Via xkcd, another dorky comic:
I recently heard that the xkcd author lives in Cambridge, and decided to check out his about section for the first time today. Here’s what I found:
Who are you?
I’m just this guy, you know? I’m a CNU graduate with a degree in physics. Before starting xkcd, I worked on robots at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia. As of June 2007 I live in Massachusetts. In my spare time I climb things, open strange doors, and go to goth clubs dressed as a frat guy so I can stand around and look terribly uncomfortable. At frat parties I do the same thing, but the other way around.
What does XKCD stand for?
It’s not actually an acronym. It’s just a word with no phonetic pronunciation — a treasured and carefully-guarded point in the space of four-character strings.
I love it. And apparently you can get the comics in Spanish, Russian, and German too.