March 11, 2009 • 12:55 pm
Ben wondered what my blog would spit out when genderanalyzed…
We think http://www.drewdunstall.wordpress.com is written by a woman (83%).
I suspect Ben already knew this.
Strangely enough, when I run my phd blog through it, it comes up with the following:
We have strong indicators that http://www.contaminations.wordpress.com is written by a man (97%).
This leads me to conclude that either, a) I’m schizophrenic, b) nicely intouch with both masculine and feminine sides, or c) that GenderAnalyzer’s text classifier runs on hopelessly superficial and inane stereotypes. Take your pick.
Filed under: hilarious, links, madness , gender stereotypes, GenderAnalyzer, Text classifiers
Some fun reading. Ever wondered what the sharks think of all the shark attacks?
Filed under: hilarious , Shark attacks, SMH
October 10, 2008 • 9:28 am
Apparently, Borders is privy to the end of the world. In music and movies, at any rate. They’ve just announced The Top 50 Music and Movies of All Time. Never mind the questionable grammar of the title, spare a thought for their marketing department. Where do you go after this? The five books to read in heaven? Perhaps we’ll see a return to Egyptian burial rites, with people being burried with their favourites cds, dvds, and books. Penguin aren’t much better with their return to the genesis of the paperback. There is something about consumer capitalism that gives you the feeling that you are at the end of the world. At any rate, booksellers and publishers are in that headspace right now. Can you not feel the doom gathering? The black clouds of crisis are hanging over the book industry, and they know it. They are pulling out all the stops they can – (by the by, how is it that an organ (of all instruments) metaphor is so prominent?) – to stave off the apparently inevitable.
Anywho, here are Borders top 5 in albums and movies:
Albums: Thriller – Michael Jackson; Grace – Jeff Buckley; The Joshua Tree – U2; Darkside of the Moon – Pink Floyd; Rush of Blood to the Head – Coldplay
Movies: Amelie; The Lord of the Rings; Love Actually; Star Wars; Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The album top five is acceptable, (but Coldplay? The Beatles came 6 and 7 with Seargent Pepper’s and Abbey Road). But the movies…. Love Actually?!? (There might also be protest over the presence of trilogies being a trifle unfair).
See the two lists here.
Filed under: books, cinema, eschatology, hilarious, literature, madness, marketing , books, Borders, Crisis, Lists, marketing, movies, music, Penguin, Publishing, Stupidity, Top 50 of All Time
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