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andymurd

  1. Off work sick today, but Nicolas Jaar’s Essential Mix is getting me through it thefader.com/2012/05/21/dow…
  2. Latest dataset from Google Research gives me the data-monkey horn googleresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/from-w…
  3. Modeling Surprise technologyreview.com/computing/2024… "...a machine that constantly tells you what you already know is just irritating"
  4. Having a delicious @coopersbrewery Celebration Ale.
  5. Anyone setting up a Kickstarter project to make smoke alarm that doesn't complain about low battery at 4am would get my money in a heartbeat
  6. @simonhackett please do write the Node history. With pictures.
  7. If you're worried about Google knowing your private information, just build some dodgy backlinks to yourself and they'll de-index you.
  8. @casbitton lolz I hope that's real wiki-vandalism, not just firebug
  9. Hugley interesting timeline of the far future - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_… Dear @wikipedia can you make me one for next week? With lottery results
  10. TIL Australia also has a magazine called Parade. It's nowhere near as interesting as the UK's.
  11. I think I've managed to bend perl's Image::Magick to my will. Not an easy task.
  12. @stevedavis I don't know anyone in MelbourneIT, thankfully. Your client might need a lawyer.
  13. I'm at Udaberri 4sq.com/JAYcHf
  14. Why did I not find out about Google Consumer Surveys earlier? google.com/insights/consu… Looks awesome!
  15. How A Security Consultant Collected 6 Million Passwords xato.net/passwords/how-…
  16. @azp74 Oh noes!
  17. ZX Spectrum is 30 years old bbc.co.uk/news/technolog… I feel ancient :(
  18. Clustering Related Stories in Prismatic blog.getprismatic.com/blog/2012/4/17… via @prismatic
  19. Supervised Learning for User Behavior over Time stackoverflow.com/questions/6990… Interesting stuff