February 2011
As a soulless hunk of circuits instead of a living, breathing human, Watson...
– Why I Lost to Watson - Ideas Market - WSJ
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Aquanotes→
The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was...
– Banksy refused Oscars disguise request | Film | guardian.co.uk
Datamining Hip-Hop’s History | Epicenter |... →
An artist named Tahir Hemphill wants to datamine 30 years of hip-hop lyrics to provide a searchable index of the genre’s lexicon. The project analyzes the lyrics of over 40,000 songs for metaphors, similes, cultural references, phrases, memes and socio-political ideas. For each, it registers a date and a geographical location. Hemphill has raised more than $8,000 in funding for the project on...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-20) →
Duane Allman (24)
Pete Rock (20)
Fleet Foxes (15)
Discovery (14)
Vampire Weekend (10)
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Bobulate: The dinner test →
bobulate:
Sometimes when beaten down with a baffling decision — when having considered long-term metrics and pros-and-cons-columns have failed — I think of the table. Not what my goals are 10 years out, not how this decision might work out with my long-term strategy. Those can seem too esoteric, not real. Instead, I think of a future table 10 years out with friends and family, and the story...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-13) →
Vampire Weekend (47)
Miike Snow (24)
Phoenix (21)
Daft Punk (17)
Escala (16)
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3. If you don’t question what you believe in, you end up making the same...
– Ask E. Jean: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know