* tz-art.htm: Add xkcd. Add URLs for specific comic strips or panels. --- tz-art.htm | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tz-art.htm b/tz-art.htm index 57d9092..127ab69 100644 --- a/tz-art.htm +++ b/tz-art.htm @@ -353,10 +353,17 @@ broadcast 1997-02-13, in which Kramer decides that daylight saving time isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. </li> <li> -The syndicated comic strip <em>Dilbert</em> featured an all-too-rare example of -time zone humor on 1998-03-14. +The syndicated comic strip <em>Dilbert</em> featured an +<a href='http://dilbert.com/strip/1998-03-14'>all-too-rare example of +time zone humor</a> on 1998-03-14. </li> <li> +The webcomic <em>xkcd</em> has the strip +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/673/'>The Sun</a>" (2009-12-09) and the panels +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1017/'>Backward in Time</a>" (2012-02-14), +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1061/'>EST</a>" (2012-05-28), and +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1335/'>Now</a>" (2014-02-26). +<li> Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103 of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>. </li> @@ -515,7 +522,7 @@ Peppermint Patty: "What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?" Marcie: "I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact, it's already tomorrow in Australia!" <br> -(Charles M. Schulz, <em>Peanuts</em>, 1980-06-13) +(Charles M. Schulz, <a href='http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13'><em>Peanuts</em>, 1980-06-13</a>) </li> </ul> </body> -- 2.5.0
I don't know whether its worthy of your link pages, but I found this recent article interesting: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160126-how-the-brain-maps-time/ On 03/01/2016 12:21 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
* tz-art.htm: Add xkcd. Add URLs for specific comic strips or panels. --- tz-art.htm | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tz-art.htm b/tz-art.htm index 57d9092..127ab69 100644 --- a/tz-art.htm +++ b/tz-art.htm @@ -353,10 +353,17 @@ broadcast 1997-02-13, in which Kramer decides that daylight saving time isn't coming fast enough, so he sets his watch ahead an hour. </li> <li> -The syndicated comic strip <em>Dilbert</em> featured an all-too-rare example of -time zone humor on 1998-03-14. +The syndicated comic strip <em>Dilbert</em> featured an +<a href='http://dilbert.com/strip/1998-03-14'>all-too-rare example of +time zone humor</a> on 1998-03-14. </li> <li> +The webcomic <em>xkcd</em> has the strip +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/673/'>The Sun</a>" (2009-12-09) and the panels +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1017/'>Backward in Time</a>" (2012-02-14), +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1061/'>EST</a>" (2012-05-28), and +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1335/'>Now</a>" (2014-02-26). +<li> Surrealist artist Guy Billout's work "Date Line" appeared on page 103 of the 1999-11 <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>. </li> @@ -515,7 +522,7 @@ Peppermint Patty: "What if the world comes to an end tonight, Marcie?" Marcie: "I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir ... in fact, it's already tomorrow in Australia!" <br> -(Charles M. Schulz, <em>Peanuts</em>, 1980-06-13) +(Charles M. Schulz, <a href='http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13'><em>Peanuts</em>, 1980-06-13</a>) </li> </ul> </body>
Paul Eggert wrote:
+The webcomic <em>xkcd</em> has the strip +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/673/'>The Sun</a>" (2009-12-09) and the panels +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1017/'>Backward in Time</a>" (2012-02-14), +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1061/'>EST</a>" (2012-05-28), and +"<a href='https://xkcd.com/1335/'>Now</a>" (2014-02-26).
The same author's "What If" series was also relevant at #26 (especially given the events of last November): http://what-if.xkcd.com/26/ Not specifically related to time zones, but those interested in date and time notations will also want to keep this one handy, if for no other reason than to use as the occasional cluebat: https://xkcd.com/1179/
Steve Summit wrote:
The same author's "What If" series was also relevant at #26 (especially given the events of last November):
Thanks, added with the attached patch.
Not specifically related to time zones, but those interested in date and time notations will also want to keep this one handy, if for no other reason than to use as the occasional cluebat: https://xkcd.com/1179/
Hah! That one has a typo: it lists 1330300800 as a "discouraged format" for 2013-02-27, but that's off by a year. The panel should have said 1361923200, not 1330300800. I looked into how to file a bug report against xkcd, and found only "Consipiracy Theories" <https://xkcd.com/258/>. But it turns out that the problem with 1330300800 is a known bug; see <https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1179:_ISO_8601>. Unlike the tz project, xkcd is not obliged to fix bugs in released versions.
participants (3)
-
J William Piggott -
Paul Eggert -
scs@eskimo.com