Listing entries tagged with satire


wikipedia lampooned in onion Post date  07.27.2006, 12:21 AM

The Onion takes a shot at Wikipedia this week:

Wikipedia, the online, reader-edited encyclopedia, honored the 750th anniversary of American independence on July 25 with a special featured section on its main page Tuesday.

Not bad, though it kinda beats the Wikipedia-is-error-prone point into the ground. But the fact that it's being satirized says something.

Naturally, the piece has already been noted on Wikipedia's article on The Onion. The talk page points to another, funnier, wiki-themed "news brief" from last September: "Congress Abandons WikiConstitution."

Posted by ben vershbow at 12:21 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
tags: history , onion , satire , the_networked_book , wikipedia

google dystopia Post date  10.10.2005, 10:06 AM

Google as big brother: "Op-Art" by Randy Siegel from today's NY Times.

google 2084.jpg

Posted by ben vershbow at 10:06 AM | Comments (4)
tags: 1984 , 2084 , Libraries, Search and the Web , NYTimes , Online , algorithm , art , cartoon , dystopia , editorial , google , information , internet , newspaper , orwell , paranoia , privacy , satire , search , technology , web