I got to work about an hour late this morning, because on my way out, my glasses fell off my face (again) and broke (again). For the umpteenth time, I went to superglue them and ended up squeezing about a quarter of the tube on my hands. I spent the next half-hour scraping, cutting, and washing the glue off of my hands. I managed to get most of it off, but feel like I have a second skin on my hands still. The Internet says to use nail polish remover, Vaseline, or Vicks VapoRub. I have none of these, so used a pocket knife. Gross, huh?

In any case, I’ve seen 4 out of 5 Oscar nominees for Best Picture, and will be dropping reviews in anticipation of Oscar Sunday sometime soon. Anyone else have any opinions?

Why I Don’t Trust Wikipedia - Women’s History and Women’s Topics on Wikipedia

Interesting, because this article proves the benefits of Wikipedia (and why it will fail if everyone follows this writer’s “advice.”) First off, she criticizes the writing — I don’t know when this particular article was written, but the Wikipedia entry has since been changed since her criticisms, though no thanks to her contribution (or who knows, maybe someone read her criticism and took a look at the Wikipedia page themselves and edited it).

Secondly, she says this: “Sure, I could correct that. But who knows how long the correction will last? I corrected a couple of spelling errors recently in the article on Feminism, which has some great information but a lot of the article is filled with idiosyncratic takes on hot button issues.”

How poor is that reasoning? She says she could correct things, but doesn’t do so, and her reasoning is because the spelling errors she previously corrected were in an article that was “filled with idiosyncratic takes on hot button issues.” What do the two have to do with each other? Regardless, to criticize and not contribute is the equivalent of complaining about the Administration and not voting.

The problem here isn’t Wikipedia, it’s people expecting Wikipedia to be something more than it is — A repository of community knowledge. There will always be an inevitable dissatisfaction with its content because people care about the politics of the content rather than the content itself.

I’m not trying to say that Wikipedia is infallible, but I’m also saying that it shouldn’t have to be, because of its inherent malleability. Besides, isn’t debating the merit of Wikipedia so played out by now?

I was talking to brl about Miranda July today, because I had finally seen Me, You and Everyone We Know last weekend. I saw this short of hers much earlier — It was featured on the debut issue of Wholphin. I much prefer this to the the film, but I guess I can understand why people like the film so much. This short is simple and straight-forward. Nothing too off-putting, and John C. Reilly does what he does best. Also, somehow, Mike White is always so aloof but carefree. Anyone seen Chuck & Buck?