BUS YOUR OWN TRAY
February 2012
What if Horse_ebooks is the future of celebrity journalism?
Red carpet coverage and the Academy Awards. Algorithm just scans the visual data coming into the camera, spits out a word cloud of things it recognizes. “Annette Benning. Neck. Wearing Oscar de la Renta. Red. Sparkly. Sequins. One shoulder. Diamond necklace on loan from Tiffany. Man is Husband. Not taller.”
A separate algorithm scans Twitter for reactions. “Trending words to describe Annette Benning. Beautiful. Elegant. Red. Why isn’t the camera on Bieber. Dress nice. Stumbled. Beatty looks old!!!”
Another algorithm uses a grammar engine to string sentences together out of both sets of data. “Annette Benning is elegant sparkly wearing red dress and Oscar de la Renta. Let’s look at the Twitter reactions. Why is Annette Benning there with her father? Benning was nominated in 2010 for The Kids are All Right.”
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Chiddy Bang
The only track you need on the real Chiddy album (new) is this one, so you’re welcome
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Four Weird Things the Internet Is Doing to Our Understanding of Television →
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I wrote something for All Things D.
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L.A. County supervisors respond to Frisbee fine furor →
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Los Angeles bans frisbee and football throwing on the beach.
$1,000 fine.
Don’t worry, you can still apply for a permit.
This is good, because all my frisbees and footballs were getting soiled by dirty condoms and syringes anyway.
This turned out to be untrue: “Erroneous reports that L.A. County had enacted a $1,000 fine for playing football and Frisbee on beaches flashed around the world and brought protests. The panel ordered staff to rewrite the rules to make them more clear.”
I just got corrected. I’ll never believe local CBS again!
