Breadpig Blog: Purveyor & Publisher of All Things Geek — xkcd book

Steve and I had the privilege of giving a keynote at last year's PyCon. Watch the video [steal slides here] for Steve's gripping account of the switch from Lisp to Python, see him artfully respond to questions about why reddit's search is so unsatisfying, and hear me get asked if I'll sponsor PyCon the following year (it's near the end of Q&A, when the audience decides to give Steve a respite). I said yes, albeit while put on the spot, but it was a "yes" nonetheless. I aspire to be a man of my word, so if you're attending PyCon...

Thursday Dec 17th in Cambridge, MA is your last chance in 2009 to meet Randall Munroe for a book/poster/raptor-signing. It's a free event, so please drop by.

XKCD VOLUME 0: THE SIGNING Thursday, December 17th, 2009 At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 26-100, 6:00 - 8:00 PM We had an extremely successful book tour shortly after the release of xkcd: volume 0 that raised enough money to build breadpig's xkcd school in Laos. And we're grateful to all of you who showed up to support xkcd and this project. But we didn't make it to Boston/Cambridge, which is particularly ironic because xkcd lives there. Well, now's your chance to meet Randall Munroe and pick up a special last minute autographed gift for someone special (or yourself,...

After selling out (yay!) of the xkcd book, we had some printing delays over the last few weeks (sorry!) that have held up shipping for some of you. All books should have now been shipped, but if something seems very wrong, please forward your invoice to us. After getting your feedback on the xkcd blag, Randall chose the following dedication to be inscribed on the plaque at the entrance of the xkcd school in Laos; we think it turned out quite well: “Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses...

Breadpig has a crush on @mental_floss, so when Mental Floss asked us to post this entry, we didn't hesitate. Love makes you do things like that. On the brightside, it also means you have a chance to win a free copy of xkcd: volume 0. These four songs all make brief appearances (in one way or another) on one, best-selling album. What are the four songs and what is the name of the album they appear on? When you have the answer(s), send them to AnotherAwesomeMFContest@gmail.com.