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Sunday, 06 July 2008 18:00
xkcd is a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
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Mountain View, CA, USA. If you feel your head going all spongy, perhaps you have read too little of xkcd (or too much). Anyway, it appears here as a regular feature. The webcomic's creator, Randall Patrick Munroe (17 Oct 1984) is a self-described "pen/pencil operator" and programmer best known for creating his webcomic.
 
Munroe has sequence in his life. The last we heard, it goes something like this:
  1. Achieve birth in Easton, Pennsylvania
     
  2. Grow up in Chesterfield, Virginia
     
  3. Graduate from Christopher Newport University (CNU) with a degree in physics (2006)
     
  4. Work as a NASA contractor before and after graduation
     
  5. Don't get your contract renewed in 2006
     
  6. Write xkcd full-time
     
  7. Acquire additional support by selling T-shirts and related merchandise
     
  8. Seek release in kite photography: attach cameras to kites and take pictures of the ground or buildings.
Munroe on Munroe. "I'm just this guy, you know? I'm a CNU graduate with a degree in physics. Before starting xkcd, I worked on robots at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. As of June 2007 I live in Massachusetts. In my spare time I climb things, open strange doors, and go to goth clubs dressed as a frat guy so I can stand around and look terribly uncomfortable. At frat parties I do the same thing, but the other way around."
 
 
 
This Authors @ Google event took place December 7, 2007 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Video courtesy of Google (11 Dec 2007). Time 00:58:33.
 
xkcdxkcd is a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language by Randall Munroe. Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

Randall Munroe's work contains his own opinions and do not necessarily convey an official position of TS-Si, its partners, or affiliates.
 
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