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The Doctor Games
And now for a little Doctor Parody. Don't have to be serious about the 50th all the time...
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Prelim to the Final Network
I've been tweaking the network clearing away what characters I consider more wallpaper than close friends. That brings me to a total of 321 in the final network. Not a large number if you look at the total number of people that have appeared in the show over the years, but still an impressive network ( Read more... ) -
Now The Hard Work Begins
It's one week away from the Doctor Who 50th anniversary. That means that the dataset I've been working on for the past two years will be set in stone after Saturday. Jürgen says that after all the last tweaking is finished we will name the dataset and use it in all future analysis about the series. This is done for various reasons but the most ( Read more... ) -
The inmates are running Google.
So, Google knows what you really want on YouTube and does their little changes like incorporating Google+ into Youtube, a new redesign, and GET THIS, elimination of your playlist cause they feel you need to start again using their new system. So all of the videos I had tagged in the various playlists have all disappeared. All the videos I had in ( Read more... ) -
Night of the Doctor
Night of the Doctor just put one really large change in both the Doctor Who and Sonic Screwdriver datasets. This is why I told Jürgen that absolutely nothing could be done until after all the episodes and minisodes had been televised. The sonic dataset is nearing 900 uses over the course of 50 years. I never thought it would accumulate to that many ( Read more... ) -
Sonic Screwdriver article on WhatCulture
I just got my article, 15 Science Lessons To Build Your Own Sonic Screwdriver posted on WhatCulture.com. Below is the first page excerpt. The rest is on the WhatCulture web site ( Read more... ) -
I got accepted...
I submitted an article to WhatCulture.com and they informed me I was accepted as a contributor. That's good. So what's the first thing I need to do [besides fill out all the profile information?] It's resubmit the article. They work mainly with idea's they post and contributors claiming a piece. If you have a unique idea, you need to submit it for ( Read more... ) -
World Births and Deaths-all on your screen...
I search the internet for many interesting articles about data analysis. I ran across this one today. This web site shows, in real time, every birth and death on the planet [more or less]. I have no idea what it took to put this together but it's absolutely fascinating.
Click the image to go to the site.
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Damn That;s A Lopsided Chart...
Finally, with the help of d3 mentor, I got the Sonic Use Chart functioning. Here is a screen image of the chart. The fully functioning chart can be found by clicking the image. It gives a graphic view of just how lopsided the usage is between the classic run and the new series.
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