Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

A carried leaf.

Ethan Marcotte’s website

What we talk about when we talk about showing our work.

Time to separate the art from the artist

Christian Heilmann
A lot of technical people currently spout regressive and harsh messages about race, religion, identity and women’s rights to side with “strong man” politicians and parties. That’s their right, but it also is an abuse of reach and power. Time to focus. A lot of the people whose work I adore and admire are terrible […]

List of 2x-resolution xkcd Cartoons

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This is a list of all the xkcd cartoons that are available in 2x resolution, as of today’s date.

See the accompanying post, “Get xkcd Cartoons at 2x Resolution,” for an explanation.

Get xkcd Cartoons at 2x Resolution

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I recently learned a neat trick from Marcus Buffett: xkcd has an undocumented way to get images of the cartoons at double their normal resolution.

The _2x trick

For example, xkcd #2582 “Data Trap” lists this URL as the direct link:

That leads to this 275x275px image, quite small by today’s standards:

But there’s a trick! Add a _2x to the filename in the URL:

That gives you a version that’s 2x the original resolution, at 550x550px:

As I remember London

Christian Heilmann
When I moved to the UK at the tail end of the last millennium, I wasn’t in a good place. I was hired by a US company to work in their German office, and they sent me over to the US to work on their product. I lived in a hotel for a few months, […]