User:GaryW

Hi, I'm Gary.

These are a few of my favourite things; I want to make sure that each of them has a Wikipedia article.


 * Arts
 * Crafts
 * Tool: Coping saw
 * Food
 * Cheese: Mozzarella
 * Dessert: Pavlova
 * Fruit
 * Bramble: Blackberry
 * Tropical: Pineapple
 * Vegetables
 * Brassica: Broccoli
 * Tuber: Potato
 * Literature
 * Books
 * Children's: Winnie-the-Pooh
 * Fantasy: The Lord of the Rings
 * Mystery: A Study in Scarlet
 * Poetry
 * Metre: Dactylic dimeter
 * Poem: The Charge of the Light Brigade
 * Poetic Device: Imagery
 * Music
 * Compositions
 * Bellringing
 * Method: Superlative Surprise Major
 * Principle: Stedman Triples
 * Piano: Beethoven's Piano sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathetique"
 * Instruments
 * Keyboard: Concert grand piano
 * Percussion: Hi-hat cymbal
 * String: Electric guitar
 * Wind: Saxophone
 * Musicians
 * Guitarist: Joe Satriani
 * Songwriter: Mark Knopfler
 * Painting
 * Painter: Frederic Church
 * Photography
 * Film: Colour transparency
 * Television
 * Series: Yes, Prime Minister
 * Theatre
 * Playwrights
 * English: Oscar Wilde
 * Greek: Aristophanes
 * Typography
 * Font collection: Computer Modern
 * Humanities
 * Geography
 * Region: Pacific Ocean
 * History
 * Period: Roman Republic
 * Philosophy
 * Philosopher: Mohandas Gandhi
 * Recreation
 * Games
 * Board games
 * Deterministic: Go
 * Non-deterministic: Backgammon
 * Casino: Blackjack
 * Cricket
 * Position: Mid on
 * Stroke: Cover drive
 * Rugby
 * Pattern: Sliding defence
 * Juggling
 * Prop: Club
 * Sports
 * Judo
 * Throw: Koshi Guruma
 * Science
 * Biology
 * Bird: Morepork/Ruru
 * Flower: Orchid
 * Chemistry
 * Element: Gallium
 * Computer science
 * Constant: Chaitin's constant
 * Programming languages
 * Functional: Scheme
 * Imperative: C
 * Mathematics
 * Conjecture: Twin Prime Conjecture
 * Equation: Euler's identity
 * Theorem: G&ouml;del's Theorem
 * Optics
 * Colour: A particular shade of red. To be precise, the range of colours around CIE chromacity x 0.41, y 0.27 to 0.33; depending on your hardware, they look something like:
 * Physics
 * Experiment: Double-slit experiment
 * Theory: Quantum electrodynamics
 * Technology
 * Computers
 * Processor architecture
 * CISC: VAX
 * 8-bit: 6502
 * Microcontroller: Atmel AVR
 * Electronics
 * Components
 * Active
 * Three terminal: MOSFET
 * Two terminal: Zener diode
 * Passive: Potentiometer
 * Digital logic
 * Family: ECL
 * Radio
 * Modulation: Single sideband