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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
Bucks County Trip
Yesterday I made a trip to Doylestown and New Hope in Bucks County. This was sort of a preliminary trip for an overnight trip I have planned for August 6 to August 7. I had nothing better to do this … Continue reading
Angel Falls Hike
Today I went hiking on the Loyalsock Trail in Sullivan County on a quest to find the Angel Falls. This was a very arduous journey. Just finding the trail was pretty difficult. First you go North on Route 87. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel Falls, Brunnerdale Road, Gipson Falls, Loyalsock Trail, Ogdonia Road, Sullivan County
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Tioga County Trip
I’ve been driving north to Tioga County so often that I’m no longer blogging about it. Usually I do the same thing on every trip. I go to Colton Point State Park and do some brief hiking to the lookouts … Continue reading
Trip To NYC To See The Crucible
I saw another Broadway play yesterday, The Crucible by Arthur Miller. I’ve been seeing a lot of Off Broadway plays but for this trip I wanted to see something on Broadway, no matter what the cost. I didn’t particularly want … Continue reading
Posted in General, Theater, Travel
Tagged Last Rites Gallery, Sombreo Mexican Restaurant, The Crucible, Union Square, Walter Kerr Theatre
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The Crucible: Dark Play Of The Occult
Yesterday I saw The Crucible at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway. I was really shocked by what I saw for apparently Broadway has turned to the dark arts in its quest for box office success. I’ve never thought of … Continue reading
Posted in General, Theater, Writing
Tagged Broadway, occult, The Crucible, Walter Kerr Theatre
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Daphne’s Dive NYC Theater Trip
On Saturday I made yet another trip to New York City as part of my extensive exploration of the New York City theater community. However, the play I selected to see was partly based on the ticket price, a bargain … Continue reading
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Talent Discovery
I just finished reading the book Respect For Acting by Uta Hagen and watched a documentary on actress Charlotte Rampling, The Look. The book and the documentary remind me that actors can be serious artists and not just attention whores … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlotte Rampling, Respect For Acting, Robert Edmond Jones, theater, Uta Hagen
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Belles, A Theater Review
Last night I saw the play Belles by Mark Dunn at the Community Theatre League. Mark Dunn is the Playwright-in-Residence at the Community Theatre League. This is a bit of a mystery to me since he does not appear to … Continue reading
Posted in General, Theater, Writing
Tagged Belles, Community Theatre League, Mark Dunn
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I’m A Travel Photographer With A Photo Credit
I take hundreds of photos on my trips and upload them to Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/youtuber/. Currently I have 34,915 photos on Flickr. I often go to the trouble of giving my photos titles and tags. This has finally paid off … Continue reading
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Tagged New York City, Photography, travel photography
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Saying Goodbye To Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 reached its end of life today and will no longer be supported. So today at work I migrated my databases to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and uninstalled Microsoft SQL Server 2005. I figured I might as … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Databases, General, Programming
Tagged Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2008
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Fonthill Castle Bus Trip
Yesterday I went on a bus trip to Bucks County with Sherry Ault Tours. We visited Fonthill Castle, the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, and Peddler’s Village. I’ve read about Fonthill Castle in my Philadelphia travel guides which cover the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bucks County, Fonthill Castle, Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Peddler's Village
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More Startup Progress
Today I began work on the web site for users to sign up for my service. I plan to use the built-in Membership system of an ASP.NET web application. Unfortunately I’ve never really used this and it has changed a … Continue reading
Posted in ASP.NET, Databases, General, Programming
Tagged ASP.NET, Azure, Identity, Membership
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Startup Progress
Today I made some more progress on my startup project. Today’s task was to research JSONP. JSONP is a method of padding the JSON data with a function call as a way to work around the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing restriction. … Continue reading
Posted in ASP.NET, Business, General, Programming
Tagged API, Cross-Origin Resource Sharing, JSONP
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Working On My Startup
I have been working on my startup idea. I have been making excellent progress. First I converted some code for mashing up RSS feeds into an ASP.NET HTTP Handler so it acts more as a proxy service and a web … Continue reading
Posted in ASP.NET, General, Programming
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Planning A Startup
My freelance web development work has pretty much dried up. I am currently selling stuff on eBay to reduce the clutter in my house and make a little extra money. You can check out the stuff I’m selling at http://www.ebay.com/sch/rrobbins/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1 … Continue reading
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Working On The Web Site
I have not written about my freelance work in a long time. Business has really dried up. I am down to just one client who is not giving me much work. While things are slow I have been working on … Continue reading
The Best Minds of My Generation Are Writing Code
Allen Ginsberg’s famous poem Howl begins: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, Angel-headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly … Continue reading
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New York City Overnight Trip
This weekend I made my first overnight trip to New York City making all the arrangements myself. An overnight trip is far more expensive than a day trip, but I had to make this type of trip to see the … Continue reading