I searched "bing" and was expecting an easter egg; this needs to be a suggestion to Bing (Michael)
http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/search.p...
Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine
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Re: Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine
#72I actually ran into this problem recently, and this engine doesn’t solve it. The show and tell comic doesn’t come up when I search “boggle” or “boggle your minds”
I tested this and it seems to work for me for both! Maybe a temporary issue caused by HN hug of death? Links http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/search.p... http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/search.p...
Ah, well regardless of the cause I’m happy with the results now!
Re: Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine
#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
Watterson could offer some biting social commentary, but towards the end of C&H's run he had also become a sort of curmudgeonly old man. For example, there are strips where he depicts modern art as being just as bunch of phoneys trying to hoodwink one another, but I know a few abstract artists personally and they are very sincere about the work they are creating (primarily for themselves, to scratch an inner itch), e…
Watterson was always a bit of a cynic (I assume, still is), but I have always felt that he has a great heart. One thing that he never did, was license his IP, so every "pissing Calvin" is a ripoff. https://www.theonion.com/peeing-calvin-decals-now-recognized...
And even worse, it's out of character
Re: Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine
#74My favorite from recent times is https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2015/08/20
So true. So many stories of highly efficient spreadsheets being broken on purpose because it resulted in more work being assigned to everyone. Lots of people learn to keep the spreadsheet a secret so they can look like they're working hard.
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know people who write like this[0] and are very sincere about their writing. One can be sincere about anything, even meaningless pretension. [0] https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/02/11
Yeah, I consider complaining about academic writing like this to be just as curmudgeonly. I remember when I first got access to a good university library and could read all the criticism written about books and authors I had read – knowing that people like Watterson, Gene Wolfe, or Victor Davis Hanson had tarred it – and I found the vast majority to actually be valid and insightful, giving me an expanded appreciation…
I took this as more as poking fun at Calvin's common theme of superficially imitating "high art", opaque writing styles, and so on, in a very self-aware or cynical way, as a grift, since that's just what Calvin always does -- E.g. in the comics where Calvin sets up a lemonade stand, it superficially imitates a business, but is really just a scam.
An alternative or additional interpretation of his "curmudgeonliness" would be these are intended to tie into his bigger theme of critiquing those who gate-keep "high art". It's been a long time since I read any of these, but I do remember his biggest bone to pick wasn't with abstract art or anything in particular, but with the perception that comics / "graphic novels" could never be considered "high art". So, having his kid scribble some nonsense and call it "high art" is a bit of a middle-finger to art critics who relegate his work to the "funny papers"
As bizarre as this sounds, I actually do think there are legitimate criticisms of the mid-century abstract art movement -- notably, the CIA's involvement. However, that is pretty off-topic here and I highly doubt that Watterson has ever made a reference to this!
Edit: I'm not necessarily even disagreeing you, I think all of this can be true at once
Re: Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
If only someone would build a Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine where someone could look for "Modern Art" references in the text: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/11/02
Banksy the pretend street artist?
You mean Not Banksy the pretend street artist, or Not Not Banksy the pretend commercial street artist, or Mr. Brainwash?
Re: Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine
#77I've been a lifelong fan of Calvin & Hobbes, and I have all of the books, but I both don't have the time to revisit them, or when I do, I binge way too much. Is there any way to get a personal, daily comic via RSS or similar that starts from the very beginning, without having to wait for one of the syndication sites like gocomics to wrap around back to the beginning?
Try https://archivebinge.com/
I don’t know if it works with gocomics.com, but it is designed for exactly the purpose you described.
Re: Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine
#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have an example of that? It's a pretty niche topic to decide he was being curmudgeonly. A lot of people think that about modern art whether they're wrong or not they're usually pretty normal people.
If only someone would build a Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine where someone could look for "Modern Art" references in the text: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/11/02
I was asking for the ones he was thinking of when making his case about Waterson. The one you linked for example does not seem very harsh to me so I'd assume he wasn't referring to that one. I can't know that without him providing it directly.
Re: Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine
#79Found an XSS. Check your strings: http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/search.p...
Could be SQL injectable too as an apostrophe raises an error
I think it is. This hangs, though for more than 10 seconds:
http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/search.p...
Re: Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine
#80For fans of both Calvin and Frank Herbert's Dune, I give you Calvin & Muad'Dib: