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Showing posts with label Randall Munroe. Show all posts
5/06/2015
11/14/2014
Animation: Landing
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I am sitting in my office on Earth, heart in throat & tears in my eyes. This is an amazing, astonishing, and inspiring moment. #cometlanding
— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) November 12, 2014
4/18/2014
1/20/2014
Video: Every Major's Terrible
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Inspired by Randall Munroe's xkcd strip: Every Major's Terrible
"I'll just put you down for Liberal Arts." Ha ha! Actually, that hits a little too close to the mark. DAMMIT!
1/05/2014
Spirit on the Martian Plains
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Go to: Universe Today, by Ken Kremer
... Jan. 3, marks the 10th anniversary since the safe landing of NASA’s renowned Spirit rover on the plains of Mars on Jan. 3, 2004....
Spirit survived three harsh Martian winters and only succumbed to the Antarctic-like temperatures when she unexpectedly became mired in an unseen sand trap driving beside an ancient volcanic feature named ‘Home Plate’ that prevented the solar arrays from generating life giving power to safeguard critical electronic and computer components. - Ken Kremer
8/03/2013
9/20/2012
8/03/2012
8/22/2011
7/14/2011
It's not Facebook
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When Google applied its programming expertise into cracking social networking, they came up with a social network that appeals to techno-geeks. What that means is that Google+ is a bit more discriminating in managing user's personal data than Facebook. Whether the control is just illusory is another matter.
4/19/2011
10/07/2010
7/30/2010
6/21/2010
1/02/2010
More NonSense: 2D and Plastic Girlfriends
Erika Moen and the end of DAR! A Super Girly Top Secret Comic DiaryWhat if Galactus was like climate change?
Gravity Wells: Another schematic strip by xkcd.
Ben Caldwell art blog.
Government comics.
Comics
Timothy Hodler on Art Spiegelman's book In The Shadow Of No Towers. The latest in a series of The Comics Reporter Holiday Interviews. All are worth checking out.
It is fascinating to me how much "alternative" comic-book artists have avoided the politics and history of the Bush era. It's a far cry from the underground days. I don't know whether that's good or bad, but it's understandable, as it's hard to make political art that is actually art. But I remember when Zap #15 came out, which included a Gilbert Shelton Wonder Warthog story that took on contemporary American politics. It wasn't really a particularly good strip, actually, but it still felt like something of an indictment of the timidity of so many current younger cartoonists. Then again, the culture has changed, and as I said above, I don't believe that artists have a responsibility to take on these things unless they feel the calling. It still seems remarkable that so few do feel the calling.Alan Moore the alpha geek.
Jason Thompson on the rise and fall of the meido craze.
Bill Randall on the rise of manga in the West.
Gerry Alanguilan looks back at 2009.
The Internet
Even though I spent Christmas with my family, I could have also spent it with my 2D And Plastic Girlfriends like a good otaku.Nate Silver claims the Internet is underrated.
Will the studios please increase their online distribution?
Animation
Dan Kois picks Spirited Away as one of their films of the decade. And another critic uses Hayao Miyazaki to beat up Pixar. Pathetic really.
Geek Toys
John Siracusa poors some cold reality and analyzes the Apple Tablet rumors.
World
Dana White declares the UFC will rule the world by 2020. MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Dream on Dana.
12/05/2008
5/18/2008
Linux Humor
Now this is really geeky. Randall Munroe knocks the more prominent Linux distros. Thank God for the internet. But wow! Ubuntu received the most unkind cut.
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