Over the years, Noble has been recognized for innovative work using data to create tools that support the college choices of our students and then help them persist in college. (See here, here, and here for examples. To play with the “College Bot” tool, make a copy of the document you find at this link.) […]


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Introduction to Pandas

 Feb, 27 - 2018   Python

This is a short post with links to resources for getting up to speed on the pandas library in Python. The example data references the Uptake Data Fellowship, which I participated in with the second cohort. Click here to go to an HTML (web friendly) version of the introduction. Click here to download a Jupyter […]


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CALLING ALL NERDS!

 Feb, 27 - 2010   Technology

RUN, DON’T WALK, TO WATCH THIS VIDEO! (Then go watch the other 4 on the website https://www.symphonyofscience.com/.) Literally, one of the coolest things I’ve seen in weeks.Even if you’re not a nerd, if you have any interest in music and autotune, this is really pretty amazing.


It was for $10.15, and I’m very proud.  I am now a paid, published author. The Amazon image for my Kindle ebook: Outsourcing My Education In fact, out of the 394,993 books for sale at the Kindle store, mine is squarely in the top third of sales, ranked 127,224th overall.  (That’s what 32 sales since […]


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The above structure is the actual Temple of Heaven (at the middle of the park where the retirees hang out.)  Henry is comfortably napping in his stroller/car seat/plane seat/high chair.  It’s called a Sit-n-Stroll and if you’re about to do a lot of travel with a baby, I’d highly advise getting one. It has a […]


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Hi everyone, I’ll get back to posting about China soon, but in the meantime, I thought I’d share with you a cool new program developed by a friend of mine that you can get for your iPhone.  It’s called “Bump”, and it lets you exchange contact info with someone by just bumping your iPhone to […]


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