Web Site of the Week
Created | Updated Mar 26, 2002
Q: What do you get when you put three techs, two salespeople, a designer, two executives and a couple of administrative staff together in an office?
A: Columbia Internet, the friendliest, hardest-working and most neurotic little Internet Service Provider in the world. Throw in a mischievous Artificial Intelligence and a naive but curious Dust Puppy, and you have the makings of 'USER FRIENDLY', the chronicle of a group of well-meaning but misguided Internet workers.
That's how the site describes itself. It even says so on the front page. User Friendly started out as a comic strip in November 1997 and they have released a cartoon everyday since. Not only that, but they are all online for you to read, although I would suggest
making sure that you have a few days to spare first.
It does centre around the goings on at an Internet company, and all the events surrounding the computer world, but it also goes off on tangents. It takes in a mock of both:
Star Wars and
Lord of the
Rings, appropriately named Lord of the Pings. Alongside these are re-workings of classic
songs including:
Every Game of Quake, sung to Every Breath You Take by the Police.
The site has attracted a following in the years that it has been running, and they have
produced some wonderful artwork, including the
Dust Puppy
Inside and the fantastic
Evil
Genius 4 Dummies
All told, this site is great for a laugh.
