February 2012
15 posts
The Collapse of Print Advertising in 1 Graph →
How to Remove Your Google Search History Before... →
On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future. Until now, your Google Web History (your Google searches and sites visited) was cordoned off from Google’s other products. This protection was especially important because search data can reveal...
If PHP Were British →
WatchRep. Allen West on GOP Black History
h/t John P.
The 20 most beautiful bookstores in the world →
The Ultimate Steve Jobs Collection - Chill.com →
“The number of ™ and © marks that appear in a product’s description tends to be...”
– Dustin Curtis (via chartier)
Quantifying comedy on YouTube: why the number of... →
Next we needed an algorithm to rank these funny videos by comedic potential, e.g. is “Charlie bit my finger” funnier than “David after dentist”? Raw viewcount on its own is insufficient as a ranking metric since it is biased by video age and exposure. We noticed that viewers emphasize their reaction to funny videos in several ways: e.g. capitalization (LOL), elongation (loooooool), repetition...
