The Wisdom of the Crowds & Pro Django

I just finished The Wisdom of the Crowds by James Surowiecki and thoroughly enjoyed it. The book is a discussion on how the crowd can act as a single object that happens to be smarter than any individual member within the group. Definitely a good read.

Also finished Pro Django by Marty Alchin -  - this book has been on my reading list for a while. It’s definitely some heavier material, but I still found it viable for beach reading! Alchin discusses some very interesting django techniques, specifically addressing those “i never thought you could do that with django” situations. I’ll be implementing it in my UVaHousing project, that should be released in the next couple of days.

Next: Jeff Heaton’s Introduction to Neural Networks with Java. This is definitely not beach reading.

Music you should be listening to: Justice - Cool Cats.

Also, this song has been on single-repeat on my iTunes for the past day since I heard it on Entourage: Alice Smith - Dream.

Posted by omar at 2:56 am on May 22nd, 2009.
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  • I never really dwelt upon it but you are right, "there are some chord combinations and semitones that are pleasurable to the human ear." To rephrase that, I am not omniscient to the extent to know if you are actually "right," but I wholeheartedly agree with you. Classical might sound divine to one person, and hellish to another, so its also a matter of perception. But it would be an interesting question whether there is a universal harmony that appeals to all. Obviously if you strike the balance, you hit a gold mine. I'm far from an expert of music, but I can tell you for sure that I experienced an awakening this summer when I attended a Wax Poetic concert, which started off as a jazz concert, digressed into an electro one, and ended up drifting into lounge. Case in point is that music is art and art is extremely malleable, but yea, I definitely think that you're up to something with the predictability of the success of a certain song. I'll ponder upon it, but I leave the actual conceptualization to you, DJ Omarish:)
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