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7 girls 5 cups, 4 girls 3 cups, 6 girls 2 cups

Erick — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:59:50 +0000

How many girls and cups do you want? 6 girls 4 cups, or 3 girls 7 cups? 4 girls 2 cups, or 5 girls 6 cups? Is 7 girls 4 cups better than 4 girls 7 cups? Is 2 girls 5 cups better than 2 girls 3 cups?

Does more cups mean it’s better or more girls?

0 girls, 1 girls, 2 girls, 3 girls, 4 girls, 5 girls, 6 girls, 7 girls: does it matter how many girls?

0 cups, 1 cups, 2 cups, 3 cups, 4 cups, 5 cups, 6 cups, 7 cups: does it matter how many cups?

What if they’re D cups?

There we go.

List of Problems Solved by MacGyver

Erick — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:30:26 +0000

You may be asking yourself, where can I find a list of problems solved by MacGyver? Here is your answer: Wikipedia. Yes, that’s right. People who have lots of time on their hands love to collect lists like this an Wikipedia, and “Problems Solved by MacGyver” is just the latest. It’s a funny read, at least.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver

Welcome, XKCD fans.

What is Boom De Yada?

Erick — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:52:42 +0000

Boom De Yada is from a Discovery Channel commercial, which you can find here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0

The XKCD comic is a parody of this commercial. Pretty good. Now this is going to be stuck in my head for days. Now that I’ve watched the commercial, I can fully appreciate the genius behind the comic. This is already one of my favorites.

This Food is Problematic

Erick — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:00:31 +0000

In the words of the old Firefly saying, “This Food is Problematic.” Who said this?

Well, the actual quote is “My food is problematic.” It was said by River on the Firefly series, and Jayne Cobb replied “Girl’s a mind-readin’ genius, can’t even figure out how to eat an ice-planet.”

It still doesn’t make sense. Maybe I should go watch Firefly.

By the way, if any of you enjoy baseball, webgames, or simulators, you should try out SimYard.com, a baseball simulation webgame where you are the owner and manager. It was written by an xkcd fan, after all.

Who is Cory Doctorow?

Erick — Mon, 26 May 2008 05:00:15 +0000

Cory Doctorow (born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian blogger, journalist and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licenses for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, Disney, and post-scarcity economics.

Doctorow’s first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom was published in January 2003, and was the first novel released under one of the Creative Commons licenses. The license allowed readers to circulate the electronic edition as long as they neither made money from it nor used it to create derived works. The electronic edition was released simultaneously with the print edition.

His personal website is www.craphound.com

It’s Possible to Win the Game

Erick — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:40:57 +0000

You just won the game. That’s what you’ll read in a second. You’re about to win the game. All you have to do to win the game is click on this link:

XKCD – Won the Game

Yup, that’s right. If you’re sick of losing, you can click on that link, and you will have just won the game.

You will have won it. Really. This isn’t a joke. I’m as flabbergasted as you are.

What are Redwall Books?

Erick — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:59:01 +0000

I’ve never heard of these. Am I missing out?

Here’s Redwall Abbey, the Official Redwall Web Site.

Erick died in a knitting accident

Erick — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:10:02 +0000

It’s with extreme regret that I have to announce that I have died in a knitting accident. I am survived by my wife, who loves me very much, despite my rampant knitting.

Notice for services will follow.

RJ died in a blogging accident

Erick — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:09:01 +0000

It’s with extreme regret that I have to announce that our esteemed RJ has died in a blogging accident. He is survived by his family, who loves him very much, despite his rampant blogging.

Notice for services will follow.

Koopa died in a haberdashery accident

Erick — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:07:01 +0000

It’s with extreme regret that I have to announce that our esteemed Koopa has died in a haberdashery accident. He is survived by his wife, who loves him very much, despite his rampant haberdashery.

Notice for services will follow.