Jacob Christensen » xkcd http://jacobchristensen.name Notes from the Outside of the Inside Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:03:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My (or rather: Randall Munroe’s) Only Possible Comment on COP15 http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/12/22/my-or-rather-randall-munroes-only-possible-comment-on-cop15/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/12/22/my-or-rather-randall-munroes-only-possible-comment-on-cop15/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:04:01 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=3941
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    I think this one pretty much nails it.

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    Billede 1

    As a commenter wrote: This is beyond #win (If you have just the least idea about html, check the source code). Indeed. Also: XKCD’s forums.

    HT: BoingBoing.

    Oh, and Flash is for today’s web what animated gifs were to web 1.0.

    Update: A reply in kind.

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/07/31/tequila/feed/ 0     Feynman Speaks http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/07/16/feynman-speaks/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/07/16/feynman-speaks/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:25:28 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=3455
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    Actually…

    No, what I meant was that you can watch recordings of Richard Feynman’s lectures on physics here: The Tuva Project.

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    In case you wonder: Donatello.

    Thanks to Rocketboom and Peter Santesson-Wilson for combined inspiration.

    And to xkcd for the cartoon.

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    ]]>     http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/05/27/a-question-of-cultural-references/feed/ 0     …and Professors http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/03/18/and-professors/ http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/03/18/and-professors/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:38:05 +0000 Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=2984
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    When you’re a professor, the “dream” is “Did I have a lecture later today?”.

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    What? You’re not following xkcd already? You’d better be. And no: The joke doesn’t work in Danish.

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    No idea what this really is about, but I had to repost it because of the reference to Danish pastry. Beware Men in Black Hats!

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    XKCD. As always.

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