Chris Mulligan

Now on Kickstarter: The Emoji Translation Project

Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Fred and I are thrilled to announce that the Emoji Translation Project is up on Kickstarter. We want to build google translate for emoji, but to do that we need lots of translations. Help us fund the mechanical turkage to do that, and get a sweet phrasebook.

OSX NFS serving to Arch VirtualBox guest

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

For Operating Systems we’re using Arch Linux in a VirtualBox guest. One of the issues is dealing with storing code, etc, in a robust way so that it’s easy to work with, and allows you to freely take and restore snapshots without losing work. I first tried using VirtualBox Shared Folders, but they were a real pain in the ass, and apparently don’t work well with permissios and symlinks.

The only mark of a good StackExchange question

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

How do I know a StackExchange Q&A is worth reading? It’s been closed.

Intro Data Science/Kaggle update

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The semester is over, so here’s a little update about the Intro to Data Science class (previous post).

Intro to Data Science – Kaggle Leaderboard

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

This semester I’m auditing Rachel Schutt’s Intro to Data Science class. I originally registered for it, but at the end of the add/drop period decided I wasn’t confident in my academic background, and wasn’t sure about the workload that would be required. In retrospect it was a mistake to drop it. However I have been attending class as I can (about half the time).

Births by Day of Year

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Andrew Gelman has posted twice about certains days being more or less common for births, and lamented the lack of a good, simple visualization showing all 366 days.

[12]: http://andrewgelman.com/2012/06/simple-graph-win-the-example-of-birthday-frequencies/ “Simple graph WIN: the example of birthday frequencies
[13]: http://chmullig.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/birthdays_revised.png

No, Mister Bond, I expect you to dye!

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

In celebration of Easter we dyed some eggs today. Since everything looks better in a tuxedo, why not eggs too?

Apple Dividend

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Dear.
I am T Cook,Director of the Apple inc, california. A man by the name of
Steven Jobs amassed a deposit of Ninety seven billion six Hundred million
United State Dollar $97,600,000,00 and he died leaving behind no next of
kin, am ready to share 60/40 with you if you choose to stand as my deceased
client next of kin.if you are interested please notify to send to me this
information via this mail tcook@hotmail.com

1. YOUR NAME:
2. YOUR RESIDENT ADDRESS:
3. YOUR OCCUPATION:
4. YOUR PHONE NUMBER:
5. DATE OF BIRTH:
6. COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:

Mind you your names and address will be used by my Attorney to prepare the
needed documents that will back you up as the beneficiary of my deceased
client funds.I wait to hear from you anyway,I have
spoken my honest mind to you this day.

Best Regards,
Mr.Tim Cook

This is Your Brain on Facebook

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

I wrote this as an Op-Ed for the last progression of University Writing. Posted here to share.

Apparently Siri knows Eliza

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Apparently Siri is good friends with Eliza. Er, except Eliza is retired these days… Well, I’m glad she has a friend at least.