XKCD Web Comic #1095: Crazy Straws (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Drawing of two stick figures facing each other, each holding a drink. The figure on the left has a bright green crazy straw in their drink. Crazy Straw Person: The thing to understand about the plastic crazy straw design world is that there are two main camps: The professionals - … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1741: Work (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Scene: A table top with a glass about two-thirds full and a gooseneck lamp. Each item is labeled with some of the work that went into making it. Glass: Years-long negotiation with glass supplier, width decided by 4 hours of meetings, months of tip-over testing. Lamp: An … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1094: Interview (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Black Hat Man is interviewing for a job at an interviewer's desk Interviewer: ...but thank you for applying. We'll keep your résumé on file. Black Hat Man places a briefcase onto the interviewer's desk. Black Hat … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1093: Forget (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. When will we forget? Based on US Census Bureau national population projections. Assuming we don't remember cultural events from before age 5 or 6. By this year: the majority of Americans will be too young to remember: 2012: The seventies 2013: The Carter presidency 2014: The Reagan shooting 2015: The Falkland Islands war 2016: Return of the Jedi release 2017: The first Apple Macintosh 2018: New Coke 2019: … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1092: Michael Phelps (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Two people stand beside their swimming pool, watching Michael Phelps swim back and forth. Person 1: Why is Michael Phelps in your backyard pool? Person 2: I don't know. He's been there all day. Go home, Michael! Michael Phelps: Woo! 18 gold medals! The two people break out a pair of pool nets and unsuccessfully try to snag Phelps. Person 1: Can you get … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1091: Curiosity (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Your excuse for anything today (Aug. 5, 2012): Sorry - I was up all night trying to download photos taken by a robot lowered onto Mars by a Skycrane. In silhouette, a rocket-powered skycrane lowers the Curiosity robot rover to the surface of Mars. Hover text: As of this writing the NASA JPL websites are still overloaded. Trying CURIOSITY-REAR-CAM_[256px_x_256px].torrent.SwEsUb.DVDRip.XviD-aXXo.jpg instead. … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1090: Formal Languages (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. A large banner reading "10th Annual Symposium on Formal Languages" hangs over a podium, where a speaker is standing. A stick figure crashes through the left side of the panel, scattering glass. Figure: Grammar! The figure runs off the right side of the panel, so swiftly it leaves a cloud of dust in its wake. The speaker at the podium just watches … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1089: Internal Monologue
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. The scene is a party. Two stick figures face each other talking. The one on the right holds a drink. The entire monologue is in the thought bubble of the one on the left. Thinker: Am I smiling enough? Should I be leaning on something? Where should my hands go? I hope he doesn't ask me what his name is. I've said "yeah" too much; what are some other agreeing words? Oh crap, his story just got sad, stop … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1088:Five Years
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Two characters sit across from each other at a desk. One has a beret and the other has a bun. Bun: Where do you see yourself in five years? Beret: Oh man, I don't know! Let's find out! The characters stare at one another. Cobwebs and hair grow; the desk and chairs fall into disrepair. Five years pass. Beret: Hah--I thought so! Hover-text: Bun: Well, no further questions. You're hired! Beret: Oh, sorry! … [Read More...]
The Second-Generation iBill®
On September 18, 2012, Orbit Research announced a second-generation version of the iBill® Talking Money Identifier. When the original iBill® was released in late 2009, it was truly a very competitive product. Other currency identifiers were priced over $300, and they were too large–so large, in fact, that they could not fit in your pocket. The original iBill®, on the other hand, was light, small, and priced at $99. Moreover, it could be set to speak, beep, or vibrate; and people who were … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1087: Cirith Ungol (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. what-if.xkcd.com This week: What would happen if everyone on earth stood as close to each other as they could and jumped, everyone landing on the ground at the same instant? Scene: A dark cave, profuse with spiderwebs, bones hanging in some of them. A stick figure in a long flowing robe holds up a lantern in one hand; the One Ring is dangling from a … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1086: Eyelash Wish Log (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. http://what-if.xkcd.com This week: What would happen if everyone on earth stood as close to each other as they could and jumped, everyone landing on the ground at the same instant? Scene: A page from an Eyelash Wish Log Under the title, "Eyelash Wish Log," is a small icon-like picture of a stick figure wearing a black hat, captioned "Wisher." To the right of the picture it reads Wish Bureau ID# 21118378 Date Range: … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1085: ContextBot (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. what-if.xkcd.com This week: Is there enough energy to move all of humanity off-planet? Scene: A social network feed with four status updates from four different people. Each one has a reply from the same account, which is called "ContextBot", underneath. Close-up face with glasses: The things I put up with... ContextBot: (His building's WiFi doesn't reach the bathroom.) Male/female couple: You'd think by now I'd have … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1084: Server Problem (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Panel One: Drawing of a stick figure, seated in a rolley chair at a desk with a laptop. A stick figure with shoulder length dark hair is walking in from the rightt. Person 1: I, um, messed up my server again. Person 2: I'll take a look. You have the *weirdest* tech problems Panel Two: Person 2 goes to laptop and uses the root prompt. Person 1, typing: ~# ls Panel Three: Person 1 and 2 watch the screen. Person 2 has an … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1083: Writing Styles (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. If You Post: You Sound Like: “Ron Paul is the only candidate who offers us a real choice!” A teenager “its getting l8 so ill b here 4 prob 2 more hrs tops” A senator Caption The internet has wound up in kind of a weird place. Hover text: I liked the idea, suggested by h00k on bash.org, of a Twitter bot that … [Read More...]
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