Links: Cuomo finishes Harvard and Weezer, problems with a video-based content analysis, big Harvard donors have second thoughts

• Say It Ain't So, Rivers
  One of Harvard Extended's favorite bands, Weezer, is gonzo. This comes just a few weeks after Weezer's main songwriter, Rivers Cuomo, finished his epic Harvard College education -- more than ten years from start to finish!


• Problems with using computer-assisted content analysis of video content
  Jon Toigo's DrunkenData blog looks at an interesting content analysis project that attempts to correlate langauge development with "external events and patterns that the child experiences," based on many hours of video footage. Some problems he's identified: Storing petabytes of footage, automated transcription of the audio, and funding.


• So much for the capital campaign ...
  A bunch of deep-pocketed Harvard alums have put the brakes on $265 million worth of donations to the University, after President Summers left. I'm disappointed, because these were worthy academic initiatives. Besides, it's not like they were giving the money to Larry -- or is that what these donors thought? Anyway, the Wall Street Journal broke the story, but here's the Crimson's spin.