Artificial Intelligence
John McCain, Google and the politics of advertising, Part 1
Rubyji is not the only one to have noticed the John McCain ads that have been popping on the site lately.
Last week I got pinged by Azi Paybarah, a fellow political journo-blogger for New York Observer's The Politicker. I guess Azi needed to check out how babelicious I am and was perusing my (soon to be updated) bio at lizasabater.com.
To his horror, he found this :

Yes, that's a John McCain ad right next my mug.
Now, there's the "sensible" explanation for this freakish political mashup and then there's the conspiracy theory. The explanation, though, will shed light into some of my web development skills and the techniques I have used to develop my sites.
So grab yourself a cup of coffee, pull up a chair and get yourself comfortable. Some major geekatude is coming your way.
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