xkcd with captions

I am a fan of Randall Munroe's xkcd comic. I read it on a regular basis and enjoy the mouseover texts that come with the comics, but those can't easily be read on mobile devices. So this website has an RSS feed which pulls out the text and places it under the image. The feed links back to xkcd.com. Enjoy. This page only shows the latest entries.

xkcd store reopening

The xkcd store is back, with shirts, stickers, and posters for sale.

Trade

"You legs may have a comparative advantage at running, but we arms have a competitive advantage at swinging hammers, so unless you accept that we're the dominant limbs and stop hogging the oxygen, that running advantage won't be around for long."

Highway Signs

Highway engineers like Planck units because, like the speed of light, the energy capacity of a typical car's gas tank is 1.

Archery Feat

Update: I would not have embarked on this powerscaling venture if I'd known how thoroughly Mark Twain was going to roast me.

Perseids

Recently I've been watching the Daytime Perseids. I haven't seen a meteor from them yet, but the clouds are pretty and the snacks are good.