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I run a weblog about wikipedia. If you want me to write about a particular article/topic/concept/whatever, leave a note, or comment on a weblog post.

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Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

Various logos and graphics for wikipedia/wikimedia/wikimania.

Etc.

My name's Ben Yates; I'm a technical writer, student, and keyboardist from Ann Arbor.

Writing

So. I've been here since late 2003; I started the wikipedia articles Metrosexual and Hell, Michigan (and the wikibooks summary of Understanding Comics). Most of my stuff is elsewhere, though.

Nonfiction

How to appreciate jazz without really trying.
Sk8er Boi.
Understanding Comics.
File sharing is theft (read all the way through before you send me angry emails).
How to build a computer out of black holes.
Why is the sky blue?.
Does the Universe have granularity?.
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number).

Fiction

Now I ask you, is that any way for a cosmic body to Disintegrate?.
LifeTM.
Schrodinger killed his cat.
On the Division of Labor.
The Sticker Underground .
Private Eye.



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Did you know...

Leaves of S. tonkinensis seedlings
Leaves of S. tonkinensis seedlings
  • ... that the dried leaves of Strobilanthes tonkinensis (examples pictured) give black tea a sticky rice flavor?
  • ... that at age 12, Emily Ausmus participated in an international water polo tournament against players as old as 19?
  • ... that a crab species was named after both an ancient board game and a League of Legends character?
  • ... that Cho Myung-chul was the first North Korean defector to be elected to the South Korean National Assembly?
  • ... that the flagbearer for the Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics also carried a flag of the United States?
  • ... that a geographer determined the surface area of Carl Friedrich Gauss's brain?
  • ... that a Kentucky TV station gained industry attention after it criticized the overuse of the term "breaking news"?
  • ... that citizens of New Westminster burnt effigies of Attorney General George Hunter Cary and drowned the ashes?
  • ... that many enthusiasts say that a good tomato sandwich is so messy, it should be eaten over the kitchen sink?