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This page is for Wikipedians to list articles that seem a bit unusual. These articles are valuable contributions to the encyclopedia, but are somewhat odd, whimsical, or something you wouldn’t expect to find in Encyclopædia Britannica.
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“Did you ever notice the people who are most adamantly against abortions are people you wouldn’t want to fuck in the first place?” — George Carlin
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Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and sound.
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The New York Times on being black and indie.
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“One entire PETA website is devoted to the claim-despite ample evidence to the contrary-that Jesus Christ was a vegetarian.”
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“Many Cincinnatians… have heard about the subway as a historical anecdote, but not many are aware that it’s largely intact, right beneath their feet. “
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Welcome to Wiltshire’s Secret Underground City… the 35 acre subterranean Cold War City that lies 100 feet beneath Corsham.
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“President Nixon was not Mr. Ruckelshaus’s commander in chief. The president is not the commander in chief of civilians. He is not even commander in chief of National Guard troops unless and until they are federalized.”
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Probably the most appealing part of this keyboard for me is that Caps Lock has been demoted to a mere function on the side of Tab. At last, the most useless key, downgraded!
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“What would you say if I told you that I filled my entire living room with completely original works of art for less than $300?”
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“There are sometimes genuine reasons to unlock or crack a password protected PDF file.”
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Interesting article, with tips that seems largely realistic and, to some degree, largely psychological.
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“…and more than half the country (58 percent) say they wish the Bush presidency were simply over…”
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ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANY
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“A mockumentary the illuminates penguin survival and mating rituals, as well as one bird’s search for love while on a 70-mile trek with his hedonistic buddies.” All-star cast? Bob Saget? WTF?
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Using Illustrator’s pencil tool and shapes of solid color, you can imitate the graphic novel styling of A Scanner Darkly. An animator from the film shows us how.
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When 75,000 football fans pack into Dolphin Stadium in Miami for the Super Bowl on February 4, at least a few may want to carry notes from their doctors explaining why they’re radioactive enough to set off “dirty bomb” alarms.