A Little Bit Literate

Jimmy Wales is shutting down Wikia Search (it's progressing too slowly and the economy is too terrible right now), and also trying to get Microsoft to hand over its Encarta information to Wikipedia after it shuts down. Good luck, Jimmy.

I used (and still use) Wikipedia a lot as a quick reference, especially when I need to know what a technology term means, and I think it can be a really handy starting place for simple research projects, as long as you use the references to find more reliable sources. I didn't really think much [...]