yep, sorry vid, cant see it. not quite up to hackaday standards

@albert
He might be poking a bit of fun at xkcd.

Anywho, cool hack. I did always envision the Hitchhiker’s Guide as being a little more of an open platform, but this is a great start :-).

Not a hack, but cool etching nonetheless.

“maybe he can put just a tiny bit of effort into learning to draw”

Eh, I hope he doesn’t. It’s part of the draw of the comic to me.

I would stop reading xkcd if it were not drawn with stick figures anymore.

You might realise that in several strips (notably some of the early sketches and also http://xkcd.com/77/) he has shown a good ability to draw. He just doesn’t use it all the time; perhaps because he’s first and foremost a storyteller as opposed to a visual artist.

the letters aren’t bubbly they are large friendly letters.

@caleb: Kindle 2 *is* webenabled, with _free_ 3G access, and has 2 weeks of battery duration. I think it’s much better as a Wiki reading device than any phone.

@ eliot

who cares what you think about xkcd’s art style? it’s not meant to be renoir, it’s meant to be a comic that is written by a guy who is obviously some sort of applied science major. what is depicted in the comic is the main theme, not making it as realistic as possible, or even as art heavy as possible. two stick figures talking about coding in c, frequent raptor themes, or talking about the lhc make the main body of the comic the topic being discussed. people like me appreciate it because it’s hilarious and quite unique.

as far as your comment on swallowing pride and hiring an artist, go fuck yourself. xkcd is the creative outlet of whomever writes and illustrates it. artists don’t have to fit your mold of what you consider “good” to be good. there’s plenty of art i can’t stand, but i don’t go around saying how the person needs to swallow their pride and shape up. it’s creative expression.

@caleb

why is it that you feel it necessary to oblige other writers in your posts? if they want to say it, let them post the topic and say it. don’t be a patsy. it’s not like this topic was something so cool you just had to post it anyway. it’s not a working scale model of fermilab or a diy electric car that’s actually feasible.

Ooooo, handbags at dawn!

Don’t diss teh xkcd!

The best kindle hack app is released by KindleOS.com – there is an excellent support for PDF with zoom, ePUB and doc files.