[Project] Extending Neighborhood Boundary Idea

Use flickr tags -> KML, then apply surface to that.

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Protected: Phrasing the Question

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Update…

This is just a note to let everybody know that things are going to slow down for the holidays while I get some post-doc applications together, do some contract work for a genomics/genetics lab and recover from my bike trip through Nicaragua…

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[Aside] Open letter to my current neighbor….

This is an open letter to the owner of the linksys WRT54G router on IP 200.91.113.172, specifically who had the dynamic IP on the amnet subnet IP 10.105.97.121 (the sub-network) on Sun/Mon 24 Nov 2008.
This is to let you know that I have made the following changes to your router from the current defaults.  I [...]

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[Aside] Argument by Analogy

[early draft]
I came across this post on Overcoming Bias recently, “Failure by Analogy“.  I would like to take a couple of minutes to discuss tautologies, analogies, projections and logical systems.  First, I’ve never been a fan of neural networks because of their theoretical foundations.  It seemed to me that in my (statistical) community they were [...]

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[Aside] Thoughts on Malcolm Gladwell’s Books

FYI: this is a work in progress.  I’m waiting to get copies of the books (that’s going to take 2 months since I’m overseas and I’m not willing to pay an arm and a leg in shipping)…
Feedback for draft 1….
I did read it. It’s definitely the post of yours that’s closest to being a real [...]

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[Project] Portfolio Optimization

Brief Description
So my grandparents gave me $1000 when I was 12.  My parents put it in a mutual fund.  When I turned 18 I was faced with the question -after my parents advised me wisely not to blow the money, and after developing a healthy respect for exponential growth- “How should I invest it?”  The [...]

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[Project] Whole Genome Scan Algorithm

Brief Description
The context here is that of gene mapping.  Basically, there is a phenotype, such as height, heart attack, alzheimer’s, etc- can be continuous (height), or binary (has had heart attack Y/N). And there are two relevant questions from genetics:

What percentage of this phenotype is explained by genetics (for height, it depends more on diet, [...]

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