I thought you might be interested in this talk by Eli Pariser about the danger in personalization of search results. One passage: " . . . [A] couple of weeks ago, I asked a bunch of friends to Google “Egypt” and to send me screen shots of what they got. . . When you put them side-by-side, you don’t even have to read the links to see how different these two pages are. But when you do read the links, it’s really quite remarkable." He goes on to talk about the invisible ways corporations like Google & Facebook are filtering search results based on the information they're collecting about our web habits.
Bubbles are great in champagne. But in information you're looking for? Not so much.
Student showing up in a few minutes and I'm heading out later for the last Melrose concert. The marimba concerto by Kikuchi (promptly nicknamed Koochiku by moi) being the probable highlight. Most nerve-wracking for moi the Nimbus mvt. (nicknamed "Nimrod" by moi - who was he anyway?) from the Sorcerer's Stone medley - all winds, all fast.
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Heading out to mail some stuff, put a check in the bank & pick up the papers before it rains. Freezing (literally) here - "feels li... -
Tobey on the back of the sofa. He usually drags the rug down off the back & makes a nest of it. :| -
Shots taken around the yard and in front of the porch of the garden finery Andy's tended all season.
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