Wednesday’s Wonderful World of Wikipedia: Retronyms
This week on Wednesday’s Wonderful World of Wikipedia are Retronyms. Retronyms are are terms renamed after something similar but newer has come into being. Here is a list of them.
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Arrrrrg! Talk Like A Pirate Day
You may have noticed that all of Artifacting is talking to you in Pirate language today. Other than just being plain old fun, this because today is Talk Like A Pirate Day. You can make your word pres blog talk like a pirate to by installing Dougal’s Text Filter Suite plugin.
Overated Menu
Anthony Bourdain gives his opinion on dining’s most recent and hottest trends.
Chocolate martini: Both chocolate and liquor are good in bars, but ordering them together announces that you don’t like or appreciate either. Anyone who requests this drink should also get a T-shirt that says “I am an asshole, please take my money.”
BlogRush
BlogRush is a little widget that displays other people RSS feeds in your blog. The more people you sign up, the better chances are of your own blog being displayed. So please, click here if you’d like to sign up. This is really just an experiment in shameless self promotion.
Top Eternal Questions In Popular Music
Top eternal questions in popular music.
232. Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?
99. Hello – is it me you’re looking for?
486. Do you like pina coladas?
231. Why Can’t I Be You?
403. Annie are you ok?
156. Are you gonna go my way?
72. Who wrote the book of love?
239. Who can it be knocking at my door?
326. Is she really going out with him?
424. Why, why, why, does he do me that way?
546. Are you surprised when I touch the dwarf inside?
Wednesday’s Wonderful World Of Wikipedia: Mills End Park
This week on Wednesdays Wonderful World of Wikipedia is a link to Mills End Park in Portland, Oregon. Mills End Park is a small park that was created on St. Patrick’s Day, 1948, to be a colony for leprechauns and a location for snail races. It is the smallest park in the world. Um, OK.
Wednesday’s Wonderful World Of Wikipedia: List Of Problems Solved By MacGyver
This week on Wednesday’s Wonderful World Of Wikipedia we have a look at a List Of Problems Solved By MacGyver.
Fiddle And Spoon
Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the Moon,
The little dog laughed to see such a sight,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Wednesday’s Wonderful World Of Wikipedia: Exploding Whales
This Wednesday’s Wonderful World Of Wikipedia brings us exploding whales. If your a “save the whales” type person, you may want to skip this one. Exploding whales have been documented on two notable occasions, as well as several lesser-known ones. The most famous explosion occurred in the United States at Florence, Oregon, in 1970, when a dead sperm whale (originally reported as a gray whale) was blown up by the Oregon Highway Division in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass. The other best-reported case of an exploding whale was in Taiwan in 2004, when a buildup of gas inside a decomposing sperm whale caused it to explode while it was being transported for a post-mortem examination.
Coffee Drinks Illustrated
The vast number of ordering options and new words with accented characters can make ordering fancy coffee drinks a bit intimidating. Lokesh Dhakar gives us side-by-side diagrams of a few common espresso drinks to help understand some of the differences.