Blondes
Came across a good blonde joke earlier today.
It was so good, it motivated me to do the following:
Unfortunately, I couldn’t start at the root for a few reasons and my technorati API query limit was also hit. But still pretty cool to see. Apparently the Germans really liked the joke. Really interesting to see that element spider out. I’ll have to run it again from a slightly lower point and see what happens.
Thanks to Technorati for their Technorati API that even allowed me to do this in the first place. I initially was going to use Google, but they apparently don’t have an api for their Blogsearch yet. Too bad, Google!
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[...] In a humor follow up, the joke I helped continue here has had its heritage researched here and here. [...]
By SayUncle » blonde joke heritageon 01.12.06 11:45 am
I did a survey by hand yesterday to generate a larger view. My only regret is not recording times.
By Nikolas Coukoumaon 01.13.06 6:57 am
Awesome! Yea, I didn’t feel like doing it all by hand so I whipped up a script to pull it all from technorati. This joke has apparently been in circulation for >2 years, though, so my dataset is definitely limited.
By Damonon 01.13.06 8:55 am
THE “BEST BLONDE JOKE EVER” MECHANICS
You might come across very soon a post called the best blonde joke ever. Its been quite popular lately and has invaded the Blogosphere. I personnaly like it. You can find it in French here and in English there(also translated
By MYBLOG by Ourielon 01.14.06 2:28 am
great idea. but i am not able to read the names of the nodes. couldn’t you generate a bigger image? and what would be intersting - what is the oldest entry, who started the chain?
By Gerald Steffenson 01.18.06 6:30 am
You can find the 3rd update in my gallery.
On the left-hand side of the graph, you will see the numbers 1-10. Right below one is “the blonde joke”, which is the first post of the joke that I could trace back with Technorati. It isn’t really that deep but was good enough for my means. And then each number is another level deep that the joke goes.
Nikolas also used Google to generate a much more complete graph. Mine was mostly an exercise in curiosity and how to use Technorati’s API.
By Damonon 01.18.06 8:19 am
[...] Bom se você clicou, vai perceber que a história não é bem essa… Trata-se de uma campanha de marketing viral, não se sabe onde começou [pelo menos eu não sei, e pesquisar isso agora não dá]… mas teve gente que foi mais longe [aqui e aqui] e fizeram uma pesquisa mais intensa… [...]
By rafael apocalypse » The Best Blond Joke or The Best Viral Mkton 01.19.06 12:32 pm
yeah… isn’t it awesome? apparently it’s been around since 2003…. just made my day. -some random person
By insanityoverdoseon 01.19.06 11:58 pm
But how did you know I am blonde?
By jones69on 07.20.07 7:37 pm
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