June 2012
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May 2012
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On the impeachment
I was able to catch the season finale of the Corona Trial (except for JPE’s speech) in the bus from Tagaytay to Cubao.
Typical of the local media circus called Philippine politics, some speeches were a collection of poor-mes, campaign masquerades, blatant displays of ignorance/arrogance/bias, and poor taste. Others, however, were quite articulate and concise.
My rundown on the speeches:
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Hobo Lobo of Hamelin →
A new take on the Pied Piper story, and a newer take on doing webcomics. Beautiful, interesting, and well-done. (via io9)
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The Secret Life of Alan Z. Feuer →
People talk about starting over: this guy did it. With style. (via BoingBoing)
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Straight, Gay, or Binary?: HAL Comes Out of the... →
This interesting essay by Mark Dery scrutinizes the “other” Turing test.
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Seven Years, One Million Edits, Zero Dollars:... →
This guy is an hero.
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An algorithm to help you play the perfect game of... →
That’s pretty much it. (via io9)
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Using Super Mario to explain the internal logic of... →
Yep. Pretty much self-explanatory. (via BoingBoing)
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A "Big Data" Problem Could Be Starving Artists of... →
An appropriate usage of big data: detecting song plays.
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Is Writing Style Sufficient to Deanonymize... →
Another method of identifying people by the boatload of big data you can gather from them. Might actually make those essay submissions worth something. (via BoingBoing)