Recommend an interesting Wikipedia page for me....

[LynzM]

I'm in a weird and bored kind of mood. I've been hitting the "random" button at wiki for a while, but I'd rather get pages I know are interesting. Got a suggestion for me? I'm pretty much up for anything. :)

Edited for stupid typos.

[Ptah]

1. Benford's law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law

[LynzM]

4. Thanks, Ptah!

I had no idea! Fascinating....

[Ptah]

6. Fascinating? :( I was trying for interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitt_Peak

[Little Wing]

2. waaaa AH!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_lee

[LynzM]

10. Neat stuff...

I knew a tiny bit about Jeet Kune Do, but I just learned a bunch more!

[TheMightyFavog]

12. Speaking of Jeet Kune Do...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Spiegel

[sasquatch]

3. Stocks

[Omphaloskepsis]

5. Done...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver


http://del.icio.us/johnpowell/wikipedia

[Ptah]

7. problems solved by MacGyver ! ! ! !

[LynzM]

13. Holy cow to both of those!

That oughta keep me busy!!

[mainegreen]

8. Here's a list of interesting articles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_mysteries

:toast:

[LynzM]

14. Oh, neato!!

Wow! Thanks, dude! :toast:

[sniffa]

9. start here and get to cLicking

it's fascinating the amount of knowLedge/effort that fans put into fiLLing out the 500+ Links.

this kiLLed about a week of my time... and i stiLL haven't finished aLL the articLes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars

[LynzM]

16. Holy crap!

I'm not sure if want to reserve that much space in my brain for that! :rofl:

:hi: How's life, dude? Congrats on the recent engagement!

[begin_within]

11. Supervolcanoes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano

[LynzM]

19. Cool

The Yellowstone caldera scares the crap out of me, in a very unreal way... I have a hard time thinking on the order of cubic kilometers....

[Redstone]

15. Better you hang around youtube than Wikipedia. Much more interesting.

Redstone

[LTR]

20. A more interesting encyclopedia

The Rotten Library:

http://www.rotten.com/library/

Just fascinating.

[LynzM]

23. Hrm... you make a good point.

:hi: :hug:

[Redstone]

33. Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

Some Korean kid in his bedroom, doing utterly astonishing things with his guitar. Trust me, even though the kid has LOUSY technique in the classical sense (see how far off the fingerboard his pinky is when he isn't using it; a classical guatar teacher would slap you for doing that), he does some incredibly difficult "sweeping" arpeggios and in general slick stuff.

But stop watching when you see the green traffic light, because he overreaches after that and tries switching keys, which you just DON'T do, not because a music teacher says you shouldn't, but because it sounds awful.

Have I gone on long enough? Can you tell I'm tired?

Redstone

[LTR]

17. Here's a few

Read a flamewar:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Underground

The most important page on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck

History:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon%27s_Enemies_List

A cute idea for a failed cable TV channel:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puppy_Channel

Use this as a springboard to read about failed companies and organizations:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th_century_disestablishments

More history (and lots of links):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States

What the hell is that "Benny Hill" song?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakety_Sax

[LynzM]

21. Cool, thanks!

I'll have to check some of those out! :)

[Little Wing]

18. nuke subs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_submarines

[LynzM]

22. Thanks, Little Wing

:hi: May I ask how you chose your screen name? I like it!

[Little Wing]

24. Easy

lemmie know if that red-x's out

[LynzM]

28. Nope, I see it!

Thanks! :) Just recently really started getting into his music, myself... better late to the party than never, right?

[Little Wing]

31. Absolutely

:hi:

[NNadir]

25. Platonic solids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid

It was the core of a diary entry of mine over on DKos:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/5/161753/7263

[democracyindanger]

26. Timecube

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timecube

But you really need to visit the actual timecube site for full effect.

[Hugin]

27. Tourist Traps...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_trap

Should kill a few hours.

[Whoa_Nelly]

29. Just found this interesting one today!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapevine,_California

And the link there on The Ridge Route is also very interesting.

[Nevernose]

30. Malaria and Conquistador

Both extensive, and both fascinating (although to be honest I didn't understand a lot of the biology on the malaria page, at least not past the Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, and roots).

[JVS]

32. this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_America