Tokyo-based Ruby/Perl programmer learning computational linguistics/NLP, Japanese, Korean and other badassery.Tumblr (3.0; @benhumphreys)http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8fc1vli1C1qzi4c6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Elephant > Horse</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1085920970http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1085920970Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:34:36 +0900<p>Hey @itunes10icon check out @spotify ;)</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1065466278http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1065466278Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:28:52 +0900<p>All the adverts on Steam for Mac are for Windows games that don’t work on Mac. Someone at Valve didn’t take a marketing course.</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1065466274http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1065466274Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:28:52 +0900<p>Twitter official client for iPad at least has an interesting interface.</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1065466282http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1065466282Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:28:52 +0900<p>TED: Keep your goals to yourself and you’re more likely to achieve them <a href="http://bit.ly/damoQB">http://bit.ly/damoQB</a></p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1061767631http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1061767631Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:05:37 +0900<p>Back from a tiny apartment converted to a ‘club’ with corkboard all over the walls. French people are Crazy. Time for le coffee & Starcraft</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1061768047http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1061768047Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:05:37 +0900<p>It seems that keys and values in MongoDB and Perl are treated differently. Same string as key and val is saved differently.</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882400http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882400Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:28:21 +0900<p>#rubykaigi Ozzies like @benschwarz et al - A theoretical Brit has a month in Oz. What should he do/see/eat/drink/visit?</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882397http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882397Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:28:21 +0900<p>Perl, Catalyst and MongoDB are driving me insane. Two identical strings get put into DB. One is gibberish, the other is correct Japanese.</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882402http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882402Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:28:21 +0900<p>Cambridge University Press sell books via <a href="http://bit.ly/aTjpfC">http://bit.ly/aTjpfC</a> which use Adobe Digital Editions which is not compatible with iPad. -1 sale.</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882406http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882406Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:28:21 +0900<p>Does anyone know if the Adobe eBook format works on iPad? It seems like it has DRM so maybe not?</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882413http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882413Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:28:21 +0900<p>If I own a physical copy of a book, why can’t I get a PDF copy for free? Am I paying for content or format here?</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882410http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1057882410Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:28:21 +0900<p>Double rainbow guy has sold out to Microsoft. Lame. <a href="http://bit.ly/bOjmpG">http://bit.ly/bOjmpG</a> (via @sparklykate)</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212368http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212368Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:03:40 +0900<p>Can’t wait for the new 4.2 update to make my iPad as slow as my iPhone</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212348http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212348Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:03:40 +0900<p>Kyoto.rb #kyotorb ってあるかな？</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212369http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212369Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:03:40 +0900<p>Oh my god. I used to wear crazy hats in uni while programming and it did actually help. Just like @tenderlove <a href="http://bit.ly/cTMtJV">http://bit.ly/cTMtJV</a></p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212374http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212374Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:03:40 +0900<p>Wow iTunes 10 is like a poor man’s version of #spotify</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212397http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212397Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:03:40 +0900<p>Clip new iPod Nano to outside of pocket, get punched for offensive album covers.</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212406http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1054212406Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:03:40 +0900<p>Well that’s that, 2nd trial of Starcraft 2 expired. Not paying £45 for it online so feh.</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1050660571http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1050660571Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:04:50 +0900<p>The #mongodb command interface still confuses me. I assume the db in db.foo.find() has to be replaced with my db name. But instead it’s use?</p>http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1050660709http://blog.benhumphreys.co.uk/post/1050660709Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:04:50 +0900