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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
Broadway Show – David Mamet’s Race
I’m making another trip to New York City on January 23rd to see a play on Broadway, David Mamet’s “Race”. http://www.raceonbroadway.com This play is currently running at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. I plan to take several “daycations”to New York City … Continue reading
The Mifflinburg Christkindl Market
Today I went to the Christkindl Market in Mifflinburg. A Christkindlmarket is a German holiday market. I’ve read about this tradition in my travel guide to Berlin, although it used the term Weihnachtsmarkt. I almost did not go because my … Continue reading
Posted in General, Travel
Tagged Christkindl Market, German Heritage, Mifflinburg, Weihnachtsmarkt.
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NYC 2009 – Vloggerheads Gathering
Yesterday’ trip to New York City went pretty well except for the weather. I’m going to describe this journey in detail because I plan to make this trip again. I got up at 4:00 AM and left at 4:45 AM. … Continue reading
AJAX Demo Applications Removed
I have removed the following AJAX demo applications from the menus because changes in APIs have made them nonfunctional: Stickam, Technorati, Amazon, Yahoo! Video Search, YouTube Favorites. Some of these relied on web services that are no longer provided. My … Continue reading
New York City Trip
On Saturday I will be taking an Amtrak train to New York City to attend a gathering for Vloggerheads, the Ning site for vloggers. We will be having lunch at Hill Country Restaurant. I recently read a tourist guide book … Continue reading
Citibank Hiked My Credit Card Interest Rate
I am on the warpath now! I’ve been reading about how the banksters are raising the interest rates on everyone’s credit cards before the new law intended to curb such action goes into effect. You can read about how some … Continue reading
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Tonight I saw “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” at the Lycoming College Theater. I have not seen a play in a long time so it was good to get out of the house and do something special. I like … Continue reading
Ich lerne Deutsch
My next trip abroad will be to Berlin so I am studying German. It will be a long time until I can afford to do any more traveling so I have plenty of time to learn German. I have not … Continue reading
Sorff – Social Surfing
Sorff is a Java application that you can download at http://www.sorff.com/. It is a social networking application for commenting on web sites that you and your friends like to visit. You could think of it as extending a comment system … Continue reading
Anglophone
The word “anglophone“ can be used to refer to the English speaking world community. For example, if you wanted to refer to the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada as a set of nations where English is predominantly … Continue reading
Bill Ville
After discovering the amusing French dialect Chiac, un langage anglo-français du Canada, I thought it would be funny to imagine how Williamsport would change if the city were ever conquered by the French. This should freak out the local xenophobes! … Continue reading
La Nouvelle-France : Le Québec
Over the weekend I finally finished reading Nouveaux Copains : Foreign Language French Level 1. This textbook was published in the early 1990s and reflects the multicultural approach to education that became politically correct in the 1990s. I think multicultural … Continue reading
Book Seller
I have so many books that I’ve often joked about opening a bookstore. I have no place left for another bookshelf so there are stacks of books piled up everywhere. I’m fed up with the clutter so I’ve been selling … Continue reading
How To Appear To Be A Sophisticated Programmer
During the economic apocalypse it will be increasingly important to stand out from all the other programmers applying for the few remaining jobs. It would certainly help if you appear to be the most sophisticated programmer. There are many ways … Continue reading
Posted in French, Programming
Tagged buffer overflow, French, programmer, sophisticate, tampon, Wikipedia
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French Cheat Sheet – une antisèche pour la langue française
Today I created a cheat sheet for French. I looked on the Internet for a French cheat sheet but I did not find exactly what I was looking for. Most of the French cheat sheets are only good for tourists … Continue reading
Reading French – J’apprends à lire le français
I have a lot of time on my hands so I’m learning French. My goal is to learn how to read French so I can read French books. I’m not studying pronunciation or developing listening skills. For now, I’m just … Continue reading
Elgg 1.5 Widget – Amazon Wish List
Yesterday I upgraded my Amazon Wish List widget for Elgg 1.5. You can download it at http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/rsrobbins/read/230079/amazon-wish-list-widget Now that I’ve finally completed my work on the threaded comments for Elgg 1.2 it is time to move on to Elgg 1.5 … Continue reading
Elgg 1.6 Threaded Blog Comments
Elgg 1.6 has been released and I’ve created a new version of my threaded comment system to work with the current version. You can download the latest plugin at http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/rsrobbins/read/242714/threaded-blog-comments-elgg-16. I made a few improvements while working on the new … Continue reading →