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This website operates under MediaWiki software and thus has the potential to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki]. However, the site is protected against random editing, which means that you must create a user account to edit articles. In addition, at present only WikiSysop can create new accounts, because the wiki was recently spammed. Read the details at [[Spam Attack]]. | This website operates under MediaWiki software and thus has the potential to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki]. However, the site is protected against random editing, which means that you must create a user account to edit articles. In addition, at present only WikiSysop can create new accounts, because the wiki was recently spammed. Read the details at [[Spam Attack]]. | ||
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| − | [[User:RainDog|RainDog]], the administrator of this site, would have preferred to end this page here. However, it seems necessary to add some Blog | + | [[User:RainDog|RainDog]], the administrator of this site, would have preferred to end this page here. However, it seems necessary to add some Blog entries to try to preserve the tenuous existence of this Main Page on Google. For an angry reaction to the way Google works, see [[RainDog's Second Rant]]. For the full Blog entries see [[User:RainDog/Blog2007-10|RainDog's Blog]]. |
'''06 October 2007 - [[WikiSpam]]'''<br> | '''06 October 2007 - [[WikiSpam]]'''<br> | ||
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''' 23 September - Technorati's best''' | ''' 23 September - Technorati's best''' | ||
| − | Thinking about useful links to be found on other peoples' blogs, I went to Google and typed "best blogs." Thus I found technorati, which I had heard of, but never intentionally visited. Technorati gives a | + | Thinking about useful links to be found on other peoples' blogs, I went to Google and typed "best blogs." Thus I found technorati, which I had heard of, but never intentionally visited. Technorati gives a [http://technorati.com/pop/blogs list of most popular blogs]. From a first selection my favorite is [http://lifehacker.com lifehacker]. |
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| + | ''' 20 September - Open Content, David Wiley and Jorn Barger'''<br> | ||
Wikipedia indicates that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_commons Creative Commons] licenses were preceded by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Publication_License Open Publication License] developed in 1999 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Wiley David Wiley]. This lead me to [http://opencontent.org David Wiley's website]. | Wikipedia indicates that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_commons Creative Commons] licenses were preceded by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Publication_License Open Publication License] developed in 1999 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Wiley David Wiley]. This lead me to [http://opencontent.org David Wiley's website]. | ||
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:"A wiki without contributors is nothing but a blog on steroids." | :"A wiki without contributors is nothing but a blog on steroids." | ||
| − | + | '''Prior to 20 September 2007 - Meatspace'''<br> | |
| − | + | Wikipedia defines [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatspace Meatspace] as follows: | |
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:"Meatspace is a dysphemism for real life or the physical world, and conceived as the opposite of cyberspace or virtual reality." | :"Meatspace is a dysphemism for real life or the physical world, and conceived as the opposite of cyberspace or virtual reality." | ||
| − | + | See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphemism Wikipedia dysphemism article] for the meaning of this latter term. | |
| − | '''MeatballWiki'''<br> | + | '''Prior to 20 September 2007 - MeatballWiki'''<br> |
| − | Did the term "Meatspace" serve as the inspiration for the name of the | + | Did the term "Meatspace" serve as the inspiration for the name of the [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?MeatballWiki MeatballWiki]? I saw somewhere that "meatballs" were wiki communities. Another hypothesis is that since Meatball was the first '''meta-wiki''' (a WikiOnWiki), Sunir swapped the t and the a to make it '''meat-wiki'''. |
