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kottke.org posts about hammurabi

posted by Jason Kottke

Wikigroaning: comparing sparse Wikipedia entries about high

Wikigroaning: comparing sparse Wikipedia entries about high culture topics with the more fleshed-out entries about low culture topics. For instance, compare the entries for Hammurabi, who wrote some of the world’s first legal codes, and Emperor Palpatine, who ruled the Empire in the Star Wars movies.