xkcd - A Webcomic - Correlation Did reading this cause me to laugh my butt off?Tags: correlation causation causality effect logic comic xkcd The Cult of Done Manifesto Something I needed right now. Thanks, Arjan.Tags: productivity creativity bobsutton cultofdone manifesto Pergelator: Random Joke I d...

You know, if there's one thing about Quebec I can really respect it's their intense and pompous way of thumbing their own perceived superiority directly into your face at all times. Now I don't hide the fact that with the exception of Montreal I'm not a huge fan of Quebec, and before anyone gets the...

I've just had a blogging crisis. As you may know I try very, very hard NOT to swear on this blog. Lewdness is unbecoming on the internet and it never goes away. Last thing I need is some f-bomb coming back to haunt me, say, in the process of a job interview or future fame. I know, I worry about the ...

xkcd has really hit upon the reason I want a Kindle… read the full strip–they aren’t fooling anybody! The price of it still turns me off, but I’m keeping my eye on it. Of course the first thing I’d have to put on the device is The Guide *, but there are some other good ...

by Michelle Lentz Yesterday my Kindle 2 arrived. Today my husband ran off with it to his office, so I couldn’t play with it until rather late in the evening. At first, I was completely against the idea of ebooks. I swore that nothing could ever replace the printed page. Interestingly, in colle...

When did we get a Simple Wikipedia project. It says it “Use(s) easy words and shorter sentences. This lets people who know little English read them.” Here’s a sample of the first paragraph from the regular Wikipedia on the word Sniper. A sniper is usually a highly trained marksman ...

Heed well the following XKCD cartoon. Click here for the full-resolution version. “You are not a lawyer” (YANAL) is a fascinating, brief, but effective introduction to the fallacy of using technological reasons for a jury to doubt certain evidence in court, thereby failing to meet the &#...

Okay, we admit it: we have never, ever been able to keep those "bases" straight. Is third base a blowjob or a handjob? What, exactly, happens on second? And where does anal fit in? So a big, big thank you to XKCD for finally explaining it all, in an easy, organized manner—now we won't have to ...

Even though this organization gives me a nice paycheque every two weeks for evangelizing: …I still found today’s xkcd comic on the Windows 7 beta release funny: Click the comic to see it on its original page. The alt text for the comic does say "Disclaimer: I have not actually tried the bet...

Wrote this for OKCupid and cross-posting here. Last night at a party, I was talking about a few other people about my video game history museum plans and trying out someone's copy of "I Love Katamari" on the iPhone. I went to get a snack and one woman at the party whom I barely know tells me that th...