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Planned books:
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Current books:
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Mathematics for the Digital Age and Programming in Python by Maria Litvin and Gary Litvin
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Statistics In Plain English by Timothy C. Urdan
Recent books:
- Practical Machine Learning in R by Fred Nwanganga, Mike Chapple
- Statistical Inference via Data Science: A ModernDive into R and the Tidyverse by Chester Ismay and Albert Y. Kim
- The Nature of Code by Daniel Shiffman
- Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
- The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
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Author Archives: Robert S. Robbins
How To Convert A Web Service To A MCP Server
I really think a lot of people are sitting on Artificial Intelligence. It has a lot more potential than you think. It does require a lot of experimentation to discover what it can and cannot do. I used to like … Continue reading
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Audio Player for Microsoft Document Explorer
The browser engine inside Microsoft Document Explorer is Internet Explorer’s Trident engine, specifically the IE7-era Trident (mshtml.dll) paired with the Chakra JScript engine used by Internet Explorer. This really limits what you can do in your help files. All of … Continue reading
Vibe Coding
On Saturday I bought the book Vibe Coding: Building Production-Grade Software With GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond by Gene Kim and Steve Yegge (ISBN: 978-1966280026) at Books-A-Million. Vibe coding is essentially just AI assisted coding. I’m excited by this technology … Continue reading
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, General, Programming, WordPress
Tagged Vibe Coding, WordPress
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Forty Fort Cemetery Trip
I have not blogged about my road trips in a long time because I mostly visit places I am now familiar with. But on Saturday I finally did another exploratory trip. I went to an area near Wilkes-Barre which I … Continue reading
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Successful Alert Firing and Notification
After creating several more Google Cloud alert policies, I finally hit on something that works. I now receive the following email when my application exceeds its quota for YouTube Data API usage: I think the key to getting this to … Continue reading
YouTube Data API Quota
Google has reduced the quota for my application after demanding a compliance audit. I have submitted the form for the audit many times but I never get any kind of response. Here is a message they sent me when they … Continue reading
Posted in Programming, Technology, Web, YouTube
Tagged API Usage Quota, Google Cloud, Youtube API
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DuoLingo JavaScript
I have been studying Spanish for over a year. One of the tools I use to learn Spanish is DuoLingo. I began to copy and paste a lesson’s sentences so I can refer to them later when working for Legendary … Continue reading
Jim Thorpe Trip 2023
I have not blogged about my trips in Pennsylvania because they have become routine and it would be redundant. But yesterday I made another day trip to Jim Thorpe PA. I spent several hours in the town and spent a … Continue reading
I Bought A Gaming PC
I have not written a blog post in a long time. But I do have some major news as far as my home office goes. I have finally bought a new PC! I had been using the same PC for … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Technology
Tagged Elden Ring., GeForce RTX 3080, Skytech Prism II, Windows 11
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Generative Art NFTs
As a computer programmer, I am constantly learning new things and developing new interests. I have not been keeping my blog readers up to date on what I am working on. For the past four years I have been experimenting … Continue reading
Posted in NFT, Programming
Tagged creative coding, generative art, NFT, p5.js, Processing.js, Tezos
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Implementing Matrix Multiplication Algorithms Discovered By DeepMind’s AlphaTensor
Last week there was a lot of excitement when DeepMind’s AlphaTensor discovered some new algorithms for doing matrix multiplication. Implementing these algorithms in Python should have been a trivial task but I could not find any source code. After a … Continue reading
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Python, Technology
Tagged AlphaTensor, DeepMind, Math, Matrix Multiplication, Python
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Reading Pagoda and Goggleworks
On Saturday, August 27, I made another trip to the Reading area. My goal on this trip was to see the famous Reading Pagoda and to check out the Goggleworks Center for the Arts. I have been wanting to do … Continue reading
2022 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
I debated with myself over whether to write a blog post about this trip, but I’ve decided it is worth while to document changes in attending the festival. I also want a record of the artists who caught my attention. … Continue reading
Lancaster Vacation – Day Two
My objective on the second day of my vacation was to take some photos of establishments and landmarks which I forgot on the first day and to visit some museums and other establishments. Unfortunately it was a very cloudy and … Continue reading
Lancaster Vacation – Day One
I have not had a vacation since the pandemic began. But I finally completed a trip I was planning before the pandemic. I spent three days and nights in Lancaster PA. Since international travel might still be risky, I decided … Continue reading
Studying React
I have not been keeping my blog up to date with the technology I am studying. I am currently focused on Solidity and smart contracts. Client applications for Solidity contracts are usually written in React, a front-end web application framework. … Continue reading