Tap-tap: Is this thing on?

Jun 5, 20182 min read

Hello, Seattle! I’ve just set up this blog. I wanted a spot to put various thoughts out there. I expect the topics to be varied.…

Seattle Citizens Speak Out In Ballard

May 3, 20183 min read

The Ballard Town Hall meeting on May 2nd 2018 may well be looked back upon as a sea-change moment for the city of Seattle. Many…

Which Seattle Restaurants Have Had the Most Closures Forced by Inspectors?

Mar 27, 20189 min read

King County’s Restaurant Inspection Grades, which is based upon the average of red-card violations in the past four inspections I’m exploring the Python stack for…

Comparing Trump and Hillary Clinton on Twitter

Mar 13, 20189 min read

I’ve been dusting off my machine learning/data-science skills by diving into Python, which has become a lingua franca (along with R) of the data analysis…

Build Your Own Enchanted Rose Prop (Part II)

Feb 28, 20186 min read

Part 1 of this article covers the basic parts list, code, and assembly. UPDATE (January 2023): I’ve built a version 2.0 of this prop. See…

Build Your Own Enchanted Rose Prop

Feb 7, 201812 min read

NOTE: There’s a version 2.0 of this project! Follow this link for information on Enchanted Rose 2.0. My daughter is in Beauty and the Beast…