Technomancy

Great project idea, but I can't get it to actually work. I'm encountering a similar error to Toucan with respect to the spacing. If I enter a query "MIT is", Google is returning results that include "is" as part of a larger word. Ex: "MIT Israel divestment". I'd like to query "MIT is " -- including the space -- but it looks like your query strips it out. I think this fix would return much better results. Also, it looks like even when returning the result "MIT Israel divestment," the returned result is stripping the first few characters. Examples: ael divest ael divestment ael investment sael stock aeli stock samic society amic studies overrated tes Thoughts? Query link: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#20=&start=X+is&…

This is amazing: Canada, America, Europe http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is+X+so&…

BEST Hacker News hack in ages: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=How+do+I+tell+my…

To test our Django website i18n I ran our gettext po files through the pirate command line tool (which converts everything to pirate speak), producing something similar to Facebook's "English (Pirate)" language option. Here's how I did it: http://www.technomancy.org/python/pirate-po-l10n-i18n-translate-your-s…

Why does my {wife, girlfriend, ex girlfriend) http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=why+does+my+X&am…

What do Facebook, Twitter and sex all have in common? http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is+X+so&…

Here's another religious one: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is+X+so&…

Fun with colors. http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is+my+X&…

I like this one...has some sort of poignancy to it that I can't quite put my finger on: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+do+X&end…

Wow, I guess there's one thing everyone wants: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=How+can+I+get+my… How can I get my (wife|girlfriend|boyfriend) to... kind of sad, really.

What do books, music and movies have in common: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+X+so&end…

How to get {rich, famous, happy} ... http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=how+to+get+X&…

http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=How+do+I+tell+my… http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+are+X+so&… http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+are+X+so&…

Google has way too much insight into human nature: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+do+X&end…

Windows|Mac|Linux http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is+X+so&…

This was recently on reddit (maybe even HN): http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+are+X+so&…

Don't think this one has been posted... I found it quite humorous: Why are American {men|women|children} so... : http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+are+American…

If you get rid of the "Why" and "so", the queries become much more interesting, albeit somewhat garbled: programming languages: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=is+X&end0=py… (s/c/perl) operating systems: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=is+X&end0=wi… (mac and ryan back together? is linux illegal?) etc.

Someone has to play the advocatus diaboli: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+are+X+so&… It's shocking, but also shockingly funny. Caveat emptor, guys. Personally, I'm appalled but hardly surprised. On average, the internet remains a very stupid place.

A funny one http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=why+are+X+so&… http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=why+are+X+so&… http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=why+do+X&end…

christians, jews, muslims: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+are+X+so&…

Interesting to see how this query changes from yours: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is+my+X+so&a… I did a side by side tab back and forth to visually diff. Is marriage really that bad??? [Edit] And further: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is+my+X+so&a… wtf. [Edit 2] You could probably really promote this app with some well thought out queries.

I also like http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+X+is&end…

Some technical suggestions: * programming languages: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is+X+so&… * operating systems: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is+X+so&… * popular websites: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is+X+so&…

Why are (dogs|men|women) so ... http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=why+are+X+so&…