Dave's Blog

xkcd is a comic strip on the web I just discovered (although there’s some chance I discovered it in the past and then forgot about it) — it’s done by Randall Munroe. Many comics are based on obscure bits of math or science. It’s sometimes not funny but it’s often very funny.

xkcd: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

Here’s one that references the singularity:

Server Problem

Here’s one that I thought was particularly clever:

Pressures

Sometimes he creates huge charts or diagrams that show things to scale. Here’s one (just click on it to get a larger view):

Lakes and Oceans