The List of problems solved by MacGyver has grown to immense proportions.

Lifehacker: How to contribute to wikipedia

Black ski masks and puppies. (I have no love for the ALF, but occasionally they're understandable.)

Mark Pilgrim has a great essay about why he's leaving Apple -- specifically, on the advantages free software has over proprietary software: in this case, the short-term profit drive of private companies created problems with data migration that linux doesn't have.

Is there an analogy to free vs. proprietary content?

Forlorn hope is a military term that comes from the Dutch verloren hoop, which should be translated as "lost troop" although in Dutch it can also mean "lost hope". In the days of muzzle-loading muskets it was most frequently used to refer to the first wave of soldiers attacking a breach in defences during a siege. (See Cannon Fodder.)

In The Oregon Trail, characters with more money are generally considered easier to play. This can be considered historically unrealistic, as many professionals (like those in the Donner party) could not aptly adapt to the wilderness surroundings.

Orange County, China

"Dashanzi Art District" is the informal name of a part of Beijing that houses a thriving artist community, among 50-year old decomissioned military factory buildings of unique architectural style. It is often compared with New York's Greenwich Village or SoHo, but faces impending destruction from the forces driving Beijing's urban sprawl.

"Oversight" -- a new user class with only a handful of members -- allows page revisions to be erased without a developer having to dig around in the metaphorical wires.

It's probably necessary (for legal reasons and to protect admins from real-world nuisances), which is a shame; I'm a little worried about the long-term effects of giving anyone that much power. (Short-term, no worries: even assuming the 16 users with oversight were inclined to abuse their power -- a strange assumption -- they're swamped with more minute issues.)

Nonsense verse is a form of poetry, normally composed for humorous effect, which is intentionally and overtly paradoxical, silly, witty, whimsical or just plain strange.

(Bonus: How do you translate the Jabberwocky poem?

List of leading shopping streets and districts by city. (Check out the pictures.)