This is almost completely off topic of anything, but the other day I was introduced to one of the coolest (and most infuriating) websites I've ever had the (mis)fortune of discovering: I Write Like...
Not only can it look at anything that's as short as a few paragraphs, but it has a maddening number of authors stored up. The last blog entry (and somehow most of my political pieces as well) apparently shares similarities with one H.P. Lovecraft. Casual blog entries? Douglas Adams. Entirely too many pieces for my own good? Dan Brown. That last one burns, by the by.
However, I've also been told that I write like Margaret Atwood, Vladimir Nabokov, and even Tolkien. The worst part is that I'm not entirely sure how it works or what its criteria are. I would love to crack into its algorithms, break into its black box and see what makes it tick. Alas, that dream is likely not to pass. Sigh.
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