August 17, 2007

There were 4 posts published on August 17, 2007 (this is page 1 of 1).

Wikipedia, The Independent, and the Art of Revision

This is just too rich. I see that the UK’s Independent newspaper took a swipe at Wikipedia for the recent revelation that (gasp!) anyone can edit entries.

The news here isn’t that people or companies sometimes edit unfavorable material. That happens all the time. The real news is that because Wikipedia is a wiki, such changes are easily discovered and corrected. Nothing ever disappears with wikis: all changes, whether additions or subtractions, are precisely tracked and can be reversed at any time.
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Watching The Detectives

Elvis plays Koka Booth Amphitheatre next month with the N.C. Symphony. I am so there.

Watching The Detectives
Elvis Costello

Nice girls not one with a defect
cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct
Red dogs under illegal legs
She looks so good that he gets down and begs

She is watching the detectives
“ooh, he’s so cute!”
She is watching the detectives
when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
They beat him up until the teardrops start
but he can’t be wounded ’cause he’s got no heart
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Boom and Bust

I should’ve known not to get my hopes up. The storm fizzled about the time it passed Durham. We got lots of thunder and a few drops but nothing substantial.

Anyone got a hurricane they’re not using?

Drop Everything for a Drop

I had to leave my desktop and run outside because I heard a sound we haven’t heard in a while: thunder! The radar shows a nice fat, red blob headed for our house. Hurray! A moment ago the weather radio’s alarm began sounding, reporting the thunderstorm. Music to my ears!

How sad is it that I get giddy from the mere possibility of rain?