Sometimes I just open Pandora to find out the name of a song or artist I heard and want to buy from iTunes (or whatever). But then it automatically starts playing and it’s a really cool song and so I have to wait for the song to finish (since there’s no guarantee I’ll hear it [...]
Archive for 7 November 2007
The problem with Pandora
Posted: 7 November 2007 in UncategorizedTags: complaints, doom rock, music, pandora, slumber party
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Wired recognizes peak oil
Posted: 7 November 2007 in UncategorizedTags: apocalypse, doomsday, fuel, oil, oil shortages, peak oil, wired
Wired has taken notice of peak oil, so hopefully the word will start to spread and more and more people will realize we have a massive problem on our hands. I’ve talked about peak oil before, but to recap it is the notion that at some point, the maximum amount of oil the world has [...]
Buzz share correlates with polls
Posted: 7 November 2007 in UncategorizedTags: al gore, buzz, data mining, democrats, edwards, kucinich, nobel turds, politics, polls, presidential election, progressive democrats, wonkosphere
I’ve been following the progress of Wonkosphere and talking about it for a while now [here, here, and here]. If you’re not familiar with Wonkosphere, it’s a website that tracks the buzz generated by candidates on political blogs. It reports buzz as a percentage of the total buzz by conservative, liberal, and independent bloggers. It [...]
