Rest Of You

I hacked my computer using Keystroke Logging. Data itself was interesting enough for me, but I don’t want to show details to public. One obvious thing was that I keep typing and cannot stop for a minute! See how crazy my words drawing on . . . → Read More: Stop Typing!

I was really surprised to find out about meme theory. I have heard the word before but never really knew what it meant.

It was surprising to find out that it is a name for a whole theory, a theory about ideas, ideas that replicate, which to me was understood from a long time ago, ideas are . . . → Read More: about MEMES

When my kid was 3 years old she was obsessed with TV shows of all kinds. I let her consume this junk because I rationalized it by being a working college mom. Then once day it hit me. I didn’t have/make the time to read to her. If I didn’t soon, she wouldn’t have any interest. . . . → Read More: My mental diet

Keystroke logging, . . . → Read More: Mental Diet

Counting the number of times “occupy wall street” appears in the New York Times in October, 2011, and what section it appears in.
/*
NYTimes Article Search API Library
/*

import blprnt.nytimes.*;

String apiKey = “2d3b99054486a8c7c56d58718a6c8c6d:7:41049435″;

void setup() {
size(500,500);
background(255);

//Initialize the TimesEngine with your apiKey
TimesEngine.init(this, apiKey);

//Construct a simple keyword search
TimesArticleSearch . . . → Read More: Text analysis

I am disappointed at the level of meaning we can find in our individual words. After trying some of the common words codes, I decided to try to focus on the meanings of word combinations, by rewriting the N-Gram text generator I was working with last semester in bit by bit in processing, which was based . . . → Read More: Logging my words . . . and such as.

I’ve been collecting my strokes on my laptop for roughly one week. I’m still working on the code, but my idea is to see how often I use words that refer to myself (I, me, my) versus words that refer to other people (you, they, them). Below is a preliminary histogram of the words I typed . . . → Read More: Key Logging