User:Stefan Kruithof
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Welcome to my userpage on Wikipedia! My real name, as well as my username here, is Stefan Kruithof. On forums I am usually known as Apeiron. I am a Dutch student, and sometimes contribute to Wikipedia.
On this userpage I intend to give an overview of my contributions to Wikipedia, my knowledge of popular culture, my studies, and some of my personal experiences. This is as much a personal archive of interests and experience, as information for possibly interested others. Much remains to be done obviously!
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My original reason for joining Wikipedia was that there were some articles missing that I had expected to find. After years of using the site as a quick reference and for interesting reading material, I decided to register and contribute.
[edit] Notable contributions
The following list consists of articles with most or all text written by me (last I checked), and often initial creation of the article as well.
- Alblasserwaard
- Caspar Reuvens
- Donkse Laagten
- Dutch Gift
- Frederic Count de Thoms (redirect: Thoms Collection)
- Hans Joachim Störig
- Jean Emile Humbert
- Normative model of culture (redirect: Normative view of culture)
- Papenbroek Collection
- Reynst Collection
- Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
- Rottiers Collection
- Smetius Collection
- Staatsbosbeheer
- Vijfheerenlanden
The following articles were initially created by me, but no longer contain predominantly my writing.
- Dido's lament
- Dirt Nap (Prison Break episode)
- Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
[edit] Media
To me it is exceedingly difficult to choose a single book as my all time favorite. Many of the books listed above, both fiction and non-fiction, were well worth my time in reading them. I recommend some of the classics, such as A Christmas Carol, Sherlock Holmes or The Old Man and the Sea to everyone. Admittedly, this is in part due to their status of being classics. In the list below I have simply included the books and series that I consider to have been the most fun to read. The requirement for inclusion in the list is therefore not literary greatness, but rather that the story was very enjoyable and well told.
The true classic of the high fantasy genre. A stunning tale, brilliantly written. Lord of the Rings would be my nominee for the greatest series ever written, with the Hobbit as the best children's book.
Nearly as great as Lord of the Rings. The world of the Wheel of Time feels as natural and real as this world, despite it being magical and - of course - in the middle of the epic eternal battle between good and evil that is characteristic for the genre.
Skeptical and incredibly humorous, which turns out to be an amazing combination. The story has a high pace, very interesting characters and situations and the book is guaranteed to get you laughing - unless you're dead serious about the Apocalypse occurring within the next week of course. This should be a series, not just one book.
Yet another fantasy series, but of a substantially less serious and more comical nature than the aforementioned ones. The Harry Potter series, though disappointing at times, is mostly a delight to read.Scamming the scammers. Scambaiting is fun.
In humorous short videos Captain Disillusion investigates famous internet videos to determine whether they're real or have been altered.
A semi-serious wiki about the Casey Serin saga. For those familiar with the story: I would classify myself as a mild hater.
Good web comic. Some favourites: 3, 13, 14, 16, 17, 46, 61, 65, 78, 79, 92, 93, 102, 105, 108, 118, 121, 122, 132, 138, 144 150
Constantly updated videos of bloopers and other funny bits on Dutch television.
Fighting the good fight against the lies and deception of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.
An ever growing collection of hilarious posts, comments and other online messages by mostly religious fundamentalists. It is both amusing and depressing to read the utter misconceptions of science, and especially evolutionary theory, of these people. If possible, their political and ethical views are often even more appalling than their scientific illiteracy.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly science podcast discussing news and interviewing people concerning science and scientific skepticism.
A fan forum for the popular science podcast The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. I moderate the Forums Games section on this forum, and consider the place my "home on the internet". The Forum Games section is devoted mainly to Mafia games, which is in my opinion the best social game of all times. Occasionally we play a simple strategy game which I invented, it is called Battlefield.
Debunking urban legends.
A critical reading of the Bible, the Quran and the Book of Mormon.
Utopia is an online game, way past it's best years. I've been playing it with lengthy intervals.
A fan forum for the online game Utopia. I've been visiting these forums since 2001, though I hardly post in the sections relating to Utopia. Currently I'm not that active there anymore, and virtually only post when playing Mafia games.|
Since I spend most of the time that I use my iPod on listening to audiobooks and the occasional lecture series, I don't listen to podcasts very often. Here is a list of podcasts of which I have listened to a significant number of episodes. Only two of these, LogicallyCritical and Skeptics' Guide, are truly great in my opinion. |
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