Sure, there's Eastcoast / Westcoast hiphop. But for completists...

Report from the mailing list: Wikipedia is now only partially blocked in China. (Better that the chinese government censor wikipedia than the foundation. Though I think the spectre of partial blocks will keep editors on pins and needles.)

Mashing up wikipedia is cool, but the API provides unformatted text. Here's how to screen-scrape wikipedia into HTML goodness.

Despite urban legend, Thomas Crapper did not invent the flush toilet. However, Crapper put in much effort to popularise it and did come up with some related inventions.

Funny NYTimes piece on Articles for Deletion. (Diane Farrell's been restored, though.)