Uncover your conscious and unconscious preferences at Project Implicit. Tolerance.org has tests to measure hidden biases.
10:27:55 PM      

I'm working on The Atoms of Language. It's a very accessible and well-written introduction to some of the real issues in linguistics. Human language is like walking--we take it for granted, but it's fascinating how we do it.

9:23:16 PM      

I read Lincoln's Dreams last night. I couldn't put it down. Where does Connie Willis come up with this stuff?

9:14:35 PM      

A Rush of Blood to the Head is my current favorite album. There's not a bad song on it. The album flows from one song to another in an almost spellbinding journey.

9:08:54 PM      

By the way, Spambayes is written in Python.
8:47:02 PM      

Robert Scoble recommends NewsGator, an RSS aggregator that runs in Outlook. Looks like something to try.
8:42:45 PM      

After reading about Spambayes, I decided to give it a shot. I've trained it on about 180 messages to date. It's working pretty well. It's not perfect yet, but it's getting better as I train it on more messages. Now I'm thinking that this kind of machine learning has potential for creating "topic" or "interest" streams in Vision.
8:31:16 PM      

DrinkBoy is a site dedicated to the art of quality cocktails. I learned about it from The Scobleizer.
11:10:04 AM