Monday, May 07, 2007
Wikepedia as entertainment
So, we had this REALLY SCARY LOOKING bug in the sink in my office -- it had A LOT OF legs -- and I thought "this could be a centipede - aren't they poisonous?" -- so I checked online and one of the sources I looked at was Wikipedia -- and it said [The house centipede] is an insectivore that kills and eats insects, as well as graduate students.(emphasis mine).
That's my Wikepedia story for today!
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Ever heard of 'leetspeak'?
I never had, but apparently it's been around since the 1980s! According to Wikipedia the word derives from elite, and was originally the language of gamers and hackers (or, as Wikipedia says hackers, crackers, and script kiddies).
A combination of slang, shorthand and encryption, leet (or l33t)is becoming more pervasive as our youth increasingly use text messaging and chat, "u kNoW, 2 spd th1ngs uP" (hope that's not too n00bish!11).
You can learn more from these articles Wikipedia, and 1337Speak- The Guide, or go to the Leetspeak generator to translate your own words.
A combination of slang, shorthand and encryption, leet (or l33t)is becoming more pervasive as our youth increasingly use text messaging and chat, "u kNoW, 2 spd th1ngs uP" (hope that's not too n00bish!11).
You can learn more from these articles Wikipedia, and 1337Speak- The Guide, or go to the Leetspeak generator to translate your own words.
