grads (at Radio City Music Hall)
#grads (at Radio City Music Hall)
The Verge talks to OkCupid, the dating site with a propensity for data research. Alexis Ohanian sits with Christian Rudder about how he and the SparkNotes founders went from study guides to an online dating network — and from there, …
Great summary of how OKCupid gets its numbers.
How I Gamed Online Data to Meet My Match: Amy Webb at TEDxMidAtlantic (by TEDxTalks) This was a great talk about how she reverse-engineered online dating to meet her ideal man. She discusses her own research into how popular profiles …
Researchers at IUCS have looked to fill this gap, cross referencing the information in the report with quantitative data collected by the undead bio-research policy institute to forecast the probability U.S. regions would fare in an outbreak of the walking …
I’m watching MythBusters “Zombie special episode – typical goofiness of the series while exploring various survival techniques” Check-in to MythBusters on GetGlue.com
The Troll is a mixed media colossal statue, located on N. 36th Street at Troll Avenue N., under the north end of the George Washington Memorial Bridge (also known as the Aurora Bridge). It is clutching an actual Volkswagen Beetle, …
Louis C.K. makes an interesting comment about how technology prevents us from feeling empathy when we are mean. Jump to 1:19.
Microsoft and Sony Diverge on Gaming ‘Cloud’ – Digits – WSJ (via thisistheverge)
More in the fake geek girl debate… Here is truth. I am tired. I’m tired of going to work everyday in the comic shop to be berated for being a female. I’m tired of the “get back in the kitchen” …
This “Nerd PSA” on Portlandia caused some outrage online. Does the “fake geek girl” archetype exist, or are they also allowed to like things?