Jun 12, 2018
Wireless Market Consolidation and the Last Mile
I almost never blog about business, and it is strange I should break the drudgery of recent silence with a business post, but I have a thought that just won't leave. The…
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May 16, 2018
The Teletype Sound Effect in the Movies
I've been a little busy lately. I've been a touch occupied, as you can imagine. Not a lot of time for writing here. But I had to make some time for this.…
Apr 5, 2018
Bioreactor Landfills
One of the more interesting anaerobic processes is the breakdown of municipal solid waste in landfills. I grew up not far from what we called Rumpke Mountain, the sixth largest landfill in…
Apr 2, 2018
Meiji Land Reforms and Modernization
An open question in history is why Japan was able to successfully modernize following Commodore Perry's "opening of Japan." In a recent discussion of this, I proposed that three reasons drove Japan's…
Mar 30, 2018
My Orbit Population Model at JSM
I am happy to say my paper was accepted for the 2018 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver. Actually, I think JSM accepts all papers. That's not the point right now. This paper,…
Mar 28, 2018
Shrinky Dinks for Custom Tokens, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Little Pony
Several months back, Chase and I were at a Pokémon TCG prerelease. I do not recall which prerelease it was, but it was at Alternate Worlds way out in Cockeysville. While there,…
Mar 23, 2018
Errata for Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis
Well, CMNA has been out for nine months and I got my first notice of mistakes in the text. There are three, related mistakes in the section on evaluating formulae and were…
Mar 21, 2018
Intermediate Algebra, Spring 2018
Well, I may be running a campaign for delegate right now, but I still am teaching mathematics, because that's just what I do. I am teaching an intermediate algebra class this term.…
Mar 9, 2018
Summary of Expected Climate Change Effects on Howard County
Howard County is largely insulated from the most dramatic effect of global climate change, sea level rise. Howard County has no coastal border and is sufficiently inland and above sea level that…
Mar 7, 2018
Disruptive Event Prediction
Our paper, "Crystal Cube: Multidisciplinary Approach to Disruptive Events Prediction," is going to be presented at the 9th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2018) and the Affiliated Conferences,…
Mar 2, 2018
Values and Trends in Cybersecurity
Working with Natalie Scala at Towson, Paul Goethals at West Point, and I, Towson student Lorraine Black reviewed survey data from small law firms and IT professionals to investigate values and attitudes…