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A Wikipedia Evening

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Tonight, I got very bored and ended up browsing Wikipedia for a few hours. After a few hours, I was so bored, I opened up my history and wrote it down:

  • RCA connector
    • List of video connectors
      • DisplayPort
      • HDMI
        • High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
      • Apple Display Connector
      • Serial digital interface
      • Digital Visual Interface
      • S-Video
    • Composite monitor
      • RGB colour model
      • CVBS
    • Composite video
      • PAL
        • 576i
          • Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem
        • Standard-definition television
          • Carrier wave
            • Luma (video)
          • 3D television
            • 3D display
              • Autostereoscopy
              • Stereogram
                • Polarization
            • Alternate-frame sequencing
            • Holography
              • Volumetric display
                • Photorefractive effect
              • Free viewpoint television
              • 2D-plus-depth
            • BBC
              • Television
  • PS3
    • History of video games
      • History of video game consoles (seventh generation)
        • Zeebo
        • Atari Flashback
        • Generation NEX
        • Gizmondo
        • Pandora (console)
      • Timeline of video arcade game history
        • Defender (video game)
        • I, Robot (arcade game)
        • San Francisco Rush 2049
    • Video game console
      • Unlockable game
        • Sonic Adventure
    • PlayStation 3 launch
      • Call of Duty 3
        • Call of Duty (series)
          • Modern Warfare 2
      • Tony Hawk’s Project 8
      • Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
    • XrossMediaBar
    • Xbox 360
      • Xbox 360 System Software
      • Xbox Live
        • Wii Menu
          • Everybody Votes Channel
    • PlayStation 3 games
      • List of PlayStation 3 backward compatible PlayStation 2 and PlayStation games
        • PlayStation 2
          • PSX (DVR)
    • PlayStation 3 system software
      • Graphical user interface
        • History of the graphical user interface
        • Zooming user interface
          • Features new to Windows Vista
            • Remote Desktop Protocol
              • Remote Desktop Services
          • Application programming interface
            • Apple Inc.
              • iTunes Store
                • High-definition video
                  • HD DVD
                  • Blu-ray Disc
                  • Digital Cinema Initiatives
                    • 2160p
                    • Super Hi-Vision
                      • 22.2
                  • YCbCr
                  • YPbPr
              • iPhone
                • iPhone OS
                  • Mac OS X

It’s really weird to see my evening go from an RCA connector to Mac OS X, via the PS3. It seems that on the nights that I browse Wikipedia, there is a certain theme across the night.

…maybe I should get a life…