Year of the Code Monkey
Because Jonah Bishop Said So
Earlier today I mentioned the xkcd web comic. If you aren’t familiar with the comic, I highly recommend it. It’s well worth subscribing to or bookmarking. I’ve gone through all of the comics, and have compiled a list of my favorites. Make sure you read the hidden jokes in each strip, by hovering over them with your mouse for the title attribute. Enjoy:
- Scientists
- Love
- Valentine - Heart
- Abusive Astronomy
- Family Circus
- Clark Gable
- Pointers
- Sandwich
- Donald Knuth
- Regular Expressions
- Ghostbusters Marathon
- The Problem with Wikipedia
- Open Source
- A New CAPTCHA Approach
- Keyboards Are Disgusting
- Linux User at Best Buy
- Compiling
- Shopping Teams
- With Apologies to Robert Frost
- Braille
- Loud Sex
September 16, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I love xkcd too, there are so many great comics there. I printed out the “Compiling” comic and it now adorns by cubicle wall. Another personal favorite is The Difference. I’m surprised the map of online communities was left off your list. I also like the obsessive velociraptor-phobia, it reminds me a lot of Stephen Colbert’s feelings towards bears.
I also e-mailed my mother-in-law, who teaches math, the Certainty comic. She liked it.
September 16, 2007 at 7:07 pm
One other great thing about the comic is that they are transcribed (for blind users). How cool is that? Searching for comics is the only way I can see the transcriptions, but there must be link somewhere around the site.
Here’s an example.
September 17, 2007 at 8:47 am
Actually the transcriptions are probably done by readers. Oh No Robot, the comic transcription page, is a project by Ryan North, who writes Dinosaur Comics (and is also the guy behind the hilarious Every Topic In The Universe Except Chickens).