Robert Accettura's Fun With Wordage » surfing http://robert.accettura.com Robert Accettura's Personal Blog on Web Development and Tech Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:43:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wikipedia Surfing http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2005/12/08/wikipedia-surfing/ http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2005/12/08/wikipedia-surfing/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2005 04:30:48 +0000 Robert http://robert.accettura.com/?p=900 Continue reading →]]> Wilson WilsonHas anyone else noticed you can visit Wikipedia, view an article, and pretty much end up surfing on Wikipedia for hours? I’ve done this several times now. Just reading and “oh, that looks interesting [open in new tab]“, and by the time I read an article, 2+ new tabs are open. After a while I have a dozen things I want to read. It just goes on and on. A million +1 topics, a semi-coherent pattern, though still pretty random.

If I keep going at this rate, I’ll eventually be like Wilson (pictured right) from Home Improvement, rather than continue to have Tim Taylor like wisdom. Maybe that’s a good thing? I’m pretty sure it can’t hurt to read about various topics, at a minimum it’s mundane conversation ;-) .

Did you know that France once awarded the Croix de Guerre to a Homing Pigeon? Before you laugh, keep in mind “he delivered 12 important messages, once despite being shot”.

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