I’m a big fan of the xkcd comics, especially when they touch upon one of my interests like Maps and Map Projections … just brilliant this one! 😂🤣 xkcd: Sea Chase →
Tag Archives: xkcd
Cybersecurity Final Exams
“Your grades have been stored on our department server and will be submitted tomorrow” — Brilliant! 😅 XKCD #2385: Final Exams →
Dependency
xkcd #2347: Dependency →
Bad Map Projection: South America
This XKCD comic is right up my alley: The projection does a good job preserving both distance and azimuth, at the cost of really exaggerating how many South Americas there are. 😂 Bad Map Projection: South America →
Software Updates
Software Updates →
Split emoji text effect with CSS
Thanks to some absolute positioning, hue-rotation, and even some clipping you can create nice split emoji: I especially like the experiments near the lower part of the demo, where one emoji is used as a modifier for the other (e.g. the 🎩 is placed on top of 😁, yielding a new emoji). They remind me …
API
(Source: xkcd #1481)
Tasks
In Computer Science, it can be hard to explain the difference between the easy and the virtually impossible (src)
Linkbait Titles
As per true xkcd style, the real message is hidden in the title attribute of the image: We’re firing you, but the online headline-writing division wants to hire you.
Automation
(Source: xkcd #1319)