Fun things Eric Hopper likes.

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Comic Strips
My current favorite is User Friendly. It's a web based comic about a bunch of people working for an Oregon based ISP. Though it's web based, some newspapers do publish it. O'Reilly also recently came out with a book.

I also like After Y2K. It's a rather zany and offbeat comic strip about the supposed collapse of civilization when the Y2K bug causes transistors to cease functioning. Since Y2K is upon us, the plot is preparing to escape being an innacurate reflection of reality via a time-travel plot twist.

I'm quite fond of Dilbert, although I think it's gotten stale recently. Also, Scott Adams is taking the flop of his TV show rather hard, and using his newsletter as an advertising forum for it, and berating readers who complain. As it is, I still am a DNRC member.

Funny Web Pages
Here's a big jumble of the places I think are funny. Click away. The Postmodernism Generator \| Hey, everybody - it's Crazy Drunk Guy! \| Netizen's Guide to Flame Warriors \| Mr T vs. The Matrix

Activities
I like to play computer games. Since my computer is currently restricted to running Linux, this severely limits the range of games I can play. Soon, I will have a link to a page of my favorite Linux games on here.

I also like to read. I usually read science fiction, but I sometimes stray into other genres. I rarely read mystery novels, although I was fond of the "Three Investigators" series when I was in elementary and junior high.

I attend a science fiction convention every year in Minnesota called Convergence. I like Science Fiction, but the main attraction of Convergence for me is the other people who go. I don't know of anywhere else where I can find as large a group of bright, open-minded people. If you're interesting in showing up, it's always held at the Bloomington Radisson South over July 4th weekend.

Lastly, I play role playing games. I usually play Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, but I've been known to play almost anything. I meet with a group called 'RPSIG' that has short gaming sessions to try out new games and talk about gaming. I also have ties to a local gaming convention called 'Con Of The North'.

Public Service Link
Do NOT click on the links in this text. The sight will be burned into your brain forever, and you will regret the day you ever even saw the link. I'm very serious on this. If you click on any of these links, don't blame me. Dr. Pepper is launching a marketing campaign in which they pay bloggers to link to their Raging Cow site. I'm doing my part, with these links (that you do NOT want to click on), to sabotage this crass attempt at an Astroturf campaign. (This link is OK) -> Patrick Draper says it much better than I in his blog.

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