Rugby? and other hard-hitting things

Yup, it’s another in a long series of quick updates. First, the title. For a long time now, I’ve been interested in learning how to play rugby, but have put it off for some silly reason. This past week has had a couple Universal Nudges<tm>, though: a story in the Post-Dispatch about a local club, [...]

New theme

Yup, changed things around a bit. This theme (Cutline 3-Column Split) is cleaner IMHO, and it definitely makes comments easier to read. Plus, widgets. Hurrah. Next up: altering the stock images. Maybe over the weekend.

Nearing 2 million on en.wp (updated 2x)

UPDATE: It’s done. Based on the logs, it looks like number two million is El Hormiguero, about a Spanish television show. (If you saw the clip of the people walking across the non-Newtonian fluid on YouTube: that’s the show.) Another update: Found a log listing articles with the count. You’ll have to scroll a bit [...]

Thinking about a theme change

Just FYI — I am considering changing my theme. Artsemerging is nice, but I think it’s time for a change. I’m torn between two columns and three, but otherwise I’m sure I would like to find something that is a) friendly to tweaked or changed main images (’cause I love the header graphic now) and [...]

“Wikipedia” as a verb

Tonight I heard the word “Wikipedia” used as a verb. (Actual context was something along the lines of “Can you Wikipedia that guy and find out when he died?”) This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this usage, and I doubt it will be the last. It’s worth noting, however, that up until a few [...]