January 9th, 2008, 1 Comment »
James sent along this cool-looking model house kit for the aspiring green architect in the family:
With the Power House kit you can build a model house complete with solar panels, windmill, greenhouse, and desalination system. You can build and operate an electric train, windmill, solar cooker, solar hot water tank, hygrometer, electric motor, power hoist, sail car, and more! Plant watercress, prepare sauerkraut, and make chewing gum. Learn how plants convert sunlight into energy for your body and your engines.
Plant watercress! Prepare sauerkraut! Here’s a, uh, artist’s rendering. If it hasn’t been yet, this badboy ought to be featured on Geekdad.
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June 5th, 2007, 10 Comments »
Geoff linked to my post about the peculiar article length trends in Wikipedia, and also referenced a Something Awful article entitled “The Art of Wikigroaning“. What’s Wikigroaning?
For example, the article called “Knight“. Then, find a somehow similar article that is longer, but at the same time, useless to a very large fraction of the population. In this case, we’ll go with “Jedi Knight“. Open both of the links and compare the lengths of the two articles. Compare not only that, but how well concepts are explored, and the greater professionalism with which the longer article was likely created.
It’s sad but true. There’s some pretty funny examples of Wikigroaning pairs, including:
Steam
Steampunk
Astronomy
List of changes in Star Wars re-releases
You get the idea. I wanted to think of one of my own. The best I’ve got is:
Bass
All your base are belong to us
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