Just when we thought interest in our Gender Genie was about to die out, Alexander Chancellor of The Guardian wrote a column about it:
Given the Gender Genie's hopeless record in identifying the sex of the Guardian's women columnists, it is tempting to write it off as a piece of rubbish. But it's not quite possible to do that, for its guesses have proven accurate in 72% of cases, which may be less than the 80% claimed, but is quite impressive all the same.
The genie also did a tour of political blogs after getting mentions on InstaPundit, Andrew Sullivan, Dynamist, and National Review Online's The Corner. Of all of them, though, I think I most appreciate the endorsement from Allah Is in the House. Even a higher power enjoys the genie. [Thanks to BarCodeKing for the heads up.]
And, finally, welcome to all the NaNoWriMo participants who have been stopping by, plugging in their works in progress, and reporting their results. Please note, though, that although the Gender Genie will take a guess at the gender of your writing style, it cannot tell you whether or not your novel will be published. Perhaps I should blow the dust off the plans for the Your-Writing-Sucks Genie.
