"What a great story.  And so well told.  Thanks, Rain!"

"If the arrow is there to say 'turn this way to get colder' then why are the numbers even there? They would serve no purpose.  Clearly, the arrow is to be taken in context with the numbers and is telling us which numbers are colder."

"Looks like we're going to be seeing a lot of cool designs from the DAK/JS&A catalogs here in the coming days.  ;-)"

"That's actually "Patty" in the featured Peanuts strip, not "Peppermint Patty" who was introduced later."

"Sounds like he's going 'out of the (Adobe) frying pan and into the (Serif) fire' to me.  Why not truly liberate yourself with today's awesome FOSS alternatives, such as Krita, GIMP, Inkscape, etc."

"Not for sale to people with small pets or children."

"I disagree.  The first map is a great map at visualizing how the counties went.  Which inherently makes it a bad map for showing how the popular vote went.  Which Munroe’s map is designed to do and thus is good at.  It’s that simple.  Pick the right tool for the job applies to visualizations too."

"Didntneed to tell me this was a student desogn.  Presumably from a country wothout liability law. "

"I wonder what role the gender gap played in this phone only impressing 5,000 people sufficiently to induce them to purchase one so far."

"What part of China are you from, Peter?"

"After watching this video of that giant-sized box of parts called Effie, I’m actually more convinced of the elegance of the iron as a solution to ironing."

"And if there's one thing we all need, it's more supplication at the Autodesk altar.  Shil.   ;-)"