I complete my first wiki entry

So I went in and filled out the stub in Wikipedia for my maternal grandfather.

A few notes on this whole wiki thing:

Reasonably easy to use markup language. Adding the links to the various items was surprisingly painless, and the tags for references and such were easy. I recommend it for anyone with way too much time on their hands.

A few notes on compiling a bio on your grandfather:

I was far too young to appreciate him when he was around (He suffered from Alzheimer's by the time I was a teen, and he passed away when I was 19), but now at age 42, researching his life was fascinating stuff. I had no idea he was as well known as he was, and I had no idea there was such controversy surrounding his career.

I still have to fill out his publishing history, and find a few more references (he may have been whisked back to the US as part of Operation Paperclip, but I need to dig up confirmation), but it's a good first pass (if I do say so myself)

What brave new world that hath such hand crafted gifts from son to mother. I'm not sure if this beats the crappy ashtray I made when I was 7, but I think it'll have to do this year.

Next year: Paternal grandfather!