"Rap" has been the number one story idea on the right side of the page for several months. Tonight I finally wrote up the comic, and even got in a reference to Godwin's Law.

I'm sad to say the comic (and punchline) is based on actual events. I didn't compare rap to Hitler, but I did compare ... ummm ... Java to Hitler. Seriously.

My point was that everything can serve a purpose, even Nazis. So even though Java is not my favorite language, I'm glad it existed to push computing forward. I totally lost that conversation once the word "Nazi" came out of my mouth.

As for rap, I'm becoming depressed about the state of hip-hop. I love remix and cut&paste culture, but I just don't like more than a small handful of rappers. So I've been loving RJD2 and DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist and all the hipster lounge acts like Thievery Corporation and Brazilian Girls.