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Dubai to potentially default o…

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Dubai to potentially default on debt. Global markets shaken, S&P futures down 25. Happy Thanksgiving. http://tinyurl.com/yzwc2vs

WSJ: Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

An interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the effect that time has had on Wikipedia’s “workforce” of volunteer contributors, editors, and moderators.

It seems that as the rate of contributions to the site has accelerated, many of these volunteers have become overwhelmed and frustrated with the constant bickering about content accuracy, rate of vandalism of articles, and the sheer volume of new additions.

If Wikipedia wants to become the premier (accurate) source of all human knowledge to date, it will have to find a way to draw back this critical human resource.

It might not be the worst idea to partner with actual encyclopedias (are they still around??) and universities…

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125893981183759969.html

House of brews with Chuck for …

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

House of brews with Chuck for a beer and some college football.

Just got a Google Wave invite

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Just got a Google Wave invite

Convinced that @p34nUt and @df…

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Convinced that @p34nUt and @dferrantino are the same person.

Christopher Walken does GaGa h…

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Christopher Walken does GaGa http://bit.ly/2o8O16

Plus: First live Jets game. Mi…

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Plus: First live Jets game. Minus: They lost.