Posts Tagged ‘Wikipedia’

CyberNotes: The Best Google Co-op Gadgets

Google Co-op has a pretty cool feature called Subscribed Links. Just like the name implies, a user must subscribe to a particular “link” before they can use it. Once you have chosen some of the items to use, you’ll start to see them popping up when performing certain Google searches.

May 29th, 2007
CyberNotes: The Best Google Co-op Gadgets

CyberNotes: Uncyclopedia – The Wikipedia of Lies and Sarcasm

I’m a pretty big fan of Wikipedia, and I visit there at least once a week.  Sure, the information isn’t always 100% accurate, but I think they do their best at keeping it a semi-reliable encyclopedia, and the tone is usually informational.

May 12th, 2007
CyberNotes: Uncyclopedia – The Wikipedia of Lies and Sarcasm

CyberNotes: Download Wikipedia Pages (with Images) for Offline Use

Wikipedia is an absolute phenomenon when it comes to aggregating the knowledge of people around the world. There are over 75,000 active contributors working on more than 5,300,000 articles in more than 100 languages (source).

April 17th, 2007
CyberNotes: Download Wikipedia Pages (with Images) for Offline Use

Blurred Out Locations on Google Maps

While using Google Maps, you’ve probably come across parts of the map that are either blurred, whited out, or pixelized. It’s no mistake, those areas are actually blurred on purpose (most of the time).  They blur out spots on the maps that are considered to be sensitive like military bases, certain government buildings, nuclear power plants, etc.

April 13th, 2007
Blurred Out Locations on Google Maps

Wikipedia Taking New Steps to Prevent Vandalism

Wikipedia is taking new steps to help prevent "indirect" vandalism.  Software has been created and is in use on the main page.  It's called "Cascading Protection" and it applies to local images and templates which are typical targets for vandalism. Andrew Garrett created this, and on his blog explains in a simplified way how it works:

January 19th, 2007
Wikipedia Taking New Steps to Prevent Vandalism