{"id":1799,"date":"2012-01-03T22:39:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T03:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liryon.net\/?p=1799"},"modified":"2012-01-03T22:39:39","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T03:39:39","slug":"2011-word-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/liryon.net\/?p=1799","title":{"rendered":"2011 Word Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s word cloud was much easier to construct than <a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/?p=1537\">last year&#8217;s<\/a> because as a result of the difficulty last year in downloading post&#8217;s from facebook, I stopped posting directly to facebook and started using twitter much more. As a result the dominate feature of this year&#8217;s word cloud are the twitter handles of some friends and some people\/sites I follow. These are the at symbols items, like @jodiecongirl. Actually, I transformed any reference to a person in any form, to their twitter handle, if they have one. There are also so some twitter hash tags in the mix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011 Word Cloud\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7-1024x570.png 1024w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7-300x167.png 300w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7.png 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are a number of big items that I managed to blog about this year, including the <strong>puzzles<\/strong>I solved at the <a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/?p=1595\" title=\"MIT Mystery Hunt 2011\">MIT Mystery Hunt<\/a>, all the <strong>miles<\/strong> I <strong>biked<\/strong> along the <strong <a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/?p=1671\" title=\"2011 Boston Marathon\">>Boston Marathon<\/strong> route, an interesting paper about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/?p=1698\" title=\"On \u201cReviews, Reputation, and Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com\u201d\">Yelp<\/a><\/strong>, and the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/?p=1747\" title=\"Wednesday Night Dinner Goes to NYC\">#WNDNYC<\/a><\/strong> trip to see the <strong>Daily Show<\/strong>, but there are a number of stand out items that I didn&#8217;t get a chance to blog about.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I met <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/jodiecongirl\">@jodiecongirl<\/a><\/strong>, writer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com\/\">economistsdoitwithmodels.com<\/a> at <strong>#<a href=\"http:\/\/boston.nerdnite.com\/\">nerdnite<\/a><\/strong> in April.<\/li>\n<li>I moved into a new apartment in Davis Square with a new room mate, <strong>@jamespost<\/strong>.<a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2266.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2266-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Moving Boxes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1806\" srcset=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2266-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2266-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2266.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I went to a <strong>#redsox<\/strong> game in September, the one where they actually beat Tampa Bay, after my game in May got postponed due to rain.<a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110916_223637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110916_223637-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Red Sox Vs. Tampa Bay\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1816\" srcset=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110916_223637-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110916_223637-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I pulled hard for the Buckeyes in their worst season since 1897, despite the very unfortunate loss of Jim Tessel and the unfortunate hiring of Urban Mayer. <strong>#gobucks<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>I saw my former mentee Christina give a talk about the <a href=\"http:\/\/awesomefoundation.org\/\">Awesome Foundation<\/a> at <strong>#<a href=\"http:\/\/tedxboston.org\/\">tedxboston<\/a><\/strong>. Actually I was at a simulcast event at <strong>google<\/strong> in Kendall Square.<\/li>\n<li>I saw an <strong>MBTA<\/strong> musical about how much the T sucks at Improv Boston.<\/li>\n<li>I continued to attend Wednesday Night Dinner. We finished our Alphabet Challenge including all of the hard letters: Quick Pick BBQ, Xinh Xinh, Yak and Yeti, and Zaftig&#8217;s. <a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110608_205341.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110608_205341-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Wednesday Nigh Dinner Rum Cake\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1813\" srcset=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110608_205341-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110608_205341-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I apparently use the words <strong>think, night, and work<\/strong> much too often.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also a number of things I didn&#8217;t get to blog about at all, but I should have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Through my teacher friend Mary I got back into First Robotics for a year, mentoring Brighton Highschool students.<center><a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110222_001713.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110222_001713-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Brighton High First Robotics Robot\" width=\"215\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110409_152740.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110409_152740-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Brighton High First Robotics Competition\" width=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/li>\n<li>I bought skis in in March and promptly did a lot of skiing. I spent 3 days skiing Mount Tremblant in Canada with some Boston friends, and then a couple weeks later I joined Paul in Utah again. <center><a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_1999.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_1999-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Dinner After Skiing at Mount Tremblant, Canada\" width=\"215\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2078.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2078-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Utah Ski Trip 2011\" width=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/li>\n<li>I participated in two BAPHL Puzzle Hunts, miniature versions of the MIT hunt. In the first one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/sparkyb6\">@sparkyb<\/a>, Jed, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/jamespost\">@jamespost<\/a>, and I made a fine showing, being the last to finish. At the second, inception themed, hunt, however, we failed miserably even after picking up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/jodiecongirl\">@jodiecongirl<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/benlap\">@benlap<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2145.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2145-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BAPHL\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1804\" srcset=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2145-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2145-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2145.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I went on the Sam Adam&#8217;s Brewery tour for the first and second times. The first time was with these fine people, and the second time I wore a suite.<a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110611_101600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110611_101600-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sam Adam&#039;s Brewery Tour\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1814\" srcset=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110611_101600-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110611_101600-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I wore my Google Maps costume to the common on Memorial Day and largely failed to give tourist directions. I blame the fact that tourists didn&#8217;t know that I was a map of Boston because they don&#8217;t know what a map of Boston looks like. Anyone who did recognize it, didn&#8217;t need a map. So I gave up and joined the Zombie March, I figured they probably did need a map.<a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2187.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2187-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Zombie Walk\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1805\" srcset=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2187-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2187-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2187.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>In early June I went to the Bruin&#8217;s Stanley Cup Victory Parade and a Water Gun Battle on the Esplanade, on the same day. The Battle got broken up by the cops!<center><a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2278.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2278-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bruin&#039;s Parade\" width=\"215\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2282.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2282-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Water Gun Battle\" width=\"215\"  \/><\/a><\/center><\/li>\n<li>I went to a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sprband.com\/\">Self Proclaimed Rockstars<\/a> concerts. <a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110728_233208.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110728_233208-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Self Proclaimed Rockstars\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1815\" srcset=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110728_233208-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20110728_233208-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I joined Paul&#8217;s and my families at the Outer Banks Beach trip in 2011 after skipping the trip in 2010. <a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2311-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Beach Trip 2011\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1809\" srcset=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2311-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2311-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2311.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tony and company topped their usual post thanksgiving turkey deep fry by roasting a pig with a Turducken inside.<a href=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2485.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2485-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Thanksgiving Pig Roast\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1810\" srcset=\"http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2485-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2485-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/liryon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_2485.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s word cloud was much easier to construct than last year&#8217;s because as a result of the difficulty last year in downloading post&#8217;s from facebook, I stopped posting directly to facebook and started using twitter much more. 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