Wik it up!
When I was a kid my parents, at great expense, bought the World Book Encyclopedia and shortly thereafter the Encyclopedia Britannica*. So whenever I asked some abstract question they would respond with "look it up" which was sort of frustrating as a kid because those of you who know me realize I am not the best speller in the world. I expect this early childhood experience with finding answers so readily available is what fueled my interest in interesting things.
And so when I found myself in Toronto last week with Travis and Reuben I found myself referring back to wikipedia whenever a question arose (those kids are smart, lot of high brow discussions). Over that week when someone asked a question the rest of us didn't know or disagreed over, we would "wik it up".
And so that is my new catch phrase. If you got a question, wik it up. We three thought it would be cool if it caught on, so use it, and link to it. Bloggers of the world UNITE!
Or maybe just grab a little snack and check out gawker.
*Incidentally if you ever have time, it is worth checking out an old (or new) Encyclopedia Britannica. Many of the articles were written by famous, or perhaps infamous, individuals. I can specifically recall that Albert Einstein wrote an article on Relativity, Sigmund Freud wrote an article on psychology and Henry Kissinger wrote an article on Foreign Policy.
And so when I found myself in Toronto last week with Travis and Reuben I found myself referring back to wikipedia whenever a question arose (those kids are smart, lot of high brow discussions). Over that week when someone asked a question the rest of us didn't know or disagreed over, we would "wik it up".
And so that is my new catch phrase. If you got a question, wik it up. We three thought it would be cool if it caught on, so use it, and link to it. Bloggers of the world UNITE!
Or maybe just grab a little snack and check out gawker.
*Incidentally if you ever have time, it is worth checking out an old (or new) Encyclopedia Britannica. Many of the articles were written by famous, or perhaps infamous, individuals. I can specifically recall that Albert Einstein wrote an article on Relativity, Sigmund Freud wrote an article on psychology and Henry Kissinger wrote an article on Foreign Policy.
posted by Yen at
2:57 PM
1 Comments:
This is one of the few reasons I think we have a fighting chance against China. If you were in China, you wouldn't be able to wik it up. Any government willing to go out of its way to make sure its people are unable to learn only has so much future. "wik it up" currently returns five results on google. Lets see how high we can go.
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