{"id":14649,"date":"2015-11-06T19:18:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T00:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=14649"},"modified":"2015-12-02T14:40:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T19:40:36","slug":"odds-and-ends-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/odds-and-ends-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Odds and ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life is annoyingly busy, and I will have less time than usual for maintaining my websites until the middle of December. Expect even less activity here than usual. There might occasionally be posts of miscellaneous nonsense, such as what follows, but probably not much more.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-1-388x640.jpg\" alt=\"Magical algorithm 1\" width=\"388\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-1-388x640.jpg 388w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-1-620x1024.jpg 620w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-1-624x1030.jpg 624w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-1.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 85vw, 388px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flickr recently introduced a &#8220;camera roll&#8221; feature that displays thumbnails of your pictures arranged either by the date taken or according to its &#8220;magic view,&#8221; which sorts them into subject-based categories. The algorithms for the latter need a little refinement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-2-640x565.jpg\" alt=\"Magical algorithm 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"565\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-2-640x565.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-2-624x551.jpg 624w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/magic-2.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-2Q0747iN-I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profmondo.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/01\/where-rhyming-slang-meets-instro-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\">Are you Hank Marvin<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s health news: <a href=\"http:\/\/notable.ca\/big-surprise-harvard-study-shows-that-sarcasm-is-actually-good-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">sarcasm is a good source for your minimum daily requirement of irony<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BDDT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BDDT-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"BDDT\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BDDT-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BDDT-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BDDT.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Something I didn&#8217;t know: there is a South American &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euglossini\" target=\"_blank\">orchid bee<\/a>&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/17379276\" target=\"_blank\">that collects DDT<\/a>. (Illustration from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chem-station.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/ddt.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Wonderduck has <a href=\"http:\/\/wonderduck.mu.nu\/random_anime_picture_104_a_different_gate\" target=\"_blank\">a modest request<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I want a crossover with Rio: Rainbow Gate! now&#8230; call it Rio: Rainbow GATE. Oh, the joy I would feel seeing Rory Mercury let loose on Casino Island, or the JSDF shooting down Sky Resort with a few F-4 Phantoms. This needs to happen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The chief virtue of <strong><em>Rio Rainbow Gate<\/em><\/strong> is that it gave the Duck something worthy of his subtle critical insight. His sensitive analysis and interpretation of the first episode is <a href=\"http:\/\/wonderduck.mu.nu\/anime_writeups\/rio_rainbow_gate_ep01\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. You can find his further <strong><em>RRG<\/em><\/strong> studies with a bit of searching at <a href=\"http:\/\/wonderduck.mu.nu\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Pond<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Presented without comment:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tOk4OPJKwXc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s something a little more melodious:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V4WGsMplGxU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>There are many typos, careless mistakes and general weirdnesses in newspapers, such as those recorded at <em><a href=\"http:\/\/badnewspaper.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bad Newpaper<\/a><\/em>. And then there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/dotclue.org\/archives\/004731.html\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>And a couple more things:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/A-note-about-music.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/A-note-about-music.jpg\" alt=\"A note about music\" width=\"403\" height=\"403\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/A-note-about-music.jpg 403w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/A-note-about-music-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 85vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Big-kitty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Big-kitty.jpg\" alt=\"Big kitty\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14647\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Update: Bonus nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>Who or what almost became the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectorsweekly.com\/articles\/did-the-cias-experiments-with-psychedelic-drugs-unwittingly-create-the-grateful-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mythical Ethical Icicle Tricycle<\/a>&#8220;?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Math.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Math-640x405.jpg\" alt=\"Why Barbie moved to Kentucky\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Math-640x405.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Math-624x395.jpg 624w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Math.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life is annoyingly busy, and I will have less time than usual for maintaining my websites until the middle of December. Expect even less activity here than usual. There might occasionally be posts of miscellaneous nonsense, such as what follows, but probably not much more. ***** Flickr recently introduced a &#8220;camera roll&#8221; feature that displays &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/odds-and-ends-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Odds and ends&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,13,16,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-and-anti-culture","category-curiosities-and-silly-stuff","category-humor-and-horror","category-music","category-weird-world-web"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-3Oh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14649"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14795,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14649\/revisions\/14795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}