Big news! See that little padlock to the left of the Web address for this page? That means I have an SSL certificate! I know that some of you already know this hasn’t been, before now, a “secure” site. Perhaps you’re Web-savvy enough to know, or perhaps you have one of the more current browsers that warns you, “Don’t go there! You’re a fool if you do! Don’t say we didn’t warn you when this guy empties your bank account!” Perhaps most of you didn’t know or care, but you can now rest assured I am not some guy in a Balkan coffee shop pretending to be the creator of Arlo & Janis. I am indeed who I convinced somebody on the internet somewhere that I am! Feel better? Man, I wish I were in a Balkan coffee house.
44 responses to “Cats on Mars!”
wait, you’re NOT in a Balkan coffee house?
good work!! 🙂
I never understood what having that certificate meant for sites not selling something.
😉
Something a little odd with WordPress. If one starts on a previous day’s page (never closed the browser tab) then it has Previous and Next links at the top of the page that don’ t work. There’s no Home link to jump to the current page. Had to go to bookmark to get to live page (could’ve retyped URL, too)
I reproduced the problem by going directly to the link that was open from yesterday:
https://arloandjanis.com/mid-life-crisis#comments
I suspect it is related to having the original page name URL. When navigating back from the current page, the page URL is actually …/page/#.
David, This all relates to changes I’ve made willy-nilly in the past couple of days. Getting that silly SSL thing to work was a job! It involves permalinks and pages and posts and menus and Bill Gates-knows what. I’m going to try to clean all this up soon. JJ
Makes sense. As a former information technology person I thought you might like to know. Testing and breaking applications was one of my specialties. I went through the process of, “what if I do this” testing for anything I could click or type. 😀
A regular ‘wreck-it Ralph’, eh?
😉
Geez Jimmy, I am so glad for you. We all can now sleep easier.
Today’s with Janis dashing into bed is another great of example of your talent of showing movement. 99% of strips are static talking and you mix it up well quite often.
John, Arlo and Janis have done their share of static talking, there’s no denying. However, I’m trying to be more conscious of that. Thanks for noticing!
Jimmy:
The other strips have static talking.
Your strip has dynamic talking. The jokes are always first rate.
Wed 9 Jr strip is neat, though Elaine was usually first in bed, usually waiting for our good-nights, occasionally … . Peace,
Swans by the Chesapeake osprey nest site. Ospreys may well be in S. Hemisphere.
https://explore.org/livecams/birds/osprey-cam-chesapeake-conservancy
Peace,
Cats on Mars has been in my “cut out and saved” Arlo and Janis stash since it was originally published. But Wow! Since 2003?
My first collection of the earliest strips was given to a cousin as a Christmas gift one year. ( sure wish I had them back!) needed a special gift and money was tight. Wonder if they appreciated them as much as I did?
I don’t think you want to be in the Balkans right now.
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Balkan+Bulgaria+BUXX1628:1:BU
I continue to be amazed and impressed by how well you know my life.
Eagle at Decorah north.
https://explore.org/livecams/birds/decorah-eagles-north-nest
Peace,
When you switched to the “new” page, you seem to have lost the RSS feed. I used to monitor that so I could get a notice (all my lights flashed and a siren sounded) whenever you updated the page. I found what looks like a feed on the new one but it’s not recognized by any monitors. Do you have one hidden away somewhere?
No, but I’ll work on that. Thanks for the input. (I was never sure what that RSS thing was!)
Think of RSS as “Old”. Remember when web pages were clean and fast… Uh… FAST? Modems were slow. web pages were 90% plain text. As modems get faster, more and more graphics appeared.
Basically, RSS is just plain text web info. You’re looking at an XML instead of HTTP. Just the bones. I have a program that reaches out and instantly pulls the RSS. Then it can dissect it and look for the title. Change of title? Flash lights. Sound siren. Tell Alexa to alert me and I have a new A&J page to look at.
I have a couple of computers and the new certificate is now causing my older one to be blocked from accessing the site. Now I have to alter my personal reading habits to accommodate being here. It’s worth it and all, but still…
I don’t think anything on this end should be stopping you, Neil. The point certainly is not to block anyone! Perhaps there’s a setting that needs changing on the old computer. Anyone out there have 2 cents to contribute to this issue? Anyone else having problems?
I strongly suspect I need to update that computer’s OS, but I can’t due to network connections. As I say, I can get here, just not on the older machine. It’s a case of, “I can’t read in the bedroom, only in the living room.” I could have worse problems, y’know?
I never understood this cat cartoon till now. I always thought the cat face was in the sky amongst the stars et cetera. Now I understand that it is on the surface of Mars. And I am not sure how I did that just now.
Maybe this will help folks better understand the strip, which is a really good one, Jimmy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(region_of_Mars)
Thank you! I remember this formation now!
This is the first time I’ve been on the new site. This question has probably been asked so I apologize in advance. What happened to the calendar? I am not always able to get to the site daily so the calendar was very helpful in going directly to the last day I was able to visit.
Welcome back, Rick. The calendar and archives are, uh… temporarily gone. As soon as I figure out where, they’ll be back.
Thanks. I work in IT though not with WordPress. It happens.
Starbucksovich?
@emb, I always check out your wildlife webcam links, but I’m always too late to see what you saw. Yesterday, I did see the eagle at Berry College lay her first egg at about 4:30 her time. It was cute when the father returned to the nest about 15 minutes later with a “bouquet” — a twig with 2 tiny pine cones on it. He dropped it on her back, then moved it, placing it in front of her. She should be laying another egg within the next few days. https://www.berry.edu/eaglecam/
Re 1-9-19 cartoon: Appearing Nightly…albeit briefly during the winter months.
I read that humans are predisposed to find “Faces” –
that is why we find them in all kinds of inanimate objects.
Came across this – (posted on yesterdays page also)
https://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2009/10/21
And –
https://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2009/10/22
one use for “reply button” – keep multiple posts together. 🙂
Yep, but old habits die hard. I wish I had used the “reply” button under emb’s last post to reply, but I was at the bottom of the page when I decided to write. It’s hard to keep up with new replies this way, though. Refresh, then scan the whole page again. (I don’t have a clue how to do RSS on this laptop. At least that’s how I assume y’all keep up.)
Grandma used to say cold feet/hands warm heart.
We use one of those things you zap in the microwave – really gets feet toasty.
Ref. 01/09/20 cartoon
01.10.19: Today’s strip is one of the best ever, especially the last panel.
It reminds me of Herriman’s strips that frequently had three or more possible meanings.
I don’t know about no one understanding it, but it goes over my head.
Kenya, Impala harem. [Dad went behind tree, stage left.
https://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-animal-lookout-camera
Peace,