Now Reading
Planned books:
None
Current books:
-
Mathematics for the Digital Age and Programming in Python by Maria Litvin and Gary Litvin
-
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
-
Author Archives: Robert S. Robbins
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
Leave a comment
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
5,000 Web Pages in Technology Notes
As I have been studying programming and technology in general, I have been recording what I have learned in my technology notes. I typically create a web page on a topic or to document a code snippet. This serves as … Continue reading
Williamsport Web Developer Finally Has Broadband
I have finally replaced my Verizon DSL service with Xfinity Performance Internet. I should have done this a long time ago. My download speed has gone from 0.73 megabytes per second to 18.2 megabytes per second and my upload speed … Continue reading
How To Create A Non-Fungible Token On Rarible
I am now interested in non-fungible tokens as a way to market my digital art. I have been creating digital art using Processing, the computer programming language for creating art. The type of art you can create is mostly geometric … Continue reading
Posted in crypto-currency, General, Technology
Tagged Coinbase, Ethereum, Fortmatic, NFT, non-fungible token, Rarible
Leave a comment
Artificial Intelligence
I have been studying Artificial Intelligence since 2017. That is four years. And I have learned nothing. Well, that is not quite true. I have gotten pretty familiar with the terminology. However, after fours years of intense effort I still … Continue reading
Turtle Graphics Spiral In C#
As another example of what you can do with graphics in C#, I decided to recreate a famous Turtle Graphics spiral design. I can’t find an official name for this classic design. I decided to call it Spiral of Circles. … Continue reading
Posted in Graphics, Programming
Tagged C#, computer graphics, nautilus, Turtle Graphics
Leave a comment
Converting A Processing Sketch To C#
I have invested a lot of time and effort into learning Processing. I mostly use the JavaScript version of Processing since I can then include working demos in my technology notes which are in the form of HTML files compiled … Continue reading
Posted in Graphics, Programming
Leave a comment
Computer Science Research
I have not written a blog post in a long time but that does not mean I have not been working on my computer science skills. Actually I have significantly advanced my programming skills. I just have not taken the … Continue reading
WWDBooks E-Commerce Site Shutting Down
I will be shutting down my demonstration Drupal E-Commerce web site, wwdbooks.com. This site was not getting any traffic. It has become an unnecessary expense. I will do my Search Engine Optimization research using my playwriting web site at http://robertsrobbins.com/. … Continue reading
Posted in Drupal, General, Technology
Tagged Drupal, E-Commerce, Search Engine Optimization
Leave a comment
DeepSpeech on the Jetson Nano
DeepSpeech is an open source speech recognition engine developed by Mozilla. It uses machine learning to convert speech to text. Since it relies on TensorFlow and Nvidia’s CUDA it is a natural choice for the Jetson Nano which was designed … Continue reading