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Subliminal Wikipedia

jacob — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:04:55 +0000

Basically there are three types of Wikipedia editors: 1) Factual editors, who actually contribute to the educational merit of Wikipedia, 2) morons, who think it’s funny to edit Janis Joplin’s Wikipedia page to say that she ate cats, and 3) very clever editors, who are the true topic of this blog post… So, I recently heard Phish’s cover of the Who’s “My Generation” and I checked the song’s Wikipedia article to see if Phish was listed under the “Cover Versions” section. They already were; I read the section anyway, and came upon a very clever edit (pictured right).

Why I Like Google Chrome

jacob — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:06:02 +0000

Google Chrome has its problems. It runs very slowly when iTunes is open; it has trouble playing Hulu videos; sometimes it just completely crashes at random with no explanation, but I like it anyway because it’s very amusing when it is crashing.
I think Google Chrome is on to something here. When something on the computer crashes people are probably pretty frustrated so it’s nice when your operating system is a little witty. It’s like a throwback to the Blue Screen of Death days. The blue screen was chosen because it’s a calming color.
Here’s what you see when a web page doesn’t load properly:

Twitter is…

jacob — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:58:37 +0000

Twitter is not the place to introduce your idea for Star Wars Episode VII.