tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161584762024-03-05T07:38:25.965-06:00Robot Wisdom auxiliaryLonger posts by Jorn Barger to supplement the Robot Wisdom link blog.Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comBlogger449125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-51467252768445665672008-10-14T18:03:01.436-05:002014-09-10T10:15:38.269-05:00no promised land, no holy book, no chosen peoplerss? [<a href="http://del.icio.us/rss/robotwisdom">1</a>] [<a href="http://feed43.com/0806162202411817.xml">2</a>]<br />
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<br /><span class="rss:item"><br /><br />My new one-bit RWx-auxiliary blog <a href="http://www.google.com/reader/shared/14569541748422553908">(GgReader)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />vDeep observational humor from SM Walt <a href="http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/07/30/musings_on_a_summers_day">(FP-list)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />$400 sleep 'lab' <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/technology/personaltech/16pogue.html?_r=1&em=&pagewanted=all">(NYT via gPost)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Pattern of Israeli links in organ theft <a href="http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2009/07/butchers-hidden-truth-about-israels.html">(cFire via gRoom)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Orthodox Jews debate ethical priorities <a href="http://www.vosizneias.com/35612/">(viN)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Effing brilliant BramCohen interview <a href="http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/268-Shapeways-Member-Interviews-Bram-Cohen.html">(longish)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Witty review of new Cowboys megastadium <a href="http://workbench.cadenhead.org/news/3544/telemanjaro-worlds-largest-hdtv">(Wkbnch)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />GTD workflow map <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/petrmara/3411358390/">(flickr via 2mm)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Judaism's 'ethic' of omerta <a href="http://www.vosizneias.com/35729/2009/07/27/deal-nj-rabbi-denounces-son-accused-of-being-fed-informant/">(viN)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Crowdsourced astronomy discovers new galaxy-class <a href="http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_articles/galaxy_zoo_citizen_scientists_find_green_pea_galaxies">(sciBlog)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Updates on Woodstock bands <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09207/985955-51.stm">{list}</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Simple plot-skeleton generator <a href="http://words.bighugelabs.com/plot.php">(php via Triv)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Quakers called 'virulently antisemitic' <a href="http://jta.org/news/article/2009/07/23/1006756/sf-festival-under-fire-over-plan-to-screen-rachel-corrie-film">(JTA via niqnaq)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />JulietteLewis update <a href="http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/juliette-lewis-is-a-natural-born-rebel/8980">(longish via Jz)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>that night the bats flew out / from the water and swarmed everywhere for miles / like black tongues</i> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2009/bottomlandstongue.shtml">(vD-longish)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Tim O'Brien on fiction and play <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200908/tim-obrien-essay">(longish via 2Pass)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Journalism degrees are stupid <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-sine/close-the-j-schools_b_232174.html">(HuffPo via cShirk)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />New OED cd <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-English-Dictionary-Version-Windows/dp/0199563837/">(Az-$200)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />6 types of connection between books and songs <a href="http://textblock.blogspot.com/2009/07/music-and-literature.html">(dBreast)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Mary Beard on Aurelius <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n14/bear01_.html">(LRB-long)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'LoveShack' duet, B52s/Sugarland <a href="http://sugarlandmania.com/1066/sugarland-2009-cmt-music-awards-performance-love-shack/">(Flash-5min)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Historical Thesaurus of the OED <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199280/Ostrobogulous-New-word-meaning-interesting-bizarre--perfect-word-lingo-loving-spinster-whos-spent-42-years-writing-worlds-biggest-thesaurus.html?ITO=1490">(ukMail via Jz)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />iPhone as tracking device <a href="http://ephermata.livejournal.com/204026.html">(shortish via /.)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Goldman's software 'unfair' <a href="http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/07/09/quantitative-sleazing/">(short via iSteve)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Re-editing the Old Testament <a href="http://www.bsw.org/project/biblica/bibl90/Bib90Comm02.pdf">(pdf-23pg via Ralph)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Rabbi: "before the Zionists came, [Arabs and Jews] lived together" <a href="http://www.vosizneias.com/34907/2009/07/12/jerusalem-rav-amram-blaus-interview-before-his-death/">(viN)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Lucid ArundhatiRoy update <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/12/arundhati-roy-booker-prize-politics">(UkG)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Chomsky on recent conflicts <a href="http://www.zcommunications.org/zspace/commentaries/3922">(Znet via Heath)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Plot-theory review (incl Polti) <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/11/drama-edgar-plays-theatre">(UkG-long)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />8 firstaid myths <a href="http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/2009/03/8-common-first-aid-mistakes-and-myths-that-make-things-worse/">(lHack-1pg)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />40pix of worldwide McD's menu items <a href="http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/07/mcdonalds-menu-items-from-around-the-world-40-pics/">(1pg via lf)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Galileo vvvclose to discovering Neptune <a href="http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_articles/did_galileo_discover_neptune_234_years_anyone_else">(sciBlg)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />NudeFreedomDay at the NightOwlCafe <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38054503@N08/3704607466/">(flickr-collage)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />vBelated rave for 1987 jMcElroy <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/07/the-lost-postmodernist-joseph-mcelroy.html">(laTms)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'Mall Cop' bests 'Public Enemies' <a href="http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/good_cop_bad_cop/">(iSteve-longish)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Actors who could play siblings <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/07/08/cinematical-rewind-actors-who-could-play-siblings/">(Cinem-list)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>Where are we, what are we doing, / what ruined god moves us at his pleasure</i> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2009/foothounds.shtml">(vDaily)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Rabbi: Better jail than hearing singing women <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443742054&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull">(jPost via viN)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Krishnamurti Foundation foundering <a href="http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/07/cash-strapped-krishnamurti-foundation-regroups/">(arcane)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Childhood movie-theater experiment in anarchy <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/07/05/the-kiddie-matinee-or-my-summer-with-hot-tamales-in-my-hair/">(Cinem)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Effectively haunting EdHarcourt video <a href="http://pastaprima.net/?p=3479">(Flash-4min)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Why NPR lies for Israel <a href="http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/07/you-shouldnt-be-reading-this-site-yu-should-be-reading-the-camera-site-they-work-harder-than-i-do-and-they-get-all-the-goo.html">(mWeiss)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Don't-miss DixieChicks-vs-wBu documentary <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8145486016514085072">(GgV-90min)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Jacko's genius lasted about 6mos <a href="http://isteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/michael-jackson-and-fred-astaire.html">(iSteve)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'Vexel' art <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/03/50-beautiful-examples-of-vexel-artworks-and-tutorials/">(1pg-loong)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />What is WSJ's 'Inner Truth'? <a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/secrets-of-the-wsj/">(pKrug-short)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Charming literary dustups <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/5725212/Alain-de-Botton-Youll-regret-those-words-until-your-dying-day.html">(pHen-ukTel)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>Perfectest pumpkin // in the patch, your heft on mine / is what I crave</i> <a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2009/07/02">(NPR)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Fundamental crisis in capitalism <a href="http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2009/07/debt_class_warf.html">(iGrd w/link)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />63yo NeilYoung makes 67yo Macca look lightweight <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6SSR3YY-rc">(yT-8min)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Revived mp3-blog experiment <a href="http://www.robotwisdom.com/music/mp3s.html">(rw w/rss)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />IrisMurdoch on BBC today <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l953t">(8pmGMT)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />RollingStone expose on Goldman-Sachs <a href="http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/06/goldman-sachs-engineering-every-major.html">(12pg-imgs)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Dogme2010: the videogame <a href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/06/19/antichrist-game-director-absolutely-not-available-in-wal-mart/">(MTV via Cinem)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />1st new Stewart-Gaskin in 18yrs <a href="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=33287">(aaJ-2pg)</a></span><span class="rss:item">"Baby, that's beer money. Just push me down the stairs and we'll go out." <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/019519.html">(oDinny)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Rave w/vids for IncredibleStringBand <a href="http://www.thebluegrassspecial.com/archive/2009/june2009/incrediblereviewjune09.php">(bgSpec)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Visualising bailout-costs <a href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/bailout-costs-vs-big-historical-events/">(diagram via lf)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Human body's energy budget simplified <a href="http://rulesofthumb.org/perma.php?ruleid=693">(RoT)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Did gammaray burst cause Ordovician extinctions? <a href="http://www.livescience.com/space/090618-exploding-star-earth.html">(lSci)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />CIA still hiding JFK/LHO secrets <a href="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/05/27/dead_spys_jfk_files_pose_a_test_for_obamas_foia_or/">(TPM)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />philG rethinks the university <a href="http://philip.greenspun.com/teaching/universities-and-economic-growth">(loong)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Iran complexities simplified <a href="http://www.moonofalabama.org/2009/06/some-dots-you-may-connect.html">(moonAL)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />rFisk on Iran complexities <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-iran-erupts-as-voters-back-the-democrator-1704810.html">(ukInd)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />NPR speech-impediments snark <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/59601/Ira-Glass-mentors-the-internet">(MeFi-2007)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Is Betelgeuse about to go supernova? <a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/44573/title/Betelgeuse_shrinks">(sNews-short)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />New Mossad-conspiracy testimony <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090413/crossette">(Nation via mjb)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />AliceMunro story filmed as "Away From Her" <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1999/12/27/1999_12_27_110_TNY_LIBRY_000019900?currentPage=all">(NYer-loong)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />MemeWatch: "... 3. ??? 4. PROFIT!" <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=1+2+3+profit">(Twittersearch)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Why financial teevee is stupid <a href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/06/how-to-fix-financial-television/">(list via iGrd)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Width of extended hand = 15 degrees <a href="http://rulesofthumb.org/perma.php?ruleid=235">(RoT-vshort)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Short ChrissieHynde interview <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-chrissie-hynde-musician-57-1696154.html">(ukInd via Jz)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />NyT could fix BostonGlobe <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2009/06/08/opportunity-in-the-demise-of-boston-globe/">(philG)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />dTongue's moderated urban/wiki/dictionary/2.0 <a href="http://www.wordnik.com/">(Wordnik)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Lucid angry jScahill on bMoyers <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/06052009/watch.html">(PBS-18min w/trnscrpt)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Cruel teen-photographer snark <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/17_year_old_thinks_shes">(Onion-vshort)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Awesome photosurrealist <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lapinfille/">(3000pix)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />1965 PattyDuke movie dance number <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-YEdDk5lr8#t=22s">(yT)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Bing close 2nd in ongoing blind test <a href="http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-06-07-n71.html">(Blgscpd w/link)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Jawdropping Java demo <a href="http://toxi.co.uk/p5/base26/">(Base26 via lYellow)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Inspiring 100th-monkey danceparty <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8z7f7a2Pk">(yT-3min via dLaugh)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'supercut' = exhaustive survey montage <a href="http://waxy.org/2008/04/fanboy_supercuts_obsessive_video_montages/">(links-list)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />20 feminist teevee characters <a href="http://jezebel.com/5274600/20-feminist-tv-characters">(Jz-1pg)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Sun moving away from Earth 15cm/yr <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17228-why-is-the-earth-moving-away-from-the-sun.html">(newSci)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Recycled-fridge-magnet bookmarks <a href="http://craftchi.com/blog/?p=1011">(1pg via lHack)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />MemeWatch: paraprosdokian <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=Paraprosdokian">(twitter-search)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Mars rover stuck in ?dustdune <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090601.html">(astroPic)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Pak drones inspire folklore <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/31/cia-drones-tribesmen-taliban-pakistan">(ukG via moonAL)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Fire Bernanke! <a href="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/05/31/to_get_a_systemic_risk_regulator_fire_bernanke/">(dBaker)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Goto considered helpful <a href="http://bramcohen.livejournal.com/66555.html">(thread-arcane)</a></span><br /><br />2009: <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/aprilmay-2009-links.html">Apr/May</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/febmarch-2009-links.html">Feb/Mar</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/january-2009-links.html">Jan</a><br />2008: <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/december-2008-links.html">Dec</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/november-2008-links.html">Nov</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/october-2008-links.html">Oct</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/september-2008-links.html">Sep</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/09/august-2008-links.html">Aug</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/08/may-july-2008-links.html">Jul</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/05/april-2008-links.html">Apr</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/03/mar-2008-links.html">Mar</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/02/feb-2008-links.html">Feb</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/01/jan-2008-links.html">Jan</a><br />2007: <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/01/dec-2007-links.html">Dec</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/11/nov-2007-links.html">Nov</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/10/october-2007-links.html">Oct</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/september-2007-links-pt2.html">Sep2</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/september-2007-links.html">Sept</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-2007-links-part2.html">Aug2</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-2007-links.html">Aug1</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/07/july-2007-links.html">July</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/05/01-june-2007-links-ongoing.html">June</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/05/11-may-2007-links-ongoing.html">May</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/04/24-april-2007-links-ongoing.html">April2</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/03/01-april-2007-links-ongoing.html">April</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/03/10-march-2007-links-ongoing.html">March</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/02/14-february-2007-links-ongoing.html">Feb</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/custom?cx=015714264800146842064%3A-ihwgxx3u1k&q=the&sa=Search&cof=GFNT%3A%23666666%3BLH%3A55%3BCX%3ARobot%2520Wisdom%2520Weblog%2520search%3BDIV%3A%23cccccc%3BFORID%3A0%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Fcoop%2Fimages%2Fgoogle_custom_search_sm%2Egif%3BLP%3A1%3BAH%3Aleft&adkw=AELymgWk3UgP6IVwj7oXjDjrlT0TjBVfJbYRpcNqldio7Zc5OvWhpA05djUa2x9zflp3lxjuwu4bRF6hWP3RAzJsTeb5daEoTUi1xYWhdYY0a18PBYmq-8XcMOyND5AtuLhAMpWA4f7zzX5m-d7RoKzZpN6vF3-bgg&hl=en&client=google-coop&num=100">[more]</a></center>
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(numbers in parens are delicious linkcounts, indicating belatedness)Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-26862471827255039822008-10-13T09:18:00.000-05:002008-10-14T18:21:14.509-05:00Intro[this is supposed to always appear 2nd on the blog, but to disappear from the <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/atom.xml">rss feed</a>]<br /><br />meta: <a title="i substitute linebreaks for most punctuation" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2005/12/theory-of-whitespace.html">not-poetry</a> <a title="RWx mirror w/better rss" href="http://del.icio.us/robotwisdom?setcount=50">del.icio.us</a><br /><br />tagportals: <a title="annotated index of posts tagged worldtree" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/07/tagportal-worldtree.html">worldtree/tree-of-life</a> <a title="annotated index of posts tagged suggestions" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/tagportal-suggestions.html">suggestions</a> <br /><br />Jorn: <a title="wikipedia-like bio" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/08/jorn-barger-wikipedia-template.html">bio</a> <a title="my major works, on and off web" href="http://canon2.blogspot.com/2007/07/jorn-barger.html">works</a> <a title="popmusictheorygeekblog" href="http://profile.imeem.com/fDzY_P/blogs/">pmtgb</a> <a title="thrillers rated on 11D matrix" href="http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books/msg/83c05c20e7ffc37d?dmode=source&hl=en">thrillers</a> <a title="120+ words i've made up besides weblog" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/04/warum-ich-so-weise-bin.html">neologisms</a> <a title="books-etc that influenced me pre-1990" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/05/autobiographical-calendar-of-reading.html">influences</a>/<a title="books-etc that influenced me post-1990" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/05/autobiographical-calendar-of-reading_30.html">readings</a><br /><br />faves: <a title="my favorite flickr pix" href="http://www.flickriver.com/photos/22819338@N04/favorites/">pix</a> <a title="my reading recommendations: the barger canon" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/06/barger-canon.html">books</a> <a title="imeem jukeboxes" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/08/imeem-no-reg-req-test.html">tunes</a> <a title="embedded youtubes" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/carpark-north-backgrounder-flash-elis.html">vids</a> <a href=""></a> <br /><br />conjectures: <a title="joycean riddles i think i've solved" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/06/50-joycean-conjectures-annotated.html">Joyce</a> <a title="snowflakes, evolution, religion, etc" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2005/09/18-20-miscellaneous-conjectures.html">science-etc</a><br /><br />visualisations: <a title="drops-of-gasoline as yardstick" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2006/02/visualising-energy-consumption.html">energy</a> <a title="food-energy converted to gasoline drops" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2006/02/visualising-calorie-consumption.html">calories</a> <a title="if we could see radio" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2006/11/simlab-radio-goggles.html">radio</a> <a title="carbon dioxide im/balances" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/01/visualising-co2.html">CO2</a> <a title="all wave/lengths on one logarithmic scale" href="http://robotwisdom.com/science/octaves.html">wavelengths</a> <a title="logarithmic history of universe incl 9-11" href="http://robotwisdom.com/science/logarithmic.html">timescales</a><br /><br />suggestions: <a title="suggested improvements for blogger.com" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/bloggercom-suggestions.html">Blogger</a> <a title="suggested improvements for google groups" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/google-groups-suggestions.html">GgGroups</a> <a title="suggested improvements for google news" 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href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/imeem-suggestions.html">iMeem</a> <a title="suggested improvements for rss feeds" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/rss-suggestions.html">rss</a> <a title="suggested improvements for html" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/html-suggestions.html">html</a> <a title="suggested ideas for consumer electronics" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/consumer-electronics-suggestions.html">gizmos</a> <a title="suggested improvements for the environment" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/environmental-suggestions.html">enviro</a> <a title="suggested improvements for community" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/community-suggestions.html">community</a> <a title="suggested improvements for computer science" href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/compsci-suggestions.html">compsci</a> <br /><br />search: <a title="rw blog search" href="http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=015714264800146842064%3A-ihwgxx3u1k">rwwl</a> <a title="lefty political sites search" href="http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=015714264800146842064%3Ato8ohdlcagy">blue</a> <a title="search texts on many ebook sites at once" href="http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=015714264800146842064%3Ap6n_uiv0n-8">ebooks</a> <a title="search main joyce sites" href="http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=015714264800146842064%3Atp1yc59e_3a">joyce</a> <a title="search best-books lists" href="http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=015714264800146842064%3Awauhhwwhf8c">canons</a>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-46564374598348983712008-10-06T21:14:00.005-05:002009-09-14T07:47:53.605-05:00miscellaneous topics<br><br /><br />i'm caught between two platforms...<br /><br />robotwisdom.com will blink out again<br />at the end of this month<br />unless another volunteer host turns up<br /><br />i was appalled to learn that google<br />declines to index pages with more than 100 links<br />assuming they're spam<br />(i think pages with <100 are lazy)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/reader/shared/14569541748422553908"><br />google-reader-shared</a><br />has killed linkblogging for me<br />at least temporarily<br /><br />i've fallen in love with <a href="http://recaptcha.net/digitizing.html">reCAPTCHA</a><br /><br />the little boost of knowing<br />i'm proofing random texts<br />makes that burden a joy<br /><br />i tried the new <a href="http://www.monopolycitystreets.com/game.html#en">online Monopoly</a><br />and find it pointless<br />except the perspective it offers<br />on googlemaps AI<br /><br />if it implemented a map-recaptcha<br />i'd love it<br />to fill out the googlemaps model<br />with geographic intelligence<br /><br />(Monopoly relaunches this week<br />if you want to try it out<br /><br />about the only strategy<br />is sabotaging neighbors<br />or not<br /><br />rural areas have few/no neighbors)<br /><br /><br />it may be a dark age for linkblogging<br />but it's interesting times for web 2.0<br /><br />with tiny tweaks from myspace to facebook to twitter<br />bringing revolutionary vibe-shifts<br /><br />which have many evolutions to go<br /><br />it has to go back to<br />usenet's decentralised distribution<br /><br /><br><br /><br />and i've got an idea<br />for a new <a href="http://robotwisdom.com/ai/antimath.html">antimath</a> symbol<br />probably just "+"<br />that represents<br />a hypothetical absolute moral ideal<br /><br />snubbed by almost all<br />subbing half-measures<br /><br />pursued tirelessly by one or two<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-81630623205846898282008-10-06T20:04:00.000-05:002009-08-04T08:16:34.392-05:00Comicstrip trivia quizWhich strips feature these characters: (highlight to see answers)<br /><br />Hiram Flagston A: <span style="color:black">Hi and Lois</span><br /><br />Thelma Keane A: <span style="color:black">Family Circus</span><br /><br />Alice Mitchell A: <span style="color:black">Dennis the Menace</span><br /><br />Jonathan Q. Arbuckle A: <span style="color:black">Garfield</span><br /><br />Walt and Connie Duncan A: <span style="color:black">Zits</span><br /><br />Bill and Anne Andrews A: <span style="color:black">Cathy</span><br /><br />Brutus and Gladys Thornapple A: <span style="color:black">Born Loser</span><br /><br />Phil and Dottie Winslow A: <span style="color:black">Marmaduke</span><br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> .</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-60710901799918330352008-10-06T19:30:00.003-05:002009-07-30T10:31:40.390-05:00Wikipedia hasbaraWikipedia topics that omit important info because it reflects badly on Israel/Judaism: <a href="http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=17587&mode=threaded&pid=96083">[meta]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_%28film%29">Munich (film)</a>: omits all reference to Spielberg's omission of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillehammer_affair">Lillehammer affair</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud">Talmud</a>: omits law of the moser (cf omerta), inflammatory material against gentiles and Jesus<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-26074119850462988402008-10-06T19:25:00.010-05:002009-07-26T17:53:59.525-05:00Visualising energy<br><br /><br />human body = one gallon per 8 lbs<br />12 gallons per 100#<br />60% water = 7 gallons water per 100#<br />16% fat = 2 gallons fat per 100# (16#, 7kg)<br />22% protein = 2.6 gallons protein per 100# (22#, 10kg)<br /><br />3.8*10^4 joule = energy in gram of fat<br />2.7*10^8 joule in 7kg<br /><br />1.7*10^4 joule in gram of protein<br />1.7*10^8 joule in 10kg<br /><br />4.4*10^8 joule in 100# body<br /><br />4.186*10^3 joule = 1 Calorie<br />1 kiloCalorie per pound in human body<br /><br />3.6*10^6 joule = kilowatt-hour<br />100 kW-hr per 100# body<br />half a microgram of antimatter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28energy%29#1015">[cite]</a><br /><br />1.5*10^10 joules in a ton of wood <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_fuel">[cite]</a><br />40 100# humans<br /><br />10 tons per tree?<br />400 humans<br /><br />1.74*10^17 joule = solar energy worldwide per second<br />400 million 100# humans per second<br />10 million tons of wood<br />1 million trees<br /><br />10^36 photons/second <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28energy%29#10-21">[cite]</a><br /><br />10^14 joule = solar energy trapped by photosynthesis per second <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis">[cite]</a><br />(10^33 photons or 0.1% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28energy%29#10-21">cite</a>)<br />20 million 100# humans per second<br /><br />4*10^26 joule = energy generated by fusion in Sun per second <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Core">[cite]</a><br />10^20 kW-hr (100 quintillion)<br />8*10^19 100# humans per second?<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28energy%29">[Wikipedia]</a><br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-28406454505086825892008-10-06T19:23:00.013-05:002012-11-28T15:17:37.034-06:00Quotes from Renata Adler's "Speedboat"<blockquote>"This is perhaps the worst book ever written but it's won prizes and is considered to be some fine writing. Each paragraph starts off with a new topic and there is absolutely no connection between any of the paragraphs." <a href="http://auntyhousewife.blogspot.com/2009/07/things-i-have-to-remember.html">[cite]</a></blockquote><br /><br />"nobody died that year. nobody prospered. there were no births or marriages. seventeen reverent satires were written – disrupting a cliché and, presumably, creating a genre. that was a dream, of course, but many of the most important things, I find, are the ones learned in your sleep. speech, tennis, music, skiing, manners, love – you try them waking and perhaps balk at the jump, and then you’re over. you’ve caught the rhythm of them once and for all, in your sleep at night. the city, of course, can wreck it. so much insomnia. so many rhythms collide. the salesgirl, the landlord, the guests, the bystanders, sixteen varieties of social circumstance in a day. everyone has the power to call your whole life into question here. too many people have access to your state of mind. some people are indifferent to dislike, even relish it. hardly anyone I know." <a href="http://www.indivisualism.com/2012/11/access-to-your-state-of-mind.html">[p3]</a><br /><br />"The host, for some reason, was taking Instamatic pictures of his guests. It was not clear whether he was doing this in order to be able to show, at some future time, that there had been this gathering in his house. Or whether he thought of pictures in some voodoo sense. Or whether he found it difficult to talk. Or whether he was bored. Two underground celebrities—one of whom had become a sensation by never generating or exhibiting a flicker of interest in anything, the other of whom was known mainly for hanging around the first—were taking pictures too." <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/08/10/what-we%E2%80%99re-loving-old-new-york-the-boss-sodastream/">[p60]</a><br /><br />"My friend across the hall, who owns the beagle, looked very sad all evening. He said, abruptly, that he was cracking up, and no one would believe him. There were sirens in the street. Inez said she knew exactly what he meant: she was cracking up also. Her escort, a pale Italian jeweler, said, “I too. I too have it....” Our sportswriter said he had recently met a girl whose problem was stealing all the suede garments of house guests, and another, in her thirties, who cried all the time because she had not been accepted at Smith. We heard many more sirens in the streets. We all went home." <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/11/27/falling-hard/">[p68]</a><br /><br />"She was a dynamite girl and he was an aces fellow. On the day he at last agreed by phone to marry her, the switchboard operators were overjoyed. For six months they had listened, in sympathy and indignation, to the tears, the threats, the partings and reconciliations. They were so unequivocally for the girl that only the purest professionalism kept them, at times, from breaking in. On the day Tim, after calls to his best friend, his firs wife, and his therapist, gave in at last, the oldest operator, who had been on the switchboard for twenty years, actually wept. The other two told the receptionist, at lunch. All four ladies had a drink, and then bought a card of slightly obscene felicitations. They had wavered toward the sentimental, but rejected it as basically unswinging. They did not sign the card. Tim and his girl, who had been breaking up once again on the day they received it (she was packing; they were in his apartment, were appalled. As a result of the card, and discussions of what to do about it—what it implied, who knew and who didn’t—they married." <a href="http://biblioklept.org/2011/05/28/she-was-a-dynamite-girl-and-he-was-an-aces-fellow-a-passage-from-renata-adlers-speedboat/">[p19]</a><br /><br />"I often wonder about the people who linger over trash baskets at the corners of the city's sidewalks. One sees them day and night, young and old, well dressed, in rags—often with shopping bags—picking over the trash. They pick out newspapers, envelopes. They discard things. I often wonder who they are and that they're after. I approach and cannot ask them. Anyway, they scurry off. Some times I think they are writers who do not write. That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink. Writers rant. Writers phone. Writers sleep. I have met very few writers who write at all." <a href="http://thisis606.blogspot.com/2011/05/writers-who-do-not-write.html">[]</a><br /><br /><br />“Speech, tennis, music, skiing, manners, love- you try them waking and perhaps balk at the jump, and then you’re over. You’ve caught the rhythm of them once and for all, in your sleep at night. The city, of course, can wreck it. So much insomnia. So many rhythms collide. The salesgirl, the landlord, the guests, the bystanders, sixteen varieties of social circumstance in a day. Everyone has the power to call your whole life into question here. Too many people have access to your state of mind. Some people are indifferent to dislike, even relish it. Hardly anyone I know.” <a href="http://simpledayss.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/insomnia/">[]</a><br /><br /><br />"Sometimes I miss, or lose, the point. Late-sleeping utopians, especially, persist like mercury. I am a fanatic myself, although not a woman of temperament. I get nervous at scenes. I stole a washcloth once from a motel in Angkor Wat. The bellboy was incensed. I had to give it back. To promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity—- I believe all that. I go to parties whenever I am asked. I think a high tone of moral indignation, used too often, is an ugly thing. I get up at eight. Quite often now I have a drink before eleven. In some ways, I have overshot my mark in life in spades." <a href="http://mouthyspace.blogspot.com/2009/12/from-speedboat.html">[]</a><br /><br />"Sometimes a stupid child would tie a firecracker to a crayfish or a frog just once, and light the fuse. Or give a piece of sugar to a raccoon, which in its odd fastidiousness would wash that sugar in a brook till there was nothing left." <a href="http://hermenaut.org/2010/03/22/tncom-11-raccoon/">[]</a><br /><br />"It may be that we were retarded. We were younger. We were other people, anyway, in another world." <a href="http://bambialmendinger.blogspot.com/2011/07/too-loud-solitude-bohumil-hrabal.html">[]</a><br /><br />"She apologized to one egg for having boiled it, to another for not having selected it to boil. Since it was impossible to know with much precision whether an egg prefers to be boiled or not to, she was always in a state of indecision, followed, as soon as she had taken any action, by extreme remorse. Since this is not far from the predicament of most people of any sensitivity or conscience, she passed for normal."<br /><br />"My capacity for having a good time exists. It surfaces, however, on odd occasions."<br /><br />"My grandmother, too, used to put other people's ailments into the diminutive: strokelets were what her friends had. Aldo said he was bored to tearsies by my grandmother's diminutives."<br /><br />"Things have changed very much, several times, since I grew up, and, like everyone in New York except the intellectuals, I have led several lives and I still lead some of them."<br /><br />"Our full professors, tenured faculty, teach H.B.A., or Hours by Appointment; that is, never."<br /><br />"A 'self-addressed envelope,' if you are inclined to brood, raises deep questions of identity."<br /><br />"They want to do good and to <i>know,</i> like people out of E.M. Forster, or Henry James."<br /><br />"When I wonder what it is that we are doing-- in the brownstone, on this block, with this paper-- the truth is probably that we are fighting for our lives."<br /><br />"Situations simply do not yield to the most likely structures of the mind."<br /><br />“But there are cramps of an entirely other order, when even hardened doctors—- knowing it is not important, only temporary—- reach for the Demerol and the needle. It must be so in every lonely degrading thing from which one comes back having learned nothing whatever. There are no conclusions to be drawn from it. Lonely people see double entendres everywhere.”<br /><br />“It is all gone, after childhood knowledge of myths, constellations, baseball scores, dinosaurs, and idioms of the tennis court and athletic field. There are outcroppings of the old vocabularies still. Pinnies from field hockey. Heels down. Bad hop. Sorry. My fault. So sorry.” <a href="http://britishisms.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/pinny/">[]</a><br /><br />"At six one morning, Will went out in jeans and frayed sweater to buy a quart of milk. A tourist bus went by. The megaphone was directed at him. 'There's one,' it said. That was in the l960s. Ever since, he's wondered. There's one what?"<br /><br />"Sanity is the most profound moral option of our time."<br /><br />"The philosophers at the great universities were, without exception, failed mathematicians. When they were not examining much of the vocabulary of civilized discourse to conclude that it, after all, lacked meaning, they muttered Gödel, Russell, Hilbert, liking to imply that they themselves had chosen philosophy over mathematics to give themselves a wider, though related intellectual field."<br /><br />"What is the point. That is what must be borne in mind. Sometimes the point is really who wants what. Sometimes the point is what is right or kind. Sometimes the point is a momentum, a fact, a quality, a voice, an intimation, a thing said or unsaid. Sometimes it's who's at fault, or what will happen if you do not move at once. The point changes and goes out. You cannot be forever watching for the point, or you lose the simplest thing: being a major character in your own life.<br />But if you are, for any length of time, custodian of the point-- in art, in court, in politics, in lives, in rooms-- it turns out there are rearguard actions everywhere. To see a thing clearly, and when your vision of it dims, or when it goes to someone else, if you have a gentle nature, keep your silence, that is lovely. Otherwise, now and then, a small foray is worthwhile. Just so that being always, complacently, thoroughly wrong does not become the safest position of them all. The point has never quite been entrusted to me."<br /><br />"No crimes is no small thing"<br /><br />"Somebody was nudging my tray along the rail at the museum cafeteria. I was trying to keep my tray from bumping the tray ahead. I held my fingers firmly on the tray top, hooked my thumbs underneath the steel bar. The pressure of the nudging tray increased. I gave in to the superior determination. Doubtless, the tray pusher had had an awful day. I let go. My tray slid into the next tray, which slid into the next, which crashed into another. At the cashier's corner, there was a pileup. Teabags, Jell-O, trays all over everything."<br /><br />"I have the shakes a good part of the time (which interferes no end with taking notes)"<br /><br />"Violent things are always happening to the very rich, and to the poor, of course. Freak accidents befall the middle classes in their midst."<br /><br />"'I can't believe it,' people said, almost with a passion. It was that year's version of hello. 'I can't believe it,' people said, on the beach, on the slopes, in hotel lobbies, in cells, at parties. Apparently incredulous, astounded, people met. Sometimes the rejoinder was, 'For God's sake,' as in 'Harry! Maude! I can't believe it.' 'Marilyn! Well, for God's sake.' Sometimes people changed it slightly. When we had just come back to the office, a middle-aged couple, he with the heartiness of another era, she with a certain trembly superstition, met in the elevator only yesterday. 'Well, as I live and breathe,' he shouted. 'Touch wood,' she replied."<br /><br />"Most women have shames or sins or crimes. But confidences, apart from the lives of schoolgirls, belong to women of timidity or power." <a href="http://www.girlontape.com/2009/09/speedboat-p-161.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />"or the streets cleared of traffic, except ambulances." <a href="http://recalescence.livejournal.com/163851.html?thread=585483#t585483">[]</a><br /><br />"That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink. Writers rant. Writers phone. Writers sleep. I have met very few writers who write at all." <a href="http://francesfarmerismysister.blogspot.com/2010/09/danielle-d.html">[]</a><br /><br />"It could be that the sort of sentence one wants right here is the kind that runs, and laughs, and slides, and stops right on a dime."<br /><br />Some of these RA quotes may be from Speedboat:<br /><br /><blockquote>Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel.<br /><br />Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.<br /><br />Fear... is forward. No one is afraid of yesterday.<br /><br />The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and global distress.<br /><br />Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.<br /><br />People have been modeling their lives after films for years, but the medium is somehow unsuited to moral lessons, cautionary tales or polemics of any kind.<br /><br />There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born.<br /><br />Moral self-infatuation has its own corruptions, after all. With time, almost every other principle of the magazine acquired an ironic echo, a sort of cackling aftermath.<br /><br />No one ever confides a secret to one person only. No one destroys all copies of a document.<br /><br />In the strange heat all litigation brings to bear on things, the very process of litigation fosters the most profound misunderstandings in the world.<br /><br />It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history.</blockquote><br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-56767416256782417682008-10-06T19:15:00.003-05:002009-07-15T11:04:27.520-05:00Web3.0 trends<br><br /><br />there's some webwide design principles<br />emerging<br />that i'm not sure many people<br />can see yet<br /><br />wikipedia needs a page for every product<br />for every person<br />for every event<br /><br />(it should supplant the evil classmates.com<br />as a gatheringplace for nostalgists)<br /><br />and it should aggregate ALL links<br />on every topic<br />sorting them and rating them<br /><br />so when your vacuumcleaner breaks<br />you go to its wikipedia page<br />(which you bookmarked when you bought it<br />like all your possessions<br />in an intelligent database)<br />and find sorted links<br />to all pages about that product<br />including diy repairs<br /><br />this will put google websearch out of business<br /><br />its 'best-first' algorithms can't compete<br /><br /><br><br /><br />the concept of bookmarking<br />'to read later'<br />needs to be refined<br /><br />we experience a continuous stream<br />of links we find more or less tempting<br />and we need to sort and rate these<br />so that the next-most-attractive<br />is always a click (or two) away<br /><br /><br><br /><br />everything on the web<br />should be striving to connect individuals<br />who share common tastes and interests<br />(eHarmony writ large)<br /><br />everyone's stream of rating/judgments<br />automatically compared<br />with similar-others queued<br />for speed 'dating'<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-4497140807308459382008-10-06T19:08:00.005-05:002009-07-08T11:34:00.011-05:00Birth of blogging<br><br /><br />i may or may not use this post<br />to aggregate debate<br />about the origins of blogging<br /><br />my word 'weblog' was intended to summarise<br />some simple basic design features<br />that hadn't yet been recognised as such<br /><br />- the best web links<br />- of every kind<br />- briefly described<br />- added as discovered<br />- top-down<br />- keep the page short/quick<br />- link direct to the juicy stuff<br />- everybody shares their tastes<br /><br />existing models all lacked some of these<br />(justin hall's was long/slow<br />winer kept rearranging the day's items)<br /><br />i avoided 'news' at first<br />looking far and wide for good content<br />most others hadn't yet discovered<br /><br />it was a (small) catastrophe<br />when blogger.com co-opted the word<br />for online diaries<br /><br />few people maintain proper weblogs<br /><br />and i'm still waiting<br />for a decent online web-logging site<br />(delicious is closest)<br /><br />twitter isn't a good fit<br />urls are masked<br />archives are clumsy<br /><br />the explosion of options<br />has become frustrating<br /><br />'<a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-bit-nanoblogs.html">onebit</a> blogging' a la<br /><a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/appreciating-hype-machine.html">hypemachine</a> and flickr<br />seem hopeful, in their way<br /><br /><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/83030/Blogosphere-Big-Bang">[mefi thread]</a><br /><a href="http://tawawa.org/ark/p/jorn-barger-community.html">[Ammann]</a><br /><a href="http://www.wordyard.com/2009/06/01/say-everything-video-first-blogger/">[Rosenberg]</a><br /><a href="http://www.scripting.com/stories/2009/07/03/aLinkBackToTheBeginning.html">[Winer]</a><br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-85201152275679877882008-10-06T19:06:00.005-05:002009-07-09T16:01:19.453-05:00What flickr/Twitter could learn from HypeMachine<br><br /><br />others' faves should be 1stclass streams<br />with a variety of views<br /><br />who-subscribes-to-who should be public<br /><br />more-than-onebit blogs<br />should be supported too<br />(eg featuring a content-creator a day<br />giving background on them)<br /><br />merge subscriptions to new content<br />and subscriptions to others' faves<br />into one stream<br /><br />prominently feature the count of faves<br />for each content-item<br />and conceal/reveal the 1st dozen or so faver-names<br />within the content-stream<br /><br />clicking on a faver-name<br />shows their faves stream<br />and offers their subscriptions-list<br />and a single click adds/subscribes-to them<br /><br /><br><br /><br />a few things hypem should add:<br /><br />visible indication of which tunes<br />you've already tried<br /><br />onsite user blogs<br /><br />suggestions of users/blogs/bands/tunes<br />you'd likely like<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-806124084051674072008-10-06T19:02:00.010-05:002009-07-03T10:31:28.924-05:00Appreciating 'Hype Machine'<br><br /><br />i imagine that <a href="http://hypem.com/">the hype machine</a><br />chose their awful name as camouflage<br />for their true purpose<br />of free-mp3-blog-aggregator<br /><br />but as these things go<br />they seem to be cuttingedge state-of-the-art<br /><br />the design-theme is giddy redundancy<br />everything is one-step-or-less away<br />and infinite reversibility<br />(try anything, no commitment)<br /><br /><br><br /><br />it took me embarrassingly long to figure out <br />how to play the tunes<br />and find the hidden mp3s<br />(click rightpointing triangle to play<br />(player at bottom even lets you change pages<br />without stopping the current song)<br /><br />open 'read full post' link in new tab<br />to find mp3 link)<br /><br /><br><br /><br />finding new music<br /><br />start with a song you love<br />that you think defines your special taste<br />search for it, 'love'-heart it<br />go thru everyone else who's hearted it<br />and sample their recent faves<br />'follow' them if there's any overlap<br />(watch which blogs they find good tunes on<br />and 'follow' these too<br />or sample them as radio stations)<br />(following individuals with similar taste<br />is the general solution to<br />the <a href="http://musicmachinery.com/2009/03/26/help-my-ipod-thinks-im-emo-part-1/">longtail fail</a>)<br /><br />search for favorite artists<br />and 'follow' them<br />(it seems you can't yet backtrace<br />who else follows an artist?<br />or find generalised most-similar recommendations)<br /><br /><br><br /><br />needs:<br /><br />5star ratings scale<br /><br />best-first priority-queue<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-44894608213107324712008-10-06T19:01:00.006-05:002009-07-01T12:23:46.435-05:00Calculate your blogscore[i want to tweak this until it accurately reflects mature blogging habits-- eg losing points for deleting unread posts...]<br /><br />[i think it needs to be broken down into categories: pix, music, vids, tweets, news? humor? gossip?]<br /><br />[i'm a newbie myself in some of these areas]<br /><br />[some domains have better filtering tools available]<br /><br />[you should score higher for finding meta-sources than straight sources]<br /><br />[there may be objective network-math definitions possible: mathematically optimal coverage]<br /><br />[each domain has a global average new-content rate;<br />each user has a time/value tradeoff curve for that content;<br />each filter delivers some average value per time]<br /><br /><br /># of rss subscriptions<br /><br /># of flickr subscriptions<br /># of flickr-faves subscriptions<br /><br /># of mp3-blog subscriptions<br /><br /># of twitter-faves subscriptions<br /><br /># of youtube-faves subscriptionsJornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-13136551955215206732008-10-06T18:23:00.002-05:002009-06-23T09:02:47.210-05:00Wallace Stevens WalkHartford Connecticut has marked Wallace Stevens' daily commute with thirteen stones offering the verses of "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" <a href="http://dailymuse.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/todays-muse-thirteen-way-so-f-looking-at-a-blackbird/">[backstory]</a><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=41.771312,-72.673187&spn=0.142376,0.231056&msid=105779132822304675066.00046d033f31ca42ef8c5&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&ll=41.771312,-72.673187&spn=0.142376,0.231056&msid=105779132822304675066.00046d033f31ca42ef8c5&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Wallace Stevens Walk</a> in a larger map</small> <a href="http://www.poets.org/images/wstev_walkmap.gif">[map]</a><br /><br /><br />I <br />Among twenty snowy mountains, <br />The only moving thing <br />Was the eye of the blackbird. <a href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/05Iw1BkeuV4XE">[pic]</a><br /><br />II <br />I was of three minds, <br />Like a tree <br />In which there are three blackbirds. <a href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4C8G_Wallace_Stevens_Walk_Asylum_Hill_Congregational_Church_Hartford_CT">[pic]</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwfaves/3653347809/">[pic]</a><br /><br />III <br />The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. <br />It was a small part of the pantomime.<br /><br />IV <br />A man and a woman <br />Are one. <br />A man and a woman and a blackbird <br />Are one.<br /><br />V <br />I do not know which to prefer, <br />The beauty of inflections <br />Or the beauty of innuendoes, <br />The blackbird whistling <br />Or just after.<br /><br />VI <br />Icicles filled the long window <br />With barbaric glass. <br />The shadow of the blackbird <br />Crossed it, to and fro. <br />The mood <br />Traced in the shadow <br />An indecipherable cause. <a href="http://wallacestevens.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/wallace-stevens-walk-dedication/">[pic]</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwfaves/3653347971/">[pic]</a><br /><br />VII <br />O thin men of Haddam, <br />Why do you imagine golden birds? <br />Do you not see how the blackbird <br />Walks around the feet <br />Of the women about you? <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwfaves/3653348033/">[pic]</a><br /><br />VIII <br />I know noble accents <br />And lucid, inescapable rhythms; <br />But I know, too, <br />That the blackbird is involved <br />In what I know.<br /><br />IX <br />When the blackbird flew out of sight, <br />It marked the edge <br />Of one of many circles.<br /><br />X <br />At the sight of blackbirds <br />Flying in a green light, <br />Even the bawds of euphony <br />Would cry out sharply.<br /><br />XI <br />He rode over Connecticut <br />In a glass coach. <br />Once, a fear pierced him, <br />In that he mistook <br />The shadow of his equipage <br />For blackbirds. <a href="http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/connecticut/articles/2008/12/21/where_poetry_lighted/?page=full">[pic]</a><br /><br />XII <br />The river is moving. <br />The blackbird must be flying. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwfaves/3654144036/">[pic]</a><br /><br />XIII <br />It was evening all afternoon. <br />It was snowing <br />And it was going to snow. <br />The blackbird sat <br />In the cedar-limbs. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwfaves/3653347885/">[pic]</a><br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-68032326439279341452008-10-06T18:18:00.000-05:002009-06-18T20:17:44.307-05:00Embedded Ulysses test<a href="http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-features-on-google-books.html">New</a> GoogleBooks feature:<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="border:0px" src="http://books.google.com/books?id=8uDCO_c9QKoC&lpg=PP1&dq=ulysses%20joyce&pg=PA3&output=embed" width=500 height=500></iframe>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-47450971945215029362008-10-06T18:16:00.001-05:002009-06-16T16:48:53.354-05:00April/May 2009 links<center><span class="rss:item"><br />40k pix document kegger fire <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/police_slog_through_40_000">(Onion-3min)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Loong survey of scant biz-press bubble-warnings <a href="http://www.cjr.org/cover_story/power_problem.php?page=all">(CJR via jGerm)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />iPhone multitouch synthesizer <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFG7-Q0WI7Q">(yT-10min via Waxy)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Inflation vs deflation, again <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/opinion/29krugman.html">(pKrug)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Rerererebooting StarTrek <a href="http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/16/saturday-on-the-rebooted-final-frontier/">(dontmiss via OTI)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>crystallizing / on frangible blades of grass</i> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2009/withoutus.shtml">(vD-arcane)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'ignore list' = known distractions <a href="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/bregman/2009/05/two-lists-you-should-look-at-e.html">(HBR via jAqi)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Lovely eWurtzel meditation on fading beauty <a href="http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Health-Fitness/Failure-to-Launch-When-Beauty-Fades">(4pg via Jz)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Major media silent on 'Hate Crimes Prevention Act' <a href="http://news.google.com/news?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&num=50&q="Hate+Crimes+Prevention+Act"&cf=all">(GgN-search)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'post-traumatic embitterment disorder' <a href="http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/citations/post_traumatic_embitterment_disorder_1/">(dTongue)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />1st BBC leCarre radio drama (starts early) <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kgfch">(90min-Real-limited-time)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />dBaker: To audit the Fed <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/may/25/federal-reserve-bailout-transparency">(ukG)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Password-creation trick <a href="http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/25.69.html#subj8.1">(Risks#)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />The rarely-seen Georgian language, in the wild <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinatink/3560750882/">(flickr)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Google's AdWords revolution <a href="http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-06/nep_googlenomics?currentPage=all">(sLevy via kMarks)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Twitterbased JamesBond ARG <a href="http://blog.jaggeree.com/post/111380361/qntmfslc-a-game-of-espionage-over-twitter">(meta via @twitterapi)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Black hipsters <a href="http://www.theroot.com/print/11812?page=0,0">(Root via dTongue)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Detailed litany of bhOb's foreign failures <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13694">(loong via Niqnaq)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Clubbing in Berlin, how-to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eliza/3546747047/">(flickr-caption)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Awesome astronomy timelapse <a href="http://vimeo.com/4505537">(48sec via Ellen)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Korean genius's surrealist sketches <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalkongmj/">(flickr-200pix)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>While you’re still / seeing more than there is to see</i> <a href="http://fromthemonobloc.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/durum-wheat/">(arcane via NPR)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>The trick / is to make it seem like it really doesn't matter, / like it's merely happening this way</i> <a href="http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14386">(Poems)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Empowering teen girls via parkour class <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/05/18/girls-on-film-desiring-real-femme-fighters/">(yT-5min)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />UTIs traced to childhood MrBubble baths? <a href="http://jezebel.com/5261280/are-you-a-victim-of-mr-bubble">(Jz)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />DC = culture of 'epigons' <a href="http://prorev.com/2009/05/why-washington-doesnt-work.html">(Sam-loong)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Competent 1981 HughDowns report on rap <a href="http://www.rapradar.com/focus/rr-exclusive-2020-hip-hop-special-from-1981.html">(2Flash-12min via lf)</a></span><span class="rss:item">Dont-miss WolframAlpha screencast <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html">(15min via Waxy)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>With these actions your world // takes off a layer from us</i> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2009/talkingwind.shtml">(vDaily-varcane)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Ojibway writer loves Finnegans Wake <a href="http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2009/5/13/A-dream-of-language_16634">(shortish)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Recent NyT headlines support anti-Pak con <a href="http://www.moonofalabama.org/2009/05/pakistani-conspiracy-theories.html">(moonAL-list)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Populism for dummies <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/09-0">(jHightower via Sam)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />rMcCrum profile of Sarah Waters <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/10/books-sarah-waters">(ukG-long)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />GermaineGreer on poets laureate <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/11/germaine-greer-carol-anne-duffy">(ukG)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Magic colors from Italian Vogue <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wicked-halo/3518867199/">(flickr)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />"Thus ended capitalism..." <a href="http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-05-10/">(Dilbert)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>I feel for ya...</i> <a href="http://www.overheardeverywhere.com/archives/005961.html">(oDvrwhr)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Thoughtful flickr tagging inquiry <a href="http://www.tekka.net/10/tags.html">(long via angus)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Lovely southern starmap <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090509.html">(astroPic)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />US Pakistan-resource-grab scenario <a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KE09Df03.html">(aTms via Niqnaq)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'hairsharp' = hi-res pix <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS291US303&q=+site:www.flickr.com+hairsharp">(34hits on flickr)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'Reverent' new jLennon doc online <a href="http://www.cinematical.com/2009/05/07/snag-this-inside-john-lennon/">(2pg-52min)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>his white star is a constellation / of hope, which for a horse, / is like grief</i> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2009/horseinsnow.shtml">(vDaily-dontmiss)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />The colors of fog <a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2009/05/05/the-colors-of-fog/">(1pg w/pix)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />VanGogh ear revisionism <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/5274073/Van-Goghs-ear-was-cut-off-by-friend-Gauguin-with-a-sword.html">(ukTel via lf)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />pHensher defends poets laureate <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/philip-hensher/philip-hensher-a-laureates-poems-are-all-that-matter-1678554.html">(ukInd)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Craven UK Iraq update <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fiskrsquos-world-right-to-the-very-end-in-iraq-our-masters-denied-us-the-truth-1677680.html">(rFisk)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Update on Israeli 'democracy' <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1082174.html">(Haaretz via mW)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />dHorowitz-hitlist update <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/cloud04302009.html">(cPunch)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Interesting wBuffett update <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/01/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-meeting">(UkG via iGrd)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Mindblowing LA hedonism <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabriellemucha/">(200pix-nsfw)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Stupid game-AI tricks <a href="http://aigamedev.com/open/article/bugs-caught-on-tape/">(1pg-18yTubes)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Bagels-yogurt-granola worth making <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2216611/pagenum/all/">(Slate-1pg via lf)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Swineflu traced to factory hogfarm? <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-25-swine-flu-smithfield/">(Grist via moonAL)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>bustling amid the formica and chrome / of that small house we both called home</i> <a href="http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14362">(longish)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Mossad agent bragged about mindcontrol <a href="http://www.vosizneias.com/30623/2009/04/24/jerusalem-israels-best-kept-secret-the-super-spy-shlomo-barda/">(viN)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />China converting $$$ to gold/oil/etc <a href="http://www.moonofalabama.org/2009/04/chinas-resource-strategy.html">(moonAL)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Flaubert's handwriting looks just like Joyce's <a href="http://harpers.org/archive/2009/04/hbc-90004853">(4500pg)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />$175k 'copier' for 5min books-on-demand <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/24/espresso-book-machine-launches">(UkG)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Complete 8bit tarot <a href="http://www.lunarbistro.com/art/8-bit_tarot/">(1pg-Flash)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Whedon's 'Dollhouse' ?= goyhouse <a href="http://tigerbeatdown.blogspot.com/2009/04/dollhouse-joss-whedon-and-strange-and.html">(blog via cShirk)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Historic sitcom crossovers <a href="http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/04/23/the-top-10-sitcom-cameos-made-by-other-sitcom-characters/">(11yTubes)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Woz on gtd <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5222989/how-apple-co+founder-steve-wozniak-gets-things-done">(intvu)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />GrandTheftAuto a flop on Nintendo DS?!? <a href="http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/2009/04/pintsized-bomb.html">(bGamer)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />yTube only spots piracy of 1st 30sec of songs <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/22/1723238&from=rss">(/. w/link)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Jane Harman's unmentionable dual loyalty <a href="http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/04/press-cant-say-it-but-a-blogger-can-jane-harmans-jewish-.html">(mWeiss-short)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Lucid pKrug on wBu's evil <a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/grand-unified-scandal/">(NyT-short)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Cool Martian sanddunes <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090420.html">(astroPic)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>he'd seen / beauty raw, // for which humiliation / was the smallest price</i> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2009/freeperiod.shtml">(vDaily)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>the tumble dryer just spinning, and spinning</i> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2009/sundaymorning.shtml">(vDaily)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />rFisk rant re BBC-on-Israel <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-how-can-you-trust-the-cowardly-bbc-1669281.html">(ukInd)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'Nonsexual boners' eg coffee boner <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=(boner+OR+boners)+sjwhidden">(Twitter-search)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Experiments w/snorting, smoking caffeine <a href="http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=30916">(short via pHoule)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>Blue is the tarp, blue the crane, / blue the siding of Building 6</i> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2009/southcity.shtml">(vDaily-short)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />13 worst scientific anomalies <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524911.600-13-things-that-do-not-make-sense.html?full=true&print=true">(nSci)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'black&pink' = coffee w/artificial sweetener <a href="http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/citations/black_and_pink_1/">(dTongue)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />TheEconomist: 'Israel is resiling' <a href="http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13413984">(oped via mW)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />17yo SJP snorted coke on SquarePegs set <a href="http://heebmagazine.com/articles/view/216">(short via Jz)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Oodles of free dhLawrence etexts <a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/author?name=Lawrence,%20D.%20H.%20(David%20Herbert),%201885-1930">(underrated poet)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Saturn's crufty ring <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090415.html">(astroPic)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Legal issues re Somali pirates <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/scahill04132009.html">(jScahill)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Smart debate re latest 'Dollhouse' <a href="http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2009/04/dollhouse-spy-in-house-of-love-four.html">(spoilers via mCass)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />If our eyes were telescope-supersensitive <a href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090411.html">(astroPic)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />The bailout is misdirected <a href="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/11/if_economists_knew_arithmetic_we_might_waste_less/">(dBaker)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Kehl's "The Feminine" shaped my esthetics <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Feminine-Richard-Kehl/dp/1883211638/">(Az-Flash)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Grammar fallacies in Strunk&White <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i32/32b01501.htm">(Chron via Steve)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Why voice-acting in games sucks <a href="http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/2009/04/voice-for-change.html">(bGamer)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Why we shld tax oil back up to $100 <a href="http://www.billgross.com/2008/11/oil-floor-price-of-100-barrel/">(bGross via iGrd)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Fine gDead-for-dummies <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/arts/music/12ratl.html?pagewanted=all">(NyT via lNerd)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>An open white page in any book was a lean white horse</i> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2009/therewerehorses.shtml">(vDaily)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Colorwords widget <a href="http://chir.ag/projects/name-that-color/">(Flash via cLovers)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Colorwords sorted by shade <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors#Pink">(Wiki via cLovers)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Oprah: 'Buy yr 14yo daughter a vibrator' <a href="http://jezebel.com/5207055/oprah-moms-should-buy-vibrators-for-teen-girls">(Jz-2min)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Digital radio a dud <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/technology/personaltech/09pogue.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all">(NyT-Pogue via dTongue)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Activism even after yr head explodes <a href="http://prorev.com/badtimes.htm">(Sam-2004)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />The sound of dSirota's head exploding <a href="http://www.openleft.com/diary/12696/existential-question-what-the-fuck-are-we-doing">(dontmiss via Sam)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>as if she were the first one / to wear the newfangled cloth of reform</i> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2009/thecrinolines.shtml">(vDaily)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>Believing this mud could be his altar too</i> <a href="http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2009/04/07">(NPR-longish)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br /><i>dreambarren land where tawny / thyme wrestles up</i> <a href="http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14342">(Poems-short)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Don't miss today's Doonesbury <a href="http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20090405">(Sunday 05Apr)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />China's paradox of thrift <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/opinion/03krugman.html">(pKrug)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />I'll be faving yT-vids <i>there</i> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/jornbarger">(subscribeable)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />PBS Frontline fronts big healthcare lie <a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/mokhiber04022009.html">(cPunch)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />'Benjamin Button' etext <a href="http://www.readbookonline.net/read/690/10628/">(1pg via olB)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Twitter's finally snapped back from post-SXSW doldrums <a href="http://twitter.com/robotwisdom/favourites">(faves)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Lovecraft's racism gets pass <a href="http://www.ovo127.com/blog/2009/03/trevor-blake-unspeakable-horrors.html">(OVO via Klint)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Investigative journalism still needed vs lobbying <a href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2009/04/02/bad-time-to-be-losing-newspapers/">(philG)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Awesome 2008 cHitchens rant re Falwell/Israel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e9yOPPUIJY">(yT-5min via reddit)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />1st transistor made by 13yo in 1933? <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/04/the_lost_transistor.html">(Make)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Mashing up flags and vidgames <a href="http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009/04/01/things-we-love-flags-inspired-by-video-games/">(Vh1)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Enthusiastic bkgndr on boardgame 'Settlers of Catan' <a href="http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/magazine/17-04/mf_settlers?currentPage=all">(long via nTndo)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />ABC's Tapper falls for 'Spanish Inquisition' prank <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/is_this_news/that_didnt_take_long_first_dc_journo_falls_victim_to_the_classic_april_fools_prank_112943.asp">(mBistro via WRH)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Don't-miss LiarsPoker update <a href="http://nymag.com/news/business/55687/">(nyMag-6pg via reddit)</a></span><span class="rss:item"><br />Cell is "tiny thing like jelly donut with blood not jelly" <a href="http://www.overheardeverywhere.com/archives/005668.html">(oDvrwhr-10yo)</a></span><br /><br />2009: <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/febmarch-2009-links.html">Feb/Mar</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/january-2009-links.html">Jan</a><br />2008: <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/december-2008-links.html">Dec</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/november-2008-links.html">Nov</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/october-2008-links.html">Oct</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/10/september-2008-links.html">Sep</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/09/august-2008-links.html">Aug</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/08/may-july-2008-links.html">Jul</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/05/april-2008-links.html">Apr</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/03/mar-2008-links.html">Mar</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/02/feb-2008-links.html">Feb</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/01/jan-2008-links.html">Jan</a><br />2007: <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2008/01/dec-2007-links.html">Dec</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/11/nov-2007-links.html">Nov</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/10/october-2007-links.html">Oct</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/september-2007-links-pt2.html">Sep2</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/09/september-2007-links.html">Sept</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-2007-links-part2.html">Aug2</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-2007-links.html">Aug1</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/07/july-2007-links.html">July</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/05/01-june-2007-links-ongoing.html">June</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/05/11-may-2007-links-ongoing.html">May</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/04/24-april-2007-links-ongoing.html">April2</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/03/01-april-2007-links-ongoing.html">April</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/03/10-march-2007-links-ongoing.html">March</a> <a href="http://robotwisdom2.blogspot.com/2007/02/14-february-2007-links-ongoing.html">Feb</a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/custom?cx=015714264800146842064%3A-ihwgxx3u1k&q=the&sa=Search&cof=GFNT%3A%23666666%3BLH%3A55%3BCX%3ARobot%2520Wisdom%2520Weblog%2520search%3BDIV%3A%23cccccc%3BFORID%3A0%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Fcoop%2Fimages%2Fgoogle_custom_search_sm%2Egif%3BLP%3A1%3BAH%3Aleft&adkw=AELymgWk3UgP6IVwj7oXjDjrlT0TjBVfJbYRpcNqldio7Zc5OvWhpA05djUa2x9zflp3lxjuwu4bRF6hWP3RAzJsTeb5daEoTUi1xYWhdYY0a18PBYmq-8XcMOyND5AtuLhAMpWA4f7zzX5m-d7RoKzZpN6vF3-bgg&amp;hl=en&client=google-coop&num=100">[more]</a><br /></span></center><br /><br />no rss: <a href="http://www.cartoonbank.com/prints_currentissue.asp?mscssid=KMGSS3SKUD4G8MMW8QA2XNMSR9766RW5&sitetype=1">cBank</a> <a href="http://nataliedee.com/">nDee</a> <a href="http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/home.html">mnftiu</a> <a href="http://www.marlysmagazine.com/">ljb</a> <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/">verse</a><br /><br /><br />(numbers in parens are delicious linkcounts, indicating belatedness)Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-18802567547349609162008-10-06T18:13:00.012-05:002009-06-13T18:16:20.287-05:00Best skymap/ starmap comparison<br><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sky-map.org/?ra=0.6686992576026825&de=46.58384292918009&zoom=2&show_grid=0&show_constellation_lines=1&show_constellation_boundaries=1&show_const_names=0&show_galaxies=1&show_box=1&box_ra=5.919528&box_de=7.406944299999999&box_width=50&box_height=50&img_source=DSS2">[Sky-map.org]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://tonightssky.com/MainPage.php">[Java]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/wheel.html">[Planet Wheel]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/tonights_sky/">[Flash movie]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.space.com/snserver/snweb.php?zip=45387#Req=4&LatD=39&LatM=47.97&LatRG=N&LonD=83&LonM=53.33&LonRG=W&HH=09&Min=00&AmPm=2&MM=6&DD=13&YY=2009&DST=Yes&SD=Yes&LocMMA=&LabStar=Yes&Lab=Yes&Cons=Yes&Hor=Yes&SG=&PW=410&PH=358&Az=180&FOV=90&Alt=25&Elev=3&LocN=Earth&Explore=No&">[Space.com]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/sky/ShowSky.asp?TheLat=39.79876328&TheLon=-83.89724731&TimeZoneName=America/New_York">[Wunderground]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://outerbody.com/stargazer/">[StarGazer]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.astroviewer.com/current-night-sky.php?lon=-84.51&lat=39.14&city=Cincinnati,+OH&tz=EST">[AstroViewer]</a> (current night sky only) <a href="http://www.astroviewer.com/interactive-night-sky-map.php">[Java]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://org.utu.fi/yhd/ursa/astroimage.html">[AstroImage]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/system/topicRoot/Sky_at_Night/">[London monthly]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/pao/skyreport/charts.html">[Boston monthly]</a><br /><a href="http://aslc-nm.org/NewSkyTonight.html"><br />[New Mexico monthly]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/sky/#latitude=7.460517719883785&longitude=-91.12060546875&zoom=5&Spitzer=0.00&ChandraXO=0.00&Galex=0.00&IRAS=0.00&WMAP=0.00&Cassini=0.00&slide=3&mI=1&oI=1">[Google Sky]</a> (where's the labels?!?)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/">[YourSky]</a> (generic link only?)<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-18608706090272203062008-10-06T18:07:00.046-05:002014-12-03T18:15:30.161-06:00Binary meter ontology= 0/1 ========================================<br />
<br />
unstressed 'dit' (a, the, is, of)<br />
stressed 'dah'<br />
<br />
= 0, 00, 000, 0000... ========================================<br />
= 1, 11, 111, 1111... ========================================<br />
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tiptoeing vs stomping<br />
<br />
<br />
= 00/01/10/11 ========================================<br />
<br />
00: pyrrhic<br />
01: iamb<br />
10: trochee<br />
11: spondee: blackboard, inside, clambake, flophouse<br />
<br />
= ...010101... ========================================<br />
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limping<br />
<br />
= 000/001/010/011/100/101/110/111 ========================================<br />
<br />
000: tribrach <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vERZtJC5AmkC&pg=PA107&dq=proceleusmatic+dispondee">[terminology]</a><br />
<br />
001: anapest<br />
<br />
010: amphibrach: Alaska, Hawaii, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming<br />
<br />
011: bacchic<br />
<br />
100: dactyl: profligate, vegetable, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Oregon, Washington<br />
<br />
101: cretic: Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Tennessee<br />
<br />
110: antibacchic: flapdoodle<br />
<br />
111: molossus: brouhaha, Istanbul<br />
<br />
= ...0011001100... ========================================<br />
<br />
= 0000/0001/0010/0011/0100/0101/0110/0111/1000/1001/1010/1011/1100/1101/1110/1111 ============<br />
<br />
0000: proceleusmatic <br />
<br />
0001: paeon4: Beethoven's 5th, baba ganoush<br />
<br />
0010: paeon3: economics, politician, departmental, condescension, borborygmus, perspicacious, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Otis_And_Marlena">celebrated</a><br />
<br />
0011: minor ionic <br />
<br />
0100: paeon2: adrenaline, accordion, agrarian, amygdala, automaton, beatitude, carcinogen, contemplative, contiguous, copernican, criterion, decreasingly, dirigible, geography, competitive, microscopy, misogynist, rebarbative, synecdoche, Connecticut, New Mexico, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Strange_Phenomena">coincidence</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Strange_Phenomena">phenomenon</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:The_Kick_Inside">mythology</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:There_Goes_A_Tenner">solicitor</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Houdini">eternity</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Running_Up_That_Hill_%28A_Deal_With_God%29">experience</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Experiment_IV">experiment</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:A_Strange_Boy">maturity</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Hejira">extremities</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Song_For_Sharon">ecology</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Refuge_Of_The_Roads">humility</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Edith_and_the_Kingpin">mysterious</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Shades_of_Scarlett_Conquering">impossibly</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Harry%27s_House-Centerpiece">commodities</a><br />
<br />
0101: di-iamb: contrariwise, aperitif, Virginia Woolf, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Breathing">plutonium</a><br />
<br />
0110: antipast: dehydrated<br />
<br />
0111: epitrite 1 <br />
<br />
1000: paeon 1: miscellany, horticulture, consummately, deviances, confiscated, aliases, obfuscated, enervating, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Symphony_In_Blue">meaninglessness</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Song_For_Sharon">stimulated</a><br />
<br />
1001: choriamb: bibliophile, cavalryman, catamaran, hullabaloo, tiddlywinks, Kalamazoo, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Nevertheless,_You%27ll_Do">nevertheless</a><br />
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1010: ditrochee <a href="http://xkcd.com/856/">[xkcd]</a>: armageddon, denotation, alderwoman, bilirubin, macaroni, mashed potatoes, moleskine, Alabama, Arizona, California, Carolina, Colorado, Indiana, ?Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, N/S Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Sheila_Nicholls:Untitled">Zapatista</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Strange_Phenomena">premonition</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Coffee_Homeground">belladonna</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Violin">Paganini</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Army_Dreamers">politician</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Deeper_Understanding">understanding</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Goodbye_Pork_Pie_Hat">generations</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:The_Dry_Cleaner_From_Des_Moines">polyester</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:A_Chair_In_The_Sky">resurrected</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Talk_To_Me">anaconda</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Paprika_Plains">godforsaken</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Paprika_Plains">helicopter</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Paprika_Plains">perforated</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Otis_And_Marlena">undercover</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Otis_And_Marlena">Pagliacci</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Don_Juan%27s_Reckless_Daughter">education</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Don_Juan%27s_Reckless_Daughter">self-indulgence</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Don_Juan%27s_Reckless_Daughter">self-denial</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Off_Night_Backstreet">dramatizing</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Off_Night_Backstreet">sentimental</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Shades_of_Scarlett_Conquering">sentimental</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Coyote">comprehending</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Coyote">temporary</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Coyote">appaloosas</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Amelia">geometric</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Furry_Sings_The_Blues">overseer</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:A_Strange_Boy">understanding</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Hejira">superficial</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Song_For_Sharon">repetitious</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Song_For_Sharon">satisfaction</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Refuge_Of_The_Roads">complications</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Refuge_Of_The_Roads">overflowing</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:In_France_They_Kiss_On_Main_Street">independence</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:The_Jungle_Line">mathematic</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Don%27t_Interrupt_the_Sorrow">liberation</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Shades_of_Scarlett_Conquering">cinematic</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:The_Boho_Dance">inspiration</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:The_Boho_Dance">affectations</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:The_Boho_Dance">fascination</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:The_Boho_Dance">pornographic</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Shadows_and_Light">benefactors</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Shadows_and_Light">everpresent</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Shadows_and_Light">reservation</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Shadows_and_Light">everlasting</a><br />
<br />
1011: epitrite2<br />
<br />
1100: major ionic: deprogramming, asexual<br />
<br />
1101: epitrite3 <br />
<br />
1110: epitrite4: <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Hejira">melancholy</a><br />
<br />
1111: dispondee<br />
<br />
= five ========================================<br />
<br />
00010: organisation<br />
<br />
00100: electricity, demonology, discombobulate<br />
<br />
01000: involuntary, constabulary, apothecary<br />
<br />
01001: deteriorate<br />
<br />
01010: ?Louisiana, participation, apotheosis, Barack Obama, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Symphony_In_Blue">manipulation</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Fullhouse">imagination</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:And_Dream_Of_Sheep">imagination</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Black_Crow">illumination</a><br />
<br />
10010: magnification, contradistinction, juxtaposition, heterodoxy, flibbertigibbet, Sacagawea, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Sheila_Nicholls:Breath">legalization</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Symphony_In_Blue">reincarnations</a>, Spiritus Sanctus<br />
<br />
10100: incompatible, possibility, appendectomy, abacterial, haberdashery, oligopoly, trabajabamos, Ernest Hemingway, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Them_Heavy_People">opportunities</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:Wow">unbelievable</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:The_Dreaming">aborigine</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Kate_Bush:The_Dreaming">territorial</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Sweet_Sucker_Dance">insecurity</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Paprika_Plains">horizontally</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Paprika_Plains">curiosity</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Don_Juan%27s_Reckless_Daughter">multiplicity</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Hejira">immortality</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Song_For_Sharon">anonymity</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Refuge_Of_The_Roads">Michelangelo</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:Don%27t_Interrupt_the_Sorrow">Ethiopian</a>, <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Joni_Mitchell:The_Boho_Dance">subterranean</a><br />
<br />
10101: Edgar Allen Poe, recapitulate<br />
<br />
11000: decriminalise<br />
<br />
11010: inconsequential, unsympathetic, decomposition, defenestration, dodecahedron, homegrown tomatoes, Constantinople, Lee Harvey Oswald, Make Way for Ducklings, Smooth Operator<br />
<br />
11100: String Cheese Incident<br />
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= ========================================<br />
<br />
000010: idiosyncratic<br />
<br />
000100: octogenarian <a href="http://www.uark.edu/~dbruce/list.html">[cite]</a>, buckminsterfullerene <a href="http://www.altmanphoto.com/Fun.To.Say.Cool.Words.html">[cite]</a>, antediluvian <a href="http://wordie.org/lists/words-that-are-fun-to-say-2">[cite]</a><br />
<br />
010010: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detachable_Penis">detachable penis</a><br />
<br />
010100: phantasmagorical<br />
<br />
011101: <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Michael_Jackson:Billie_Jean">the kid is not my son</a><br />
<br />
100010: <a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Sheila_Nicholls:Won%27t_Get_Lost_In_You">surgical procedure</a><br />
<br />
100100: verisimilitude, calculability, Mesopotamia<br />
<br />
101000: parenthetically<br />
<br />
101010: onomatopoeia, tintinnabulation<br />
<br />
101100: brigadier general <a href="http://www.yelp.com/topic/chicago-words-that-are-just-fun-to-say">[cite]</a><br />
<br />
110100: gunboat diplomacy<br />
<br />
0100100: epistemological<br />
<br />
0101010: medulla oblongata<br />
<br />
10101010: <a href="http://xkcd.com/1412/">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</a><br />
<br />
1101111: Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer<br />
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========================================<br />
<br />
100100011: this little piggy went to market<br />
<br />
10100100: endoplasmic reticulum<br />
<br />
001000100: phosphatidylethanolamines<br />
<br />
010101010: Emancipation Proclamation<br />
<br />
0100100100: electroencephalographically<br />
<br />
1000100100: immunoelectrophoretically<br />
<br />
01001001001: m-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i<br />
<br />
10010000101: Neither a borrower nor a lender be<br />
<br />
10110110101: ethylenediaminetetraacetates<br />
<br />
100010010010: antidisestablishmentarianism<br />
<br />
10101010101010: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious<br />
<br />
0101010101010101010: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis<br />
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Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-30240633252658874442008-10-06T18:03:00.003-05:002009-06-12T08:43:59.487-05:00Best animated doppler comparison<br><br /><br />looking over the various available<br />animated doppler weathermaps<br />(easy to miss hidden features)<br /><br /><a href="http://weather.msn.com/localmaps.aspx?wealocations=wc:USOH0245&q=Dayton,+OH+forecast:localmaps">msn</a> is the surprising winner<br />with a 6-hour loop<br />that requires only one click<br />beyond the url-bookmark<br />('doppler radar' under 'animated maps')<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=ILN&lat=39.75888824&lon=-84.19166565&label=Dayton,+OH&type=N0R&zoommode=pan&map.x=400&map.y=240¢erx=400¢ery=240&prevzoom=zoom&num=6&delay=15&scale=1&showlabels=1&smooth=0&noclutter=0&showstorms=0&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&remembersettings=on&setprefs.0.key=RADNUM&setprefs.0.val=6&setprefs.1.key=RADSPD&setprefs.1.val=15&setprefs.2.key=RADC&setprefs.2.val=0&setprefs.3.key=RADSTM&setprefs.3.val=0&setprefs.4.key=SLABS&setprefs.4.val=1&setprefs.5.key=RADRMS&setprefs.5.val=0&setprefs.6.key=RADLIT&setprefs.6.val=0&setprefs.7.key=RADSMO&setprefs.7.val=0">wundergound</a><br />has nice detail<br />but limited animation<br /><br /><a href="http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/outdoors/map/interactive/USOH0245?from=36hr_maps&zoom=8&interactiveMapLayer=radar&animation=true">weather.com</a><br />very limited animation<br /><br /><a href="http://www.accuweather.com/radar-large.asp?partner=netweather&traveler=0&zipChg=1&site=OH_&type=SIR&anim=1&level=state&large=1">accuweather</a> ditto<br /><br /><a href="http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=iln&product=N0R&loop=yes">weather.gov</a> uses java<br />again very limited<br /><br /><a href="http://www.intellicast.com/national/radar/current.aspx?location=USOH0245&enlarge=true&animate=true">intellicast</a><br />is very feeble<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-79786989333994432002008-10-06T17:27:00.003-05:002009-05-27T04:18:08.795-05:00semantic web os<br><br /><br />a semantic-web-savvy pc<br />will know the web's deweydecimalsystem<br />and the consensus 'best' web resources<br />for each topic-area<br /><br />you will customise this<br />to your personal preferences<br /><br />rating streams of new resources<br />in favorite areas<br /><br />catching up on resources<br />recommended by<br />topic-experts you trust<br /><br />searching for experts/streams<br />with similar tastes<br /><br />archiving/mirroring/monitoring<br />your web2.0 presence<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-34185669503564269562008-10-06T17:22:00.003-05:002009-05-22T11:00:36.749-05:00One-bit critics<br><br /><br />in olden days<br />(pre-internet)<br />the function of 'critic'<br />(aesthete, connoisseur)<br />was laudable (meritorious<br />commendable)<br /><br />trained to reject the common<br />and elevate the<br />unjustly overlooked<br /><br /><br><br /><br />now that function<br />has been streamlined down<br />to clicking a<br />'fave this' star<br /><br />anyone can do it<br /><br />the honor has been<br />forgotten<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-60647653061255945132008-10-06T17:06:00.032-05:002009-06-16T16:40:26.776-05:00Celebrity BMIs<br><br /><br />[asterisks mean same celeb has multiple entries (variable or unreliable); heights are often from imdb.com] [adding <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/sets/72157602199008819/detail/">flickr set</a>]<br /><br />9.8<br />Mayra Hornbacher 5'1" 52# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />13.8<br />*Karen Carpenter 1982 5'4" 80#<br /><br />14.1<br />Jodi Kidd 6'2" 110# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />14.5<br />*Teri Hatcher 5'6" 90# <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/legacygallery/gallery-7198/Celebrity-weight-watchers.html?selectedImage=62963">[cite]</a><br />Esther Canadas 5'10" 101# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />14.8<br />*Karen Carpenter 5'4" 87# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />*Victoria Beckham 5'6" 92# <a href="http://www.handbag.com/celebrity/Celebrity-Weight--BMI-Victoria-Beckham/gallery">[cite]</a><br /><br />15.0<br />Tori Spelling 5'6" 98# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />15.1<br />Amber Valleta 5'9" 102# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />15.3<br />*Angelina Jolie 5'7" 98# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />15.5<br />Celine Dion 5'7" 99# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Celine+Dion/">[cite]</a><br /><br />15.7<br />Calista Flockhart 5'6" 97# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />15.8<br />Mariah Carey 5'9" 107# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Naomi Campbell 5'10" 110# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />16.0<br />Giselle Bundchen 5'11" 115# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />16.1<br />Liv Tyler 5'10" 112# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Liv+Tyler/">[cite]</a><br /><br />16.2<br />Shannon Elizabeth 5'9" 110# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />16.3<br />'Amanda 5'8" 107# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1458201494/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />16.4<br />Pamela Anderson 5'7" 105# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Mandy Moore 5'8" 108# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Carmen Kass 5'10" 114# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />16.5<br />Heidi Guenther 5'3" 93# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Gwyneth Paltrow 5'9" 112# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />16.6<br />*Nicole Richie 5'1" 88# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Audrey Hepburn 5'6" 103# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />*Angelina Jolie 5'8" 109# <a href="http://www.celebrific.com/angelina-jolie-drops-to-109-pounds-after-moving-to-new-orleans/">[cite]</a><br /><br />16.7<br />Rebecca Gayheart 5'8" 110# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Sandra Bullock 5'8" 110# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />16.8<br />Jordan/Katie Price 5'5" 101# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Kate Moss 5'7" 107# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />16.9<br />Jessica Biel 5'7" 108# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Taylor Swift 5'8.5" 113# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Nikki Taylor 5'10" 118# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Christy Turlington 5'10" 118# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />17.0<br />Heather Locklear 5'5" 105# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Tyra Banks 5'11" 122# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />17.1<br />*Teri Hatcher 5'6" 106# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />17.2<br />*Diana Ross 5'4" 100# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Kirsten Dunst 5'4" 100# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Julia Stiles 5'7" 110# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Anna Kournikova 5'8" 113# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />*Heidi Klum 5'10" 120# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Julia Roberts 5'10" 120# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Nicole Kidman 5'10" 120# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />17.3<br />Jessica Alba 5'6" 107# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />17.4<br />Rose McGowan 5'1" 92# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Eva Longoria 5'2" 95# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Sarah Michelle Gellar 5'3" 98# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />'Mindy' 5'8" 114# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1454503801/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br />Cindy Crawford 5'10" 121# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Elle MacPherson 6'0" 128# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />17.5<br />*Britney Spears 5'5" 105# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Eliza Dushku 5'5" 105# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Eliza+Dushku/">[cite]</a><br />Paris Hilton 5'8" 115# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />17.6<br />Kelly Ripa 5'2.5" 98# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Kelly Brook 5'8" 116# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Milla Jovovich 5'8" 116# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />17.7<br />Cameron Diaz 5'9" 120# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />James King 5'9" 120# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />*Katie Holmes 5'9" 120# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Katie+Holmes/">[cite]</a><br /><br />17.8<br />*Nicole Richie 5'1" 94# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Jennifer Aniston 5'6" 110# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />*Victoria Beckham 5'6" 110# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />17.9<br />Danielle Fishel 5'1" 95# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Emma Bunton 5'2" 98# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Adriana Lima 5'10" 125# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Claudia Schiffer 5'11" 128# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Claudia+Schiffer/">[cite]</a><br />Rebecca Romijn-Stamos 5'11" 128# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />18.0<br />Lacey Chabert 5'4" 105# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Keira Knightley 5'7" 115# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Keira+Knightley/">[cite]</a><br />*Salma Hayek 5'7" 115# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />*Heidi Klum 5'9" 119# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Liz Hurley 5'9" 122# <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/legacygallery/gallery-7198/Celebrity-weight-watchers.html?selectedImage=62962">[cite]</a><br /><br />18.1<br />Geri Halliwell 5'2" 99# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Gwen Stefani 5'6" 112# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Gwen+Stefani/">[cite]</a><br />Lindsay Lohan 5'6" 112# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Katherine Heigl 5'8" 119# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />18.2<br />*Christina Aguilera 5'2.5" 101# <a href="http://www.handbag.com/celebrity/Celebrity-Weight--BMI-Christina-Aguilera/gallery">[cite]</a><br />*Katie Holmes 5'8" 120# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Laetitia Casta 5'8" 120# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Whitney Port 5'10" 127# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />18.3<br />*Christina Aguilera 5'2" 100# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Rachel Leigh Cook 5'2" 100# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Miley Cyrus 5'5" 110# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a> <br />Thora Birch 5'5" 110# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Cindy Margolis 5'7" 117# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />18.4<br />'Oscah' 5'3.5" 105# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1458174542/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br />Natalie Portman 5'4" 107# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Faith Hill 5'8" 121# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />underweight<br />=============================================<br />normal weight<br /><br />18.5<br />Ashley Olsen 5'1" 98# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Mary-Kate Olsen 5'1" 98# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Zoey Deschanel 5'5" 115# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />18.6<br />Kylie Minogue 5'0" 95# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Kylie+Minogue/">[cite]</a><br />Fiona Apple 5'3" 105# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Jessica Simpson 5'3" 105# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Jennie Garth 5'5" 112# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Alyson Hannigan 5'6" 115# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Alyson+Hannigan/">[cite]</a><br />Claire Danes 5'6" 115# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Jewel 5'6" 115# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />18.7<br />Joan Collins 5'6" 116# <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/legacygallery/gallery-7198/Celebrity-weight-watchers.html?selectedImage=62967">[cite]</a><br /><br />18.8<br />Charlize Theron 5'11" 135# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />18.9 <br />*Diana Ross 5'4" 110# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Michelle Williams 5'4" 110# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Shania Twain 5'4" 110# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Stacy Dish 5'4" 110# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />19.0<br />Courtney Thorne-Smith 5'6" 118# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />*Jennifer Lopez 5'6" 118# <a href="http://www.handbag.com/celebrity/Celebrity-Weight--BMI-Jennifer-Lopez/gallery">[cite]</a><br />'Mindy' 5'8" 125# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1454491085/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />19.1<br />Leann Rimes 5'5" 115# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Jenny McCarthy 5'6.5" 120# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />19.2<br />Denise Richards 5'6" 119# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />19.3<br />Lisa Kudrow 5'7" 123# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />19.4<br />*Jennifer Lopez 5'6" 120# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />19.5<br />Yasmine Bleeth 5'5" 117# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Lucy Lawless 5'11" 140# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />19.6<br />Reese Witherspoon 5'6" 122# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Ashley Judd 5'7" 125# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />19.7<br />Scarlett Johansson 5'4" 115# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />20.1<br />*Christina Aguilera 5'2" 110# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Keri Russell 5'4" 117# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />20.2<br />Brigitte Bardot 5'6" 125# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Jude Law 5'11" 145# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Jude+Law/">[cite]</a><br /><br />20.5<br />Avril Lavigne 5'2" 112# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br />Neve Campbell 5'5" 123# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />20.6<br />Drew Barrymore 5'4" 120# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />David Beckham 5'11" 148# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/David+Beckham/">[cite]</a><br /><br />20.8<br />*Salma Hayek 5'2" 114# <a href="http://www.handbag.com/celebrity/Celebrity-Weight-BMI-Salma-Hayek/gallery">[cite]</a><br /><br />21.0<br />Courtney Love 5'8" 138# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />21.1<br />*Ricki Lake 5'4" 123# <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/ricki_lake_how_i_lost_over_125_lbs">[cite]</a><br /><br />21.5<br />Kim Kardashian 5'2" 117# <a href="http://kimkardashian.celebuzz.com/2008/09/dont-let-my-size-fool-you.php">[cite]</a><br />Hilary Duff 5'4" 125# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />21.7<br />Justin Timberlake 6'0" 160# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />21.8<br />*Beyonce 5'6" 135# <a href="http://www.handbag.com/celebrity/Celebrity-Weight-BMI-Beyonce/gallery">[cite]</a><br />Catherine Zeta-Jones 5'6.5" 135# <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/legacygallery/gallery-7198/Celebrity-weight-watchers.html?selectedImage=62964">[cite]</a><br /><br />22.1<br />*Kirstie Alley 5'8" 145# <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20276768,00.html">[cite]</a><br />Serena Williams 5'9" 150# <a href="http://diet.health.com/2009/01/08/surprising-celebrity-bmis/7/">[cite]</a><br /><br />22.2<br />Johnny Depp 5'10" 155# <a href="http://www.malecelebrities.org/johnnydepp/johnny.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />22.3<br />*Britney Spears 5'4" 130# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br /><br />22.5<br />Ashton Kutcher 6'2" 175# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Ashton+Kutcher/">[cite]</a><br />Ben Affleck 6'2" 175# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Ben+Affleck/">[cite]</a><br /><br />22.8<br />Charlotte Church 5'5" 137# <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/legacygallery/gallery-7198/Celebrity-weight-watchers.html">[cite]</a><br />'Amanda' 5'8" 150# [flickr]<br /><br />23.3<br />Alicia Silverstone 5'5" 140# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Alicia+Silverstone/">[cite]</a><br /><br />23.4<br />*Jennifer Lopez 5'6" 145# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />23.7<br />Brendan Fraser 6'3" 190# <a href="http://www.malecelebrities.org/brendanfraser/bf.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />24.2<br />Shakira 5'1" 128# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />24.3<br />Michael Phelps 6'4" 200# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps">[cite]</a><br /><br />24.4<br />Tiger Woods 6'1" 185# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods">[cite]</a><br /><br />24.5<br />'Julia' 5'8" 161# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1457357063/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />normal weight<br />=============================================<br />overweight<br /><br />25.0<br />*Beyonce Knowles 5'5" 150# <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/4everthin/celebritystats.htm">[cite]</a><br />Michael Jordan 6'6" 216# <a href="http://www.celebrityshack.com/mediacategory/celebrities/sports-male/">[cite]</a><br /><br />25.4<br />'Laurie' 5'0" 130# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1454434641/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br />Dennis Rodman 6'6" 220# <a href="http://www.malecelebrities.org/dennisrodman/dr.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />25.5<br />Eminem 5'8" 168# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Eminem/">[cite]</a><br /><br />25.7<br />Tina Fey 5'4" 150# <a href="http://www.fitsugar.com/2553280">[cite]</a><br />'Shauna' 5'4" 150# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1457384857/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />25.9<br />Michael Dunn 3'10" 78# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dunn">[cite]</a><br />*Oprah 5'6" 160# <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/news/oprah-winfrey-i-weight-200-lbs">[cite]</a><br /><br />26.0<br />Tom Cruise 5'7" 166# <a href="http://diet.health.com/2009/01/08/surprising-celebrity-bmis/5/">[cite]</a><br /><br />26.9<br />Brad Pitt 6'0" 198# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />27.5<br />'Pippa' 5'10" 192# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1458077972/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />28.8<br />*Roseanne Barr 5'4" 168# <a href="http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-profiles/diets/235851/roseanne-barr-the-secret-of-how-i-lost-14st/1/">[cite]</a><br /><br />29.4<br />George Clooney 5'11" 211# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/George+Clooney/">[cite]</a><br /><br />29.8<br />Ravon Simon 5'3" 168# <a href="http://www.pro-thinspo.com/celebritystats.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />overweight<br />=============================================<br />obese<br /><br />30.7<br />Mel Gibson 5'10.5" 214# <a href="http://www.gossipcheck.com/celebrities/Mel+Gibson/">[cite]</a><br /><br />30.8<br />Arnold Schwarzenegger 6'2" 240# <a href="http://diet.health.com/2009/01/08/surprising-celebrity-bmis/3/">[cite]</a><br /><br />32.0<br />'Becky' 5'1" 170# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1458120224/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />32.1<br />'Joy' 5'8" 224# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1454434461/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br />*John Candy 6'2" 250# <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001006/bio">[cite]</a><br /><br />32.8<br />'BuffPuff' 5'3" 185# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1458154682/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />33.8<br />'Kate' 5'2" 185# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1458133850/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />34.5<br />America Ferrera 5'1" 182# <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080203061308AAHHGb9">[cite]</a><br /><br />34.8<br />*Kirstie Alley 5'8" 228# <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20276768,00.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />35.2<br />'Fillyjonk' 5'7" 225# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1454461781/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />36.1<br />'Eleanor' 5'6.5" 227# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1457565277/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />37.8<br />Verne Troyer 2'8" 55# <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080620113727AAbOscC">[cite]</a><br /><br />38.3<br />Mama Cass Elliott 5'5" 230# <a href="http://www.who2.com/diedplump.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />38.4<br />*Oprah 5'6" 237# <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/news/oprah-winfrey-i-weight-200-lbs">[cite]</a><br />John Daly 5'11" 275# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Daly_(golfer)">[cite]</a><br /><br />38.5+<br />*John Candy 6'2" 300+# <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001006/bio">[cite]</a><br /><br />41.0<br />'Elizabeth' 6'0" 302# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1458089462/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />42.0<br />'Beth' 5'4" 245# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1457409239/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />42.9<br />*Ricki Lake 5'4" 250# <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/ricki_lake_how_i_lost_over_125_lbs">[cite]</a><br /><br />43.0<br />Fatty Arbuckle 5'10" 300# <a href="http://www.who2.com/diedplump.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />43.7<br />Dawn French 5'0" 224# <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/legacygallery/gallery-7198/Celebrity-weight-watchers.html?selectedImage=62969">[cite]</a><br /><br />43.8<br />'Sheana' 5'7" 280# <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/77367764@N00/1455482846/in/set-72157602199008819/">[flickr]</a><br /><br />45.0<br />Chris Farley 5'8" 296# <a href="http://www.flixster.com/actor/chris-farley">[cite]</a><br /><br />62.5<br />*Roseanne Barr 5'4" 364# <a href="http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-profiles/diets/235851/roseanne-barr-the-secret-of-how-i-lost-14st/1/">[cite]</a><br /><br />97.2<br />Israel Kamakawiwo'ole 6'2" 757# <a href="http://www.who2.com/diedplump.html">[cite]</a><br /><br />186<br />Jon Brower Minnoch 6'1" 1400# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_obese_humans">[cite]</a><br /><br />188<br />Carol Yager 5'6" 1200# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_obese_humans">[cite]</a><br /><br />190<br />Rosalie Bradford 5'5" 1200# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_obese_humans">[cite]</a><br /><br /><br><br /><br /><embed allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://widgia.com/widgets/bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.swf" quality="high" width="325" height="400"></embed>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-76769222904619479062008-10-06T17:02:00.008-05:002009-05-02T04:08:48.712-05:00Twitter motifs<br><br />these are themes i see repeatedly in twitter jokes<br /><br />it's not meant as a criticism<br />but as a step towards semanticweb-ai-tagset<br /><br />they're arranged as a storysequence as far as possible<br /><br /><br />stayed up all night<br />insomnia<br />noisy neighbors<br />woke late<br />dream<br />morning wood<br />hungover<br />morning mouth<br />woke in strange place<br />woke with strange bedmate<br />woken by kids/pets<br /><br />need coffee<br />hair of dog<br />strange breakfast<br />high-calorie breakfast<br />leftovers for breakfast<br /><br />strange dress for work<br />late to work<br />skip work<br />unemployed<br />self-employed<br />to-do list<br /><br />internet addictions<br />videogame addictions<br />teevee addictions<br />wasting time<br />ocd<br /><br />exercise/gym<br />music soundtrack<br /><br />commute<br />weird co-workers<br />stupid bosses<br />stupid software<br />poor social skills<br />asperger's<br /><br />boring life<br />no friends<br />clumsy flirting<br /><br />getting favrd<br />getting followers<br />losing followers<br /><br />if life were like tv/games/movies<br /><br />better software ideas<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-47458151967703650692008-10-06T16:23:00.001-05:002009-04-23T14:02:45.822-05:00One-bit nanoblogs<br><br /><br />flickr and twitter<br />support near-identical<br />onebit 'nanoblogs' of faves<br /><br />subscribeable via rss<br /><br />hackable via api<br /><br />hacking sequence:<br /><br />download own faves' ids (count them)<br />save in a database<br />sort by author<br />rank by authorcount<br /><br />for each author<br />download itemcount (save in db)<br />re-rank by fave frequency<br /><br />detect densest faved authors<br />not already subscribed-to<br /><br />download ids of faves of densest author<br />(save in db)<br />compare to own faves<br /><br />calculate degree of taste-overlap<br />(twitter is different from flickr<br />because older tweets are rarely faved<br />so overlap won't extend back<br />past the more recent of 2 join-dates)<br /><br />gradually extend database of others' faves<br /><br />try to detect<br />still-unseen items<br />frequently faved by similar favers<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-39346705802532599912008-10-06T16:15:00.004-05:002009-04-15T10:09:13.475-05:00m&mworld<br><br /><br />replace each human with an m&m<br /><br /><br><br /><br />color each m&m<br />according to its philosophy<br /><br /><br><br /><br />when their philosophy changes dramatically<br />their color changes as well<br /><br /><br><br /><br />some never change, from birth<br /><br /><br><br /><br />some share their parents philosophy<br /><br />some don't<br /><br /><br><br /><br /><br><br /><br />healthy whole personalities are represented<br />by whole m&ms<br /><br />broken and wounded personalities<br />by broken m&ms<br /><br /><br><br /><br />the tragedy of being broken<br />is normally blamed on another broken m&m<br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16158476.post-59815103301948376412008-10-06T16:12:00.005-05:002009-04-14T05:56:43.049-05:00Machine-optimised 'explore'<br><br /><br />each time we rate<br />any item of content<br />our software ought to adjust<br />its predictions about<br />other content's ratings<br /><br />unseen content<br />by the same author<br />should be rated similarly<br /><br />other raters<br />who rated that content similarly<br />should be rated similar<br />(ditto for un-similar)<br /><br />unseen content<br />rated highly by<br />these similar raters<br />should be 'rated up'<br /><br /><br><br /><br />every moment is a choicepoint<br />(which next?)<br />(which to queue for later?)<br /><br />nextbestunseen by sameauthor<br /><br />bestunseen by similarraters<br /><br />bestunseen overall<br /><br />newifany by knownfaveauthors<br /><br />newifany by knownfaveraters<br /><br />faves of newauthor/rater<br /><br />subscribe to authorstream/raterfaves<br /><br /><br /><pre><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.</pre>Jornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907939253526009855noreply@blogger.com