Wed 21 Oct

What's happening around the centre of the data? A lot of math. God, so much math. My head. The math.

Oh what an adorable film. What a ridiculous and adorable film, all the freaking out over what your future is going to be and what you're going to do and if that boy likes you or not and how building y...

We are all pretty average, y'know. Or we get into Means, Medians, and Modes.

I learn what the different types of graphs are and how they're used. And boy, do I love graphs.

"We set out to change the world... We just ended up changing ourselves." "What's wrong with that?" "Nothing. If you don't look at the world." I first saw this in a preview screening for journalists, m...

I learn what you need to make good descriptive statistics, and then put my film watching data in a bunch of frequency tables.

Where I go through all the details that make up statistics, with plenty of film-related examples.

I think I was maybe 7 when I first saw this. Or 6. It was on cable and a guy my mother knew (maybe my sitter's brother? Husband? Friend from high school? I honestly don't remember) decided this was to...

Where I decide to start learning statistics, which could be dangerous in the long run...do you really want detailed analysis of my sticker collection?

Where I realise I can just put Python on my Mac, re-run a lot of regression details with my film data, and finish Data Science.

It's not my favourite, it's all a bit mawkish and the soundtrack does NOT remotely help, but it's comforting and nice and has the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is always nice to see. I tell you what, t...

I never realised how much hand-held camera work is in this. Admittedly, I don't think I've actually watched it since it was first in theatres, but, I was actually pretty surprised by how much it took ...

Regression isn't getting all Altered States. It's predicting things. With maths. No hallucinogens required.

Okay, look. When you're turning an ancient Mac Mini into your media server and you need to test it out while you're waiting for files to transfer over, you're gonna watch Dune. You're always gonna wat...

Indulge in the rich, creamy flavor of our Werther's Original Soft Pumpkin Spice Caramels! Made with real pumpkin and a blend of warm spices, each bite is a deliciously irresistible treat. Perfect for ...

We correlate, we get the coefficient of correlations, we matrix up the correlations, and we know that correlation doesn't mean causation. And in other C words – COELACANTH!

I use the movie data again to understand (sorta) standard deviation, coefficient of variation, and variance. Now including movies I loved!

Where I learn the basics of descriptive statistics and what percentiles are, using my Letterboxd data.

Where I learn about linear functions and make graphs.

What a lovely little film on how pianos were made back in 1946. I'm not going to say it's absolutely riveting, but, y'know what? It's cute, and I could totally see it playing in-between films at the l...

I am entirely standing up on stage like the Giant in Twin Peaks, shaking my head and waving my hands and going "Nooooooooo". While the narration and style of this short film is absolutely delightful, ...

Aw, another lovely little Baim travelogue, focusing on all the lovely seaside towns and lovely parks of Devon. Come for the little boats and Navy men, stay for the incredibly creepy giant rideable stu...

What an adorably weird little Czech stop-motion animation, all about all of the insects and other small creatures joining together to stop a big grumpy spider. It kind of reminds me of "Hoppity Goes T...

Dang, it is so good to have big bright and colourful Araki on the screen again. So much is just colour-graded into nothingness, so much is grey and sexless, everyone is beautiful and no one is horny. ...

I take my Funko Pop and action figure data from yesterday, learn how to import it in as a CSV, clean it up, and analyse it using Python.

Where I decide to jump into data science and learn how to create a table, turn it into a CSV, clean it up, and analyse the data, all using Funko Pops, action figures, and Python.

I'm still not 100% sure about how I _feel_ about it, but goddamn, it was beautiful to look at. All soft light and matte paintings and fountains of gore. And what happens when you're a queer kid watchi...

A long post about what I've been doing this summer, including coursework, seeing bands, going places, and being tired.

A bit of "look how bleak life is" 1960s' realism with an overly dramatic narration, staged brawls, and affected disaffection to just drive the point home. No one cares, no one lives, all that exists i...

Oh yesssss, give me 1938 science... give me a focus on surface area and how you can't have a giant spider because the mass would stop it from moving... give me the theory about the giant dinosaurs hav...

It's a proper 1946 history of Britain film, focusing on the Tower of London and all the various bits of history involved. Delightfully, Valentine Dyall narrates as a ghost, and there's a lovely bit wh...

Ridiculous and terrible and yet I'd watch it for Jill Hennessy as a scientist and CCH Pounder as a street fighter. I am shallow, I am tired, I have lost my edge and my meaning, exactly like Robocop in...