Stratigraphic pick prediction via supervised machine-learning: Predictatops Back in May, I presented a talk at the 2019 AAPG ACE (American Association of Petroleum Geologist Annual Conference and Exhibit) on using machine-learning to predict stratigraphic surfaces in well logs. I described a Python package I have been working on as a Read more…
Inspiration Bret Victor is a well known thinker on the future and possibilities of human – computer interface. His website contains a variety of thought provoking projects, and his talks have inspired many other works. Currently, he’s leading development of Dynamicland, a new way of interacting with and creating computer Read more…
Four conferences, two hackathons, and a lot of meet-ups: Analyzing what I’ve gotten from technical gatherings outside of work this year Part 1 – The Premise Over the last year, I’ve been lucky to attend more than my usual number of conferences, meetups, and hackathons. Some of the events Read more…
I did some research on different tools for creating flow charts today. Originally, I started down this path trying to figure out what open-source project I might be able to hack on and produce a project that would generate XKCD style flow charts, similar to how bokeh (python library) has XCKD Read more…
“A Highly Opinionated & Abbreviated Guide for Taking the First Steps to Learn a Bit of Code” Why Write this? Someone asked me for help figuring out where to start regarding learning how to code today. Fundamentally, that’s why I’m writing this. I figured I’d might as well put it in a Read more…
Geophysics Hackathon at S.E.G. annual conference, 2015 October 17th – October 18th, 2015 – New Orleans Over the weekend, I took part in a Geophysics Hackathon run by Agile Geosciences before the 2015 Society of Exploration Geophysicists annual meeting. A hackathon is when people get together and try to create Read more…
An App for Running Small Python Scripts On iPhone: Pythonista is an app for the iphone that allows you to run python scripts. It doesn’t have completely full python capabilities, but the modules available are still impressive. It has the full numpy and matlab lib for example. The examples that Read more…
2048 Numbers Game Another project built for the online Python Class I was taking, 2048 is a game in which you move numbers around a board. Like numbers merge in pairs. For example blocks of 2 and 2 becomes a single 4. You move all the blocks at once in Read more…
Excessive Pong Another project for the online python class was to build your own version of the home arcade game, pong. The project applied what we had previously learned about user interface, use of time functions, lists, dictionaries, etc. The project instructions stipulated that the ball speed should include a Read more…
Building an arcade game for class: As part of a series of classes I’ve been taking through Coursera / Rice University, I’ve built a few clones of old school arcade games. The idea is building games is fun (because you can play them) and therefore students will be more motivated Read more…