img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/keynote.png" title="He should be better soon -- now that the Apple Store is getting rid of DRM, Cory Doctorow will get rid of his Steve Jobs voodoo doll." alt="He should be better soon -- now that the Apple Store is getting rid of DRM, Cory Doctorow will get rid of his Steve Jobs voodoo doll." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/converting_to_metric.png" title="According to River, 'adequate' vacuuming systems drain the human body at about half a liter per second." alt="According to River, 'adequate' vacuuming systems drain the human body at about half a liter per second." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/i_know_youre_listening.png" title="It's basically Pascal's Wager for the paranoid prankster." alt="It's basically Pascal's Wager for the paranoid prankster." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/party.png" title="I wonder what 2008 meme will go bizarrely mainstream in 2009 like Rickrolling did 2007-2008. I Accidentally noun? Yo dawg? Place your bets now!" alt="I wonder what 2008 meme will go bizarrely mainstream in 2009 like Rickrolling did 2007-2008. I Accidentally noun? Yo dawg? Place your bets now!" /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/decline.png" title="'There's also a spike on the Fourier transform at the one-month mark where --' 'You want to stop talking right now.'" alt="'There's also a spike on the Fourier transform at the one-month mark where --' 'You want to stop talking right now.'" /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/google_trends.png" title="Obama has been writing Lincoln/Obama erotic fan fiction on his secret livejournal. Excerpt: Lincoln lay back on the bed, nude save for his trademark stovepipe hat. 'Tell me,' he purred seductively, as he and Obama formed a more perfect union. 'When you come, is it 10% ethanol?'" alt="Obama has been writing Lincoln/Obama erotic fan fiction on his secret livejournal. Excerpt: Lincoln lay back on the bed, nude save for his trademark stovepipe hat. 'Tell me,' he purred seductively, as he and Obama formed a more perfect union. 'When you come, is it 10% ethanol?'" /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/2008_christmas_special.png" title="'How could you possibly think typing 'import skynet' was a good idea?'" alt="'How could you possibly think typing 'import skynet' was a good idea?'" /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cuttlefish.png" title="Unless the CS students finish the robot revolution before you finish the cephalopod one." alt="Unless the CS students finish the robot revolution before you finish the cephalopod one." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/11th_grade.png" title="And the ten minutes striking up a conversation with that strange kid in homeroom sometimes matters more than every other part of high school combined." alt="And the ten minutes striking up a conversation with that strange kid in homeroom sometimes matters more than every other part of high school combined." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/flow_charts.png" title="At 8 drinks, you switch the torrent from FreeBSD to Microsoft Bob. C'mon, it'll be fun!" alt="At 8 drinks, you switch the torrent from FreeBSD to Microsoft Bob. C'mon, it'll be fun!" /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/marshmallow_gun.png" title="Except in reality crossing a stream of marshmallows would create a giant Bill Murray." alt="Except in reality crossing a stream of marshmallows would create a giant Bill Murray." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wood_chips.png" title="You didn't run a chemical analysis against the Shroud of Turin? Man, all that work for NOTHING." alt="You didn't run a chemical analysis against the Shroud of Turin? Man, all that work for NOTHING." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/no_one_must_know.png" title="Or perhaps they knew he was there, and were just trying to torment him first." alt="Or perhaps they knew he was there, and were just trying to torment him first." /

A few last holiday notes: we finally have a selection of a href="http://xkcd.com/store/#SignedPrints"signed comic prints/a available in the a href="http://store.xkcd.com/"xkcd store/a (we didn't think we'd get the prints up by the holidays but they just came in and look great). We also added Amazon Universal Wish List support, and the US order deadline for guaranteed by-Christmas delivery is this Friday.br /br /Thanks!

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/simultaneous.png" title="I'm leaving you for your twin. He's more mature than you by now." alt="I'm leaving you for your twin. He's more mature than you by now." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/friends.png" title="Friends with detriments." alt="Friends with detriments." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/alternate_currency.png" title="For the first time ever, the phrase 'I'd like to thank everyone at 4chan for making me successful and happy' is uttered." alt="For the first time ever, the phrase 'I'd like to thank everyone at 4chan for making me successful and happy' is uttered." /

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img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sleet.png" title="I mean, I can barely hear myself complaining about Battlestar Galactica." alt="I mean, I can barely hear myself complaining about Battlestar Galactica." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/egg_drop_failure.png" title="I hear my brother Ricky won his school's egg drop by leaving the egg inside the hen." alt="I hear my brother Ricky won his school's egg drop by leaving the egg inside the hen." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/induced_current.png" title="The MythBusters need to tackle whether a black hole from the LHC could REALLY destroy the world." alt="The MythBusters need to tackle whether a black hole from the LHC could REALLY destroy the world." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/drapes.png" title="Wait, what?" alt="Wait, what?" /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/experimentation.png" title="I understand large sample sizes are key to a low sigma, but the entire sophomore class?" alt="I understand large sample sizes are key to a low sigma, but the entire sophomore class?" /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/theft_of_the_magi.png" title="Every Roomba needs a dueling harness." alt="Every Roomba needs a dueling harness." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a_bunch_of_rocks.png" title="I call Rule 34 on Wolfram's Rule 34." alt="I call Rule 34 on Wolfram's Rule 34." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/legal_hacks.png" title="It's totally a reasonable modern analogue. Jefferson would have been all about crypto." alt="It's totally a reasonable modern analogue. Jefferson would have been all about crypto." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/terminology.png" title="Also, is it just me, or do Japan and New Zealand look suspiciously similar? Has anyone seen them at a party together?" alt="Also, is it just me, or do Japan and New Zealand look suspiciously similar? Has anyone seen them at a party together?" /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dark_flow.png" title="The Pioneer anomaly is due to the force of my love." alt="The Pioneer anomaly is due to the force of my love." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/faust_20.png" title="The only blood these contracts are signed in is from me cutting my hand trying to open the goddamn CD case." alt="The only blood these contracts are signed in is from me cutting my hand trying to open the goddamn CD case." /

img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/election.png" title="Someday I'll be rich enough to hire Nate Silver to help make all my life decisions. 'Should I sleep with her?' 'Well, I'm showing a 35% chance it will end badly.'" alt="Someday I'll be rich enough to hire Nate Silver to help make all my life decisions. 'Should I sleep with her?' 'Well, I'm showin