Awesome-xkcd

A simple, curated list of implementations of various xkcd comics.

• #149 Sandwich
  • xkcd149 - A proof of concept using several physical components to actually make a sandwich.
• #210 90's Flowchart
  • Implementing the 90's Flowchart in LabVIEW - Using LabVIEW's Finite State Machine to implement the flowchart.
• #287 NP-Complete
  • Genetic Algorithm for Knapsack Problem - This example demonstrates a genetic algorithm that is designed to solve the problem introduced by xkcd #287.
• #320 28-Hour Day
  • 28h - Computes and prints a week with 28 hours days.
• #353 Python
  • antigravity.py - In the python source code. Opens the comic when imported.
• #426 Geohashing
  • Map Lookup - A sample implementation of xkcd's Geohashing specification.
  • Scale the Rims - A geohashing implementation for the rims in Billings, MT.
  • antigravity.py - Geohashing implementation in the antigravity module, which is already a reference to #353.
• #481 Listen to Yourself
  • Youtube Audio Preview - While no longer available, this was essentially the implementation of xkcd #481.
• #576 Packages
  • xkcd-576 - Creating a bot to randomly buy items as a surprise gift to yourself.
• #632 Suspicion
  • VK Couple's Testing - A CAPTCHA-based, spambot-eliminating love test. (Defunct implementation.)
• #688 Self-Description
  • xkcd-688 - xkcd #688 is meta -- it includes information about itself. Why not try and recreate it?
• #724 Hell
  • Hell - A flash version of the hellish Tetris game illustrated in the comic.
• #862 Let Go
  • Wintermelon - A forced time delay on refreshing certain websites, referencing the title text of #862.
• #936 Password Strength
  • xkcd Password Generator - Generates a phrase using four random, common, English words.
  • xkcd Password - Generate XKCD passwords that are easy to remember and hard to guess.
  • XKCD password generator - A python-based xkcd-inspired password generator.
  • XKPasswd - A secure memorable password generator.
  • CorrectHorseBatteryStaple - An XKCD inspired password generator.
• #941 Depth Perception
  • Come Closer - A video implementation of xkcd 941.
  • Real World Minecraft? - Another implementation of #941 with Kinects.
• #1017 Backward in Time
  • extreme-waiting - Simple script that shows progress, implementing the algorithm described in #1017.
• #1110 Click and Drag
  • Click and Drag as a Map - Click and Drag ported into a Leaflet map interface for viewing pleasure.
• #1133 Up Goer Five
  • The Up-Goer Five Text Editor - Write using only the ten hundred most used words, and their different forms. [Blog Post]
  • Cleartext Mac - A ten hundred most used word writing thing for the food computer business box.
• #1185 Ineffective Sorts
  • stacksort - Implements stacksort, using solutions posted on StackOverflow to sort input.
  • Bogosort - An implementation of bogosort, specified in #1185.
• #1190 Time
  • xkcd Time - at your own pace - A controlled viewer for the massive Time comic, with pauses on user-designated special frames.
  • xkcd Time Catapult - A physics simulation of the trebuchet in xkcd's time.
• #1286 Encryptic
  • xkcd_1286 - A "tool" for exploring and solving passwords based on hints and inter-password shared character sequences.
  • Adobe Crossword - A crossword based on the Adobe password leak.
  • PASSWD ALIAS - A collaborative password guessing game using the Adobe leak.
• #1288 Substitutions
  • xkcd Substitutions - A GreaseMonkey script that makes the substitutions shown in #1288.
  • Fluffify - Corporate phrases turn our stomach. We're replacing the terms we're so sick of hearing - to a fun equivalent.
  • Cloud-to-Butt - Chrome extension that replaces occurrences of 'the cloud' with 'my butt'.
• #1335 Now
  • xkcd-now - Fully client side version of Now
  • XKCD Now! - Another implementation of xkcd Now.
• #1340 Unique Date
  • xkcd-clock - A clock inspired by xkcd comic number 1340. Source code.
• #1425 Tasks
  • Park or Bird - Uses GPS data to determine if a photo was taken in a park, and computer vision to determine if it contains a bird.
• #1446 Landing
  • xkcd #1446 - A viewer for xkcd 1446 made by Mark Karpeles.
• #1806 Borrow Your Laptop
  • Vim implementation - Maps the scroll wheel to undo/redo in Vim, implementing the mouseover text.
  • Scroll Through Time - An Atom package to scroll through undo/redo history.
• #1871 Bun Alert
  • Bun Alert - Users subscribe their phone number to the Bun Alert system, and receive new SMS alerts when a Bun is spotted.