Yeah,
I liked "Full Metal Jacket," but wish Kubrick had done a live-action
"Beetle Bailey" instead. "Popeye" did wonders for Altman's
career
Reader
letter to WashPost uses phrase "a family newspaper." What's the
alternative? Private newspaper U conceal from loved ones as if porn?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Bohemio by Peliroja
from Injusticia JK--2014. Great macho singing voice. TomJones-ish
"Pretend"
news sources are the funniest these days: Daily Show, The Onion, Fox. Amusing
how many people fooled into thinking they're legit
Geez.
Events have overtaken my ability to bang out a coherent quick-hit today.
Perhaps the next hour will bring clarity & closure.
"Researchers
hope deep learning algorithms can run on FPGAs and supercomputers" (http://ow.ly/AmXVG )
JK--"Hope"? Who doubts feasibility?
This
wk #IBMDataMag
qhs: http://ow.ly/Amw0h
http://ow.ly/Amw1j
http://ow.ly/Amw2v
http://ow.ly/Amw3L
http://ow.ly/Amw4Y
Big
Science? Staggering resource reqs of computational megascience p1: http://ow.ly/AmuDS
p2: http://ow.ly/AmuFA
Fri #IBMDataMag
qh
Join
#IBM for #Transactions
Twitterchat: “How important are transactions in a big data world?” Wed Aug 20
11am-12noon ET
The
scene from "Mrs. Doubtfire" that my kids & I dug the most: Robin
Williams' "James Brontosaurus" rap (http://ow.ly/AlsSt )
Cool.
Just heard there'll be a "Doc Martin" series 7 in 2015. I'll binge
that as avidly as th first 6 series. As soon as it airs in the USA
How
do u prevent a cyber attack? Find the black swan. #ibm #bigdata #StreamingAnalytics
#security http://ow.ly/AkSt6
Even
more annoying than the post-encounter satisfaction survey is the email a week
later nagging you about not responding to the first email
Need
terminology flip: high-time we startd calling soldiers "government
employees" & workers at civilian agencies as "serving their
country"
"The
Quantified Self On Steroids" (http://ow.ly/AkLnP )
JK--"Walking the line between self-discovery and [techno-narcissism]"
"Active
In-Db Processing 4 Ambient Assisted Living Sys" (http://ow.ly/AkKz3 )
JK--IoT smart-home architectr for the ill/disabled/elderly
"Any
Way to Avoid Standards Wars in the Emerging Internet of Things?" (http://ow.ly/AkJti )
JK--Good discussion of IoT standards efforts
"What
is Big Structure?" (http://ow.ly/AkIQD ) JK--Very cool:
"Nexus o SemWeb, knwldg bases, AI...key component making sense of #BigData"
Now
that Steve Ballmer has officially acquired the LA Clippers, expect to see him
do the Monkey Dance at every game (http://ow.ly/AkFKM )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Anonanimal by Andrew
Bird from Noble Beast JK--2009. "I know this one, I know this song, I love
this song."
"DARPA
contemplates vast ocean network" (http://ow.ly/Aknqc )
JK--Essentially, a stealthy survivable maritime Internet of military things
Continuity
of work habits. Always my anchor, no matter how much the work itself may shift.
New habits take root in, then ease out, the old
"Healthcare
#BigData : Blessing
& Curse" (http://ow.ly/AklU1 ) JK--"Interpreting
govt-released HC data correctly....massive challenge"
"Stop
Writing Dystopian Sci-Fi—It’s Making Us All Fear Tech" (http://ow.ly/Akb0U )
JK--Amen! And stop turning it into entertaining movies
Healthcare
analytics? Wearable cognition-assist analytics as the new prosthetics (http://ow.ly/Ak8bP
) Thursday #IBMDataMag
quick-hit
On
some workdays, I'm not entirely into talking about tech. Talking is all
outward. But always into writing about it. Writing's all inward
New
#IBM jk blogpost:
"Using real-time analytics to identify who's scooping whom in online
journalism" (http://ow.ly/Ak65P )
Nice
to have trove o my own presos on disk. When someone wants me to give them
perspective ASAP, I often toss one over transom. Saves breath
Keeping
things in perspective. Cardinal perspective is relativity: perspectives vary
from person 2 person, & shift for each person over time
The
Singularity approacheth, at which point all peaks o inflated expectations
converge & be utterly annihil8d by all troughs o disillusionmt
RT
@TheSocialPitt: Top 10 #bigdata #analytics #podcasts of 2014: #hadoop, @graemeknows @jameskobielus http://ibm.co/1sHyCn6
via @IBMbigdata
Yet
another article that refers to PPACA inaccurately as "ObamaCare." By
the same logic, social security should be called "RooseveltBucks."
It's
been a cooler-than-average summer in the DC area. So I guess that means global
warming's being reversed. Gore: call off the alert!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Keep on the Sunny
Side by Johnny & June C. Cash from The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me
JK--1974. Resounding joy!
New
post on @SmarterPlanet
Embracing Change to Re-imagine the #Workforce by @MeghanMBiro #HR http://ow.ly/AhRP8
"Data
Science & Computational Public Policy at University of Chicago
"GGL
tackls futur threat o 'homoglyph' spam w/tightr filters" (http://ow.ly/AhLhy )
JK--Non-Latin chars substitut 4 lookalike Latin chars
Read
Harriet Fryman’s blog, Seize Your Big Data Moment, http://ibm.co/Vjnz8G
and join us at IBM Insight 2014 #ibminsight
Finished
next week's quick-hits early. Now moving onto th following week's. Building a
deep ideation pipeline pushing further into th future
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp If Not For You by
George Harrison from All Things Must Pass JK--1970. Great one. Way better than
Dylan's original.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Be-in by The Dandy
Warhols from The Dandy Warhols Come Down JK--1997. Hypnotic electronic chant
with mantra "am I?"
Hey
PR flack whose email I just deleted vehemently, dont even think o exploiting
Robin Williams or any other celebrity death 2 sell anything
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Alison by Elvis
Costello from My Aim is True JK--1977. I remember Linda Ronstadt covered this
almost immediately.
"
#BigData's biggest
impact is not on Silicon Valley " (http://ow.ly/Ah6Wh )
JK--McKinsey & Gartner numbers/graphs on industry adoption
Data-scientist
skillsets? Articul8ng advs of analytics over intuition p1 http://ow.ly/Ah6op
p2 http://ow.ly/Ah6qu
Wed #IBMDataMag
qh
RIP
Lauren Bacall. She of the sultry eyes, husky voice, and commanding screen presence.
"Internet
Of Things = Internet Of Gateways" (http://ow.ly/AfOkA )
JK--Sort of a router overlay net on top of today's IP router internet
Sorry
to inform you that robots will in fact steal your job. But don't worry: they
won't eat your lunch. Unless you're on a high-iron diet.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Hurricane by MS MR
from Secondhand Rapture JK--2013. Delicious sense of impending doom in this
vibe. I have this LP.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Marquee Moon by
Television from Marquee Moon JK--1977. Classic group/album that was fairly
obscure in its day.
Aerosmith
"Dude (Looks Like A Lady)" (http://ow.ly/Afqt5 ) JK--Good
night, Mrs. Doubtfire. You cleaned up real good.
"Ontologies
versus Data Models" (http://ow.ly/Af0Lp ) JK--Good primer by
Malcolm Chisholm.
"Internet
Of Things: Batteries Not Required" (http://ow.ly/AezRn )
JK--Devices harvest energy from ambient wi-fi signals.
"The
rise of machines that learn" (http://ow.ly/AexUf )
JK--Eric Knorr cites one of my articles (http://ow.ly/AexYA )
Big
Science? The open-sourcing of scientific inquiry throughout the world (http://ow.ly/AewZl )
Tuesday #IBMDataMag
quick-hit
"
#IBM Chief Data Officer
Strategy Summit" (http://ow.ly/Aeu40 ) JK--Sept 23–24, 2014 Boston . Register: http://ow.ly/AeuaS
"Your
mother knows how to push your buttons because she installed them." --Robin
Williams
"Up
th Ante on Business Intelligence" (http://ow.ly/AetIS )
JK--Discover IBM Business Intelligence Pattern w/BLU Acceleration #IBMDataMag
"Meet
Biz Objectives w/Mainframe-Based Analytics" (http://ow.ly/Aetkz )
JK--Download #IBM
whitepaper http://ow.ly/AetqU #IBMDataMag
"The
Untapped Opportunity of Streaming Analytics" (http://ow.ly/Aet7g )
JK--Kimberly Madia discusses #IBM
InfoSphere Streams #IBMDataMag
"The
Context Conundrum" (http://ow.ly/AesXX ) JK--W. H. Inmon on the
challenge of contextualizing "nonrepetitive" data #IBMDataMag
"Cloud
Analytics: Derive Insight Without On-Premises Infrastructure" (http://ow.ly/AesKJ )
JK--Ahmed Fattah 1st of 4 articles #IBMDataMag
Robin
Williams owed his career to th fact that "Happy Days" had jumped the
shark. A space alien in a mostly realistic nostalgia-themed show?
Shooting
in Missouri
& aftermath. Most news outlets' angle: unarmed black teenager shot by cop.
Fox News angle: restore law & order.
I'm
easily amused. I sit & listen to people 5, 10, 20 years my junior complain
about aging. Complain about a real problem, please.
RT
@WSJ: From Sesame Street to Steve Martin,
friends and fans remember Robin Williams: http://on.wsj.com/1vzLMbo
pic.twitter.com/HJOx2OAw0r
RIP
Robin Williams. Set new comedic standard for scary-fast stand-up improv.
Skilled actor equally adept at drama. His Oscar was for drama.
Closing
all your open desktop windows is the moment you realize everything you did
today at work. It's like: "I'm tired all over again."
"
#Hadoop in Enterprise
Architecture" (http://ow.ly/AcFTk ) JK--Good one. IMHO,
Hadoop losing "coolness" while gains foundational stature
Videos
and slide presentations from June's Accumulo Summit (http://ow.ly/AcEKe )
"introduction
to Apache Accumulo" (http://ow.ly/AcEdE ) JK--Good slideshow on
the
"Algorithm
Extracts Sound from Silent Vid" (http://ow.ly/AcD9e )
JK--Recovers it from vibes o supple surfaces viewd thru soundproof glass
"Deep
Learning Tutorials" (http://ow.ly/AcBVf ) JK--Interesting but
definition of "shallow learning" strawman feels petty &
condescending
"Power
& Promise o #BigData
Paring" (http://ow.ly/AcB68 ) JK--Seems to refer 2
profiling, sampling, feature selection, & outlier analysis
"NoSQL,
NewSQL, or RDBMS: How To Choose" (http://ow.ly/AcAim )
JK--Would be more useful if linked to list of products in each category
#Infographic:
Outperform your peers with 82x faster insights http://bit.ly/PowerBLU
#PowerSystems #IBMBLU #Cognos #analytics
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Stay Don't Go by
Spoon from Kill the Moonlight JK--2002. One of their coolest songs. The beat
drills deep into you.
Glad
they had no wordprocessors in biblical days. If they'd had em, we'd be
unknowingly debating th theological import of autocorrect errors
Cognitive
computng? Wrestl myriad definitions down 2 manageabl size p1: http://ow.ly/Ac0XF
p2: http://ow.ly/Ac10x
Mon #IBMDataMag
qh
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp No Bells on Sunday
by Mark Lanegan from No Bells on Sunday JK--2014. Good one. Nice slow burn on
this.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Hard To Be An Outlaw
by Willie Nelson from Band of Brothers JK--2014. Good one. Very much an Old
West cowboy vibe.
"Computr
prgrm can predct 7 out o 10 Suprem
Ct decisions" (http://ow.ly/AbGSO )
JK--Aint nuthin. I can predict 10 outa 10 Scalia opinions
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Strictly Rule by
Vetiver from Tight Knit JK--2009. You'd swear it's called "ooh you make
me." Coos that over & over
I'd
be surprised if the current conflict in Iraq
doesn't result in an independent Kurdistan .
Didn't
have the nerve to catch the Supermoon. I'm to afraid there's a Supersun lurking
over the eastern horizon.
Caught
"The Railway Man" with Colin Firth & Nicole Kidman on DVD.
Excellent true story of PTSD-wracked WW2 vet facing up to his tormentors
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Crazy Loving You by
Thra Kha Band from Groove Club Vol. 3: Cambodia Rock JK--Some serious guitar-shredding
going on
RT
@TechMash365: Ready to join #IBM? Various loc: http://bit.ly/IBMAMSjobs
BR: http://bit.ly/IBMBRjobs MI: http://bit.ly/IBMMIjobs
You
know your workouts have been effective when your muscles just have a spring and
bounce to them on days you don't work out.
Sundays
are the heart of the weekend leisure zone. Saturdays are too clogged with
chores to truly relax, much of the time.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Old Shanghai by
Beck/ Eleanor Friedberger from Song Reader JK--2014. Very nice. Sort of a
Marlene Dietrich feel.
Nothing
much in the news today. Nothing much except crises all over the world, it
seems. Funny how one tends to absorb those into the noise.
Shrugging
is the most powerful response to stressful events. Shrug it off, where
"it" is the events, the stress, and the moment. All passes.
Sanity
lies in knowing precisely how little power you truly have. And how powerful you
truly are.
