Wiki clicking

Sometimes Wikipedia can be an utterly absorbing website. After reading a bit about the phrase “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” (did you know it’s a grammatically correct sentence?), I ended up at the article on John Cage’s famous piece 4′33″, which saw its first major performance in 1952 by David Tudor in New York. He played it on a piano, although naturally most instruments will work just fine.

From there I discovered that you can download the piece in (amongst others) MIDI format… great.

Finally, on to Uncyclopedia* for an alternative view of things. Apparently, “Several remixes of 4′33″ have been produced, including one in 7.1 surround sound, and the extended dance remix, 9′42″.” - fascinating :-)

Buffalo… link found via Simon Willison

* If you weren’t aware, Uncyclopedia is a parody of Wikipedia. Where Wikipedia might not always be correct, Uncyclopedia goes out of its way to tell nothing but lies ;)

One Response to “Wiki clicking”

  1. JamesR Says:

    That is fascinating, I had never considered such a sentence construction.

    I often do very much the same thing, pop on to Wikipedia to check something … and Find myself there literally hours later.

    This is the true brilliance of it’s design.

    Although this new Google Equivalent, should it become sucessful, might very well replace Wikipedia as my base-level educator website.

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