Recent text-based amusements
Dec. 9th, 2007 01:42 am1. ITP Thesis Title Generator. I fed three or four years of ITP thesis titles into a Markov chain algorithm. The resulting strings are often evocatively nonsensical (Interface Memories in L-systems), sometimes remotely viable as actual thesis titles (The Massively Multidisciplinary Connectional Aesthetics), and, very occasionally, something I feel like I could get VC funding for (Sousveillance for Children).
2. twitter.com/everyword, where a python script I wrote is posting every word from an extensive English word list. At the current rate (1 word every 30 minutes), the script should complete its task in a little over six years. (Inspiration: Ulysses, Bloomsday.)
2. twitter.com/everyword, where a python script I wrote is posting every word from an extensive English word list. At the current rate (1 word every 30 minutes), the script should complete its task in a little over six years. (Inspiration: Ulysses, Bloomsday.)