I am making sure I point this good news out to you all, as it is not readily apparent. Due to the ghetto (and thus, free) manner in which the site is hosted (involving a pair of redirects and some port trickery,) the url shown above in no way gives indication as to the new and nifty address that can be used. I chose not to mask the url, as that runs into problems with direct linking to various pages. Just remember, where ever you see 68.105.139.226:1082 (or whatever the numbers happen to be at the time,) know that you can (and should) just replace that part with "brightlywound.com" in any links.
Finally, with all that url stuff out of way, I propose the following offer. It is about 1/3 the way through the month and I've about 50 votes over at buzzcomix. This is quite good, but not good enough for my liking. So here's the deal. If I reach 200 votes before the end of the month, there will be a bonus comic. If by chance, you people end up being super magical, and this comic reaches into the top 100 at any point before the month's end (it need not stay there, just reach there) there will be TWO bonus comics. [an error occurred while processing this directive] 11/08/06 [an error occurred while processing this directive] I was feeling bad about the last few comics being so physicscenteric, so I decided to withhold part 4 of the series until Sunday, in order to bring you the above math joke. That, and I'm having a hard time making part 4 as funny as I want it to be. Writing can really be a bitch sometimes.
Of another important note, it seems that there has been confusion about the voting thingy. You can vote once per day. I don't expect that kind of devotion, but if you could click the link once per update (as often as I assume you all visit the site) that would be fantastic. It doesn't take many votes to help out the comic, and where we are now, a mere doubling of the votes in would increase the number of people clicking onto this site by a factor of 4 or 5.
And speaking of people who click on the site, I found this on Monday in the site's access logs.
| Host Name | dhqhp2.dot.state.co.us |
| IP Address | 63.225.***.*** |
| Country | United States |
| Region | Colorado |
| City | Denver |
| ISP | State Of Colorado Dot |
| Visit Length | 24 mins 50 secs |
According to my conservative estimate of $20/hr, I figure I've cost the state of Colorado about $10 so far, and I couldn't be happier about that. [an error occurred while processing this directive] 11/05/06 [an error occurred while processing this directive] The observant amongst you might now notice that every link on the site (hopefully) is fully operational. This means that the website is not complete. This of course, does not imply that it won't still evolve, merely that we are now out of beta testing. If you notice any bugs or have ideas for new features, please send them to be (you'll notice the contact link now works.) Version 1.1 shouldn't be too far away.
On another note, I am quite interested in what your thoughts are on the current series, "Being a Physics Undergraduate in 10 Easy Steps." I've been living with the idea for what seems like forever now, so I'm starting to get sick of it. Are 4 part mini-series a good idea, or should I never do them again? Please let me know, because I can't tell anymore.
Finally, I want to thank everyone who has voted for the comic. Keep up the good work, and I'll find some way to reward you all, I promise.
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