Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-Bound
Hey again, Tumblr.
Here’s the exciting conclusion of my research project. Now that I know why people Like stuff on Tumblr, I’ve been able to build a recommendation system that I think is a little smarter than most.
Most recommendation sites just look at what you Like. However, we Like things for all sorts of reasons. Should Liking something because it made you laugh contribute the same amount to recommendations as Liking something because you agreed with it? I don’t think so.
My site asks you a few questions about why you’ve clicked that Like button, and takes that into account when it gives you some suh-weet recommendations.
Why We Like only gets better as more people use it. So, if you’d like, find some new new people to follow and tell me whether they’re any good (providing feedback is at the end of the recommendation process).
You get some cool new people to follow, and I get some more data for my thesis — everybody wins!
Please feed Scott’s computer more data. It recommended Fuck Yeah Wedding Ideas, so this thesis still has a ways to go before it is proven. (That’s what a thesis does, right?)
I love how in the Siri spots, the only faces entirely in the frame are the kids.
“Listen — I have a hard time being afraid of things. You want me to act scared? I will act like I’m pretending to be ‘scared’. But fear, that’s simply something that’s not in my emotional repertoire.”
(Source: thegatewayonline.ca)
It’s a 16 GB iPhone 4, in black. It has some AppleCare remaining on it, and it’s unlocked, so it’s great if you hate committing to carriers or if you hate committing to countries.
It comes with its box and accessories and I’ll ship it to most places.
Make me a reasonable offer or ask more questions at lucas@fuzzygreenhat.com if this is a phone you’d like.
Oh, hey. It’s my friend Thomas co-hosting the first episode of a show about local beer, Michigan Beerology. Nice work, Thomas.
It was about halfway through my training. I had just finished lunch, and I had about five minutes left before I had to drive back from Infinite Loop to our classroom.
So I decided to get dessert, and found myself in line behind Steve. I said nothing. He was alone, but I glanced around and saw Jony waiting for him by the salads. Looking back in front of me, Steve had already walked away, a cup of something frozen in hand.
I went up to the counter, and asked to have whatever Steve had.
It turned out to be a huge mango sorbet, made worse by the fact that I was given a tiny plastic spoon to eat it with, no bigger than my pinky. There was no way I could eat it in five minutes. It wasn’t meant for that. I couldn’t eat it in class either. I was out of ideas.
At that moment, more than ever, I wished I had made more time for dessert.
Meanwhile, in Canada (part 43)
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