netflix-o-matic
This is no longer the canonical repo for this project. Please head over to http://github.com/goodformandspectacle/netflix-o-matic for that.
You can play with the finished product at http://netflixomatic.goodformandspectacle.com.
Creation Myth (outdated)
December 2: Alexis Madrigal tweets his curiosity about Netflix "microgenres": https://twitter.com/alexismadrigal/status/407644471392608256, https://twitter.com/alexismadrigal/status/407646810035871744
And lists them here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlC_pAJFqGnHdDdhUWUzSV9mU2RmUW11Q0Rub0RrWHc&usp=sharing#gid=0
December 5: Tooling around one evening, I uncover a magic URL, via @alexismadrigal's sleuthing: https://twitter.com/george08/status/408813451847299073
... and @blech and @holgate take a swig, "considering a dictionary attack."
Within moments: https://gist.github.com/blech/7818890
And later: https://gist.github.com/nicksweeney/7852705
Now we're working out what we might do next. Considering using https://github.com/jlord/sheetsee.js/, forked here not as a sign of aggressive splitting, but friendly borrowing, if that's such a thing. https://github.com/george08/sheetsee.js