T Campbell's Blog
Writer of Penny and Aggie, Fans (also called Faans), Rip & Teri, Search Engine Funnies and A History of Webcomics. Experienced webcomics editor, currently seeking full-time work and working on strange and interesting new things...Thursday, May 12, 2005
Ego-Surf Roundup.
How I'm related to Dubya: I wish this were a surprise. Neat site, though. Nice use of Wikipedia.
Along the same lines, we can get computers to play the Kevin Bacon game for us now. Or connect ANY actor to any other. And hey, that reminds me... I recently learned I'm in the "extras" section for Trekkies 2. Does that mean I have a Bacon score of 3? The mind boggles.
I've just ordered the DVD and haven't seen it yet, so this is not an unqualified endorsement... but I gotta say, the film crew was very nice, very accommodating.
Not at all like Technorati, which seems to be actively trying to jerk me around.
I'm starting to figure this out. It's not one-character words they have trouble with. Z Campbell and C Campbell are fine, as are all other one-letter variations except A Campbell and T Campbell. Other "T" combos don't work either.
Now ignoring "A" in strings is pretty standard. A is what Google calls a "wildcard," a word so commonly used that searching for it is generally more trouble than it's worth (though Google will let you search for it if you use quotes. But why should "T" be a wildcard too? My only guess-- and it's kind of a desperate one-- is that so many bloggers write "don t" and "isn"t" for "don't" and "isn't" that Technorati's just like, "eh, skip this one."
Yeah, that's right, Technorati. I'm saying your marvelous technology can't handle contractions. Uh-huh.
If anybody has any more info on this, or a good Technorati alternative, I'd love to hear it. My ego-surfing must not be blocked! I have needs!
Along the same lines, we can get computers to play the Kevin Bacon game for us now. Or connect ANY actor to any other. And hey, that reminds me... I recently learned I'm in the "extras" section for Trekkies 2. Does that mean I have a Bacon score of 3? The mind boggles.I've just ordered the DVD and haven't seen it yet, so this is not an unqualified endorsement... but I gotta say, the film crew was very nice, very accommodating.
Not at all like Technorati, which seems to be actively trying to jerk me around.
I'm starting to figure this out. It's not one-character words they have trouble with. Z Campbell and C Campbell are fine, as are all other one-letter variations except A Campbell and T Campbell. Other "T" combos don't work either.
Now ignoring "A" in strings is pretty standard. A is what Google calls a "wildcard," a word so commonly used that searching for it is generally more trouble than it's worth (though Google will let you search for it if you use quotes. But why should "T" be a wildcard too? My only guess-- and it's kind of a desperate one-- is that so many bloggers write "don t" and "isn"t" for "don't" and "isn't" that Technorati's just like, "eh, skip this one."
Yeah, that's right, Technorati. I'm saying your marvelous technology can't handle contractions. Uh-huh.
If anybody has any more info on this, or a good Technorati alternative, I'd love to hear it. My ego-surfing must not be blocked! I have needs!
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