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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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Category Archives: General
New York City In October
Yesterday I made my final trip to New York City for this year. This was sort of a checklist trip to get some tourists sites off my to do list. The first thing I did was go to Carnegie Deli … Continue reading
Posted in General, Travel
Tagged American Folk Art Museum, Growler, Intrepid, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, Rockefeller Center, Top of the Rock
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Unrealistic Project Deadlines
Recently I’ve been offered projects with unrealistic deadlines. This has got me thinking about the issue. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs and business people lack experience in initiating web development projects so they make some common mistakes. How you propose a project … Continue reading
Posted in Business, General
Tagged deadline, entrepreneurs, project, web development
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Travel Plans
I’m very busy with several projects so I need to keep my clients informed about my travel plans. I will be making my final trip to New York City this Saturday, October 30th. I plan to have lunch at Carnegie … Continue reading
Mifflinburg Oktoberfest 2010
I’ve just returned from the Oktoberfest celebration held in Mifflinburg PA. It was a beautiful day with clear skies and crisp fall weather. The sun was bright and you could get hot in the sun but the air was cool. … Continue reading
Wall Street
On Saturday, September 25th, I made my eleventh trip to NYC this year. On this trip, my objective was to explore the Financial District. I’ve been paying a lot more attention to the economy after the financial crisis so Wall … Continue reading
Posted in General, Travel
Tagged Charging Bull, Museum of American Finance, New York City, Wall Street
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Philadelphia Obsession
I’m currently doing the kind of intensive research on Philadelphia that I previously did on New York City. I have created a new help collection for my notes on Philadelphia which now contains 12 topics. I have several good reasons … Continue reading
Moving To The Big City
Should I move to the big city some day? I’ve been going to New York City once a month for this entire year and the long trips are quite a drag. Now that I have finished reading all the guidebooks … Continue reading
Posted in Business, General, Travel
Tagged cost of living, New York City, Philadelphia, quality of life, Williamsport
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Undocumented Google Search Operator For Backlinks
Yesterday I discovered what may be an unknown and undocumented Google search operator for listing the backlinks to your web site. A backlink is an incoming link to your web site. The number of backlinks to your web site is … Continue reading
Posted in General, SEO, Web
Tagged Backlinks, Google, inlink search operator, SEO, undocumented Google tricks
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I Visit Lock Haven
Today I drove west to visit Lock Haven PA, the county seat of Clinton County. This is part of my personal project to explore the region. I have several reasons for making these little trips: I am extremely bored and … Continue reading
Posted in General, Travel
Tagged Clinton County, D Dashem Books, Lock Haven, PA, Texas Lunch
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World Wide Depression In 2011
Today I found this article on http://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/, 23 Doomsayers Who Say We’re Heading Toward Depression In 2011. The severity of the economic downturn is already apparent in state budgets which are far in the red. With unemployment benefits running out … Continue reading
East Village Pilgrimage
Yesterday I made my pilgrimage to the East Village. To appreciate the significance of this trip for me, you need to be familiar with some counterculture history. Although Greenwich Village has always been the bohemian neighborhood of the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Travel
Tagged Berliner Weiss, East Village, New York City, Patti Smith, punk rock, Tompkins Square Park
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New Drupal Services
I have not been blogging enough about my business. I have been blogging about my travels just to let clients know when I am unavailable. At least that is my justification for blogging about my trips. Recently I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Drupal, General, PHP, Programming, Web
Tagged Drupal, mobile browsers, modules, NetBeans, SimpleTest, web forms
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Lowbrow Art
My next trip to New York City will be on April 3rd. I will be taking a Susquehanna Trailways bus to New York City to spend the day at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. After I visit two more museums … Continue reading
Posted in General, Travel
Tagged Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, Last Rites Gallery, Lowbrow Art, New York City, Outsider Art, Visionary Art
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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
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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