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Sep 17, 2011, 8:04 pm
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 is labele... Comment - Like
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Sep 13, 2011, 8:07 pm
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 lo... Comment - Like
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Jul 24, 2010, 1:26 am
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
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Jul 14, 2010, 7:39 am
Daniel Tunkelang has posted his slides from his talk at AT&T Labs on TunkRank over at the Noisy Channel. Embedded below for your viewing pleasure: Comment - Like
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This blog is filled with excellent observations and insight on the origins of language. The author posts consistently and following the blog is like watching a research project unfold. May 10, 2010, 12:13 pm
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May 5, 2010, 6:30 pm
Tickery is a rather awesome application of FluidDB that lets you explore Twitter in a number of ways. I mentioned previously in post on recent TunkRank improvements that TunkRank scores would soon be integrated with Tickery, and thanks to Terry Jones and his crew, the time is now!
Full disclosure:... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
At the Atlanta Semantic Web Meetup tonight, Vishy Dasari gave us a quick description and demo of a new search engine called Semantifi. They purportedly are a search engine for the deep web, meaning the web that is not indexed by traditional search engines because the content is dynamic. They are... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Erin McKean
I’ve had my eye on Wordnik for a while, since finding out the excellent lexicographer Erin McKean co-founded it. Wordnik is the most comprehensive dictionary in the known universe. Srsly!
They released an API a few months ago and I quickly threw together a gem wrapping it, based ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I’m always a little annoyed I have to implement sorting Map keys by their values myself in Java. It seems like they should be a part of the standard Collections library or something. Maybe they are and I just haven’t seen it? My solution (gist) is based on feedback from Josh in the comment... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I already knew Wolfram|Alpha could do some cool astronomy calculations, like comparing the escape velocities of the Galilean moons. A recent W|A blog post also pointed out that you can calculate the next lunar eclipse. So I tried to see when the next solar eclipse would be for my area and it cam... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
This post contains NO spoilers.
I saw The Time Traveler’s Wife with my wife today. I had read the book about a year ago, and had been looking forward to the movie. I wasn’t disappointed — I thought the movie was very moving and captured the spirit of the book, even if it didn’t capture ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
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... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
We decided to do a complicated pumpkin design this year and it turned out surprisingly well! I present, the Daedalpumpkin:
The Daedalpumpkin
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
This commercial just caught my eye and made me think about faceted search. Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on a number of improvements to TunkRank that I will be rolling out tonight. First, I’ve secured a server to host it on, rather than my old Dell laptop, so reliability should improve and TunkRank is no longer a slave to dynamic DNS problems. Also, my c... Comment - Like
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