XKCD

[unbridledExüberance]

I rather enjoyed this thing he did for a blog post (I think) way before he started doing the what-if that involved solar sails and horsepower. Actually, I pretty much just remember the illustrations. There was a guy on an electric skateboard pulling a horse and a guy using photons in the visible spectrum to levitate a squirrel. They were also soulmates, apparently.

[Wesley Foxx]

That is strangely adorable.
http://www.xkcd.com/1103/

Adorable is probably not the right word but I am tired and it is the one that springs to mind. It makes me go "awww"

[Nimz]

Without having previously heard that expression, my most common time entered on a microwave is 99. I like that one because it's the most bang for the least buck: 65% longer than 100, with about 33% fewer buttons pressed.

[Miff]

My most commonly entered time is the "quick 30 seconds" button.

[Wiwaxia]

So y'all liked that what-if post on the Earth rotated 90 degrees?

Here, have four more. And a bunch of Earths with various water levels and inverted surfaces. And seven completely made up planets while you're at it.

[Nimz]

1107 looks like it could be useful as a reference for someone that doesn't know what sport a given team plays, or otherwise doesn't give a crap about sports but still wants to be sociable. "They're arguing about the Sasquatches vs. the Roadrunners... it's the end of May, so... crap. I have no idea whether they're talking about basketball or baseball." Though during the Olympics, all bets are off. The main argument you hear then is "My (favourite) country is better than yours!"

[Descriptor]

1107 looks like it could be useful as a reference for someone that doesn't know what sport a given team plays, or otherwise doesn't give a crap about sports but still wants to be sociable. "They're arguing about the Sasquatches vs. the Roadrunners... it's the end of May, so... crap. I have no idea whether they're talking about basketball or baseball." Though during the Olympics, all bets are off. The main argument you hear then is "My (favourite) country is better than yours!"

It reminds me of the episode of the IT Crowd where the two main characters try to socialize amoung some soccer fans by using a bunch of generic phrases they found on a website.
Surprisingly, it worked fairly well. Luckily, thanks to being raised in the midwest, I have just enough passing knowledge of most sports to barely know what's going on.

[j0hnsm1th]

I have to admit that I now have changed how I enter times on the microwave. I have a feeling this is true for many people.

[BRPXQZME]

9 was already the second most-used button on my nuker but I didn’t want to say anything for fear of sounding like I’m proud of how clever I am (sentiments like these are why I am not the creator of an XKCD-like comic). And I don’t resort to making minute rice in 59 seconds like this one implies; if you say 90 seconds, most microwaves will know you meant 1 minute 30 dang it. Saves me a whole button press (and no repeats, which is something I avoid when buttons don’t have good feedback).

[willPowered]

Dear god today's update.

This is the work of a madman. It is 15 minutes of scrolling to get to the right edge of the world, I haven't reached the left and there's huge branching caverns underground.

(But on the other hand I found a creeper)

[Nimz]

There is a better way to look at the update than subject yourself to repetitive strain injury: Start here and modify the n/s and e/w coords in the url. There is no zero. If you go to a place with no details (besides solid black for the s coords and solid white for the n coords), you just get a friendly 404.

[Wiwaxia]

Also, a list of all the notable coordinates.

[Kraft]

Dear god today's update.

This is the work of a madman. It is 15 minutes of scrolling to get to the right edge of the world, I haven't reached the left and there's huge branching caverns underground.

(But on the other hand I found a creeper)

Haha
It sounds like I went the same way you did.

[Dentrala]

I followed the mountain to the left first, and then the endless mario pit.

[Stij]

Oh wow I feel like an idiot because I saw this comic yesterday and despite the title I didn't get its significance. This is so cool.

These are the kind of projects I like xkcd for. When he puts work into something (like the what-ifs and the maps) it really shows.

edit: this is a much nicer way of navigating it if you want the magic of exploring but don't want repetitive stress injury

[Dentrala]

Oh wow I feel like an idiot because I saw this comic yesterday and despite the title I didn't get its significance. This is so cool.

These are the kind of projects I like xkcd for. When he puts work into something (like the what-ifs and the maps) it really shows.

edit: this is a much nicer way of navigating it if you want the magic of exploring but don't want repetitive stress injury

Thanks! That was much more enjoyable than the original.

[Kraft]

Oh yes, Definitely better. Thank you, Stij.

Although on a negative it loses the feeling of crawling through a deep dark tunnel under the ground, but now I know there was random crap whizzing through the sky.

[X0ph3roo1]

It's amazing how big the latest comic is. It goes on 4ever & ever & ever & eager & ever etc.

[Nimz]

While at first it was pretty cool, exploring the world 'properly' soon became physically painful. My comments about repetitive strain injury were not completely in jest. It's a neat idea, but the inability to move the map around with keyboard or scroll wheel quickly led to its loss of charm. It's also rather disappointing that the image url provided underneath the comic does not include any of the world. Not even the introductory part. Click and drag gets an A+ for the idea, but a solid C for execution. The numerous easter eggs keep it from being a lower grade on the execution, while the pain and lack of incomic position indicator prevent it from being any higher. The explainy thing and the zoomy map made the comic far more enjoyable than the original.

I have to admit, though, that my first thought on seeing the creeper was to wonder if it was a Dalek. Never would have made the connection without reading the explainy thing where it mentioned a creeper and then viewing the corresponding square.

Yesterday's red carpet thing subverts something I am apathetic towards. I got a smile out of the way the stars are reacting (Hydrogen fusion), but that's about it. I guess it would be kind of hard to follow Wednesday's click and drag thing, so if it's going to be a flop anyway, make it really flop. I guess.

[Kíeros]

I like the return to typical science jokes with that. The chess one, not so much. The what-ifs are still hilarious, though.

[nostalgebraist]

I liked the chess one. It pinpoints a real existing mindset that gets on my nerves.

[unbridledExüberance]

[Kíeros]

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I agree. I'd also agree with voting for any candidate who'd give everyone 1W laser pointers. Despite not being old enough to vote.

[BRPXQZME]

i don’t think so, tim

[Wesley Foxx]

Uncontrollable urge to cringe mode ACTIVATE.

http://www.xkcd.com/1135/

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