"Peter Dodds and Christopher Danforth, applied mathematicians at the University of Vermont, Burlington, automatically searched 2.4 million blogs, via the Web site www.wefeelfine.org, for phrases containing the words "I feel." Their computers then scanned those phrases for 1034 emotionally charged words that a 1999 psychology study had ranked on a happiness scale from 1 (miserable) to 9 (ecstatic). From the words' frequency and scores, an algorithm calculated a net feel-good factor for each day and month."Comment: The trends are interesting, although perhaps difficult to interpret. Note that the election of Barack Obama was associated with more happiness than Christmas! JAD
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The other Home-office-gifts include the barometer. Early seafarers carried crude instruments along with them to sea to aid navigation. A barometer is a device used to measure the atmospheric pressure. It predicts the fluctuating air pressure and rough weather.
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