I just tried my first mulled beer: BFM La Dragonne. While the weather is not quite appropriate yet, it is just beginning to get cool here in Atlanta. I heated it to about 55 degrees C and enjoyed it in a wine glass, though perhaps a tumbler would have been better. Also while the beer [...]
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This week I came across two very appealing technologies from completely unexpected sources. Granted, these aren’t new, but I think they pose interesting challenges to the reigning awesome sauce (Mac OSX, iOS, Android). Actual innovation in the operating system space from Microsoft? Windows 8 looks like it could be a real challenger. And the Nokia [...]
Simple Random Number Generator Gem
Posted: 24 July 2010 in UncategorizedTags: code, math, random number generation, ruby, rubygems, statistics
I just published the simple-random ruby gem, which is ported from C# code by John D. Cook. You can view the source on github or install the gem via rubygems: gem install simple-random The gem allows you to sample from the following distributions: Beta Cauchy Chi Square Exponential Gamma Inverse Gamma Laplace (double exponential) Normal Student [...]
NLP Resources for Ruby
Posted: 13 September 2009 in UncategorizedTags: computational linguistics, java, natural language processing, nlp, parsers, python, ruby, stemmers, wordnet
There are quite a few well-known libraries for doing various NLP tasks in Java and Python, such as the Stanford Parser (Java) and the Natural Language Toolkit (Python). For Ruby, there are a few resources out there, but they are usually derivative or not as mature. By derivative, I mean they are ports from other [...]
Image via CrunchBase Warning: this is a rant as old as the iPhone. I just have to vent into the interetherwebs or else explode. Complaining to a friend, I’ve managed to work myself up into quite a state. He just got an iPhone and so we’ve been discussing how frickin sweet they are. But then [...]
Effin Clean
Posted: 22 April 2008 in UncategorizedTags: blagoblag, blogging, brainfuck, cussing, language, profanity, Uncategorized
Created by OnePlusYou Apparently, I run a rather clean shop. Whodathunkit. And probably most of the cussing comes from my posts on brainfuck. [Via]
