Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Poor Renee asks, "What the hell is a wiki, and why should I click on your peanut butter sandwich?!" Well, that was roughly what she said. Here’s my answer (I’m copying it out of the comments section):

Haha! You’re cracking me up, Renee. I don’t meant to cause you a headache. A wiki is something that is easily edited. It’s a great way to collect information from a lot of people, or just to keep info online for yourself. Other people can’t fuck it up, because it is private, and you have to have a password to make changes. Some Wikis, most notably Wikipedia, are public, so people can join and make changes. This is a great way to get lots of people in on the editing of a complex story or issue. The best example I can think of is this one I saw recently. In just over four days, there have been over 500 edits! With so many people in getting the story right, you end up with a wealth of information pretty quickly, which is handy as hell.

Here are a few more examples of Wikis online: 

• What Does That Mean Wiki
• Wiki After Dark
• Wiki Travel
• Wikimedia Commons
• Wikimedia Portal
• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• World 66

Now you know whether or not clicking on my Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich is for you or not. I’m guessing not, but you know, if you wanna surprise me, here’s another opportunity:

If you think Wikis are stupid, you should check out the parody Wickerpedia.

So Aaron pointed this out to me: In Google Earth, if you look at the buildings in downtown Memphis, they are all over the road. How very appropriate!

He says that if you look at the pyramid, it’s just a cube. Hahaha!

What the?!

Can you take the amount of coolness that this link is offering you? Can you rise to the technical challenge? Because it is TOTALLY worth it. Seriously. I’m completely blown away.

So I can go to Google Maps, find an area (say, the place where I am moving), then I click on local search at the top. In the "what" box, I type in what I’m looking for – say "restaurants." Then lots of those little red balloons pop up. I click on one, and there is a picture of the FRONT of the restuarant, right below the address. Unreal!

Oh, and I am also watching the hurricane with the weather filter I downloaded for my Google Earth. This is a fine time to be alive! Well, except for that pesky hurricane headed this way!