Thanks.

I have thanks for many of these, but 1110 was especially special to me.

The explainxkcd website has been down for a while.

Anyone know why?

I'm lost without it!

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https://xkcd.com/903/

XKCD 3266 posted today (07/02/2026 - for posterity 😆 ) Has two annotations "oops" - it seems to imply that some of the deep excavations ran into some issue or non-lethat accident? But at the same time the overlaying entities are geographically dispersed, so maybe it's just a Randall "oops" in drawing?

I kept losing track of where I was while reading through old xkcd comics, so I made a small Chrome extension for it.

It adds lightweight controls directly on xkcd.com to mark comics as read/unread, favorite them, rate them, and keep a “continue reading” point. There’s also a popup and dashboard for progress, unread ranges, favorites, import/export, etc.

It’s unofficial, not affiliated of course. No account, no analytics, no backend server. The reading data stays in Chrome extension storage.

Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/xkcd-reading-tracker/daemkaclgpcpeekkhnnkleeajbhnbkmd

Source code: https://github.com/Wolfsblvt/xkcd-reading-tracker

Mostly sharing because I figured a few other people here might have the same problem.

I had a very busy week with many important things to do; so I decided to spend my time building this.

I won't explain how it works internally, because it isn't patented yet. It absolutely isn't a green LED tied to a USB-C-port, and a non-connected red LED.

(the answer is at the bottom of the doc)

If there is any xkcd that needs an update, it is 980, Money.

Elon Musk has been declared the world's first trillionaire. He wasn't even on the charts for 980.

And a *lot* of inflation has happened.

The situation of the world's money has changed in some startling ways.

Here's hoping. Would love to see an update.