Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Activity tagged “wikipedia”
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Wikipedia:Blank maps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A bunch of free (well, GFDL-licensed) maps, many in SVG formats.
Main Page - Deletionpedia
“Deletionpedia is an archive of […] pages which have been deleted from the English-language Wikipedia.” Wikipedia's retarded deletion policy is its worst aspect; having this site around at least minimizes the damage.
Kiefer Sutherland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland.” Really.
Felidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I was thinking that Apple was going to have to run out of big cat names sooner or later. Apparently not for some time.
Hairy ball theorem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“A hairy doughnut, on the other hand, is quite easily combable.”
Line of succession to the British Throne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trust the British to calculate the line of sucession to over 1,300 places. Wow.
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Brilliant.
List of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel following the September 11, 2001 attacks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
My next party playlist.
List of sex positions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From a hilarious discussion about the “appropriateness” of Wikipedia's content came this. Funny for about seven different reasons — not the least of which is how amazingly unsexy Wikipedia manages to make sex.
Wikipedia: Site internals, configuration, code examples and management issues (PDF)
Loads of information about the tech behind Wikipedia. I've become convinced that the only sane way to design scalable systems is by studying the trials and tribulations of others.
Bristol Stool Scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As NSFW as Wikipedia gets
A Night at the Hip-Hopera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contains a track-by-track listing on samples on the Kleptone's Hip-Hopera album (which I someone only just today heard thanks to Matt…)
Gollum, the Wikipedia Browser
It's Wikipedia, but fast!
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Jimbo’s Number
Watching Wikipedia slowly die is sad, but there’s apparently a lesson here.