Tuesday, December 25, 2018 β
The Kano computer is a great product. Fun and easy to build with lots of good built in software.

Tuesday, December 25, 2018 β
The Kano computer is a great product. Fun and easy to build with lots of good built in software.
Merry Christmas
A quiet, snowy run today.
Preparing the tree
Here’s some “behind the scenes” geospatial analysis I used in a recent @PsephoAnalytics post. This was a good excuse to experiment with the sf #rstats π¦ which makes this much easier than my old workflows
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 β
Our predictions for the recent election in Toronto held up well. We were within 6%, on average, with a slight bias towards overestimating Keesmaat’s support. Now we’ll add more demographic richness to our agents and reduce the geographical distribution of errors www.psephoanalytics.ca/2018/11/r…
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 β
Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast is one of my new favourites π
Seems like something to strive for these days:
it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence
Interested in analytics and transit planning? I’m looking for an Analyst to help Metrolinx generate and communicate evidence for project evaluation ca.linkedin.com/jobs/view…
Saturday, November 3, 2018 β
Raising funds for pancreatic cancer research by throwing axes. Great fun!
Saturday, October 27, 2018 β
Fascinating to think of creating cognitive scaffolding for elephants aeon.co/essays/if…
We’ve completely retooled our approach to predicting elections to use an agent-based model. Looking forward to comparing our predictions to the actual results tonight for the Toronto election!
Found the exact spot we first met! Who knew it would lead to this
Cold medication
Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark is a fascinating book on an important topic. AI’s implications for society are profound and require significant debate. This book is a start. π
I appreciate innovation in beer, but this one went too far for me.
Saturday, September 29, 2018 β
Great fun at the #fivepeaks Earth Run in the Rouge
Saturday, September 22, 2018 β
Warming up at Balsam Lake Provincial Park
Thursday, September 13, 2018 β
We had fun meeting the author Dav Pilkey and getting a signed copy of Dog Man. I really appreciated his patience with spending several hours talking to kids and signing books. π
Saturday, September 8, 2018 β
Enjoying great sour beers at #sourpalooza
Thursday, September 6, 2018 β
Ready for Pentatonix
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 β
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Tuesday, September 4, 2018 β
Ready for school
Saturday, September 1, 2018 β