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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
− | '''''xkcd''''' is a webcomic created by [[User:Xkcd|Randall Munroe]]. In [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426], published on 21 May 2008, it presented an early version of the [[algorithm]] for [[Geohashing]]. | + | '''''xkcd''''' is a webcomic created by [[User:Xkcd|Randall Munroe]]. In [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426], published on 21 May 2008, it presented an early version of the [[algorithm]] for [[Geohashing]]. Such spontaneous GPS-based adventuring was also hinted at in [http://xkcd.com/201/ comic #201], published on 25 December 2006. |
− | + | The latest installments of the comic, which are published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 00:00 [[ET]], can be read at [http://www.xkcd.com xkcd.com]. | |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
− | * [[wikipedia:xkcd|Wikipedia article on xkcd]] | + | * [[wikipedia:xkcd#Activities_inspired_by_xkcd|Wikipedia article on xkcd]] |
+ | [[Category:Definitions]] |
Revision as of 15:03, 21 April 2011
Overview
xkcd is a webcomic created by Randall Munroe. In comic #426, published on 21 May 2008, it presented an early version of the algorithm for Geohashing. Such spontaneous GPS-based adventuring was also hinted at in comic #201, published on 25 December 2006.
The latest installments of the comic, which are published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 00:00 ET, can be read at xkcd.com.