After 244 Years, Encyclopædia Britannica Stops the Presses

[katiesue]

I kind of liked randomly looking up things, then finding something else along the way.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by katiesue

I kind of liked randomly looking up things, then finding something else along the way.

I do that with Wikipedia all the time. I'm on the site looking up info on something like a solar filament and the next thing I know, I'm reading about The Texas Rollergirls and two hours have disappeared.

As an aside, once I get Headliner off to college, I hope to use Wikitravel to plan trips. Hit the sites "Random page" button and go wherever it takes me. Today's destination would have been: Retezat National Park

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by katiesue

I kind of liked randomly looking up things, then finding something else along the way.

Oh, I loved doing that, too!

Originally Posted by Moonliner

I do that with Wikipedia all the time.

Really? I don't find the digital version to be as amenable to random finds. I look for something, and find it, and that's that.

Sad to lose such a staple of my childhood.