Archive for January 30th, 2007
The Wiki, the Whole Wiki, and Nothing but the Wiki
30 January 2007Fans of TV comedian Stephen Colbert may be familiar with a term he coined last year, Wikiality, “a reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it becomes the truth.”
Colbert was referring to popular website Wikipedia, the online “encyclopedia” that anyone can edit.
The practice of referencing Wikipedia is often frowned upon in academia given [...]
That elliptical-shaped craft buzzes Honolulu
30 January 2007The surfers in Honolulu got their own first-hand show on Friday night of our persistent flying elliptical-shaped craft. This time the “circling flight” was captured by a KHON Fox helicopter television camera. Of course, the government is in denial mode:
The National Weather Service says nothing showed up on their radar at the time [...]

