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What does xkcd mean?

David Dean — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:34:23 +0000

It means having to look up something on wikipedia for every second comic. (Ackermann function, Graham’s number)

String theory summarized

David Dean — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:33:40 +0000

Pointers

David Dean — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 06:03:58 +0000

Every computer, at the unreachable memory address 0x-1, stores a secret. I found it, and it is that all humans ar– SEGMENTATION FAULT.

Link.

Science fair

David Dean — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:56:49 +0000

Toothpaste for dinner:

Snakes on a I don’t even care anymore

David Dean — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:31:02 +0000

The blogofractal.

Your Thesis Title

David Dean — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:42:33 +0000

Piled Higher and Deeper’s “public service announcement” comics are always entertaining, and the current one on how to write your thesis title is no exception. If you are doing a PhD and you don’t regularly read this comic, well, um, you should. (If email isn’t your thing, they have do a syndication feed, but it doesn’t appear to be shown prominently on their site anywhere, which is a shame)

Welcome to the Matrix

David Dean — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:00:00 +0000

toothpaste for dinner.

Cyanide & Happiness

David Dean — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:57:00 +0000

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

Office Gags!

David Dean — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 05:46:00 +0000

Joy of Tech have come up with a wonderful parody of comic book advertising. Some good ideas here.

How to address reviewer comments on your papers

David Dean — Thu, 05 May 2005 19:20:00 +0000

There is a very funny edition of the Piled Higher and Deeper comic about addressing reviewer comments on your academic papers. (If this doesn’t mean anything to you, it may not be funny – you have been warned.)