Alex is an internet entrepreneur, husband and father. Interests include technology, current events and sports. Go Knights. Located in Satellite Beach, FL. Follow: @alexrudloff or RSSFriend: Facebook, LinkedIN or AngelListTumblr (3.0; @alexrudloff)http://alexrudloff.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo1q2UYlD1qby88ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Peter’s Baptism</p> <p>@ Trinity Presbyterian - Satellite Beach, FL - 2/19/2012</p>http://alexrudloff.com/post/17915092883http://alexrudloff.com/post/17915092883Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:37:13 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/69j_BHcgWfo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Today I learned about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_effect#Technical_application">Lotus Effect</a>.</p>http://alexrudloff.com/post/17822225467http://alexrudloff.com/post/17822225467Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:52:00 -0500<a href="http://flavorwire.com/254434/the-20-most-beautiful-bookstores-in-the-world#1">The 20 most beautiful bookstores in the world</a>http://alexrudloff.com/post/17765143309http://alexrudloff.com/post/17765143309Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:12:18 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5a1ca68f1qzs3xio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5a1ca68f1qzs3xio5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.minusmanhattan.com/post/17333396723/underwater-by-brian-bielmann-check-out-more-from">minusmanhattan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Underwater by Brian Bielmann.</p> <p>Check out more from this awesome series of underwater surfing photography <a href="http://www.brianbielmann.com/#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=14&p=0&a=0&at=0">here</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://alexrudloff.com/post/17673710088http://alexrudloff.com/post/17673710088Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:51:17 -0500<a href="http://chill.com/scott/collection/the-ultimate-steve-jobs-collection">The Ultimate Steve Jobs Collection - Chill.com</a>http://alexrudloff.com/post/17673540069http://alexrudloff.com/post/17673540069Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:48:21 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz8ohx7Vaq1qby88ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>cold front = gumbo</p>http://alexrudloff.com/post/17433117562http://alexrudloff.com/post/17433117562Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:27:33 -0500““The number of ™ and © marks that appear in a product’s description tends to be inversely proportional to how awesome the product is.”<br/><br/> - <em>Dustin Curtis (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.windonaleaf.net/">chartier</a>)</em>http://alexrudloff.com/post/17392241469http://alexrudloff.com/post/17392241469Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:16:28 -0500<a href="http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2012/02/quantifying-comedy-on-youtube-why.html">Quantifying comedy on YouTube: why the number of o’s in your LOL matter </a>: <blockquote> <p>Next we needed an algorithm to rank these funny videos by comedic potential, e.g. is “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM" target="_blank">Charlie bit my finger</a>” funnier than “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs" target="_blank">David after dentist</a>”? 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 (lolololol), exclamation (lolllll!!!!!), and combinations thereof. If a user uses an “loooooool” vs an “loool”, does it mean they were more amused? We designed features to quantify the degree of emphasis on words associated with amusement in viewer comments. We then trained a passive-aggressive ranking algorithm using human-annotated pairwise ground truth and a combination of text and audiovisual features. Similar to Music Slam, we used this ranker to populate candidates for human voting for our Comedy Slam.</p> </blockquote> <p>Annnd this is why Google is still pretty awesome.</p>http://alexrudloff.com/post/17375097038http://alexrudloff.com/post/17375097038Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:30:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wp6b27JwLek?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Go Magic</p>http://alexrudloff.com/post/17118622181http://alexrudloff.com/post/17118622181Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:36:58 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35693267?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Amazing UI</p>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16864678495http://alexrudloff.com/post/16864678495Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:58:36 -0500<a href="http://mashable.com/2012/01/31/youll-download-physical-objects-sooner-than-you-think-thanks-to-kids-like-these/">You’ll Download Physical Objects Sooner Than You Think, Thanks to Kids Like These</a>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16843369553http://alexrudloff.com/post/16843369553Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:52:55 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lymrnmhjbF1qejjfeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thenextweb.tumblr.com/post/16777357449/in-a-joint-project-by-facebook-and-design-firm">thenextweb</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>In a joint project by Facebook and design firm Definition6, TimelineMovieMaker will turn all of the posts on your Timeline into a really eye-catching movie, complete with special effects and music.</p> <p><span>➤ </span><a href="http://www.timelinemoviemaker.com/">TimelineMovieMaker</a></p> <p>(via <a href="http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/01/30/turn-your-facebook-timeline-into-an-amazing-cinematic-style-movie/">Turn Your Facebook Timeline Into a Movie</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16837813009http://alexrudloff.com/post/16837813009Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:21:19 -0500<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/30/opinion/avlon-florida-myths/index.html">It's not your grandpa's Florida</a>: <blockquote> <p>Today, just 17% of Florida’s population comprises senior citizens — just above the national average, according to the Almanac of American Politics. Moreover, 22% of Floridians are under-18 — a number boosted by high levels of immigration from Latin America. And two Florida cities, Gainesville and Tallahassee, are among the top 10 youngest cities in America, with median ages of 24 and 26 respectively. Florida’s diversity is no myth — but the idea that it is defined or even disproportionately dominated by AARP voters doesn’t hold water.</p> </blockquote>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16837769525http://alexrudloff.com/post/16837769525Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:20:35 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyo69rEWjg1qby88ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16820528891http://alexrudloff.com/post/16820528891Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:41:51 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mXPeLctgvQI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16447087964http://alexrudloff.com/post/16447087964Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:37:53 -0500<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/23/if-you-thought-sopa-was-bad-just-wait-until-you-meet-acta/">If You Thought SOPA Was Bad, Just Wait Until You Meet ACTA - Forbes</a>: <p>An international agreement already signed by President Obama that bypassed congress completely.</p> <p>Wonderful. </p>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16428212418http://alexrudloff.com/post/16428212418Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:43:28 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly5w2cdTro1qby88ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>It’s January, Siri.</p> <p>January.</p>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16237795825http://alexrudloff.com/post/16237795825Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:44:36 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YavCA4Eapv0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Go Knights.</p>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16118244275http://alexrudloff.com/post/16118244275Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:09:10 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyx871Er61qby88ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16032939378http://alexrudloff.com/post/16032939378Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:26:30 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DvFhQY2zSfA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span>Marshall basketball coach does his best acting job as Isaiah Sykes bumps him as he runs by. After a 15minute delay where the refs looked at the video and found nothing,</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Tom Herrion’s flop against UCF.</p> <p>Way to set an example for the kids, Coach.</p>http://alexrudloff.com/post/16007259993http://alexrudloff.com/post/16007259993Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:43:25 -0500