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clickdrag.py is a script to grab image tiles from XKCD's "click and drag" web comic at
http://xkcd.com/1110/
- stores original 2048x2048 in results/
- resizes to 512x512 in thumbnails/
- creates "composite.png" from thumbnails.
- creates "clickdrag.html" which shows thumbnails and links to originals.

At 300 dpi, this picture would be 16' x 40'.
Zoomable example (not mine) at http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/

Remarkably similar to
"The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World"
by A.K. Dewdney

Notable tiles I've spotted:
- 1n48e.png "Wonder where I'll float next". Reference to original comic http://xkcd.com/1/
- 9n2e.png "Huston, we have a problem". Apollo 13 reference.
- 5n12e.png "Daisy, Daisy ...". 2001 Space Odesy reference.
- 8n6e.png "Red Five". Star Wars
- 8s17w.png "Copy Gold leader". Another Star Wars.
- 13n1e.png Falling whales. Douglas Adams Reference?

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Python used to get images from xkcd "Click and Drag" comic (http://xkcd.com/1110/)

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