You’ve heard about the Netflix prize, right? (If you haven’t, the short version is: Netflix is offering $1 million prize for anyone who can come up with a substantial improvement to their recommendations engine.) I’m especially interested because 1) I
Oh, I almost forgot!
According to the HRC, the theme of this year’s coming out day is “Talk About It.” They’ve got a “Sorry Everybody“-style collection of pictures of people posing with signs that say “Talk About It.” I’m bisexual. But I’m also too
The Mattoid gets some love
The Best of Nashville issue of the Scene just came out. I’m skimming through it, bored by all the self-important hipper-than-thou writing when I spot one they definitely got right: Best Scandinavian Frontman: Ville Kiviniemi, The Mattoid Far too often,
via Boing Boing: “Disney exec: Piracy is just a business model”
I find this very interesting: according to a story at netribution, Anne Sweeney, the co-chair of Disney’s board, has recognized piracy as a “business model” to be competed with, deviating from the entertainment industry’s usual approach which has been to
How meta is this?
You know life is too meta when you’re linking to someone’s blog wherein that person is linking to your blog: 4. So, I met this girl, Kate O at Amanda’s birthday party and she was all “Oh, I have a
We signed up for TerraPass!
We’ve signed up for TerraPass for both our car and our home. As S-townMike points out, there is an advantage to living and working in town — our emissions based on mileage are very low. But there’s a major DISadvantage
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The things you learn at work
Did you know there’s a radio format called “Hurban”? Hispanic Urban. Hurban. I love that word.
Coco’s fall fashion advice
Over at What Would Coco Do?, Coco has addressed the issue of fall fashion, and I unintentionally meta-punned with some fall fashion tips of my own.
Of parties and preparation
Karsten and I went to a very important birthday celebration last night: that of Amanda, she who is Chris Wage‘s girlfriend and who has not her own blog so that I can give no appropriate linkage. (I could, perhaps, provide