October 9th, 2010

XKCD Updates Its Map: We No Longer Live In Actual Countries But Digital Ones

A lot has changed since illustrator Randall Monroe drew up the original XKCD “Map Of Online Communities” in 2007. In testament to how far we as Internet denizens have come, earlier this week XKCD updated its beloved classic to more accurately reflect the rapidly  online world in 2010.

From Monroe in 2007:
“I’m waiting for the day when, if you tell someone ‘I’m from the internet’ instead of→ Read More

November 2nd, 2009

xkcd charts characters from LOTR, Star Wars, Jurassic Park & more, I waste my morning

Damn, xkcd comics. I got up early this morning – with a little help from the time change – with good intentions. That was until I saw the new xkcd comic that charts character grouping throughout some of the most epic movies. I wasted my morning looking at this damn thing and you probably will too. Don’t blame me though. I warned you. → Read More

April 13th, 2009

Reading the Kindle in bed, by Randall Munroe

Randall Munroe of xkcd fame has been looking for a way to comfortably read books in bed with very little effort for decades and thanks to the Kindle 2, he’s finally found book reading bliss. And the steel coat hanger he mangled as a stand certainly helps. → Read More

October 13th, 2008

xkcd on DRM

Well said. → Read More

September 26th, 2008

XKCD raptor attack simulator

Deeply geeky. As if the nerdy humor and nerdier meta-humor of XKCD weren’t enough, this enterprising coder (apparently with a little too much time on his hands) created an interactive simulation of the raptor attack scenario brought up here and solved here. It takes a little imagination for those squares to look like raptors — although it’s not a stretch for yourself … oh… → Read More

April 7th, 2008

Har har, cheap GPS

Here’s a little early morning funny from XKCD for you kids. Why? Because we love you. → Read More

March 10th, 2008

Kilobytes for all

My nerd bone hurts for understanding and laughing at this, but ain’t it true? Kilobyte [xkcd] → Read More

March 7th, 2008

Your fighter is asleep: Great Gygax tribute from xkcd

A fine farewell for a man who probably changed most of our lives. xkcd → Read More

February 20th, 2008

This is why I'm always so tired

All of you do it too. XKCD [via BB] → Read More