It's just a word with no phonetic pronunciation - a treasured and carefully-guarded point in the space of four-character strings. Server maintenance and most of the coding for these sites is done by my friend davean, who tries hard to remain invisible but can be reached at Designer Christina Gleason also helps with posters, books, and various side projects. Write books like What If?, How To, What If? 2 and Thing Explainer. Host a gallery of photos inspired by comic #249. What else do you do?Įncourage people to get out and meet each other in, hopefully, interesting places via geohashing.

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