Make Dilbert say what you've always wanted to hear (or . . . read)

Just like many SDSU Journalism students, I've spent several collective hours reading my free copies of the Argus Leader before class in Yeager Hall. Depending on how busy or un-entertained I am, I read the comics.

Some of them are moderately funny, some are not at all.

Now, Scott Adams, the mastermind of the Dilbert comic strip, has put the creativity in everybody's hands. You can go to www.dilbert.com and check out the customizable previously-published strips, and put your own lines in the bubbles.

This article by Farhaad Manjoo discusses some of the benefits to making your own customized Dilbert strip.

Dilbert.com has now made it to my favorites list on Firefox, and now I can make the comics in my free newspaper worth the price of admission. Now only if I could think of something witty to say.

The reason that I am blogging about this is because I think it is a step in an interesting direction. People like customizing things - I customized this blog page and enjoyed the crap out of it.

Perhaps Dilbert's new online feature will open some doors for people to explore their creativity and to have fun on the internet, which is good.

Thanks for reading.