sj's Longest Now [v.1]

Feeling mopey about speaking too few languages? Want to get a kick out of seeing translations of your favorite articles side-by-side, while feeling useful at the same time?

The Interwiki Link Checker is here to help. You can choose which pair of languages to browse, and be shown a stream of articles in different language Wikipedias with the same title. You then are asked to say whether they are the same article (this will create an interwiki link between them) or not. (Expert tip: you don’t need to be well versed in either language to do this; you can always select “I don’t know” if the similarity isn’t clear)

The programme for the first annual Wikimania conference is almost finished!  You can see the draft
of  it online; there are still a handful of late additions to fit in,
and moderators to be finalized for two panels.  Let me know what you
think… O’Reilly had the misfortune of conflicting with our dates, so you can see that we snagged all the coolest people. 
You can still register online for only 20 Euros a day, or 50 Euros for
the weekend; and if you get in touch with me fast (i.e., by this
weekend), you may be able to snag a room at the Haus der Jugend where
the conference is being held before it’s booked.

For more info on where to stay in Frankfurt, see the location page on the site.  Reserve your rooms now, before the nearby places are all booked!

More than you ever wanted to know about Tooth enamel and Doom.  Also, the love-struck story of Layla, Melbourne’s most encyclopedic gramamar school (Caulfield),  and a brief flyover of Hong Kong.

 In this case, the real story of LANL — the Los Angeles National Laboratory.  Documented via blog; you’ll love it.  Waiting for the “List of works subtitled ‘the Real Story‘” article to complement the fine start at List of books with the subtitle ‘Virtue Rewarded’.