Rare find...

First time in my lifetime....



And indeed, about a minute later all is back to normal.

My respect goes out to the architects and admins of wikipedia that somehow manage to keep this large scale operation running so smoothly. It's truly amazing.

Thank you, Wikipedia

Wikipedia users: I bet you noticed the banners...

The past weeks there was a banner on top of all wikipedia articles asking for donations. Today I looked and saw the "Thank you banner" to convey that it all worked out - enough donations were made to keep wikipedia going.

Maybe you think I'm being pompous, but I feel that wikipedia is nothing short of being a world wonder. It certainly is one of the greatest achievements of the past decade, and I suspect it will remain relevant for many years to come.

I'd like to say "thank you" to everybody that donated, and a "Big Thank You" to the all the people behind wikipedia - contributors, moderators, editors, developers, system administrators and management (and whoever I left out). Wikipedia is one of my top resources for technical and scientific knowledge, and it's really hard to think how I would do my work without it.