Tag Archives: xkcd

… is so meta, even this acronym …

Posted on 29/10/2021 by dougaj4

Today it was announced that Facebook, the meta company that owns Facebook, was going to be renamed “Meta”, which reminded me of an xkcd episode from 10 years ago:

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A long history of civilisation …

Posted on 13/09/2016 by dougaj4

… and climate change: http://xkcd.com/1732/

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On Time

Posted on 29/04/2013 by dougaj4

http://xkcd.com/1190/ The History of Time: http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1190:_Time In Time: Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (Demo version)

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A post about everything …

Posted on 03/03/2010 by dougaj4

… according to xkcd From the top down: … and deeper down:  

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Pie charts all the way down

Posted on 07/02/2010 by dougaj4

xkcd post number 688 shows charts of the proportion of black ink in the charts in xkcd post number 688, and it has in the chart on the right a plans of the locations of the charts in xkcd post … Continue reading →

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