Category Archives: Wikipedia

A History of the World in 100 Seconds

Posted on January 24, 2011 by HeyChinaski

I attended the History Hackday at the Guardian and helped Gareth implement his cunning plan to scrape Wikipedia for all historical events with associated geo coordinates and present them chronologically.  The video above is the result.  Unfortunately I couldn’t be … Continue reading →

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It’s who you follow, stupid

Posted on April 28, 2008 by HeyChinaski

A while back David asked me which service I preferred for aggregating my social feeds, FriendFeed or Socialthing.  Both services aim to provide different ways to manage, consume and post to the different streams of information we receive and push … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia, Smale’s paradox and Goetz’s law

Posted on March 22, 2008 by admin

A video entitled Outside In from the Geometry Center popped up on Digg today explaining how it is possible to turn a sphere inside out without cutting or creasing it (given that it is infinitely elastic and can intersect itself). … Continue reading →

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