Microsoft Emulates Wikipedia
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Many-to-Many: Microsoft Emulates
Wikipedia
Many-to-Many: Microsoft Emulates
Wikipedia
04/10/2005 05:27 PMwant you to volunteer your time for a Wiki-type editing of the Encarta
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"Wikimedia Foundation Announces
Corporate Support of Wikipedia from
Yahoo! Search; Helps Allow the
Organization to Run Wikipedia
Independently"
"Wikimedia Foundation Announces
Corporate Support of Wikipedia from
Yahoo! Search; Helps Allow the
Organization to Run Wikipedia
Independently"
04/09/2005 03:59 AMMicrosoft Encarta to Get the Wikipedia
Treatment
Microsoft Encarta to Get the Wikipedia
Treatment
04/08/2005 06:38 PMOver on Slashdot, there's an interesting item about Microsoft adopting
more of a Wikipedia-like process for the next version of its Encarta
online encyclopedia.
Guest PC emulates x86 computer on Mac OS
X
Guest PC emulates x86 computer on Mac OS
X
02/01/2005 09:53 PMMicrosoft's Virtual PC software has some new competition from Dublin,
Ireland-based Lismore Software Systems Inc. Lismore on Tuesday
announced the release of Guest PC 1.0, a new PC emulation software for
Mac OS X. The application emulates the inner workings of a
PC-compatible computer, enabling Mac users to run software that's not
compatible with their native operating system. Lismore is a veteran of
the PC emulation market on the Macintosh; the company previously
released Blue Label PowerEmulator, a PC emulator for Mac OS 9 and
earlier operating systems that's been around since the late 1990s.
Adobe Emulates Library Conferences?
Adobe Emulates Library Conferences?
04/04/2005 11:42 PMAdobe
Ideas Conference
“I'm at the Adobe Ideas conference
today, so posting may be a little slow. Or non-existant because this
is the first conference I've been to in, oh, 4 years that doesn't have
wifi available to the attendees….” [kottke.org]
Sadly
, I have yet to attend my first library conference that
does have wifi available for the attendees.
Sigh.
Guitar Rig emulates amps and sound
effects, with pedals
Guitar Rig emulates amps and sound
effects, with pedals
06/14/2004 02:53 PMGermany-based music software developer Native Instruments on Monday
began shipping
Guitar Rig,
a software application combined with a foot controller. First
announced
in
March, Guitar Rig offers three tube amplifier emulations, 20 sound
effects including delays, reverbs and EQs, and a "Cabinets and Mics"
module that includes ten speaker types and five microphone types, each
with four different positions. You can combine any amplifier or effect
in any order or quantity.
Linux desktop emulates Windows for
office apps
Linux desktop emulates Windows for
office apps
08/22/2004 09:02 PMZDNet Australia Aug 23 2004 1:37AM GMT
Wikipedia:April 1, 2005/-2005 Britannica
takeover of Wikimedia- - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia
Wikipedia:April 1, 2005/-2005 Britannica
takeover of Wikimedia- - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia
04/02/2005 05:11 AMl'encyclopédie libre vient d'être achetée par
l'encyclopédie Britannica .. Wikipedia:April 1, 2005/2005
Britannica takeover of Wikimedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ..
Wikipedia sells out to Britannica ..
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Wikipedia Again
Wikipedia Again
12/17/2004 06:37 PM“Reference Publishing” is the business of publishing “reference
works”: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and the like. By definition, it
includes the
Wikipedia, which
is intended as a reference work. I have
remarked kindly on
the Wikipedia and
taken exception when
it came under attack. There have been a lot of voices chiming in on
this issue; herewith a survey and, based on my years in reference
publishing and because I care profoundly, I’ll add my own
observations...
Wikipedia Needs $20,000
Wikipedia Needs $20,000
12/29/2003 11:47 PMLetter to
our readers and contributors: This is either heartbeaking or
inspiring, I'm not sure which. It turns out that Wikipedia is failing under the
load created by its popularity.
...the three servers that currently host all of
Wikimedia's projects in all languages are simply not enough,
especially as two of them have turned out to have hardware defects.
... I estimate that $20,000 in hardware would get us to a point where
we have reserves to handle the failure of any one machine.
Additionally, we would be well-poised to continue our track record of
astounding growth.
That's the heartbreaking part, since Wikipedia is one of the most
perfect Web resources ever created. But looking in on this page right
now (10 p.m. CST), I'm seeing "Money raised: $23,382.17." If that is
an accurate figure, and the Web community has altruistically pulled
Wikipedia out of a downward spiral, then it makes me glad to be
alive.
If someone can confirm that Wikipedia's needs have been met, please
post confirmation.
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Jew - Wikipedia
Jew - Wikipedia
04/14/2004 09:10 AMdefinition of a Jew, or a Jewish person .. entry for the word Jew ..
Jewish .. Jews .. item .. Jew
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WWW-Wikipedia-1.5
WWW-Wikipedia-1.5
03/23/2005 12:23 PMWikipedia Needs $20K
Wikipedia Needs $20K
12/28/2003 09:20 PMWWW-Wikipedia-1.1
WWW-Wikipedia-1.1
08/20/2004 12:32 AMWWW-Wikipedia-1.0
WWW-Wikipedia-1.0
08/10/2004 10:39 AMWWW-Wikipedia-0.9
WWW-Wikipedia-0.9
08/05/2004 05:33 AMWWW-Wikipedia-1.2
WWW-Wikipedia-1.2
09/01/2004 04:59 PMWikipedia
Wikipedia
11/17/2003 12:56 AMMediaWiki 2003-11-17 release
Tweaking Wikipedia
Tweaking Wikipedia
06/17/2005 03:49 PMDoes anyone know why Wikipedia displays a redirected
page at the same URL rather than using a proper HTTP redirect? Case in
point: Topics in human-computer interaction actually displays the
content from List of human-computer interaction topics (that's my next
exam topic) - the same content appears at two different URLs. Yuck. Here's a
Greasemonkey script to fix it: wikipedia-redirect.user.js.
While I'm at it, Wikipedia's search function is painfully
slow. Here's another user script which changes their search button to
search the site using Google instead. It also swaps the positions of
the "Search" and "Go" buttons, and makes "Search" the default action
for the form: wikipedia-googlesearch.user.js.
Wikipedia Hardware
Wikipedia Hardware
07/12/2004 11:07 AMWikimedia
servers - Wikimedia's Meta wiki: Ever wanted to know exactly what
hardware powers Wikipedia? Here's a detailed list of their servers,
their CPU stats, and the OS they're running (all RedHat 9 or Fedora,
it looks like).
To see how these servers handle the load, check out the Ganglia Cluster Stats.
Here's the budg
et for hardware — they're about to spend another $20,000 and
that leaves them flat broke from the w
ave of generosity from a year ago.
I swear, if I won the lottery, I'd give my first million to
Wikipedia. For now, $25 will have to do.
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Some notes on Wikipedia
Some notes on Wikipedia
12/24/2004 12:35 PM
I've been driving myself crazy with coursework over the past couple
of weeks, and since it's always good to have something to take your
mind off things I've also been spending a fair amount of time lurking
around the beautiful Wikipedia. Here are a few things
about Wikipedia you may have missed:
- It's not just Wikipedia any more; there's also Wiktionary (a multi-lingual
dictionary), Wikibooks
(developing open content books on various topics), Wikiquote (quotations), Wikisource (a
repository of public domain source texts), Wikispecies (a
biological species database), Wikicommons (free images and
other media) and Wikinews (a new
Wikipedia-style news site). Not to mention the huge numbers of
projects in other
languages.
- You can view live stat graphs of the Wikipedia squid cache servers and see an overview of the status of all Wikipedia
servers.
- Last year's drive for
donations was mostly spent on new hardware, and a detailed list of hardware orders is
available.
- Wikipedia's awesome TeX engine for presenting mathematical
formulae may soon be expanded to support rendering of musical scores,
SVG graphics, chemical formulae and more, thanks to the brilliant Wikitex module for MediaWiki.
- Wikisource has a bunch of
stories by H. P. Lovecraft!
- Wikipedia's Peri
odic table links to detailed descriptions of every single
element.
- Live recent
changes feed is a page that shows edits to Wikipedia in real
time. It works by keeping the HTTP connection to your browser
open and sending updates packaged as JavaScript calls (I think this is
the same trick used by CGI:IRC).
- The channel #enrc.wikipedia on
irc.freenode.net carries a bot-produced live feed of
recent changes to Wikipedia. Edits occur so frequently that the bot
had to be split in to five to avoid being flooded off the
channel!
- Wikipedia has a huge va
ndalism problem, but malicious edits are cleared up so fast that
you'd be hard pressed to spot it.
- The Wikimedia foundation has an attractive quarterly newsletter,
the Wikimedia
Quarto. September's issue includes an
interview with Ward Cunningham.
- Wikipedia provides a great way to sharpen your language skills;
not only does Wikibooks have guides to teaching yourself French and German (among others) but the multi-lingual versions
of Wikipedia provide excellent practise in reading comprehension.
Compare the English and French entries on Bath, for example.
- The Wikimedia foundation recently received a small grant to
develop a series of children's books.
The deeper I dig in to Wikipedia, the more amazed I become. I see
it as more than just a collaborative encyclopaedia; it's a testament
to humanity's ability to work together for the greater good. I guess
you could say I'm in WikiLove
:)
Wikipedia has no articles
Wikipedia has no articles
02/01/2005 09:09 PMI have been corrected by the estimable SJ Klein for referring to
Wikipedia as "the Wikipedia." I stand corrected and will attempt to
avoid mistake next time. I hope I have not caused Wikipedia any the
distress....
Novedades en la es.wikipedia
Novedades en la es.wikipedia
04/30/2004 10:27 AMNovedades en la Wikipedia
Novedades en la Wikipedia
08/03/2004 09:03 AMMany-to-Many: Academia and Wikipedia
Many-to-Many: Academia and Wikipedia
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Problems with Wikipedia in my DNS
Problems with Wikipedia in my DNS
06/17/2005 05:09 PM
For the last several days, I haven't been able to access the
English Wikipedia from home. This has happened in the past. The reason
is that the DNS that my ISP provides me is returning an error when
looking up en.wikipedia.org.
dig en.wikipedia.org
;; Truncated, retrying in TCP mode.
;; communications error to 210.130.232.1#53: end of file
The odd thing is that jp.wikipedia.org and other
Wikipedia subdomains resolve. Also, when I try another DNS server,
en.wikipedia.org resolves. The DNS server I am using,
DNS.CDN-JAPAN.COM (210.130.232.1) is run by IIJ, my ISP. Has anyone
else had similar problems either with other domains on IIJ or problems
with en.wikipedia.org on other DNS servers?
Sorry, for this obscure and geeky post, but being prevented from
using Wikipedia has become extremely irritating.
UPDATE: en, fr, nl, de, pl fail. ja, eo, ko, es, zh work. It
appears that the ones which are failing use geodns.
UPDATE 2: I caught up with a senior guy from my ISP IIJ at the
Internet Association meeting yesterday and explained the problem to
him. He said that MAYBE it is because they are running a load
balancing thing that might interact weirdly with geodns. He's looking
into it for me.
UPDATE 3: I got a response from my ISP. They said that the
"AUTHORITYSECTION" was being returned making the record longer than
512 bytes forcing it to respond via TCP instead of UDP. They said that
they thought my firewall was blocking TCP responses from dns. They
changed the setting on the nameserver not to add the AUTHORITYSECTION
and now it appears to work for me... I've asked them to provide me
with another long domain entry greater than 512 bytes so I can see if
I can replicate the error...
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Two Thumbs Up for Wikipedia
Two Thumbs Up for Wikipedia
07/16/2004 09:50 AMI,
ROBOT / ** (PG-13): Wikipedia got a mention in Roger Ebert's
review of "I, Robot," posted this morning.
Asimov's robot stories were often based on robots that got
themselves hopelessly entangled in logical contradictions involving
the laws. According to the invaluable Wikipedia encyclopedia on the
Web, Harlan Ellison and Asimov collaborated in the 1970s on an "I,
Robot" screenplay, which, the good doctor said, would produce "the
first really adult, complex, worthwhile science fiction movie ever
made."
Beautiful. On another note, the company at the center of this
movie is called "U.S. Robotics." Was it called that in the book, or
did they borrow the name from the modem company? Which came
first?
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Wikipedia Animate
Wikipedia Animate
06/24/2005 07:22 PMJon
Udell: Visualizing change: I wish I was Jon Udell, as he gets
everything he asks for. This time he — along with some help
from Andy Baio — got someone
to write a
script that animates Wikipedia changes inline. See the picture at
the above link, and he apparently has a screencast on it (that I
haven't watched).
Recently I wished out loud for an automated way to animate revision
histories in Wikipedia. Andy Baio liked the idea and sponsored a
contest for a script that would do that. There have been several
entries, and today's short screencast explores one of them: Dan
Phiffer's Wikipedia Animate.
The script is amazing. It's keyed off the "action=history" in the
URL, so it works on any Wikimedia wiki,
(including the one on my intranet) which is awesome (you have to have
Firefox with Greasemonkey installed, of
course.)
To use it, go to the "History" tab of a Wikipedia page, and select
two versions for comparison (for the best results, select the first
and current versions). Start the script and watch. You can pause it,
manually go forward and back, and even drag the little time indicator
to move back and forth.
This script has convinced me that I suck to the extreme, and so I'm
going to quit Web development and go work at McDonalds.
Wikipedia != Authoritative?
Wikipedia != Authoritative?
09/05/2004 09:17 AMCalDAV in Wikipedia
CalDAV in Wikipedia
03/14/2005 05:05 PM Lisa Dusseault has created a wikipedia article on CalDAV. A good
place to start if you're looking for information about a new approach
to calendar sharing and interoperability. Also see Jon Udell here.
Does your favorite protocol have a page? If not, add one!...
Wikipedia Reinvents
Wikipedia Reinvents
05/31/2004 11:29 AM
Wikipedia has reinvented
itself. It now supports discussions about any article, and
provices an easy way for users to look at previous article versions.
Maybe it could do this before -- but my memory and the Google cache
lead me to think not. To the jaded eye, this looks like just a
software upgrade. But the implications are greater than that.
Wikipedia is the great white hope for free (as in freedom) information
on the web, and this ups the ante. My big questions: Can they handle
the load? And how long before anyone notices?
Do the Wikipedia a Favor
Do the Wikipedia a Favor
01/07/2004 03:21 PMThe wonderful Wikipedia project
needs help. Please donate
a bit; I did.
Festivus - Wikipedia
Festivus - Wikipedia
12/27/2003 10:19 PMFestivus
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Wikipedia enhancements
Wikipedia enhancements
05/31/2004 05:03 PMI don't know when it happened, but Wikipedia has a stylish new
design in mostly valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional (the front page validates,
some of the inside pages do not) with a CSS layout to boot. They even have an option to turn off
the single layout table used on their home page. The site seems much
easier to navigate now and the organisation of the front page is a
masterpiece of information architecture. When you've got over 250,000
articles just in the English version providing a useful home page is
going to be a challenge, but Wikipedia pulls it off with aplomb.
Every time I visit Wikipedia I find something else to be
impressed by. This time round it was the Communi
ty Portal, which provides resources for Wikipedia contributors
including Things you can do, an Article of the week, a Tip of the day
and a myriad of other links. This is seriously well-organised content.
It's interesting to see how they deal with the challenges of 250,000
items in a single namespace as well.
Their recent Webby award for
best community was thoroughly deserved. And yes, they even encourage
people to collaborate on writing their press releases.
La Wikipedia en La Vanguardia
La Wikipedia en La Vanguardia
03/14/2005 06:10 PMCNN cites Wikipedia
CNN cites Wikipedia
09/08/2004 10:46 AM
Cory Doctorow:
CNN repeatedly cites Wikipedia in this article on the Russian
hostage-taking allegedly planned by Shamil Basayev.
During the rebel pullout from Grozny in January 2000 Basayev lost a
foot after stepping on a landmine, according to the Wikipedia Web
site, but he and other rebel fighters eluded Russian capture by hiding
in forests and mountains.
Link
(
Thanks, Scott!)
Wikipedia for Journalists
Wikipedia for Journalists
03/08/2004 11:23 PMWhile information can be found quickly and easily using tools such as
Google, the problem is often not a lack of content, but rather the
volumes of stale and ...
A Wikipedia Blog
A Wikipedia Blog
01/16/2004 11:33 AMI'm tempted to start a blog solely for linking to great Wikipedia entries. One of my
morning rituals is to hit the random page
link at Wikipedia and see where it takes me. I've found some
fantastic articles that beat anything in a paid resource.
Take a browse through the Billiant
Prose page and see gems like Sniper, Crushing by
Elephant (morbidly fascinating), Batman, Dick Tracy, James Bond, etc.
You could make an entire blog out of links to great Wikipedia entries.
According to the statistics page, there are almost 200,000 entries.
That should keep you busy for a while.
Someone should do this.
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Wikipedia Update
Wikipedia Update
06/05/2005 11:24 PMJust for the record, violet/riga did finally
respond to my question about the WorldCat link
for The Da Vinci Code. Apparently Liz Lawley’s follow-up
question on violet/riga’s page got more attention, so thanks,
Liz!
Comments on the previous post noted the existing method for linking
to books via ISBN (thanks, Richard!), and that’s a
valid point. The WorldCat link is included on that Book Sources page, along with other ways to find the title in
libraries, so it still serves as a good example of what I was saying
in my presentation. violet/riga eventually found that, too, which
makes more sense than her original notation.
Case closed.
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