http://private.jayro.net/taxonomy/term/84/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://private.jayro.net/myobservations/Learning_Something_New_Every_Day_Thanks_To_Wikipedia <!--paging_filter--><p><span class="inline right"><img src="http://private.jayro.net/files/images/sheelanagig.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Sheela na Gig: Image courticy of Wikipedia." title="Sheela na Gig: Image courticy of Wikipedia." class="image thumbnail" height="160" width="119"><span class="caption" style="width: 117px;"><strong>Sheela na Gig: </strong>Image courtesy of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SheelaWiki.jpg">Wikipedia</a>.</span></span></p> <p>Yesterday I discovered the story behind <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_rays">N-rays</a>, and today I learned about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela-na-gig">Sheela na Gigs</a>.</p> <blockquote><p> "Such carvings are said to ward off death and evil" </p></blockquote> <p>I wonder if one of those placed on the steps of my front door would be of any help to prevent religious nutters from disturbing my peace and privacy? Guess it's time to start carving. As a <a href="http://the-brights.net/">Bright</a> I would view such an exercise as experimental verification (and implicitly, debunking) of pagan views, as well as having a laugh in a creative way.</p> <br class="clear" /> http://private.jayro.net/myobservations/Learning_Something_New_Every_Day_Thanks_To_Wikipedia#comments Commentary education learning Wikipedia Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:50:35 -0500 JasonMR 391 at http://private.jayro.net http://private.jayro.net/node/390 http://private.jayro.net/node/390#comments sculpture Wikipedia Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:39:38 -0500 JasonMR 390 at http://private.jayro.net http://private.jayro.net/jblogs/my_observations/tricky_bug <!--paging_filter--><p><img src="http://private.jayro.net/files/animation_7.gif" alt="Firefox bug when viewing Wikipedia articles." /><br /> <!--break--></p> <p>Go to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_index" title="Click here to view the article shown.">Wikipedia</a> and see for yourself! This bug creeps up on multiple Wikipedia articles. Only that I noticed this a while back, while looking up <em>Pareto Index</em>.</p> <p>I've spent more time trying to pin-point this bug, then it took me to create the above animation. All I know is that it only occurs with <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/" title="Click here for the official Firefox web site.">Firefox</a> (both 1.5 and 2.0), and is related with Wikipedias monobook main style sheet.</p> <br class="clear" /> http://private.jayro.net/jblogs/my_observations/tricky_bug#comments Announcement bug Firefox My Observations Wikipedia Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:20:29 -0600 JasonMR 65 at http://private.jayro.net