Thursday, May 04, 2006

Doctor Faith.

Unfunny Comic Strip of the Day
Johnny Hart has just gone asylum-eligible. Soon-to-be Mrs. Machine suggests it's how he intends to end it all.

Non-rockin' U of C alum of the Day
In 2004, Loren Jan Wilson, a University of Chicago undergraduate, went so far as to devote his thesis to the subject. Using a computer program he wrote, Wilson analyzed Pitchfork’s writing to detect patterns in reviews. He found that artists that sounded “sad” or “plaintive” often elicited good ratings, while those that reviewers described primarily as “confident” or “assured” were less likely to score high.
Reminds me of the opening classroom scene in Dead Poets Society.

I know I shouldn't laugh at this, but...

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