the Mind
      28. An Opportunity To Play With Shiny Toys
      29. Exploiting a Fatal Flaw
      30. A Difference of Philosophy
      31. Design by A. Alhazred
      32. Technology Giveth, and Technology Taketh Away
      33. Reboot and Recovery
      34. Scheduling and Treachery
      35. Sometimes it is Better Not To Accurately Describe the Situation
    33. Back in the Saddle
    34. The Queue Marathon
      1. The Queue Marathon, Part II
      2. The Queue Marathon, Part III
      3. The Queue Marathon, Part IV
    35. War on Christmas!
      1. War on Christmas! Continued
    36. Post-Season Refund
      1. Post-Season Refund, Continued
  11. 2006
    1. Surviving the Post-Season
    2. Hope and Bile
    3. Special News Bulletin
      1. Change of Schedule
    4. Villain's Block
      1. Villain's Block, Continued
      2. Villain's Block, Part Three
      3. Villain's Block, Part Four
      4. Villain's Block, Part Five
      5. Losing Evil
      6. The Extent of the Injury
      7. The Upward Spiral
      8. The Upward Spiral, Continued
      9. I Dig a Pony
      10. Outside Help
      11. I'm Gonna Pay For This the Next Time I Need a Filling,
      12. Researching the Problem
      13. Assessing the Extent of Injury
      14. The Opportunist
      15. The Ulterior Motive
      16. Spin, Evade, Deny
      17. An Unexpected Break From Reality
      18. The Root of the Problem is Office Supplies
      19. Tolkien Would Have Agreed With The Dentist
      20. Deus ex Paperclip
      21. Exit, Stage Right
      22. Questions Best Left Unasked
      23. Hiding in Plain Sight
      24. Hiding in Plain Sight, Continued
      25. An Unfortunate Delay
      26. Stop, or I Shall Say Stop Again
      27. An Unwelcome Revelation
      28. A Theoretical Plethora of Binkys
      29. Popcorn and Circuses
      30. Yet Another Egregious Fourth-Wall Violation
      31. Binky Bling
      32. Approaching Something Akin to Normal
      33. Obligatory Chase Sequence
      34. Old Skool Webcomic (filler)
      35. The Long Road to Recovery
      36. The Gag Reflex
      37. Old Skool Webcomic #2: Return of the Talking Circles (filler)
      38. The Road to Binky
      39. What Happens on the Expense Account, Stays on the Expense Account
    5. Updating the Site
    6. Starting Things Off On the Right Wheel
      1. Pre-Flight Check
      2. Sometimes a Direct Line is Better
      3. Schroedinger's VOIP
      4. Where Are They Now?
      5. Drinking to Forget
      6. Crying Into his Cup
      7. The System
      8. It Also Lets You Know That Your Baby Is Still Alive
      9. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
    7. I'm Back!
    8. Calculating the Odds
      1. The Standard For Any Search
      2. The Real Motto, Revealed
      3. Narrowing Down the Search
      4. An Educated Guess
      5. Blaming the Tool
    9. Climbing Up Out of the Depths
    10. A Brief Glimpse into the Cartoonist's Inner Life
    11. Posession is Nine Tenths of the Work
      1. Welcome to the Luddite Bar and Grill
      2. Vegas Thwarted!
      3. El Hombre Usa Rojo
      4. Neither This Noir That
      5. Noirmalizing Relations
      6. Simile, and the World Similes With You
      7. What Happens in Vegas Doesn't Translate Well
      8. Incredulity
      9. If the Price is Right
      10. A Formula for Disaster
      11. An Honest Question
      12. Nudge-Wink Piracy
      13. Nudge Wink Piracy Cough
      14. Nudge-Wink Piracy Cough Gasp Wheeze
      15. Famous Last Words, A Variation
      16. Office Supply Metaphysics
      17. Untapped Markets
      18. The Binky Intellecutal Property Hour
      19. The Binky Intellectual Property Hour, Continued
      20. All the World Loves a Song
      21. Last Call
      22. Habeus Corpus
      23. Just Another Night in Vegas
      24. The Less You Know
      25. Never Give Them Your Real Name
      26. A Plan, After a Fashion
      27. A Brief Tactical Assessment
    12. Kafka Was An Optimist
      1. Kafka Was An Optimist, Continued
      2. Kafka Was An Optimist, Part III
      3. Kafka Was An Optimist, Part IV
    13. Binky and Loathing in Las Vegas
    14. Assault and Batteries
      1. Assault and Batteries, Continued
      2. Laptop Jenga
      3. Follow the Paperclip Road