Tag: XKCD

If I was an atheist, man.

28 April 2014

Every so often, I see atheists having a bonfire party, religious people getting upset, or religious people having a bonfire party and atheists getting upset. Given my beliefs and thoughts on religion, I find this quite saddening. A degree of understanding and respect, even for people you deeply disagree with, can be very beneficial to you. […]

Happy Valentines Day – xkcd loves you!

14 February 2012

Woo, it's Valentines day! (also known as "single people be lonely day", "puke at people's facebook status day", "don't try to eat out at a this evening resturant day", "bad colour schemes day" and a plethora of other things!) xkcd can, once again, neatly sum up my take on it: This is what I was […]

Megaupload vs the world

10 December 2011

For those of you that don't know, Megaupload is an American web service that lets you send large files across the internet Why do these services exist? XKCD explains: Sadly, but not unusually, XKCD is spot on – and that's the reason that over the past few years Megaupload has gained a large following – […]

What is the most useful thing you will do towards a future career when you're young?

18 May 2009

This XKCD cartoon strangely captures essence of most of my complaints with the way ICT and technical subjects are taught in schools. For me, it was a extensive number of weekends trying to make various different project work and multiple evenings getting to know the right people in the tech industry – thanks to the […]