randall munroe
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Why Xkcd Creator Randall Munroe Wrote The World’s Most Extreme ‘How To’ Book
While waiting for your flight to board, you look at your phone and realise its battery is at 1 per cent. You look around but can’t find a power outlet. There might be practical solutions to this problem. Or, you could follow Randall Munroe’s instructions and attach a paddle wheel to an escalator in order…
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If Phone Batteries Were Like Black Holes
Briefly: …then we really would be screwed. As Randall Munroe points out in today’s xkcd, sometimes we get a little over-dramatic about our phones ‘dying’ — although yes, it would be neat if, when your phone died, it turned into a worn-out Palm Pilot. [xkcd]
