Achenblog: May 18, 2008 - May 24, 2008
The Outback
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, appeared out the window of the plane as I flew from Perth to Alice Springs. It was a thrilling sight, for it saved me from having to drive 10 hours round-trip from Alice...
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May 22, 2008; 11:23 AM ET |
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The Wikipedian Superheroes
You might have thought the part in yesterday's item about people checking Cobra Commander's Wikipedia entry for fairness and balance was a simple throwaway line, a hyperbolic example invented so we could gently mock people who feel the compulsion to...
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May 22, 2008; 6:00 AM ET |
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The Wiki Fame-o-Meter
For a period of years soon after Al Gore invented the Internet, counting Google hits seemed to be an easy, powerful way of measuring a person's standing in the world. Sadly, this era of peace and amity is over. Google...
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May 21, 2008; 6:00 AM ET |
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Iron Man vs. the Hulk
Who would win a fight between Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk? "Dude, you know Hulk would easily win," Achenbach writes in an e-mail from Australia. "Iron Man is more of a natural opponent of, say, Ant-Man, or Captain...
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May 20, 2008; 6:00 AM ET |
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Dispatch From the World's End
CAPE LEEUWEN, Western Australia The lighthouse is on a finger of granite and limestone poking out to sea. To the right is the Indian Ocean. To the left is what they call the Southern Ocean. Out there somewhere across...
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May 19, 2008; 5:43 PM ET |
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