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		<title>Printifier for xkcd</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a regular reader of the web comic xkcd, you&#8217;ve probably printed some of them out to hang in your office. Unfortunately, no way is provided to print them directly. You can print the whole web page, along with all the stuff you don&#8217;t want. Or you can display the image in your browser [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 195px"><a href="http://xkcd.com"><img title="xkcd" src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/static/xkcdLogo.png" alt="A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language." width="185" height="83" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you&#8217;re a regular reader of the web comic <a title="xkcd" href="http://xkcd.com">xkcd</a>, you&#8217;ve probably printed some of them out to hang in your office. Unfortunately, no way is provided to print them directly. You can print the whole web page, along with all the stuff you don&#8217;t want. Or you can display the image in your browser and print that. The problem with the latter is that the title of the comic (which is also its alt text) and the title text (which is used as a secondary punchline and often erroneously referred to as &#8220;alt text&#8221;) are not displayed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In order to solve this problem, I have created the <a title="Printifier for xkcd" href="http://printifier.com">Printifier for xkcd</a>. You can choose a comic by its number or randomly and select a couple of options. It&#8217;s a simple web page, so there&#8217;s nothing to install.</p>
<p>Give it a try and tell me what you think.</p>

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