Wikipedia: Community Portal

Wikipedia is both an encyclopedia and a wiki community. You can edit articles on Wikipedia right now! Learn how to contribute with the tutorial (or just play around in our sandbox). For more information, post comments at the Village Pump, read the Help directory and our policies, contact other Wikipedians, and keep track of what’s…

Harrap's Rat-English Dictionary

eeeeeee ee [iiiiiii:’ii] v. to move. e eeeeeeee ee eerp mph; move over, you meatball, I can’t breathe under your furry butt. —Harrap’s Rat-English Dictionary (ratbehavior.org) A rat-English dictionary. Via join the dots. Similar:When backwards newbie poets writeWhen backwards newbie poets write Up rh…AestheticsIt’s been a while since something got me into a movie theater. Obviously…

Openness, Publication and Scholarship

It’s exciting to see the topic generate such interest and activity — especially since that’s one of the premises on which the Disseminary is based. One of the topics involves the question of what the various conversants mean by “open,” which I’d summarize with the following list of opennesses: “open source” (Stephen Carlson’s emphasis): primary…

Cruel Amusement Park Instructions

Amusement parks just wouldn’t be amusing without all the warnings that we ignore. Whipper-Snapper Whiplash Worries Bull’s-Eye BS Astounding Amusement Park Physics —Dennis G. Jerz —Cruel Amusement Park Instructions (Jerz’s Online Reading Room) Similar:Confuse Students to Help Them LearnConfusing sometimes helps cats, so why n…AcademiaChecking sources back in 2006 involved using this *steampunk* contraption.Research Before Google…

Good news! You can go home again

Yes, graduates, as much as you love your Mom and Dad, you’re realistic enough to understand, deep down inside, that they are the two most annoying human beings on the planet. And so the time will come — I give it six weeks — when you realize that you can no longer continue living with…

HHGG Interview with Myself

“When Zaphod first comes out of the temple and is approached by well wishers, the banana alien on the mole-horse needs to replace the multi-headed groupie.” You just don’t get notes like this every day. —Kerry Kirkpatrick —HHGG Interview with Myself  (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy [Official Blog]) Similar:The Schizoid Man (TNG Rewatch: Season 2,…

Spammer Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison

Jurors sentenced Carmack to seven years for convictions in March of forgery, identity theft and falsifying business records. He must serve a minimum 3 1/2 years. —Carolyn Thompson —Spammer Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison (AP/MyWay) O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Similar:NASA Releases New Earthrise ImageNASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO…AestheticsSmash the WindowsBy presenting us with colourful screens …CybercultureYouTube…

'Plagiarist' to sue university

A student who admits plagiarising his way through his three-year degree course plans to sue his university for negligence after he was caught out on the day before his final exam. Michael Gunn was told by the University of Kent at Canterbury earlier this month that a routine review of his English literature degree coursework…

Online Weblog Leads To Firing

A social studies office worker said she was fired this week after administrators discovered provocative posts in her online journal, including threats to fellow workers and superiors. —Leon Neyfakh —Online Weblog Leads To Firing (Harvard Crimson) An online weblog… as opposed to some other kind of weblog, such as an offline weblog, which, according to the…

Fla. Woman, 90, Receives H.S. Diploma

She now has 81 grandchildren and great-grandchildren to hear her schoolgirl tales, but the end of the story always troubled her. So after outliving three husbands and letting seven decades pass since her last high school class, Babson decided it was time to go back to school. —Jill Barton —Fla. Woman, 90, Receives H.S. Diploma (MyWay/AP)…