User:Tlogmer
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Wikipedia-related stuff
[edit]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.
Various logos and graphics for wikipedia/wikimedia/wikimania.
Etc.
[edit]| 10 November 2025 |
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My name's Ben Yates; I'm a technical writer, student, and keyboardist from Ann Arbor.
Writing
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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...
[edit]- ... that most "citrine" on the market is not natural citrine (example pictured), but rather heat-treated amethyst?
- ... that Jack Fitzgerald was "father" of the South Australian House of Assembly?
- ... that thousands moved to Gowganda during a silver rush, but its population declined significantly after gold was found in Kirkland Lake?
- ... that the operator of the Robie House sold bricks to raise money for a renovation?
- ... that Nine Inch Nails's frontman was "baptized" by a fog machine during a show on the Peel It Back Tour?
- ... that Jackie Lou Blanco portrayed her real-life mother in the opening scene of One Hit Wonder?
- ... that the author of Tristram Shandy signed entire print runs of his books to prove they were genuine?
- ... that Sławomir impersonated Freddie Mercury in the finals of the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars?
- ... that Pokémon fans compared the design of Mega Starmie to a scene depicting Patrick Star with long legs and in fishnet leggings?