Nick says: Hmmm... a strange woman, who is almost certainly neither Tim nor Herbert, wearing a space-time machine hat. Too much? Too fast? Fair question, really.

I'm pretty sure that I'm going to make a change to the release schedule, and switch to posting new comics on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You see, here in GMT+10land, a comic scheduled to appear on Fridays arrives at something like 5:00pm, which is when most decent folk are hightailing it to the pub in search of a well-earned pint. As an added bonus, moving to Tuesdays and Thursdays means that every single weekday has stick figures for you to enjoy. If you're not already reading xkcd on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, you should start!