As most of my friends know that I am a HUGE fan of XKCD comics . I can identify with many of the situation dipicted in it . Its book marked on my Nokia E63 browser so that I can kickstart my day with a dose of Its special Geeky humor. But much as i love the comic I never really goggled for the man behind it . so today evening with nothing to do and with no date for Valentine Day ( Life is a bitch !!!) I started reading XKCD archives and casually googled for the guy . So his name is Randall Munroe , an interesting guy indeed . I stumbled upon his talk at Googleplex . It s a funny discussion for XKCD Fans . you should watch it . video is embedded below .
this talk is spontaneous with some really light moment sprinkled throughout . I was surprise to see that even Donald Knuth , legendary computer scientist and aothor of most authentic book on algorithm is also an XKCD Fan . He was there at talk .Knuth was one aweinspiring figure for me in my college days . Knuth's book gave me a hard time in college. whenever I opened it I felt like shit . I will read it ( and understand it too ) one daysooon . Its a personal goal I had set for me long back.It was kinda good to see that Knuth had a sense of humor . So enjoy the video . and if you are uninitiated in XKCD than here are few of my fave scripts from it. Best of XKCD . Enjoy !!
this talk is spontaneous with some really light moment sprinkled throughout . I was surprise to see that even Donald Knuth , legendary computer scientist and aothor of most authentic book on algorithm is also an XKCD Fan . He was there at talk .Knuth was one aweinspiring figure for me in my college days . Knuth's book gave me a hard time in college. whenever I opened it I felt like shit . I will read it ( and understand it too ) one day
After Peter Thiel , Aaron Swartz , Kara Swisher , Sean Parker ,V.S.Ramachandran, and William Deresiewicz , Randall Munroe is also on my list of people to meet whenever i visit US.Amen!!
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