I mentioned that one of the first datasets I needed to work with were ICESat data in HDF5 format. I’d never heard of that…(Now I know that is a format.) So I opted for a custom download in TAB-delimited ASCII text files. I knew that I could load the individual ASCII file into a text editor or… Read More Spaces, tabs, commas, etc..Working with text files
It doesn’t surprise me that my last post was from April. Working in mining usually means you’re working long, grueling hours. A 10 hour day is normal, but add on the commute time to the mine you’re working (if you’re not out at a remote site) and that 10 hours turns into 12. If you’re… Read More I got a new job.
I think I heard an interview with data scientist Greg Kamradt about Galvanize. Bookmarking for later. I’ve been busy at work and in my spare time reading and finding podcasts about data science. I picked up Automate the Boring Stuff with Python last week and like its style. I’m excited to get a little further in… Read More A Programmer’s Guide to Data Mining
If you’re new to programming this is a useful page from python.org.
Ahhhhhhhhh. I got called for Jury Duty today and didn’t end up getting selected for the jury which meant I didn’t make the drive out to work. There’s a data science job I’m interested in so I decided to do some learning. I’ve used command line and shell scripts for an intro programming class before… Read More Python
It’s been awhile since my last update. I think my last post was before my husband and I took a vacation to see my sister and her family down in Austin, Texas. We managed to fit in a trip across to the other side of the state to go backpacking and canyon paddling in Big… Read More Back to my Day Job
I figured I’d do a short update on my progress through freeCodeCamp Beta. I powered through the review of basic HTML and CSS modules as they were mostly unchanged from the Legacy version of fCC, however the review was helpful. I may have jumped the gun and applied for an internship doing web development where… Read More Animation and back to JavaScript
I just found out there’s a beta version of freeCodeCamp. It has like 100+ hours of more curriculum and projects – just for the web design module plus a Responsive Web Design Certificate to claim before beginning JavaScript. It looks like it would help fill in a lot of missing information I felt like I… Read More freeCodeCamp beta
This weekend was busy so I didn’t manage to do much on Codeacademy. I did start the intro to JavaScript lessons though and am having fun learning the syntax. I’ve gathered that there are better ways to learn JavaScript so I’m a little hesitant to get too far in the lessons, but it will do… Read More console.log(“Hello!”);
I was up late the other night working on the portfolio page and trying to see if I could make it to the Super Blue Blood Moon (best viewing time for Alaska was 4:30AM.) As it got later I lost steam and started googling how I could possibly use my geology background in conjunction with web… Read More Geologist // Developer (…?)
Rocks to Web 