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Iron-ic Challenge

2008-11-08T12:57:00.002-05:00

OK, every. Are you ready for today's installment of Wikibounce? Good! I thought so.

Here goes:

Startlink: Iron (Yeah, that's right. Iron. It's an element. In the middle of that there Chemistry table thing.)

to

Endlink: Iron-Hydrogen Resistor State of the Art 50 years ago.

Enjoy!

Bounce Challenge for 27

2008-10-27T21:42:00.003-04:00

OK, here's today's bounce challenge:

Startlink: Isolation Tank

to

Endlink: Pattern_Recognition by William Gibson!

Difficulty: Easy!

Enjoy!

The Triumphant Return!

2008-10-26T22:35:00.003-04:00

OK, first, an apologies to our handful of semi-faithful fans. We're somewhat sorry. We try to put good stuff up here, either quirky or difficult locations to bounce in and out of. But it takes time to surf around and find things. We don't use any automated search tools or anything cheap like that to make our stuff. Life got busy and we fell behind. This will probably happen again. Hopefully not, but I wouldn't be very surprised. Thanks for your patience as we continue to bring you doses of our strange little wiki game.

Without further ado:

Startlink: Dobro

to

Endlink: Pwn

Difficulty: Medium-Low

Enjoy!

Wikibounce for Monday, 9/29/08

2008-09-29T08:00:00.000-04:00

Another Wikibounce "ripped from the headlines"...

Startlink: Common Cold (I have one.)

Endlink: Slap Shot (The Movie)

Rest In Peace, Paul Newman.

Wikibounce for Sunday 9/28/08

2008-09-28T08:59:00.004-04:00

Startlink: Procrastination

Endlink: Electro-pneumatic action

Have at!

WikiBounce for Wednesday, 9/24/08

2008-09-24T07:49:00.002-04:00

Startlink: Douche and Turd

Endlink: Bureaucracy (sociological concept)

This is a case where my work life is directly influencing my choices. Sorry for "bringing my work home with me".

This is probably going to be the easiest Wikibounce ever.

(As a side note: I was redirected to "Douche and Turd" after doing a search for "Turd sandwich"... I'm not sure what that means...)

Wikibounce Challenge for Sunday, 09/21/08

2008-09-21T11:26:00.003-04:00

Here' the challenge for today:

Startlink: The Black Tuna Gang

to

Endlink: Brock Samson

Don't ask my how I got to the Black Tuna Crew, but it was by surfing, not by random linking. Thanks to Brian for beating up on the last Scotch-laden bounce challenge. Good work, Brian!

Enjoy!

Cheers,

Wikbounce Challenge for Thursday, 9/18/08

2008-09-18T04:00:00.005-04:00

Today's challenge:

Startlink: Rhotic_consonant

to

Endlink: Highland Park Single Malt

OK, maybe I did just want an excuse to put a picture of a bottle of booze!

Cheers,

Wikibounce for Wednesday, 09/17/08

2008-09-16T23:30:00.003-04:00

Here's today's Wikibounce:

Startlink: Oy (Dark Tower Character)

to

Endlink: Oi! (Punk Music Style)

Difficulty: Easy

Enjoy!

Wikibounce Challenge for Monday, 09/15/08

2008-09-15T02:26:00.003-04:00

OK,

After that really easy one this weekend, here's one that should quite a bit tougher.

Startlink: Morocco Leather

to

Endlink: Dagobah

Difficulty: Medium

By the way, this Star Wars geek theme was inspired by the latest Least I Could Do comic.

Cheers,

Wikibounce for Saturday, 9/13/08

2008-09-13T18:09:00.004-04:00

Hello Everyone!

This weekend's wikibounce challenge is:

Startlink: Celery

to

Endlink: Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Florida!

Difficulty: Easy

Have a good weekend everyone.

Thanks to Yash and Anonymous on their feedback for thursday's post. At 7 bounces, Yash is the winner for the day, although the anonymous submission's tour through all manner of visual media deserves mention.

Cheers,

Wikibounce for Thursday, 9/11/08

2008-09-11T09:25:00.004-04:00

Startlink: Pink Triangle (song)

Endlink: Overhead projector

Have at!

Never forget.

Wikibounce for 9/10/08

2008-09-10T06:59:00.002-04:00

Here's today's treat, boys and girls.

Startlink: New Criticism

to

Endlink: Foil Kite

Enjoy!

Wikibounce for Tuesday, 9/9/08

2008-09-09T08:00:00.000-04:00

I'm still trying to recover from my disappointingly easy "Japanese Endlink Week," so bear with me if this isn't quite up to snuff.

Startlink: Cathode ray tube

Endlink: Gluteal cleft

Have a!

Wikibounce for Saturday, 8/30/08

2008-08-30T08:00:00.001-04:00

The finale of "Japanese Endlink Week!"

Startlink: A cappella

Endlink: Space Battleship Yamato

Have at!

Wikibounce for Thursday, 8/28/08

2008-08-28T08:00:00.000-04:00

Startlink: Hey Jude (the song)

Endlink: Ginsu (the knife)

Have at!

(That 2 Japanese endlinks this week! Maybe I'll make it a clean sweep on Saturday!)

Wikibounce for Tuesday, 8/26/08

2008-08-26T08:00:00.001-04:00

Startlink: Beverage Can

Endlink: Fukuwarai

MUA-Hahahahahahahaha!!!

Bounce Challenge #7

2008-08-25T00:09:00.004-04:00

OK, from Christie's twisted mind:

Start Link: Bill Clinton

to

End Link: Moshing

I think he might've been moshing while not inhaling! Doesn't he look it?

Cheers,
Rob

Special Thanks to Christie.

Bounce Challenge #6

2008-08-23T07:00:00.000-04:00

OK here's an easy one for the weekend....

Start link: Great Big Sea

to

End link: The State (Easily the best TV show with a musical segment about a Porcupine Racetrack!)

Cheers,

Rob

WikiBounce for Friday 8/22/08

2008-08-22T08:00:00.002-04:00

Startlink: Ball-peen hammer

Endlink: Beer (It is Friday, after all!)

Have at!

Bounce Challenge #4

2008-08-21T03:00:00.001-04:00

Here's the new bounce, boys and girls!

Startlink: Plate Tectonics

to

Endlink: Le Petomane

Look at him! He's taunting you!

Good Luck!

Rob

Wikibounce 8/20/08

2008-08-20T08:30:00.000-04:00

Startlink: Clementine

Endlink: Facetting

Have at!

Post 2

2008-08-19T07:19:00.000-04:00

OK, here's today's challenge:

Startlink: Zinc Telluride

to

Endlink: The Gold Rush (movie)

Enjoy!

Rob

New Link 1

2008-08-18T23:04:00.000-04:00

OK, here's today's challenge:

Start Link: Homopolar Motor

to

End Link: The Curious Sofa (Um... it's not a kid's book... Sorry for the confusion, Bill.)

Good Luck!

Rob

How it works!

2008-08-18T13:24:00.000-04:00

What's the point of Wikibounce?

If one breaks down the word into it's roots, wiki might suggest wiki structured searching. In fact the wikipedia is the medium for the game.

'Bounce' refers to the play of the game. One starts at the start link, and ends at the end link and the goal is to get there with the fewest "bounces."

Other Rules:

1. After typing to get to the original link no more typing is allowed.

2. No external links are allowed. The game must stay entirely within the confines of wikipedia.

3. No cheap crap! Don't do anything sleazy like edit a page to immediately connect links or anything like that.

4. Whoever figures the path from the start link to the end link with the fewest bounces wins.

5. Ties are judged by the Wikibounce staff based on the creativity and obscurity of the links chosen.