So why do you people read me, anyway?

[wispfox]

I was wondering, while driving home, what it is about my journal that makes you people want to read it.

And, for those of you who know me in person, if that is why, or if there are other reasons.

So - share! Tell me what brings you to read my journal, if you are so inclined. My curiosity wants to know!

Comments

[ccprince.livejournal.com]

1) There's something about reading someone who is so open -- which I think you might deny being, but you're more so than I
2) Silliness and linkiness
3) Gotta second the comment about the lovely userpics. Meant to comment before, but didn't manage to.

Besides, you've got me thinking about fractals and graphics and music again. I'd share my master's thesis with you ("Genetic Algorithms Applied to Music Composition") but it's some of the crappiest music ever written.

Re:

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

1) Naw... I don't deny being open.

2) Oh, good - some people actually like my linkage. Sometimes I wonder if I do too much of it (not, of course, that I'll stop!).

3) *grins* userpics... mmm...

Fractals! WEEEEE!

And... so? It might be crappiest for you, but that doesn't mean it isn't interesting!

Re: crappy music

[ccprince.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't get me wrong -- the research itself was very good. At the time, it was something that other people in computer-generated music weren't doing. But the music that came out of it really was crappy.

Imagine taking two dice, one twelve-sided die with all twelve notes on it, and another arbitrarily large one with different durations. Roll them both and write down the note that you get, and keep doing that until you've got eight bars or so of a melody.

The music my research generated wasn't a whole lot better than that. It had no real structure to it. If you know what to look for, you can see the smaller-scale structure, but none of it was really audible.

Re: crappy music

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Ah... ok, I understand now. :)