If you mirror the PCW Magic square on your website, please make sure you update your URL to:

http://pcweenies.com/pcw_sneak_peek.jpg

Everytime I update the ‘toon on my site, the magic square will automagically update.

Thanks!

-Krishna

In an attempt to clear away some clutter in my office, I re-arranged some of the items on my desk. The full view below shows that I have a long way to go before the clutter is completely eliminated.

-Krishna

A brand new UN3 comic hits the virtual stands today, as does a new robot in the robot factory.

Last Friday’s SAP included a calvacade of artists discussing the heady topic of “How Success can Kill Your Webcomic?”. We also discussed useful plugins that every Wordpress / Comicpress cartoonist should install, including WP Database Backup, WP Database Manager (to optimize your DB), and Comicpress Manager. Back-up solutions for cartoonists was also discussed, including Mozy. Participants of the show included:

Liz Walsh - who also happened to get a name check and plug on E! Online
KSekelsky
DungeonWarden
Vertigo X
Frumph
Carlisle
JT Shea
Deano_Inabiskit
Ryan Dow
Tedd
ComicsGrrl
Scott Story

You can listen to the latest show by clicking the SAP! button on the right sidebar. Even better, you can subscribe to the show via iTunes (just search for Sequential Artists’ Pub).

Thanks again to all who participated!

-Krishna

Some comics you have to dig through to see if they’re good. No need with Comic Book Comics: Our Artists At War! The cover features a wild image of a giant flaming comic book smashing a military blimp and crushing tanks as desperate gunners look up and at the reader. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been quiet here for a few days because I’ve been busy working on website revamps. The first of which you can see up above. UNcubed has been rebuilt using Comicpress 2.5. This is the first major site update since UN3 launched last August.

Take a peek, and share your thoughts on the new digs.

-Krishna

The fine folks at VillainTech are giving away one shiny Limited Edition copy of Gears of War 2 and some cool schwag.

What’s the catch?

Nothing - you just have to answer a question - namely - what’s your favorite PC Weenies comic.

So what are you waiting for? Enter today!

-Krishna

As long time visitors to the site might know, I’ve been experiencing a raft of issues with my host Lunarpages. I’m not sure why the site is using ‘excessive CPU usage’ - but I do know that I’m tired of the (now-weekly) site outages.

I’ve reclaimed pcweenies.com (The original website URL for the comic) and hope to redirect all traffic from pcweenies.net to pcweenies.com in the coming weeks ahead.

There are still a few operational things I need to sort through with the new site. I’ve rebuilt it from the ground up using the latest Wordpress and ComicPress 2.5.

I would like to express my gratitude to John Hernandez, of Rampage Network fame for stepping in and offering hosting. He’s been asking me to switch for years, and I finally took him up on his offer.

-Krishna

I posted a new UNcubed this morning. Take a look!

I also participated on the Art & Story podcast with hosts Jerzy Drozd and Mark Rudolph. Take a listen!

-Krishna

Available in 2560 x 1600 resolution, and smaller versions. If you like it, let me know - and I’ll make more!

-Krishna

From time to time, I run across some truly useful Macintosh utilities and applications that help me in my workflow. I’d like to share my latest discovery:

Hyperspaces

Spaces, Apple’s virtual desktop environment, isn’t complete without this $13 shareware application. Currently in Public Preview, Tony Arnold’s application allows you to customize each Space the way you want - via desktop pictures, colors, text labels, and even the name of each Space.

For instance, you can assign a separate desktop background for each space. You can also assign individual text labels, via custom fonts and colors. You can even adjust the position of the text label for each desktop. I prefer to have my text labels for each desktop on the upper left side.

When you switch between Spaces, the transition between each desktop is smooth. The unregistered version allows you to customize 2 Spaces - perfect for test driving this program. The registered version allows you to customize additional Spaces. After installing and using this app for two days, I registered my copy to support the developer’s efforts.

I evaluated my copy on a Macbook Pro and MacPro.

There are some niggles with this application, but given that it hasn’t officially hit 1.0, but the developer has been good about keeping users posted with updates.

In my usage of the app, I discovered that HyperSpaces doesn’t work with CocoaTech’s newest version of Path Finder. That’s because Path Finder draws its own Desktop on the screen. The workaround I’ve found is to uncheck “Hide Finder’s Desktop” within the Path Finder preferences.

Through SpaceSwitcher, an option within HyperSpaces, you can see a custom view of all your desktops by holding Option-` (backwards tick). See screenshot below:

As far as my wish list, here’s what I’d like to see in future versions:

1) multiple monitor support
2) pure Path Finder integration
3) application / window views within each SpaceSwitcher window, similar to the way virtual desktop apps of yore (CodeTek’s Virtual Desktop, etc.)

HyperSpaces has behaved well on my system. No crashes or slow-downs were caused by this application. I have confidence in the future of this app, as it was developed by the author of the late, lamented VirtueDesktops - one of the best virtual desktop apps on the market before Apple introduced Spaces.

I really found this application to be useful. I have separate Spaces assigned to Photoshop, Painter, Netnewswire and Web/Mail. I can now easily tell which desktop I’m on, and that makes me more productive. This is something I wish Apple had implemented from the get-go.

In short, if you’re looking for a better way to organize and manage your Spaces, check out HyperSpaces. HyperSpaces requires 10.5.4 and works on Intel and PPC Macs.

-Krishna