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Are You A Boy Or A Girl?
Posted by hope on August 4, 2008
This guy has a different idea of fun than I do.
One of the things that I always wanted to do but never got around to was to analyze a user’s browsing history to estimate age and gender. Of course the idea is definitely not new, in fact Xerox (of all companies??) has a patent on the whole process and I’m certain plenty of networks already do something of the sort… but what the heck, let’s have some fun!
So what I did is I modified the SocialHistory JS so that it polled the browser to find out which of the Quantcast top 10k sites were visited. I then apply the ratio of male to female users for each site and with some basic math determine a guestimate of your gender.
Ooh, let’s have some fun! Mmhmm. The lampshade’s got nothing to fear from this guy. But its sort of interesting, I must admit. So yeah, I tried it.
My results:
Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 50%
Likelihood of you being MALE is 50%
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New Links
Posted by hope on July 21, 2008
For those of you who need something to do, I included a few more links in my blogroll. I also added some music sites I like, under the blogroll.
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Blog Therapy
Posted by hope on June 1, 2008
Cancel your therapy appointment and start a blog instead.
I don’t believe my blogging typically qualifies as “expressive writing”, so I guess I am stuck with the therapy bills until I put more energy into it.
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Hello Kitty Hell
Posted by hope on November 26, 2007
Imagine you’re a guy married to a woman who is crazy for Hello Kitty stuff – like decorates-the-house-with-it crazy. Imagine how hilarious your blog would be.
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The Toast of Netroots Nation
Posted by hope on November 26, 2007
Via PinkDome, I learned Netroots Nation (formerly the YearlyKos convention) is coming to Austin. And its all thanks to the liberal Texas bloggers who have made an effort to get out from behind the keyboards and actually make a difference. Too many of us sit around complaining, either too lazy or too afraid we can’t make a difference to do anything. I particularly love that they started TexasBlog PAC. For better or for worse, there is a price of admission in politics – and it ain’t the cost of your computer.
The article mentions Austin Political Report. I’ve been disappointed with that site. Given that name, I was expecting either an Austin-focused Pink Dome or BurkaBlog or at the very least something along the lines of InFact Daily. You know – whether for humor or analysis, your go-to site for all things Austin politics. But the posting is inconsistent, as is the ‘voice’, and I was hoping it would be more informative.
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