A not-so-original idea

I want someone to make a website for me. The problem is, that this is a lot more than a website... let me explain.

I love criticker. The premise isn't too hard to grasp. Basically, you go in, they list a bunch of movies, and you rate them all on (at most) a 1-100 scale. I say at most because the algorithm they use is pretty ingenius. Basically, it then takes all your ratings and weights them based on their percentile in your entire collection of rated movies. So, if you felt like being a big doushebag, you could rate them all 1-10, the system would adjust accordingly over time (At least i think so...). But I digress.

Criticker then takes all of your comparisions, and puts it up against the rest of the user database. Through some intense comparision stuff (which I'm thinking is roughly the math equvilant to shining two scantrons up against a light to check for differences) you are then matched with both other users who have the same taste as you and movies that said users like, the theory being that you would in turn dig them.

It's also a fun to see how much your tastes differ with your girlfriend's taste. Seriously, I'm terrible to go to Blockbuster with. But again I digress.



I want a music site that does this same thing. Before you all start linking Pandora, I'm not talking the same thing. Pandora is great if I want to sit down and listen to music that eventually, with a lot of thumb up/down action, I may like.

I want a website that will:
1.) Not require me (but certainly have the capability) to listen to new bands. I'm thinking more text based.
2.) Show me artists, not songs, that match my taste (Pandora falls short here, darn copyright laws).
3.) Allow me to compare my artist ratings with other users. Enter the "my girlfriend has a terrible taste in music" argument :)
4.) Do these three things really well, like criticker.



I'm thinking this equation would be something like

[Allmusic.com + criticker.com + (.5*Pandora.com)]/3



It really isn't that hard. The grunt work has already been laid out, someone just needs to put it all together.

And let me know. :)

No way.

Can't talk too much now, but just heard that Jon Tenuta will be joining the ND staff this year, with secondary coach Bill Lewis retiring. Two things:

1.) Tenuta is widely regarded as the best defensive coordinator in college right now.. This is a huge get.

2.) Hopefully this doesn't hurt recruiting.

Two is much more important than 1

That was fun while it lasted

Sorry (kinda) for the long pause during break, there was much time spent with family and friends, and that ranks slightly higher on the scale. The good news is that there is a lot to talk about now! YAY!

It was good seeing everyone from P-town again. This break seemed like just a tease for winter break though. I feel like its Christmas already, but I still have finals and papers galore. Sweet. It doesn't help that all the Bobcats are already done until January. Their finals were in mid-November. Hooooly crap.

Fam Damily is good. That's about how much everyone cares so I'll leave it at that.

Just a small teaser right now, there will be more later today on the fun stuff (see: Black(?) Friday, snow!, lights, and excessive purchases)

Fun professor word of the moment

Amalgam - A combination of diverse elements; a mixture: an amalgam of strength, reputation, and commitment to ethical principles.

Rumor is just saying it raises your IQ by two points.

Oh and also, "Morality is the will of the powerful"

!!!! deep.

I should really listen in philosophy more often...