Geeky Weekly » google reader http://geekyweekly.com My life as a computer / photo / sound / video game / music / movie / gun geek Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:23:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google Reader’s Recommended Items Sucks http://geekyweekly.com/2010/google-readers-recommended-items-sucks http://geekyweekly.com/2010/google-readers-recommended-items-sucks#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:00:47 +0000 Andrew http://geekyweekly.com/?p=1318 Continue reading →]]> Whenever I read or clear out my Google Reader subscriptions I’ll browse through my Recommended Items list to see if there’s anything of interest. The problem is Google populates this list based on some unknown factors and it’s currently impossible to customize. Clicking “Not Interested” does nothing and I’m pretty sure Google knows this considering the number of support threads started about it.

I’d say the current algorithm is about 30% accurate. The funny thing is all the stuff Google is assuming about me:

  • That I like sports in general
  • That I really like baseball
  • That I like the Seattle Mariners
  • That I live in Kansas
  • That I like University of Kansas sports
  • That I live in Tulsa
  • That I’m on a paleo diet
  • That I like Apple products
  • That I participate in the martial arts
  • That I have an Xbox 360

The other problem is some items show up from sites I’m already subscribed to. I’m subscribed to xkcd, but every time a new comic is published it shows up 2 or 3 times in Recommended Items.

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  • Lies, Damned lies and Mexican Guns
  • The Horrible Irony
  • Evidence on Vouchers
    - Gasp! You mean it is possible to get a good education from a school not run by the government?
  • Woolworths Mexico: Aaaaargh!
  • Another shooting in a another gun free zone: Binghamton, NY
  • AT&T tweaks wireless terms of service to forbid video streaming, filesharing, data tethering
    - T-Mobile’s not alone in wanting to stop data tethering.
  • WSJ: Home prices "still no bargain"
  • Foreclosures rising again
  • "Prosecutors drop charge against man who had shootout with cop": Self defense against cop
    - I support law enforcement, but when one of them do something stupid like showing up at a house in the middle of the night without identifying yourself they need to be reprimanded hard. The “he shot first” lie is the equivalent of planting a gun, truly despicable.
  • Parking
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  • Imagine media coverage of ‘President McCain’
    - Larry is still going after the media and their coverage of Obama
  • Phony Mexican Gunrunning
    - Why would drug cartels go through the trouble of setting up strawman purchases of civilian semiautomatic weapons and then smuggle them into Mexico when they can buy fully automatic military grade weapons from foreign countries by the cargo container.
  • McCain’s 1st 50 days: How they’d report it
    - Larry is off the radio, but he’s still kicking.
  • U.S. builders’ new-home sales up! Really?
    - lol, ±18.3% accuracy on the month to month survey. Mainstream media coverage of the housing market just plain sucks.
  • My Financial Infrastructure
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  • Rope, Trees, Some Assembly Required
  • Consumer Reports’ Five Best Value Small Cars
  • Why Don’t Young People Care About Finances?
  • The Index Fund Wins Again
    - Index funds FTW
  • Netflix Signs South Park for Streaming Seasons 1 – 9
  • Where the dangerous home mortgages are
  • Is the Criminal Justice system racist?
  • Not Obama’s Budget
  • Bank of America CEO on housing
  • Jim Cramer Sputters On The Daily Show
    - Quote: “Even Stewart admits Cramer isn’t the real problem, which is that the purpose of 99% of the financial industry is not to make you rich. It’s too extract money from you, while you think they might make you rich.”
  • Foreclosures up in February
    - Surprise! Housing is going to get worse before it gets better.
  • Google Reader starts a conversation
    - Yes yes yes yes! Awesome. Lots of us have been wanting this and it sounds like they were listening.
  • Pub evacuated after Monty Python prop mistaken for grenade – Telegraph
    - And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, “O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.” And the Lord did grin.
  • Obama’s deficits will be four times bigger than under Bush
  • computerdesks.com: Wat!
  • Why Government shouldn’t mandate what people buy
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  • Southern California Housing Report: Median Price $250,000 down 50 Percent from Peak Reached in 2007. Prices Back to 2002 Levels. $41,000 Away from Going Back to 2000 Prices. Home Price Deflation.
  • Taxpayer Benefits in the Economic Stimulus Package
  • Police harass student after Professor complains about student’s comment against gun free zones
    - Free speech is great in college until you say something your professor doesn’t like.
  • CBO: Massive federal government deficits for the next decade
  • Comic for February 25, 2009
    - lol
  • Home Prices Need to Fall 50 Percent from Peak Nationwide for a Market Bottom: Case Shiller Data and Predicting the Ultimate Bottom. 5 Charts Showing we are far from a Bottom in Housing.
  • An amusing Comic Strip
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  • Friday the 13
  • Real Homes of Genius: Today we salute you Compton and Pasadena. Construction Quality and Location Actually Matter for the Economy.
  • Left 4 Dead PC Game Download $25
    - Cheap price if you haven’t picked this up yet.
  • Hey Obama, subsidize my rent, too!
    - “The subsidy would allow servicers to adjust the loan terms without having the mortgage’s investors take a loss, which should make them more open to the loan modification.” – So instead we the tax payer get stuck with the loss because of someone’s greedy irresponsibility.
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Highlights
  • userfriendly : 12 feb 2009 (12412)
  • State of the State: California Budget and Housing Situation. Backroom Deals, Screaming for Paulson, and Understanding Revenues.
  • userfriendly : 11 feb 2009 (12411)
  • Commentary Online
    - Despite Franklin Roosevelt’s aggressive spending, unemployment reached 25 percent in 1933, fell only to 14 percent by 1937, and was back up to 19 percent in 1939. In the end, the New Deal did little or nothing to resuscitate the economy.
  • Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan
    - “The issue is too important to be stalled by Senate protocol.”
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  • The era of greed is over, right?
  • The Problem with Bailouts and “Stimulation”
  • The End of the 6% Commission: Examining the National Association of Realtors and why Agents and Lenders are Going the way of the Travel Agent.
    - Real Estate agents could easily go the way of the travel agent if they don’t. Seriously, what do you need a fully commissioned agent for anymore. Zillow and Redfin FTW.
  • Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing Legislation
    - And the gun restriction legislation begins, this is only the beginning folks, bans will follow. The licensing system in H.R. 45 makes our already restricted rights in California look lavish. If you own a qualifying gun (any handgun or semi-auto with magazine) you pretty much have to pay the government and jump through hoops to avoid becoming a FELON.
  • $15,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit
  • Obama's Spinning on Stimulation Plan?
  • Make Homemade Vanilla Extract
    - Mmmm I love vanilla, might have to try this with rum.
  • Furniture Ad Win
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  • Czech President Vaclav Klaus Takes Al Gore to Task Over Global Warming Claims
  • The results of my search for low-priced contact lenses
  • Daschle Owed Even More Money than Previously Reported
  • Mark Steyn: Stimulated right into being another Europe | stimulus, economy, percent, bill, pelosi – Opinion – OCRegister.com
  • Pork Pork Porkety PORK!
    - NSFW – but he sums things up nicely, “Our government is insane.”
  • Government takeover of health care in "Stimulus" bill
  • Inside the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan: A Whole Lotta Economic Stimulus
  • Gmail Goes Offline with Google Gears
    - Been using Gears for Reader and WordPress so this will be a nice addition. Would come in handy on a netbook/laptop where you might not have full time internet access.
  • Senate Approves Delaying Digital TV Switch to June 12
    - The DTV transition in pseudo-C:

    while(true)
    {
    if(transitionDate – today < 1 month)
    transitionDate += 3 months;
    }

  • Species Classification according to The Killers by froman118
    - I made a lolz
  • MLS underestimates the number of foreclosures
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    ]]>     http://geekyweekly.com/2009/shared-google-reader-items-9/feed 0     Google Reader subscription list and parser http://geekyweekly.com/2009/google-reader-subscription-list-and-parser http://geekyweekly.com/2009/google-reader-subscription-list-and-parser#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:00:47 +0000 Andrew http://geekyweekly.com/?p=817 Continue reading →]]> I added a new page over on the right, My Google Reader Subscriptions. I wrote a little OPML to HTML parser that will take your OPML export from Google Reader and generate all the HTML for you if you’d like to create a similar listing. Just a real quick Javascript job, but I might expand it into something with more features in the future.

    Skim through the list of Friend Blogs, you might be missing out on someone’s site. Try running your own subscriptions through the parser and post it up. Would be cool to see what people are reading and if there’s anything others might be interested in.

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    ]]>     http://geekyweekly.com/2009/google-reader-subscription-list-and-parser/feed 1     Not Using Google Reader? You should and here’s how http://geekyweekly.com/2009/not-using-google-reader-you-should-and-heres-how http://geekyweekly.com/2009/not-using-google-reader-you-should-and-heres-how#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:00:08 +0000 Andrew http://geekyweekly.com/?p=814 Continue reading →]]> Google posted up a video guide that goes through how to use Google Reader. I posted about using Google Reader to keep up on your friends’ blogs back in 2007, but a lot of people have joined our little blogging circle since then. If you aren’t using a feed reader and still click through to everyone’s site then give Google Reader a try.

    I’m also experimenting with Facebook imports, so if you are seeing this on Facebook, come visit our blogs if you have never been before. My siblings have to fly under the radar at http://theblarg.com and http://myrighteousindignation.com/.

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