Saturday, 2 July 2005

You can be a statistic too!!

I just completed the MIT Weblog 2005 Survey. Not only do I think this research is important, this is one of the nicest looking online surveys I've taken - beautiful UI. If you blog, make your voice heard.

Take the MIT Weblog Survey
Posted by Matt Galloway at 3:38 AM in General Blog Stuff
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Welcome Bates Line Reader!

The Basement was mentioned on Bates Line! Bates Line is the work of Michael D. Bates, a fellow Tulsa based blogger. His focus is primarily political and as an added bonus, The Tulsa World has threatened him with a law suit for creating links to their website and using excepted text in what is clearly protected as "fair use". Anybody that gets threaten by a law suit for exercising first amendment rights is alright in my book. Someday, through hard work and dedication, I hope to get threatened with a lawsuit too. Thanks for the mention Mr. Bates!
Posted by Matt Galloway at 2:55 AM in Politics
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My Political Compass & Personality Profile

By way of Dustbury - Philosophy, et cetera is proposing an inteteresting "open source" research project where bloggers post results from the IPIP-NEO personality test and the Political Compass quiz. Read all about it here, including instructions.

At the intersection of blog-based market research and political commentary how could I resist?

Here's my results:

Survey: 

Age: 34
Gender: Male
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
Religion: None
Occupation: Computer Geek
Began blogging (dd/mm/yy): 13/06/05

Political Compass results
Economic Left/Right: -3.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.74

IPIP-NEO results

EXTRAVERSION 68 
Friendliness 65 
Gregariousness 38
Assertiveness 73
Activity Level 49
Excitement-Seeking 56 
Cheerfulness 90 

AGREEABLENESS 43
Trust 92
Morality 29
Altruism 69
Cooperation 18 
Modesty 18 
Sympathy 52

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS 24
Self-Efficacy 24
Orderliness 12
Dutifulness 28
Achievement-Striving 35
Self-Discipline 36
Cautiousness 56

NEUROTICISM 17 
Anxiety 27 
Anger 52 
Depression 22 
Self-Consciousness 1 
Immoderation 38
Vulnerability 28

OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE 94 
Imagination 81 
Artistic Interests 92
Emotionality 43 
Adventurousness 97 
Intellect 79 
Liberalism 79 

Track List:

1. Philosophy, et cetera - pixnaps.blogspot.com - pixnaps97a2
2. Pharyngula - pharyngula.org - pharyngula3128d2f0
3. World Wide Rant - www.worldwiderant.com - wwr1004ao
4. dustbury.com - www.dustbury.com - dburyokc12
5. The Basement - www.thebasement.com - thebasement42
Posted by Matt Galloway at 2:26 AM in General Blog Stuff
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