Led Zeppelin receiving the Kennedy Center
Good Saturday morning of lazy nothingness around the
Kobielus homestead. It was a November to remember. But same applies to all
prior months
Listening to Tony Orlando & Dawn "Knock Three
Times" (http://youtu.be/k7Jvsbcxunc ) JK--Wonderful 1970s
radio hit. Makes me silly happy.
Listening to Beatles "Lovely Rita" (http://youtu.be/Se5JLYKQfDU )
JK--One of my fave Paul songs. He was only unattached Fab when he wrote it
Listening to Kings Of Convenience "I'd Rather Dance
With You" (http://youtu.be/Grr7cOc8pzg ) JK--Makes wanna don
a tux & do my best Astaire
Listening to Chad & Jeremy "Yesterday's
Gone" (http://youtu.be/5UqEG0a_FOE ) JK--They lost their
voices in 1967, but Batman found them again
Listening to Beach Boys "Busy Doin' Nothin'" (http://youtu.be/UCXFLxCARRs )
JK--A contented comfortable domestic Brian "in my room."
Listening to Velvet Underground "Candy Says" (http://youtu.be/XPgGjUSEWss )
JK--And U didnt think Lou Reed had pretty side to his songwriting
Listening to Zero 7 "In The Waiting Line" (http://youtu.be/Jj6yXxVc21Y )
JK--Deeply chill groove. "Everyone's saying different things to me"
Listening to Young Marble Giants "Posed by
Models" (http://youtu.be/gQ5vpvsBUg8 ), originally on
"Testcard EP." Stuart + Phil quiet jamming
Listening to The Tallest Man on Earth "1904" (http://youtu.be/ibEwxlV1ac4 )
JK--"Sometimes noise is just your mind." One of year's best.
RT @stevewoz: I'm at St
Mary's Cemetery (Gilroy , CA
RIP Mickey Baker. Male half of Mickey & Sylvia, the
group that recorded the 1956 classic "Love Is Strange." Also very
busy session musician.
Not going to buy any new music till I start my vacation
two weeks from now. I want the new stuff to space me out in a spacey time of
mind.
Toying with potential quick-hit topic: "Big Data:
Keep It In Your Pants." Unh...maybe not.
Just chekd socials 2 C if everybody everywhere still going
every which way doing everything & hooking up w/everyone. Spoiler alert:
they are
Busy day spent mostly writing an #IBM Redbook on #bigdataconsolidation.
Used & described my visual pattern grammar extensively.
"#IBM introduces new
software 4 organizations" (http://bit.ly/V9nPj7 ) JK--IBM Engineering Lifecycle Mgr
& SmartCloud Continuous Delivery
On the same note, wouldn't it be ironic if a space probe
drilled into Uranus & discovered the core of the planet is ...um...never
mind.
Wouldn't it be ironic if a space probe drilled into
Mercury & discovered the core of the planet is pure liquid mercury?
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Going Back to Cali
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Cayucos (7" Single
Version) by Cayucas JK--2012. Nice. Feels like an indie group doing bright
Caribbean-lite foxtrot
Hey, other people who start LinkedIn discussion threads,
don't ask us "share your thoughts" if you don't kick it off by
sharing yours
"Mad Men." I don't understand nostalgia for age
when every human environment reeked of cigarette smoke & the average
American diet unhealthy
"Ask & Ask Again: Questions Matter in
Modeling" (http://bit.ly/Sz3ncZ ) JK--Great @Beth_Schultz piece on questioning
skills in data science
"Trolling 'Big Data' to Find Rogue Traders" (http://bit.ly/Sz329W )
JK--Behavioral analytics. Looks 4 trader deviate from normal org behavior
"Sentiment Analysis, Intention Analysis and the
Direction of Fit" (http://bit.ly/Sz2yAX ) JK--Leverages Searles' theory of
"speech acts."
"Think like a data journalist" (http://bit.ly/W6iD5l )
JK--My take on this: answer the 5 Ws by leveraging the 3 Vs.
I propose the "fiscal cliff" negotiations take
place in windowless room locked from outside. Or edge of actual cliff. Focus
their attentions
http://lnkd.in/2cue6y Is big data more than
just analytics? That depends on how you define "big data," of course.
If you define it as...
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp King Of Cleveland by
RNDM from Live on the Morning Show JK--Thought o Weird Al-grade parody title:
"King of Cleavage"
"Are you still relevant?" Sounds like one of
these great unanswerables of life, eg,"Are you still hip?" If U
answer in affirmative, U ain't
"Securing #bigdata:
Architecture tips for building security in" (http://bit.ly/YeoY0u ) JK--All of it
commonsense to IT professionals
This wk #IBM Koby q-h's: http://linkd.in/Yek3wF http://linkd.in/Yek6sl http://linkd.in/Yekas2 http://linkd.in/YekhDU http://linkd.in/Yekirn
"Strange, Beautiful & Unexpected: Planned Cities
Seen From Space" (http://bit.ly/StBXGX ) JK--WashDC geometry. I luv takeoff
& landing at DCA
I wish to welcome John Hagerty, esteemed ex-analyst, to
the #IBMfamily of thought
leadership professionals. Let's talk tomorrow John!
Listening to Fleet Foxes "Blue
Ridge Mountains ." Last night I voiced my desire for a cabin
there. Shenandoah barely 100 miles west of here
Wish DC-area Spanish language station played Xmas carols:
"Cascabeles cascabeles, tra la la la la, que alegria todo el dia, tra la
la la la"
Next week I do quick visit to #IBM Watson Labs.
Collaborating with someone on healthcare analytics preso in January in Silicon Valley .
All 5 of next week's #IBM quick-hits are me
returning to topics I have already quick-hitted several times. I sensed I had
more to say on all
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Intimate Secretary by
The Raconteurs JK--"Ecclesiarchy"? JWhite mom was secretary to Detroit
There. Whew! Jelled 5 quick-hit clues in a hurry this
morning, for next week's postings. Now I can breathe. And eat lunch.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Darker Blue Bayou by
The Young Evils from Foreign Spells JK--@thetroynelson sings & speaks in
same tenor register
Christmas presence. The Xmas ghosts who visited Scrooge
are my favorite 3 wise men. Dickens should have named them. Alf, Nigel, &
Spike?
C'mon, other people who start LinkedIn discussions. Give
us a hook better than "#BigData Unlocks Business
Value," which is empty marketing
"Next #IBM: Companies That
Could Pass Century Mark" (http://bit.ly/Tt0iKK ) JK--Gonna wait till I'm in my 110s to
see if MSFT & Apple make it
"Looking for Good Place
"Should publishers invest in audience data? Depends
on publisher" (http://bit.ly/TsZwgB ) JK--You need if your audience is
general, not niche
Kirsty MacColl "Here Comes That Man Again" (http://youtu.be/idDojNfES6Q )
JK--2000 frm "Tropical Brainstorm." Long-single Kirsty does sexchat
Kirsty MacColl "My Affair" (http://youtu.be/ws6bK2xL9pU )
JK--1991. She obliquely channeled her anger at Lillywhite's infidelity on this.
Kirsty MacColl "Walking Down Madison" (http://youtu.be/26Iibcz2lE0 )
JK--1991. Marriage 2 Steve Lillywhite disintegr8d while he produced this
Paisley & Charlie "Autumngirlsoup" (http://youtu.be/F0jzCBStKRk )
JK--Great cover of Kirsty MacColl song. Original's on "Tropical
Brainstorm"
Hank Williams "On Top of Old Smoky" (http://youtu.be/PGTCZJ-RBPw )
JK--He died before he could get to the verse about all covered in cheese
Vince Guaraldi Trio "Greensleeves" (http://youtu.be/yMOM1bPiSX4 )
JK--A lovely overlooked jazz performance from "A CBrown Xmas"
soundtrack.
Darlene Love "(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna
Marry" (http://youtu.be/HjexSafwULs ) JK--1963. Clear,
strong, full-voiced, and full of heart.
The Beatles "Here Comes the Sun" (http://youtu.be/O7h1IphPfeU )
JK--1969, from "Abbey Road
The Beatles "The Night Before" (http://youtu.be/uLXiC0ix_Sc )
JK--1965, from "Help." Fabs spell H-E-L-P in semaphore on album
cover.
The Rotations "Heavies" (http://youtu.be/doxzp5lDPTM )
JK--Righteous, short surf-rock instrumental from early 60s. Rhino
"Cowabunga" boxset.
Madonna "Frozen" (http://youtu.be/XS088Opj9o0 )
JK--2006. She has a deep catalog. This is a moody gem. Deserved more airplay.
Everything But the Girl "Frozen River @tracey_thorn
The Decemberists "Sons and Daughters" (http://bit.ly/d2kI3 )
JK--The month is almost here. Why doesn't Colin Meloy & crew make Xmas
album?
Led Zeppelin "Ten Years Gone" (http://youtu.be/jYpydtdlWxA )
JK--1975, from "Physical Graffiti." One of their classic slow builds
Led Zeppelin "Hey Hey What Can I Do" (http://youtu.be/TYbMPgqsGhI )
JK--1970. Flip side of "Immigrant Song" single. Nuts to leave off LZ3
LP
Led Zeppelin "Going To California" (http://youtu.be/vx99lYyC8sw )
JK--1971. Love this very folkish paean to Joni Mitchell. Plant goes Donovan
Led Zeppelin "Achillles Last Stand" (http://youtu.be/BRcTK7LcKMw )
JK--1976, from the "Presence" LP. I love this great long galloping
whoop
Joey Dee & The Starliters "Peppermint Twist"
(http://youtu.be/7WIvZu4dPQQ ) JK--In honor of
candy canes, the unofficial seasonal confection.
The Edsels "Rama Lama Ding Dong" (http://youtu.be/K0wbUzhw9Hw )
JK--First Edsel tanked, then the Rama Lama, now the Ding Dong. What's next?
Watching Linus soliloquy on "A Charlie Brown
Christmas." Only classic Xmas cartoon special that actually quotes Bible
account of nativity.
You know a used bookstore. Smells musty & dusty.
Yellowing pulp and graying storeclerks. Spores in air. Information
disintegrating there.
RIP Zig Ziglar. I know nothing about him. I assumed that
was an assumed name, like Mark Wahlberg character Dirk Diggler in "Boogie
Nights."
Trying to decide which version of "Jingle Bells"
more annoying: Manilow faux-swing or Streisand manic-scat. Hard 2 decide.
Harder 2 listen
LO-f'ing-L! WashPost article on China
WashPost article about sly localization of nationally
syndicated cookie-cutter TV human-interest news. Reminds me why TV news bores
me
The relative dearth of IT industry news at year end is
relaxing. Gives pause to assimilate, ponder, and plan. And wrap up Q4 to-dos.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Born in Ontario by
Neil Young & Crazy Horse from Psychedelic Pill JK--The one & only Great
Lake Province. My kindred!
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Rose Rouge by St.
Germain from Tourist JK--Totally cool cyclic jazz pattern that feels like a jam
of Moby & Miles
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Odessa
A day full of #bigdata discussions within #IBM. Enjoying the
sheer range of important stuff that people want my two cents on.
Neil deGrasse
Tyson @neiltyson End-of-world
prophecies for 2012 are hoaxes perpetrated by the scientifically illiterate on
the scientifically under-informed
Retweeted by jameskobielus
So damn glad I make a point of aweekstweeting. Makes far
easier to search for my own past tweets with links to important reading
materials
Sitting here stewing on the topics for next week's #IBM quick-hits. I've
blocked them out by day. Now the hard part: points of view
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Lorelai by Fleet Foxes
from Helplessness Blues JK--My personal fave from this gorgeous LP. The Foxes
warm your soul
"Comparing enterprise data anonymization
techniques" (http://bit.ly/QLAhu5 ) JK--Good discuss. I'd been fuzzy on
this privacy-relevant topic
Thinking of adding another data scientist myth to the
list. Myth ##11: "Data scientists are sexy beasts." Cue the Austin
Powers theme.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp If It's Monday Morning
by Lee Hazelwood from The LHI Years JK--Lee didn't specify what he planned to
get "stoned" on
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Apocalypse Troll by
Eternal Tapestry from A World Out of Time JK--Um...Seals &
Crofts?..."Summer Breeze"?
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Faded Heart by School
Of Seven Bells from Put Your Sad Down JK--New. Their rich layered sound just
carries you higher
"Dual-identity smartphones could separate work from
play" (http://bit.ly/TsSmfo ) JK--Essential for the BYOD world.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp I'm Not Talking by
A.C. Newman from Shut Down The Streets JK--Warm & soulful song. I'm
definitely buying this LP.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Wayne County Roads by
Tyvek from On Triple Beams JK--Reminds me. Must write song about crossroads of
5 Mile & Levan
"10 Cities Raise IQs In #IBM Chall" (http://bit.ly/V0ah9B )
JK--Boston Chicago Durham Edmonton Louisville Malaga Philly Pittsbgh StL
Syracuse
Submitted the first o my monthly posts 2
ITKnowledgeExchange (http://bit.ly/mIjEJ ): "Governance is Missing Piece of
the #BigData Puzzle"
"#IBM Goes Big on #BigData at IOD" (http://bit.ly/So7lGB )
JK--Stephen Swoyer wrap-up a month after the event.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Roadrunner by The
Modern Lovers JK--Fun fact: JRichman speedometer has 3 settings: "fast,"
"faster" & "too fast" MPH
"Researchers mine 2.5M news articles to prove what we
already know" (http://bit.ly/Vb8dS1 ) JK--Showcase for NLP & machine
learning.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Manhattan
I'm sure my taxes will go up after so-called "fiscal
cliff" resolved. And it doesNt bother me. It WOULD bother me if US
"The smartphone is 20 years old, believe it or
not" (http://bit.ly/U9x7gq ) JK--And #IBM pioneered it, believe
it or not.
"Why IT should B thinking about #BigData workflows" (http://tek.io/U9wDqw )
JK--Points to 3 key wkflws: 1) collecting, 2) prepping, 3) mining
"#BigData + Semantic Web: Love
At First Terabyte?' (http://bit.ly/U9w2Fl ) JK--This article says precisely
nothing.
27 Nov
"Microsoft's New Data Center
The so-called British "stiff upper lip." Ancient
Botox eugenics experiment gone horribly wrong?
Saw "Moonrise
Kingdom
The sky is clear now. It will be for months. The sky is
clearly in view now. The leaves have all gone under. The branches are blessedly
bare
"Will Big Data Make Yr IT Organization
Antifragile?" (http://onforb.es/TfZ6JG ) JK--You mean adaptive? Maybe, via
pervasive next best action
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp It's My Life by Talk
Talk from Natural History: The Very Best of JK--Group had a Roxy Music-like
electro-vibe
"Scientists See Promise in Deep-Learning
Programs" (http://nyti.ms/TfYtjj ) JK--What's new here? Just a renaming
of neural networks?
Have any veterinarians been surveyed? I'd like to know the
true incidence of curiosity killing cats. I suspect that's rumor spread by mice
"The NoSQL Landscape in Diagrams" (http://bit.ly/TfWqvD )
JK--None of these diagrams has any clear underlying logic. Just buckets full of
DBs
"Will Data Science Become the New Bottleneck?" (http://onforb.es/TfW748 )
JK--Democratize data science out to all business analysts.
If speak Powers of ten, gigabyte becomes P9B, terabyte
P12B, petabyte becomes P15B, and so on. Far more concise & transparent than
prefixes
"Peta, Exa, Yotta & Beyond: #BigData Reaches Cosmic
Proportions" (http://bit.ly/TfUuTU ) JK--Let's cut this crap & simply
note Powers of Ten
"#BigData For CERN Requires a
Big Network" (http://bit.ly/TfU4Nt ) JK--When they gonna log every Higgs
Boson in the known universe?
"Sexy and Social Data Scientists" (http://onforb.es/TfTuzp )
JK--"U can run company succesfully as data science experimnt if U ask
questions"
Predictive models are not crystal balls, for sure, nor are
they crystal meth. Responsible data scientists ain't smokin' nuthin'
26
NovAll 3 of the #bigdata Vs are but
manifestations of the master cosmic dimension that I like to call the "Big
H": humongosity.
"Limitations of Historical Analysis" (http://bit.ly/TfR7wr )
JK--Data scientists often build predictive models from (obsolete) past patterns
26 Nov
"Obama's '#BigData'
Victory" (http://on.wsj.com/TfQt1L ) JK--Focused on multivariate modeling
of voter "persuadability." That + Romney gaffes
"#BigData "Eurekas!"
Don't Just Happen" (http://bit.ly/TfOYAE ) JK--Patterns serendipitous. Foster
"culture of discovery" w/continuous trials
http://lnkd.in/9kSZnQ "Prescriptive"
analytics? I find the term a bit too vague to be useful. It's akin to
"actionable" in the lexicon of...
Cyber Monday. Should we all talk like robots in 1950s
sci-fi flicks? If so, I sez "We must eliminate human error" &
"That does not compute"
It's "big" data, not "bug" data. Wait.
Data on software bugs can build 2 monstrous proportions, so that'd be big bug
data. I stand corrected
"#Bigdata : How the revolution
may play out" (http://ht.ly/fzXbT ) JK--Actually, all those futures have
been playing out in past 2 years
Saw "Somewhere in Time" (1980) on Netflix stream
last night. Interesting 2 C Mackinac Isl with cars & pretty people, and
without horseshit
"Early Promotions Drive Record Online Sales for Thanksgiving,
Reports #IBM" (http://ibm.co/WrK19l )
JK--IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark
RT @lauradidio IBM keeps challenging
ORCL ad claims o Exadata superiority, NAD keeps ruling in IBM favor. Wonder if
anyone won $10M frm ORCL
RT @CNN: Mexico wants to officially change name (http://on.cnn.com/QfADaQ )
JK--From "Estados Unidos de Mexico" to simply "Mexico
"OMG, they’re reading my email: how the media
inflames privacy panic" (http://bit.ly/WrJ4Op ) JK--You bet. Media sensationalizes
constantly
"Does internet o things need its own internet?"
(http://bit.ly/WrIErj )
JK--Depends on how define "its own internet." Needs optiml M2M fabric
I'll believe data science is "sexy" when Vanity
Fair features fashionably dressed data scientists in preening poses in fold-out
cover spread
"Tech built into mannequins help stores track
customers" (http://bit.ly/Rb9as0 ) JK--Need moving eyes like paintings in
Abbott+Costello films
"'#Bigdata' concept
grown well beyond diminutive beginnings" (http://bit.ly/WrGMib ) JK--Huh? What
"diminutive beginnings"? Piece doesnt say
"Apache #Hadoop spurs hopes but
creates hardships for analytics users" (http://bit.ly/WrGDvf ) JK--Good overview
of maturity of this space
"#Datawarehousing arch takes logical
turn in #bigdata era" (http://bit.ly/WrGzLY )
JK--Best to think of traditional DW as data governance hub
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp I Put a Spell on You
by Screamin' Jay Hawkins from Voodoo Jive: The Best of JK--Great song.
Looney-bin infatuation
Caught "Louie" season 1 episode 1 on Netflix
streaming tonight. Sat there awkwardly chuckling at all th tawdry humiliation.
What he intended
RT @Fun_Facts_: The anus
has more nerve endings than any other part of the body. JK--God has a sense of
humor, apparently.
Nate Silver. His predictive prowess didn't help either of
the candidates to tune their strategies proactively. Not applied data science.
Surprised that retailers haven't branded every day btwn
now & Xmas with own special name a la "Black Friday." An
avaricious advent calendar
Pollsters tell us Americans' opinion of Congress at
all-time low. So what? Americans polled earlier this month returned most o them
2 office
CBS Sunday Morning showing video o wild turkeys. So glad
theyre not cute birds. Can gobble them without feeling like dining on family
friend
Remains o Richard III almost certainly discovered in Britain
People don't realize how long USA USA
Must call out Tommy Lee Jones' exceptional performance as
Thaddeus Stevens in "Lincoln
Saw & enjoyed "Lincoln
Me & Jason saw "Argo." Excellent nail-biting
suspense.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Waitin' for a Superman
by The Flaming Lips from The Soft Bulletin JK--Feebleness o Wayne Coyne voice =
vulnerability
Good morning of nuclear-powered leaf gathering &
disposal in Kobielus yard. Put my entire nuclear family--self, wife, grown
kids--to work
Wonderful irony of late election season is, upon final
count, Romney ends up with his despised 47 percent.
Nice to see them demolishing Springfield Mall in time for
the holidays. Will enjoy seeing anchor stores on a featureless plain.
WashPost article about homeless rooster named Russell
Crowe. Nobody wants him because he keeps pecking paparazzi eyes out.
Charlotte Gainsbourg "Time of the Assassins" (http://youtu.be/-RSRmQ6WiUU )
JK--2009. Serge's daughter did excellent collab with US
Paul Simon "Getting Ready For Christmas Day" (http://youtu.be/bwy6hJULgm0 )
JK--2011. Astonishing interpolation of 1940s preacher recording
RIP Larry Hagman. Showed superhuman restraint in his platonic
master-genie relationship with Barbara Eden's Jeannie, who granted every wish
"End user"? Where are the "intermediate
user" and "source user"? Is there a daisy-chain of users? Or the
"end user" the be-all & end-all?
Eva Cassidy "Over the Rainbow" (http://youtu.be/f5EesOU5oc0 )
JK--If this doesn't make you cry, ask the Tin Man to borrow his heart.
Pere Ubu "Over My Head" (http://youtu.be/-4vyCsdnCoQ )
JK--"Its pretty cute th way she tucks me in @ dawn/how I pray I nevr
should sin again"
Fleetwood Mac "Over My Head" (http://youtu.be/c_fdX9-MmPI )
JK--I had a secret crush on Christine McVie for her deep breathy feminine
voice.
Fleetwood Mac "Hypnotized" (http://youtu.be/0Zws6TWqL14 )
JK--1973. Got some FM airplay. Excellent Bob Welch number from "Mystery to
Me."
Fleetwood Mac "Bare Trees" (http://youtu.be/H2GI0PhRjD8 )
JK--I need me one of those deep English fogs to grace my almost bare trees.
Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan "God Rest Ye
Merry Gentlemen" (http://youtu.be/W7B0g_TyPYE ) JK--An all-Canadian
tour de force on this
"The Beatles 1967 Christmas Record" (http://youtu.be/U0p7Wfm5KbI )
JK--Apple Records should have released all their Xmas greetings as an LP
Beach Boys "The Man with All theToys" (http://youtu.be/-_vY9S_LCTk )
JK--1964. Think that's Dennis with the cool background "hup" shout
RT @IBMSPSS: #IBM named Leader in #Forrester Wave: Cust#Analytics Solutions Q4 2012 http://bit.ly/TwyTdm #ibmanalytics #ibmspss#ibmcognos
TweetDeck performs better on the MacBook Pro than on any
other platform.
I'm simply enjoying the calm at home. Sun streaming through
the living room windows. Absolutely no desire to go to stores, except Trader
Joe
Sky today is blue not black.
The older I get, the more I regard my dreams as a type of
DVD rental. I wake up. "Ah, that was dumb. I wouldn't recommend
that."
Egidia's brewing the ginger tea. It's become a staple of
our cold-weather-season evenings at home. It's quite relaxing to sip &
savor slowly
Fundamental stupidity of calling tomorrow "Black
Friday" is implication we should give crap when/whethr retailers go
"into the black" 4 year
Father John Misty "Only Son of the Ladiesman" (http://youtu.be/fP1yWejdqfU )
JK--2012. Seattle-based. Josh Tillman's breakthru "Fear Fun" LP
One of my favorite memories of this year was Egidia &
my Pacific Northwest vacation in July. Just
us. No fixed plans. Fresh air & water
Damien Jurado "Museum of Flight" (http://youtu.be/naQi1gJkU20 )
JK--2012. Seattle-based, from wonderful "Maraqopa" LP (http://bit.ly/wvlZs )
Haircut 100 "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"
(http://youtu.be/dp07eH7ZINg ) JK--The jittery
guitar groove & punchy brass make swing!
Unit 4 Plus 2 "Concrete & Clay" (http://youtu.be/ougF5Q78tyo )
JK--1965. Suddenly I realized who these guys remind me of. Haircut 100.
The Cyrkle "Red Rubber Ball" (http://youtu.be/a9aHrgtf2zY )
JK--1966. Their big US
The Seekers "Red Rubber Ball" (http://youtu.be/dLnWtTbNLDE )
JK--1967. Paul Simon co-wrote it w/Seekers' Bruce Woodley. Great folkish
version
Simon & Garfunkel "Red Rubber Ball" (http://youtu.be/Cy0ja70jz8E )
JK--Their live version of the Paul Simon song that The Cyrkle made a hit
"How to Spot a Communist" (http://youtu.be/SkYl_AH-qyk )
JK--Chilling instructional film from late 1940s that spits in face of 1st
Amendment
Obnoxious Folger's Coffee commercial from early 60s that
says it's OK for hubby to be domineering jerkface (http://youtu.be/vRYfouuHPvs )
Despicable public service announcemt from 1950s treating
homosexuality as mental illness & gays as pedophiles (http://youtu.be/v3S24ofEQj4 )
Cracker Jack commercial from early 60s with Jack Gilford (http://youtu.be/mwq_x9QsLzg )
JK--This is a very primal TV memory from my tot-hood
"Abbott & Costello: "Two Tens for a
Five" (http://youtu.be/f7pMYHn-1yA ) JK--Abbott's
bargaining skills were exquisite.
RT @nationalpost: China
From elliptical, saw good bud Ishmael at club. He asked
"Why R U & yr wife punishing yrselves?" I said not punishing.
Prepping for feasting.
RT @rkeuper "Der Mensch lebt
nicht vom Hirn allein. Wie der Geist in den Körper kommt" von P. Spät
JK--I was thinking the exact same thing
If Broadwell is Petraeus' "mistress," is he her
"mister"? How does this work when both parties to the tryst are
married?
Egidia, calling her sister in the Netherlands Turkey Turkey
LinkedIn is more of job listing, resume posting, &
plug central community than discussion forum. Like having tech chats at noisy
trade show
I give thanks for pleasant fall weather forecast over
4-day weekend here in DC area. I've experienced blessedly few inclement
Thanksgivings
Washington Post carrier is lazy, tired, or forgetful this
morning. Delivered the thick wad of advertising circulars, but no newspaper.
RT @Ruth_A_Buzzi Let's never forget our
American Indian tribes who gave us their very own Native American T-giving
prayer "Thanks 4 nothing"
Wife & I will work out at the club this morning,
before we go to the bro's house for T-giving dinner. Revving up our metabolisms
2 digest
RT @coconutlime:
Grandma in Russia
Picked up Jason at Nat'l Airport last night. Not exactly
sure why cops felt need 2 introduce traffic chokepoint in arrivals on this busy
eve
"Do you consider yourself a fiction or non-fiction
person?" "Non-fiction. I really exist."
RT @TheOnion: Calm Sense
Of Impending Violence Returns To Middle East
As Ceasefire Brokered http://onion.com/T52rvF
The Great Turkey is ascending from the turkey farm as we
speak, shedding his droppings on all the good little gobblers & goblins
down below
Hung with my brother for a few hours tonight, watching TV.
Reminded me how little TV I watch now. We watched "Big Bang Theory."
It's OK.
Red Skelton "I Dood It." Directed by Vicente
Minelli? Clearly, his finest achievement. Red's. Plenty of beautiful actresses
& good music
"Real-World Data Science" (http://bit.ly/10eIE2n )
JK--Wal-Mart graphs “social genome” of products, people, locations, events
& interests
"#IBM's BlueGene/Q
dominates emerging ranking of supercomputers" (http://bit.ly/10eCf7m )
JK--Uses Linpack benchmark (http://bit.ly/10eCnE4 )
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Step Aside by
Sleater-Kinney from One Beat JK--Corin Tucker's voice was their 3rd guitar. She
ripped!
Got a "live the life" marketing pitch from a
luxury hotel.What I don't want 2 C is a "die the death" pitch from a
luxury hospice. Wrong spin
Dean Martin roasts Don Rickles (http://youtu.be/S7ZAM3c9Ymk )
and SLAYS!
What explains Arlo Guthrie's southern twang? He grew up
in.....Brooklyn . Apart from not being Jewish,
why doesn't he speak like Mel Brooks?
Arlo Guthrie "Alice
Human memory grid is deeply embedded in childhood. That's
why elderly people with dementia still hold onto & dwell within earliest
years.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Good Morning by The
Beatles from Sgt Pepper JK--As in "Norwegian Wood," John essentially
admits cheating on Cynt
Enjoyed #kexp @loserboy little memory-lane
reminiscence about Arby vomit & e-coli poisoning. Glad I'd already eaten
lunch. Must keep it down
One key strke against "intelligent design" is
that it's most often advocated by unintelligent people.
"A data scientist's solution to healthcare" (http://bit.ly/WxJozD )
JK--Solution? This is just grab-bag of stuff w/no clear organizing focus
"Data Science Dictionary" (http://bit.ly/WxIYJN )
JK--If you have working knowledge of at least 90% of these, you're a certified
data geek.
"Investors Are Getting 'Psyched' About #BigData" (http://bit.ly/WxIseH )
JK--Please don't bubble-fy this space, talking heads!
"Revising an Outdated Biz Model? Try Predictive
Analytics" (http://bit.ly/WxI0x0 ) JK--Yes. Business is place bets &
know if odd in yr favor
"Data modeling styles" (http://bit.ly/WxHnDP )
JK--Nice summary of the chief approaches that underpin most DW, OLAP, & BI
analytic databases
"#BigData: Facebook's
next big idea" (http://zd.net/Nml0Yd ) JK--They're still working on
monetizing the "likes." If can nail that, they rule
"#BigData Debate: End Near For
Data Warehousing?" (http://bit.ly/WxFA1o ) JK--Hardly. Where'll you put your
structured system-of-record data?
"Analytics at Google: Great Example of Data-Driven
Decision-Making" (http://bit.ly/WxF9Eh ) JK--Nice discuss of social sci &
data sci collabs
"Meet The Elusive Data Scientist" (http://bit.ly/WxEH9g )
JK--Huh? Not elusive. Just highly specialized skills & arcane/complex
discipline
Small data predominates. How many people who saying
they're doing#BigData are greatly
overstating their scale? Why? Cluster envy?
"#IBM software predicts
traffic jams, stops them" (http://bit.ly/WxBshV ) JK--IBM Decision Support Sys Optimizer
uses real-time traffic data
Hey @loserboy , #KEXP needs to do a "Turkey
Doonesbury's strip yesterday on Nate Silver made me laugh.
"The post-election math-and-science victory lap" (http://bit.ly/10mtLKC )
If data's the new oil, are advanced data analytics the new
fracking?
"Vineyards Raise a Glass 2 #BigData" (http://bit.ly/UuPgUb )
JK--Vintage quality sensitive 2 zillions o variables, quantitative &
qualitative
"Social Analytics and the Movies" (http://bit.ly/Wxw6TT )
JK--Industry bets megabucks on mercurial, unpredictable, social-driven
sentiment
There won't be any aweekstweets this weekend. I give that
stuff a rest while I'm giving myself a rest.
This shortened workweek's #IBM Koby quick-hits: http://linkd.in/Wxrxci http://linkd.in/WxrzRj http://linkd.in/WxrBJ7
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Red Hill
Mining Town
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Running to Stand Still
by Elbow from War Child - Heroes: The Ultimate Covers Album JK--Very nice moody
U2 cover.
Smart #bigdata consolidation?
Comprehensive governance (http://bit.ly/WxqpFp ) Wednesday's #IBM quick-hit
Smart big-data consolidation? Comprehensive governance:http://lnkd.in/N2GwbR
Guy my age-ish gave me his CV at club last night. Very
technical DoD-contractor work stretching back decades. We have common
acquaintance.
We're not traveling over holiday but our son's coming. His
FB keeps us well informed on his LA existence. But no substitute 4 the real
Jason
Fresh fighting in the Middle East ?
That doesn't happen every day.
Turbulent business climate. What'll become of cherished
Twinkie defense? The legal profession considers its options in this brave new
world
The French now producing English language programs set in France
Dissolved nanoparticles as catalysts to produce steam from
sunlight in cool water. Sounds like a truly disruptive invention. Purity &
energy
My girl sat me down to watch the pilot episode of
"Breaking Bad" last night. Enjoyed it. BTW, hope she uses her
chemistry degree wisely.
Enough with the color-coded maps of US states. Just put
halos & horns on the states you agree with vs despise--and be done with it.
Geez!
RT @Slate: Mars Rover
found something BIG but NASA wont tell us what it is (http://slate.me/UdrOi7 )
JK--It's not that damn monolith, is it?
"The Cube - #IBM Information on Demand
- James Kobielus" (http://youtu.be/FDVsYUWai8w ) JK--Interviewed by @Wikibon at #ibmiod in Vegas.
"YARN: Answer To Hadoop's Shortcomings?" (http://bit.ly/XxO6Pi )
JK--Is next-gen #Hadoop just a big ball of
this? Discuss amongst.
"Why #bigdata could sink Europe ’s ‘right 2 B forgotten’" (http://bit.ly/XxNyJl )
JK--And let's forget that Napoleon existed, while we're @ it
Drafted my next week's #IBM quick-hits: Small
data. Keep it cheap, compact, consolidated, consumable, and controlled. Whew!
Lenny Kravitz as Marvin Gaye in biopic? Doesn't look like
him. Can't sing anywhere as well as him. What happened? Jack Black unavailable?
Muppeteer Kevin Clash resigns following relationship
controversy. I'll never think about "Tickle Me Elmo" in the same way
again.
"Has #BigData led 2 Big Brother
society?" (http://smrt.io/Wi53qT ) JK--FBI email eavesdropping in
Petraeus case. Dumb to document own affair
"Big Brother." Orwell's obvious inspiration was
Stalin. Somehow, he doesn't strike me as particularly brotherly. The 'stache,
for starters
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Little Talks by Of
Monsters and Men JK--Phenomenal smash hit: KEXP+over-the-air radio+TV
shows+films+commercials
I'm jamming out my #IBM quick-hits for next
week. No, I'm not working over the 4-day weekend. Theme: small data. High time.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Thirteen by Big Star
from #1 Record / Radio City JK--Second retweet of a Big Star tune this morning.
Love this!
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Big Country Blues by
Townes Van Zandt from In the Beginning JK--Excellent country-folk.
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Thank You Friends by
Big Star from Third/Sister Lovers JK--Thanksgiving song I need to add to my
playlist.
Male enlargement. Can you make me 100 feet tall, brawny
& barrel-chested, with my very own Big Blue ox? If not, I'm not interested.
Smart #bigdata consolidation?
Performance optimization (http://bit.ly/USSqXZ ) Tuesday's #IBM quick-hit
Smart big-data consolidation? Performance optimization:http://lnkd.in/6nVasD
WSJ reviews book about astonishingly fast US
In fiscal matters, if cliff's going to be norm, I say we
get sam and diane to intervene and a round of beers for everybody. Cheers!
RIP Sonny Eliot. Funniest longest-serving & most
versatile & memorable local Detroit TV personality from back in day.
"Enga-dinga-dine!"
Our arboreal yard already thoroughly carpeted w/fallen
leaves but our biggest trees still hanging colors. Waiting till lawn is
shag-rug deep
"Ronald Reagan Washingtn Nat'l Airport Boasts
Nation's Best Hotels" (http://prn.to/TcdmpF ) JK--Really? I must do staycation one o
these days
"Marketing Analytics: How To Start Without Data
Scientists" (http://bit.ly/TccKR8 ) JK--OK, but misguided to think U can
deliver without them
"Sex & alcohol make U happier than kids &
religion, study finds" (http://on-msn.com/TccjpK ) JK--Was study underwritten by Beelzebub
Inc?
Has McAfee's head gone viral? Has anti-malware pioneer's
wetware gone irredeemably mal? What's signature mindpattern we can inocul8 against?
"Wearable computers: The next generation" (http://bit.ly/Tcb0aw )
JK--Sensor-laden fingertip condoms (oops...I mean sheaths) look promising.
"If data is the new oil, don’t end up being BP"
(http://bit.ly/SJAV69 )
JK--And don't be the Gulf
Coast
RT @kexpplaylist #kexp Do Your Own Time by
A.C. Newman from Shut Down The Streets JK--On my very short list to
buy/download over holidays
"How 2 Reach Out 2 Influential Peeps Online Without
Being Jerkface" (http://bit.ly/TMtV7W ) JK--Influentials often stressed
irritable mortals
"Data Bartering Is Everywhere" (http://buswk.co/TMqEWh )
JK--It's almost literally currency.
"Predictive Modeling Mantras" (http://bit.ly/TMqfD2 )
JK--Excellent discussion o model fitness on several levels. This is hard
iterative work
"Quants still ascending" (http://bit.ly/TMpZEj )
JK--Yes. They now rule 35% of the known universe. Watch out!
"Your Knowledge is Decaying" (http://youtu.be/E5V9_EVd67Q )
JK--OK, but so is matter, sez Woody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5V9_EVd67Q …
"How is Facebook's new replacement for MapReduce (Corona
"#BigData Analytics &
Economics of Organized Violence" (http://bit.ly/TMp32x ) JK--Sounds like an
econ grad student dissertation in making
"#BigData+Smart
Thermostats Shave Pk Lds" (http://bit.ly/TMoGFl ) JK--Cloud-bsd analytics cntnuous
gather data & adjust t-stats via home WiFi
Never actually seen anybody "paying through the
nose," & don't want to. But I've heard some people put what theyve
paid for through the nose
"20 Lessons Enterprise #BigData Buffs Can Learn frm
Supercomputing" (http://bit.ly/TMnVw7 ) JK--Incl #3 Accelerating MapReduce
with GPU & CPU
"2 things that could doom the 'Internet of things'
revolution" (http://bit.ly/UAYS02 ) JK--1) Complexity/cost and 2)
protracted migrations
"Embracing Big Data Can Add Years to CMO’s Tenure"
(http://bit.ly/TMndyH )
JK--Embracing, yes. Fetishizing, no. Article focuses on key apps
"Brad Feld: Is #BigData Bullshit?" (http://bit.ly/TMmCwX )
JK--No, but let's use male bovine manure 2 power bigdata server farms in Corn Belt
"E-Scoring: What it Means for Consumers in a #BigData World" (http://bit.ly/TMmqOq )
JK--Scoring 360-degree view of consumer purchasing power
"Is 3D Visualization the Next Step For #BigData?" (http://bit.ly/TMmhdK )
JK--If you need yet another "V", here ya go.
"Facebook open sources Corona #Hadoop" (http://bit.ly/TMm9Lo )
JK--For scheduling & managing Hadoop jobs
"Twitter Flies by #Hadoop on Search Quest"
(http://bit.ly/TMlUjl )
JK--Hi-perf front-end cache w/back-end in-mem stores, persist to HDFS
"#IBM nanotech might improve
cell phones" (http://bit.ly/TMl2Lw ) JK--Graphene. Cheaper, more sensitive
wireless transceivers, within decade
"When a Single Version of the Truth is a Job Half
Done" (http://ibm.co/TMkS71 ) JK--M. Kearney #IBM #Netezza Cust Intell Appliance
"Big Noise for Telecommunications Companies" (http://ibm.co/TMkKEF )
JK--Good discuss of #bigdata analytics challenges
for comm svc providers
"#IBM Ponies Up $4 Billion
In Financing For Partner Push" (http://bit.ly/TMkzsO ) JK--We are strongly
committed to partner success.
"IBM Study: Investments in Social Techs Climb, While
Middle Mgt Struggles with Uptick" (http://ibm.co/TMkoOg ) JK--Surveyed 1,160
biz/IT pros
RT @IBMPureSystems: Get a quick recap of our #ExpertSysChat on “Is Simplifying
Your IT a Myth?” http://ibm.co/RxpHU0
Smart #bigdata consolidation? Agile
data virtualization (http://bit.ly/TMjrW3 ) Monday's #IBM quick-hit
"Exascale unlikely before 2020 due to budget
woes" (http://bit.ly/TMjdhE ) JK--US Dept of Energy. Big fed budget
deficit.
WSJ interview where panel of CEOs jaw about #bigdata, implying
that the only business issue is privacy protection. Oh brother!
WSJ article about Obama campaign edge: #bigdata &#datascientists. I
feel pop culture overkill building on these topics.
The Doors "Love Her Madly" (http://youtu.be/KVnKXE1lOC4 )
JK--Notice how he loves her face and her "walking out the door."
Caboose reference?
Art Garfunkel "Feuilles Oh Do Space Men Pass Dead
Souls on Their Way To Moon" (http://youtu.be/kQpo8h2TGco ) JK--Perfect
channeling of Bach
Simon & Garfunkel "Scarborough Fair /
Canticle" (http://youtu.be/0B3zAei00H4 ) JK--Song always
suggests winter to me.
Bobb B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans "The Bells of St.
Mary" (http://youtu.be/k1jKvgzIRYs ) JK--This one makes
me cry with seasonal joy. Not joking
Vince Guaraldi Trio "Skating" (http://youtu.be/pt8iVEAnfK8 )
JK--Someone in Pittsburgh
Snow (http://youtu.be/cl4pJwcE7JI ) JK--1963. UK
Sagittarius "My World Fell Down" (http://youtu.be/N31CUzkJZ94 )
JK--1967. Treats winter as sad. I beg to differ. But the harmony is glorious
Fleet Foxes "White Winter Hymnal" (http://youtu.be/gml-nAJGRbY )
JK--Wanna hear the Foxes perform this in a cathedral with a massive choir
Fountains of Wayne "Valley Winter Song" (http://youtu.be/xPf4Fer8IJ4 )
JK--So pretty I wish winter were already here.
RT @ashwinsanghi: Scientists Discover How the Brain
Creates Meaning http://buff.ly/XSY6BM via @bigthink JK--Outsources it to China
RT @michaelianblack: Guys, "Bitch go get me a beer"
did not go over well with my wife, and may not with yours.
Haven't had formal yoga classes in months. But the lessons
remain in my sinews. I do alone now. I can relax macro and micro muscles at
will
Can't wait to see our LA-based actor-son visit over
Thanksgiving holiday. This year his entourage eats at kiddie table. Paparazzi
keep out!
Let's take a vote. Which Xmas song are you already sick of
on the radio. I got dibs on Johnny Mathis "Sleigh Ride"
Fun fact: I'm a precious egghead. I even saved the shell
what hatched me, yes I did guv'nor!
I tense up when, online, somebody I've never met &
will probably never meet kindly asks 4 my deepest thoughts on some massively
vague topic
SNL rerun on mute at club. My lipreading improving. Got it
right: host intro'd One Direction. Helps that I was already focused on Sofia
Ever notice that Maine
looks like Europe-facing moose trophy mounted on New
England 's wall? New York
Hey Microsoft, TV ads for Surface that feature
breakdancers to tout hipness just seem pathetically stuck in aging 1980s
trendoid territory.
Sofia Vergara. Amazingly poised balancing act: righteously
hot Latina
Caspar Weinberger above-knees photo in WashPost. I
remember seeing former DoD secy in passing at Wash Natl Airport
Sunday book reviews. Realizing I know far more than
necessary about Jacks Kerouac and Kennedy. Can biographers give these dead guys
a rest?
"16 Shoddy Early Demos of Classic Songs" (http://bit.ly/QPUpuy )
JK--Don't listen 2 '68 predecessor of "Jealous Guy" if U respect John
Lennon
Adam Savage: How Simple Ideas Lead 2 Scientific
Discoveries (http://youtu.be/F8UFGu2M2gM ) JK--Great
explanation of how lightspeed calculated
