http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/ 2012-04-23T12:01:31-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/ http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-10-19T07:18:53-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=ada_pixel&rev=1224418733&do=diff Ada Pixel First Appearance: Issue 1 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here! text/html 2009-02-28T17:12:43-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=addresses&rev=1235862763&do=diff Harry Pixel 333-3333 text/html 2008-10-19T07:09:14-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=audrey_decimal&rev=1224418154&do=diff Audrey Decimal ... Supporting Character First Appearance: Issue 166 text/html 2010-12-09T10:17:54-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=awk_ffooff&rev=1291911474&do=diff Awk Ffooff First Appearance: Issue 41 ---------- Facts in freelance writer : * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Meaningful Name: The family name is the Ffooffs. However, the Os in the names are actually zeros. That makes the family name the hex code for the color purple. All of the family members are a slightly different shade of purple. text/html 2008-10-19T07:40:08-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=bbcode&rev=1224420008&do=diff BBCode Basic Formatting: [b]bold text[/b] [i]italic text[/i] [u]underline[/u] Code and Quoting: [code]<?php echo $text;[ /code] [quote="Esther"]DokuWiki is great![/quote] Links and Images: [url=http://www.kaffeehaus.ch]Esthers Kaffeehaus Blog[/url] [email]esther@kaffeehaus.ch[/email] [img]http://www.dokuwiki.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=&h=&cache=cache&media=wiki%3Adokuwiki-128.png[/img] Lists: text/html 2008-12-27T12:06:20-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=blip_decimal&rev=1230401180&do=diff Blip Decimal ... First Appearance: Issue 28 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here! text/html 2008-12-27T12:07:30-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=c_sharp&rev=1230401250&do=diff C'Sharp Describe here First Appearance: Issue 224 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * C-Sharp is the name of a musical note, , and also a computer language, so her name ties in to both computers and the “musical” theme of the storyline. Her name is a play on “Sharpay”, the High School Musical character she's loosely based on. text/html 2008-12-27T11:23:02-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=characters&rev=1230398582&do=diff Main Characters The Pixels * Harry Pixel * Dott Pixel * Leroy Pixel * Cyan Pixel * Ada Pixel * Max Pixel * Mike Pixel * Skippy The Smileys * Mr Smiley * Mrs Smiley The Ks * Verde K * Chartreuse K * Emerald K * Tooey K text/html 2008-12-27T12:07:50-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=chartreuse_k&rev=1230401270&do=diff Char K full name Chartreuse ... First Appearance: Issue 3 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here! text/html 2011-11-18T14:32:00-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=computer_references&rev=1321648320&do=diff Computer References This section will list the various computer terms and references that are incorporated into Bitmap World. This includes anything tech-related, such as video games and hand-held devices. Pop-culture and literature references should go in their appropriate category. text/html 2008-12-28T08:54:50-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=cultural_references&rev=1230476090&do=diff Cultural References This section will list the various cultural and literary references that are incorporated into Bitmap World. This includes anything which is non tech-related, such as books, movies, etc. Computer and tech references should go in their appropriate category. text/html 2011-11-18T14:32:43-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=cyan_pixel&rev=1321648363&do=diff Cyan Pixel ... First Appearance: Issue 1 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here! text/html 2008-12-27T10:06:22-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=dev_nul&rev=1230393982&do=diff Dev Nul First Appearance: Issue 78 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Meaningful Name: Dev Nul is a play on the Unix command ”/dev/nul” which makes everything disappear. Therefore it is quite the appropriate name for an exterminator. The company he works for is Recycle Bin Pest Control, which is an obvious play on the folder where discarded programs are held in the Windows operating system. text/html 2012-04-21T03:19:47-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=dott_pixel&rev=1334996387&do=diff Dott Pixel First Appearance: Issue 1 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Dott's maiden name is Matrix. This is obviously a play on the term “dot matrix” which was a printing technique in the earlier days of computers, where dots were printed on the page to form letters and pictures. In Issue 154, Blip jokingly asks Dott if her name stand for Dot Comm. text/html 2008-12-27T12:08:20-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=emerald_k&rev=1230401300&do=diff Emerald K First Appearance: Issue 7 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here! text/html 2008-10-19T07:41:29-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=find_mike&rev=1224420089&do=diff Find Mike Mike is the youngest child of the Pixel household. The creators have hidden Mike in various parts of the site. Here our readers can list where they found Mike and what goodies he has. If you want to find Mike on your own, DON'T read this page! text/html 2008-12-27T08:22:41-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=forums&rev=1230387761&do=diff Forums * The message boards on the BMW website have a forum called Laugh Olympics where readers can post their guesses on puns, hints, parodies, and other references in the strip. The name of the forum is a take on the old Hanna-Barbara Saturday morning cartoon, Laff-A-Lympics. text/html 2011-11-19T12:21:53-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=gimmicks&rev=1321726913&do=diff Gimmicks and Continuity Sometimes the writers of the strip have to use some gimmicks or cliches in the strip. This can be deliberate as a joke, or simply as a much-needed technique to keep the story going. Listed below are some of the tricks that have been sprinkled around the site. text/html 2008-12-27T12:10:12-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=harry_pixel&rev=1230401412&do=diff Harry Pixel First Appearance: Issue 1 ---------- Facts: * In Issue 86, Dott reveals that Harry's name was supposed to be Happy, but due to a typo on the computer programmer's part, the Ps were replaced with Rs. Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here! text/html 2008-10-19T07:29:26-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=help&rev=1224419366&do=diff What is a Wiki? A Wiki is a collection of articles on a certain subject. The most famous is Wikipedia, which is basically a collection of articles on...everything. However, most Wikis are limited to one subject matter. Could be on a computer program, and would act as essentially a user's guide. In this case, this is a Wiki on Bitmap World. It is meant to be a collection of tidbits and facts about the comic. From the obvious which is included in a strip, to the more obscure, such as sidew… text/html 2012-04-21T03:08:36-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=home&rev=1334995716&do=diff These: are smilies. You see them all the time on the Internet; in forums, on blogs, in the sidebars. But what do they do while the page isn't loaded? Where do they go when no-one's looking at them? Do they have lives behind the scenes, inside the computer, which we are unaware of? text/html 2008-12-27T09:45:34-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=leroy_pixel&rev=1230392734&do=diff Leroy Pixel real name Harry 2.0 -- First Appearance: Issue 1 ---------- Facts: * Leroy has a great singing voice and can sing well, which is first discovered in Issue 225. Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here. text/html 2011-11-18T14:28:51-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=locations_and_brands&rev=1321648131&do=diff Locations and Brands As with most of the other things in Bitmap World, the names of the cities, building, businesses often are significant in meaning, or simply parody. As with most of this Wiki, this section will most likely contain spoilers about the strip. If you haven't read it, we suggest you do so now! If you want to quickly get up to speed, try our condensed version. (Condensed Version is current under construction) text/html 2008-12-27T09:58:08-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=macrohard_office&rev=1230393488&do=diff Macrohard Employees First Strip: Issue 26 ---------- Characters: * Meaningful Name: Korn -- It is theorized that Korn has a brother who just happens to be a spy who doesn't remember his identity. Korn is named after the Unix Korn shell, and there is another Unix shell called the Bourne shell, which would lead one to believe it is the same Bourne from and the file the Bourne Identity. text/html 2008-10-19T07:19:11-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=max_pixel&rev=1224418751&do=diff Max Pixel full name Maxint First Appearance: Issue 1 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here! text/html 2008-12-27T10:44:12-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=mayor_s_office&rev=1230396252&do=diff Mayor's Office ---------- Characters: * Meaningful Name: Miss Terminal -- Simply enough, she is named after a computer terminal. Trivia and Tidbits: text/html 2008-12-27T11:35:52-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=memory_hogs&rev=1230399352&do=diff Memory Hogs First Strip: Issue 67 ---------- Characters: * Meaningful Name: Memory Hogs -- The organized crime syndicate in Cobol are the Memory Hogs. They seem to be most interested in stealing RAM. In real life, RAM is the memory on which computers operate, and a program that is a memory hog takes all the RAM and thus other programs cannot operate and the system usually slows way down. text/html 2008-10-19T06:44:56-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=mike_pixel&rev=1224416696&do=diff Mike Pixel full name Microchip First Appearance: Issue 1 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here! text/html 2008-12-27T10:46:20-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=monkeys_co&rev=1230396380&do=diff Monkeys & Co. ---------- Characters: * Meaningful Name: Threebrush is a parody of the character Threepwood Guybrush from the Monkey Island series. Much like his video game counterpart, Threepbrush wants to be a pirate. Trivia and Tidbits: text/html 2008-12-12T16:08:04-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=mr_smiley&rev=1229119684&do=diff Mr. Smiley ... First Appearance: Issue 1 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * The real irony to Mr. Smiley is that he never smiles. That's not entirely true, as he does smirk when he is contemplating tormenting his neighbors. text/html 2008-12-27T12:12:46-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=mrs_smiley&rev=1230401566&do=diff Mrs. Smiley First Appearance: Issue 1 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here! text/html 2008-12-27T11:57:50-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=plotlines&rev=1230400670&do=diff Major Plotlines This section will almost certainly contain spoilers. If you haven't read the comic yet, go read it now. ---------- * Paperboy Plot -- According to the creators, the mysterious paperboy storyline is based loosely on the Andy Farmer/Postman rivalry from the Chevy Chase movie Funny Farm. text/html 2008-12-27T11:03:41-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=rasterman&rev=1230397421&do=diff Rasterman ... First Appearance: Issue 161 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Meaningful Name: A raster image is essentially a bitmap; a data structure representing a grid of pixels. text/html 2008-10-19T07:33:07-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=references&rev=1224419587&do=diff References Part of the fun of Bitmap World is the various inside references, parodies, and puns based off of real-life things and situations. Our readers have a lot of fun finding and pointing out these references, and compete in a game in our forums, to see who can point them out first. text/html 2008-12-27T08:10:14-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=site_stuff&rev=1230387014&do=diff Site Stuff Aside from the comic, there are all sorts of other goodies on the Bitmap World site. From extras to “easter eggs” (which are called pogs on BMW), there is more to do than just read the comic. Below is some information on some of the fun stuff around the site, as well as general trivia. text/html 2008-12-27T11:53:26-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=skippy&rev=1230400406&do=diff Skippy Pixel First Appearance: Issue 119 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * It is theorized that Skippy is reference to a very old, sad, Aussie tv show called Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, which is basically an Aussie version of Lassie. However the creators indicate that the name was derived from a cartoon short of the same name, and was picked because “skipping” is a technical term often used for CDs and CD-Roms. text/html 2008-12-27T09:53:12-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=the_ffooffs&rev=1230393192&do=diff The Ffooffs Awk's First Appearance: Issue 41 Family's First Appearance: Issue 154 Family Name First Mentioned: Issue 51 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Meaningful Name: The family name is the Ffooffs. However, the Os in the names are actually zeros. That makes the family name the hex code for the color purple. All of the family members are a slightly different shade of purple. text/html 2008-12-27T09:43:36-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=tooey_k&rev=1230392616&do=diff Tooey K real name 256 First Appearance: Issue 7 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact! Trivia and Tidbits: * In the earlier days of computers, 256K was a popular size for computer memory. In fact, 256K was a lot, with most home computers, for example the Apple II, typically having 64K text/html 2008-10-19T06:52:30-05:00 http://www.bitmapworld.com/wiki/doku.php?id=verde_k&rev=1224417150&do=diff Verde K First Appearance: Issue 3 ---------- Facts: * Be the first to add a fact here! Trivia and Tidbits: * Be the first to add a tidbit here!