Everybody Needs A Hobby of the Day

One man, 1,000,000 edits: Justin Knapp, a 30-year-old Wikipedia editor from Indiana, has spent the bulk of his free time since 2003 giving the open-source encyclopedia the ol' spit-and-polish, and he's finally hit seven digits. And that's easier said than done, considering the site is the sixth most-visited in the world. Among his crowning achievements on the site is the bibliography on the George Orwell entry, the most comprehensive of its kind in the world; it took Knapp more than 100 hours to complete. He also has tasked himself with keeping the site's information on music albums up-to-date. And all for what?

"I've never accepted any restitution for my work on Wikipedia -- it's purely voluntary. ... Far be it for me to say that it's an act of love to edit Wikipedia. But I really do feel like it helps other human beings. That makes me feel good -- knowing that somehow I can be a small part of helping someone who I'll never know."

[gizmodo]