Comments on: Random Generators http://www.leonatkinson.com There is no duty that is not accepted. Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:59:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ashley Rivera http://www.leonatkinson.com/random-generators/comment-page-1/#comment-155979 Ashley Rivera Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:40:38 +0000 http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/random-generators/#comment-155979 I used to use the generators for a ton of projects, primarily using the Essay and Song Lyrics generators to set up a page of text that I would then cut down and edit into five to six absurd lines. Luckily I was able to get a lot of this done before the total nonsense words flooded in. Anyway, I published a book of "poems" that were actually lyrics for a 40 song 7" that never materialized, titled Hirsute Corpse. Everything in the book is a fiercely edited from source material ENTIRELY culled from the Random Generators. http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/hirsute-corpse/14925398 I used to use the generators for a ton of projects, primarily using the Essay and Song Lyrics generators to set up a page of text that I would then cut down and edit into five to six absurd lines. Luckily I was able to get a lot of this done before the total nonsense words flooded in.

Anyway, I published a book of “poems” that were actually lyrics for a 40 song 7″ that never materialized, titled Hirsute Corpse. Everything in the book is a fiercely edited from source material ENTIRELY culled from the Random Generators.

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/hirsute-corpse/14925398

]]> By: nathan http://www.leonatkinson.com/random-generators/comment-page-1/#comment-142078 nathan Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:17:32 +0000 http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/random-generators/#comment-142078 hello, this website is great, but i wish it would use more "normal" words - most of the words that are generated are awfully obscure......... hello, this website is great, but i wish it would use more “normal” words – most of the words that are generated are awfully obscure………

]]> By: Whittacker http://www.leonatkinson.com/random-generators/comment-page-1/#comment-123484 Whittacker Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:27:17 +0000 http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/random-generators/#comment-123484 Holy crap. I just had "MILES DAVIS" come up in the random band name generator, how unlikely is THAT?! Holy crap.
I just had “MILES DAVIS” come up in the random band name generator, how unlikely is THAT?!

]]> By: Whittacker http://www.leonatkinson.com/random-generators/comment-page-1/#comment-123483 Whittacker Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:24:50 +0000 http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/random-generators/#comment-123483 Also, are you ever going to get around to fixing the generators vocabulary being taken over by obscure words, or is this not a priority? (Not trying to be pushy) Also, are you ever going to get around to fixing the generators vocabulary being taken over by obscure words, or is this not a priority?
(Not trying to be pushy)

]]> By: Leon http://www.leonatkinson.com/random-generators/comment-page-1/#comment-123478 Leon Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:16:24 +0000 http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/random-generators/#comment-123478 The Flickr API stopped telling me about the license when I called interestingness.getList, so I switched the API call to use photos.search and now it's working again. The photos are more random, which is probably for the best. The Flickr API stopped telling me about the license when I called interestingness.getList, so I switched the API call to use photos.search and now it’s working again. The photos are more random, which is probably for the best.

]]> By: Whittacker http://www.leonatkinson.com/random-generators/comment-page-1/#comment-123456 Whittacker Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:06:45 +0000 http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/random-generators/#comment-123456 Wow, I love these generators, but I think the album generator is broken, I don't get any image. Wow, I love these generators, but I think the album generator is broken, I don’t get any image.

]]> By: Mescalito http://www.leonatkinson.com/random-generators/comment-page-1/#comment-120682 Mescalito Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:05:21 +0000 http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/random-generators/#comment-120682 This is great! I love the random album generator. This is great! I love the random album generator.

]]> By: Hailey http://www.leonatkinson.com/random-generators/comment-page-1/#comment-101409 Hailey Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:09:36 +0000 http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/random-generators/#comment-101409 I know, but I miss adding celebrities! I know, but I miss adding celebrities!

]]> By: Leon http://www.leonatkinson.com/random-generators/comment-page-1/#comment-97829 Leon Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:47:01 +0000 http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/random-generators/#comment-97829 The high-brow words people are noticing are from an import I did from an out-of-copyright dictionary. The real problem, as I see it, is that all the words are of equal weight. I have an idea to fix this. I think I can get a list of words that are more commonly used and bump their weight. That will let the rare words pop up sometimes but make the sentences more common-sounding. I don't want to allow proper nouns any more. The word list became 50% names. The high-brow words people are noticing are from an import I did from an out-of-copyright dictionary. The real problem, as I see it, is that all the words are of equal weight. I have an idea to fix this. I think I can get a list of words that are more commonly used and bump their weight. That will let the rare words pop up sometimes but make the sentences more common-sounding.

I don’t want to allow proper nouns any more. The word list became 50% names.

]]> By: Hailey http://www.leonatkinson.com/random-generators/comment-page-1/#comment-90050 Hailey Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:13:39 +0000 http://www.leonatkinson.com/index.php/random-generators/#comment-90050 Could you take the dictionary blocks off the proper nouns? Could you take the dictionary blocks off the proper nouns?

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